Cairo Trip Overview
Experience Egypt’s White Desert and Bahariya Oasis on sharing a 2-day trip from Cairo. Absorb the white, wind-eroded rocks of the White Desert, see Bahariya’s palm groves and dunes, and view the Crystal Mountain, ash-topped hills of the Black Desert. Your trip is including a barbecue dinner and a night under the stars at a desert camp. White desert Safari from Cairo is available daily.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Overnight Tours
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Experience Egypt’s White Desert and Bahariya Oasis on sharing a 2-day trip from Cairo. Absorb the white, wind-eroded rocks of the White Desert, see Bahariya’s palm groves and dunes, and view the Crystal Mountain, ash-topped hills of the Black Desert. Your trip is including a barbecue dinner and a night under the stars at a desert camp. White desert Safari from Cairo is available daily.
Itinerary
Day 1: Cairo – Bahariya – White Desert – El Haize (L, D)
Stop At: Bahariya (Bahereya) Oasis, Western Desert, Bawiti Egypt
Begin with pickup from your hotel in Cairo Or Giza and board the sharing bus / Car to Bahariya Oasis.
After a 4-hour journey, arrive and enjoy lunch at a local Bahariya restaurant. Then, transfer to a 4×4 sharing other tourists with a local Bedouin driver at the wheel, and explore the village of Bawiti, Bahriya’s capital, taking in the lush palm groves set against the immense dunes.
Climb ‘English Mountain’ to view the hilltop remains of a British World War I outpost. See the Black Desert and Crystal Mountain.
Drive through the huge, rounded rocks of the Agabat Valley, and head into the White Desert National Park, a region of spectacular, brilliant-white rock formations eroded by wind into spires, mushrooms, animals, and other bizarre shapes.
Admire the ghostly shapes, and then overnight camp. Enjoy a desert sunset and barbecue dinner under the stars before snuggling into your sleeping bag on mattresses in your tent.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Camping at white desert
Day 2: El Haize – Bahariya – Cairo
Stop At: White Desert, About 45 km north of Farafra, Farafra 12655 Egypt
Absorb the desert silence during breakfast before riding your 4×4 back to Bahariya, then you will use the sharing bus / car again to return to Cairo, upon arrival at the bus station, you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel in Cairo or Giza and end of services
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
