Meet the Bedouin family behind White Desert Tour: guides from Bahariya Oasis who know the Western Desert and want to show you the Egypt very few people know. Who we are We are a Bedouin family from Bahariya Oasis. We organise every kind of desert tour, and we are proud to show you the Egypt
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More than 600 km of sand, moving about a metre a year. Abu Muharrik Dune is for travellers who want to go deeper into the Western Desert than a single night. What is Abu Muharrik Dune? Abu Muharrik is one of the longest dune belts in the Western Desert: over 600 km of sand that
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Hot springs, ancient ruins, date and olive groves and dunes in every direction. Siwa Oasis is one of the most different places you can visit from Cairo, and you can camp in its desert. What is Siwa Oasis? Siwa is an old community of date and olive growers in Egypt’s Western Desert, with hot springs,
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Fossils of ancient whales, lying in open desert just two hours from Cairo. Wadi El Hitan, the Valley of Whales, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a great first night out in the desert. What is Wadi El Hitan? Wadi El Hitan means the Valley of Whales. It is a place in open desert
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Most hotels give you a plug and Wi-Fi. A night in our camp in the White Desert gives you silence, billions of stars and a sunrise on white chalk. Here is how it works. No sockets anywhere on the trip There is no socket anywhere on the trip. It is just you, a sleeping bag
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A night in the desert is cold, quiet and very dark. Here is the short list of what to bring on a camping trip in Egypt’s White Desert, and what we take care of for you. Why packing matters in the desert Desert nights are cold, even after a warm day. On our trips you
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The Black Desert and Crystal Mountain are the first big stops on our two-day trip from Cairo: dark volcanic hills, then a ridge of quartz crystal. Here is what you see and how it fits into the trip. What is the Black Desert? The Black Desert is a stretch of dark volcanic hills in Egypt’s
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Most visitors to Egypt come for the pyramids. The White Desert is the trip people talk about afterwards: a full night in the middle of a landscape of white chalk, about 500 km from Cairo. This guide covers where it is, what you will see, how the two-day trip works and what to bring. Where
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