5 days / 4 nights Western
Safari desert
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Day 1 |
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Tours |
Arranged
if time of arrival to Cairo permits this. |
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Transfers |
Meet at airport and
transfer to Hotel |
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Accommodation |
Cairo |
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Day 2 |
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Tours |
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Transfers |
From Cairo to Baharia in
our 4 Wheel drive |
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Accommodation |
Baharia oasis |
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Day 3 |
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Tours |
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Visit the " English House " to watch the sunset over the desert
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Transfers |
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Accommodation |
Baharia oasis (With the
magical healing hot spring) |
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Description |
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English house which was a lookout post during World Was I is today
in ruins, but it's location on "the Black Mountain" give a unique
panorama view over the northern part of the Baharia Oasis. |
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Day 4 |
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Tours |
visits
around Baharia Oasis:
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Alexandre the great temple
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The tomb of ZedAmonEfAnkh
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The tomb of his son Bannentiu
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The ancient Roman spring Ain Bishmu.
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The
Crystal Mountain and the Black Desert
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Transfers |
From Baharia to White
desert near Farafra Oasis. |
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Accommodation |
Sleep the night in the
desert |
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Description |
The
early morning is for visits around Baharia Oasis. There are several
ancient temples in the oasis, The most famous is the one that has
the cartouche (Pharaonic name presentation) of Alexander the Great.
Unfortunately the combination of wind, location and time has eroded
these temples and there is today not much left to see.
We are going to visit the museum with some of the amazing "Gold
Mummies" found here just recently. Further two ancient Egyptian
tombs, first the tomb of ZedAmonEfAnkh and then the tomb of his son
Bannentiu. Before starting our journey deeper into the desert, we
will visit the ancient Roman spring Ain Bishmu and see how the
ancient irrigation system could provide enough water for the farming
land.
Back to your four-wheel car, the journey goes south - but we can't
leave Baharia before visiting the Crystal Mountain and the Black
Desert with it's many black topped mountains. Please remember when
coming to places as the Crystal Mountain: "Take nothing with you,
leave nothing behind".
Out of the Baharia depression and down the escarpment to Farafra
Oasis, one will soon start to see smaller white chalk cliffs - a
forewarning of the adventure ahead. The white cliffs "grows" going
south - and suddenly you are in the White Desert . If any
destination can be called "magic ", then it's the White Desert.
The Governorate of Wadi Gedid work today together with the Egyptian
Ministry of Environment on protecting the White Desert through
making it a National Natural Preserved area.
Before the magic night under the stars, in this one of the greatest
treasures of our planet - we will visit the "El Bahr " Cave with
wall paintings from prehistoric man. The name "El Bahr" come from
the word "sea" as one here find remains from the ocean once covering
this area. Ostrich eggs and other fossils have also been found here.
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Day 5 |
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Tours |
- Monuments from the times of
Ancient Waset
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Transfers |
Night Train back to Cairo |
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Accommodation |
Baharia oasis (With the
magical healing hot spring) |
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Description |
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a good breakfast we will visit some monuments from the times of
Ancient Waset (or Theben which the Greek called Luxor later) Some
may have been here before, so we will customize our visits according
to this and interest.
May this be the Valley of the Kings and Karnak or less known temples
and monuments here. Important for all will be to visit some of the
tombs of the Nobles showing the people, daily life and agriculture
in this Nile Oasis town some thousand years ago.
There are tombs here with reference to the Oases, and depending on
which tombs are open we will visit these |
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Price |
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US$ XXXX per person Minimum 2
persons.
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Includes |
All meals, starting with dinner the first day and
ending with farwell dinner the last full day (day 7)
All visits and entrance fees according to above program.
Own desert and archeological guide (most major languages).
Own four by four wheel drive air conditioned car with desert driver.
Important: while nearly all safari tours in Egypt use cars where you
sit on benches sideways, this safari expedition only use cars where
you sit in the driver direction. Its long distances to cover, so we
consider this essential comfort. Maximum 3 adult persons per car .
With 4 persons there will be 2 cars, and so forth.
All hotels, see link to the desert hotels under day two, four and
five. Accommodation price is based on per person in double room.
Single room supplement is US$ 186.00
For the one night in open air (day 3), most prefer to bring own
sleeping bag. If you need sleeping bag, please advise.
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Does not include |
International flight.
Passport and visa fees.
Cancellation/accident/baggage/insurance.
Alcoholic beverages or others not included in the meals.
Phone calls, faxes, etc.
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