Fayoum is a depression a hundred kilometres south-west of Cairo, watered by a canal off the Nile since the Middle Kingdom. Wadi El Rayan is a protected area of two lakes joined by the country's only waterfalls, which are modest by international standards and remarkable by Egyptian ones. It is a long day in the car for scenery rather than monuments.
Early start at 07:00 for the two-hour drive. Waterfalls and Magic Lake through the middle of the day, dunes in the afternoon, and a stop at Lake Qarun on the way home for the light. Roughly four hours of driving in total.
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No. We ask for no deposit and take no payment to hold a date. Nothing is charged when you book and nothing is payable in advance - you settle with us in Egypt once the trip is running.
Tell us and we will change it, or cancel it, at no cost. There is no cancellation fee and no deadline to worry about, because nothing has been paid up front. If plans shift while you are already here, we will rearrange what we can on the day.
The tourist regions are heavily policed and we work in them daily. Your guide stays with you at every site. If you are travelling alone, tell us - we will match you with a guide accordingly.
Pairs well with
Forty-million-year-old whale skeletons with legs, lying where they died.
A hillside village of potters above the lake, and lunch in someone's garden.
Best seller The world's largest single-civilisation museum, then the plateau it was built to face.
