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Private 4 days 3 nights visit Siwa Oasis start from customer location in Giza or Cairo. Visit; (Al-Alamein Military Museum, Mountain of the Dead, Amun & Alexander Temple, Shali Old Town, Salt Lake, Cleopatra Spring and Hot Spring). Include private latest model car with driver and Egyptologist tour guide from Cairo and Snacks during the drive to Siwa oasis and all entry fees.
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Duration: 4 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Private 4 days 3 nights visit Siwa Oasis start from customer location in Giza or Cairo. Visit; (Al-Alamein Military Museum, Mountain of the Dead, Amun & Alexander Temple, Shali Old Town, Salt Lake, Cleopatra Spring and Hot Spring). Include private latest model car with driver and Egyptologist tour guide from Cairo and Snacks during the drive to Siwa oasis and all entry fees.
Itinerary
Day 1: Pickup from your hotel in Cairo or Giza city and drive to Siwa.
Stop At: El Alamein World War II Military Museum, Alexandria – Marsa Matrouh Rd, Al Alameen City, El Alamein, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt
Pickup at 6:00 by our tour guide then start your trip of Siwa Oasis is an urban oasis in Egypt between the Qattara Depression and the Great Sand Sea in the Western Desert, 50 km (30 mi) east of the Libyan border, and 560 km (348 mi) from Cairo. Siwa Oasis is one of Egypt’s most isolated settlements with about 33,000 people.
Snacks and water will be served during the trip
Stop-over
On the way to Siwa oasis through Mars Matrouh rood stop over to visit Al-Alamein Military Museum was founded on the 16th of December, 1956. The Museum aims to document Al-Alamein battle by introducing a group of weapons, armors, and models which symbolize Al-Alamein battles and the contributing forces, besides a group of battle course-of-action maps, as well as acquisitions of battle commanders.
Arrive Siwa oasis hotel check-in.
Overnight in Siwa.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Dream Lodge Siwa hotel.
Day 2: Full day tour visit Mountain of the Dead, Amun Temple, and Shali old town.
Stop At: Temple of the Oracle of Amun / Aghurmi, Aghurmi, Siwa 51714 Egypt
Breakfast, then pickup at 8:00 by our tour guide to strat your day trip by visiting Mountain of the Dead, in Arabic (Gabal Al-Mawta), located in Siwa Oasis is a Mountain where several tombs were carved on its base, terraces, and at the top.
Then visit Amun Temple Siwa is unique in that it is the largest temple in the oasis. It includes a total of 45 different separate chambers. It is also the only temple dedicated to Alexander the Great that can be found in Egypt, and therefore it is sometimes referred to as the Temple of Alexander the Great. The temple was actually erected when Alexander was still alive, dating it to sometime around 332 BC. The temple was also dedicated to both the Oracle of Amun and Horace.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Shali Fortress, Siwa 51714 Egypt
Then end the trip by visiting Shali old town its Egypt’s most isolated settlements with about 33,000 people, mostly Berbers, who developed a unique and isolated desert culture and a language called Siwi; they are also fluent in the Egyptian dialect of Arabic which is called “Masry” meaning Egyptian.
Its fame lies primarily in its ancient role as the home to an oracle of Ammon, the ruins of which are a popular tourist attraction which gave the oasis its ancient name Oasis of Amun Ra. Historically, it was part of Ancient Egypt.
At the end of the trip start drive you back to your hotel.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Dream Lodge Siwa hotel.
Day 3: Full day tour visit Zeitoun Lake, Cleopatra Spring, Hot springs with 4WD in the desert.
Stop At: Siwa, Siwa, Matrouh Governorate
Breakfast, then pickup at 8:00 by our tour guide to start your day trip by getting in a 4WD van and drive through the western desert where you going to enjoy the dune bashing and sand skiing experiences.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Lake Siwa, Siwa Egypt
Then visiting Zeitoun Lake, the biggest salt lake in the Siwa Oasis, a lake covering more than 12,000 hectares appears on the edge of the wilderness. At first sight, the place seems to be a mirage of the crystal waters of any paradise beach.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Cleopatra’s Pool – Spring of Juba, Siwa Egypt
Then visit “Cleopatra Spring” variously known as “Ain Juba” or “Ain al Hammam,” in ancient times it was known as “The Spring of the Sun.” its bubbling waters as boiling hot in the chilly evenings and cool during the heat of the day, and it was considered a wonder by ancients visiting Ammon. In reality, the spring’s waters are a constant 29 C; it’s the changing air temperature and bubbling water that give the impression of boiling water.
Then visit the Hot Springs. The water in these wells is divided into two types: normal hot water and sulphurous hot water which is used to cure many skin diseases.
At the end of the tour drive you back to your hotel.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Dream Lodge Siwa hotel.
Day 4: Final Departure
Stop At: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Breakfast, then at 10:00 pickup by our tour guide to start your drive trip back to Cairo for the final departure.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
