Four hours south-west of Cairo the black basalt desert gives way to a chalk plateau eroded into mushrooms, towers and shapes people name after animals. You camp in the middle of it in a Bedouin tent, eat food cooked on a fire, and the silence at night is total. Nights are cold from November to February.
Leave at 07:00. Through Bahariya, the Black Desert and Crystal Mountain, into the White Desert for late afternoon. Camp set up before dark and dinner cooked on the fire.
Up for sunrise on the formations, breakfast, then the drive back to Cairo with a stop at the hot springs. Back in the city by early evening.
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Everything listed under what is included is booked and paid by us as part of the package. We hold the reservations; you owe nothing until you arrive in Egypt.
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
Ten hours from Cairo, a mud-brick fortress, and salt lakes you cannot sink in.
A Christian necropolis, a Persian temple and a mud-brick town still lived in.
Three days in dunes with no road, no phone signal and no other vehicles.
