Tour Departs:	Daily
Pick up Time:	7 Am from guest's address in Cairo
Transport:	Air-conditioned mini bus 4X4 jeep Toyota land cruiser
Accommodation:	1 Nights desert camp and 3 nights hotels
Meals:	4 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 4 dinners.
Beverages in the white desert:	Every guest 3 bottles of water and 2 soft drinks
Guides:	Local English guide.
Tours:	as mentioned in the program
Entrance Fees:	included
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Day 1- Cairo – Bahariya Oasis (350 Km)

• Pick up from you location in Cairo (airport/ station / hotel).
• Driver to Bahariya Oasis 350 kilometers (219 miles) ahead. Midway in the journey at 155 kilometers (97 miles) is a rest stop with a gas station and a cafeteria Twenty-two kilometers (14 miles) from the beginning of the road, the railway from Helwan joins the road and follows it all the way to reach Managim.(First Village of Bahariya oasis).
Beyond Managim, the main road continues to Bawiti. At 316 kilometers (197 miles) the terrain changes once again as small conical hills begin to emerge.
• Arrival in Bawiti, we check in hotel and relax. Then we start tour of main attractions of the Oasis.
• First we go the see Museum of the Golden mummies where 10 of roman golden mummies in view selected from 10.000 intact roman burial chambers discovered in the 1990s.
• Not far from the Museum, we head to slightly south of the spring of the same name are four 26th-dynasty chapels that together form the Temple of Ain al-Muftella.
• Climb down to see the colored Tomb of Noble Bannitu with its fascinating decoration of Universal Day.
• Then we visit small, two-chamber temple is the only place in Egypt where Alexander the Great's effigy and cartouche have been found.
• We take the spring of cold water is used by both tourists and locals as a swimming hole. It is cool and refreshing on hot desert days.
• Climbing the Black Mountain known as English Mountain. As on summit are the ruins of a World War I lookout post, which was manned by Captain Williams, after whom the mountain is sometimes called.
• Visit Gebel el Dist Locals call it Magic Mountain because of the way the light plays on the texture and material of the mountain during the different hours of the day.
• Back to hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2- Bahariya Oasis – Black Desert- Crystal Mountain- White Desert (140 Km with stops)

• Breakfast in hotel.
• We leave Bahariya behind in our way to a different world of Black and White. We approach Sahara Suda, the Black Desert, a favorite safari destination. The ground to the right and left of the road is covered with black stones. We climb a 15 meter Sand Dune by 4WD and stop to take pictures of these mixtures of colors. Then we see Al Marsous volcanic Hill.
• 37 km we reach Al Hyaz small village that during the Roman era this area was very prosperous. Many of the current families were originally from Libya. We take our picnic lunch in a shaded place; also we will have the chance to get refreshment by swimming in one of the cold springs nearby.
 
• We drive to the most famous of the formations is the Crystal Mountain, actually a large rock made entirely of quartz. It sits right beside the main road.
• Bit by bit the yellow desert sands east of the road start to become pierced by chalky rock formations. s you get further into the 300-sq-km White Desert Protectorate, you’ll notice that the surreal shapes start to take on familiar forms: chickens, ostriches, camels, hawks and other uncanny shapes abound.
Two flat-topped mountains known as the Twin Peaks, a key navigation point for travelers. A favorite destination: the view from the top of the surrounding symmetrical hills, all shaped like giant anthills, is spectacular. Kids will delight in coming up with shape associations, and photographers will fill up their memory cards trying to capture the brilliant hues of the setting sun reflecting off the inselbergs’ shiny surfaces. Waking up amongst them is one of the highlights of any camping trip into the desert
• BBQ Dinner. Overnight in tent.

Day 3- White Desert- Farafra Oasis (40 km) – Dakhla Oasis
  
• Breakfast in Camp.
• Drive to Farafra the smallest, yet one of the most prepossessing, of the main Western Desert oases. We stop to see the Museum of local painter Badr Abdel Moghny.
• Proceed to Dakhla oasis which was an important town in the Pharaonic and up through the Roman and Islamic periods, and each successive era has left it monuments.
• Check in hotel .And Lunch in Local Restaurant.
• Start tour of: Deir el Hagar sandstone temple to the Egyptian gods Amun, Mut, Khonsu, and Seth was actually built by the Roman Emperor Nero.
• Then we visit medieval ottoman town of Al Qasr with its chambers, dwelling rooms. The tomb of Sheikh Nasr el Din, the Ayyubid mosque, the restored house of Abu Nafir, or the ancient olive press.
• Dinner and overnight in hotel.

Day 4-Dakhla Oasis- Kharga Oasis
 
• Breakfast in hotel.
• Today we drive to the largest town in the Western Desert. Formerly used as a place of exile and banishment for at least 2,000 years by the Romans.
• Check in hotel .And Lunch in Local Restaurant.
• We visit Al Bagawat cemetery Built during the exile of Nestorius to the oasis, considered one of the best-preserved Christian cemeteries from its era in the world. There are more than 260 domed mausoleums still standing, and several still have intact wall paintings.
 
• Designed to resemble the architecture of nearby Bagawat, this two-storey Museum is housed in a cavernous, well-lit building made from local bricks. Inside is a small but interesting selection of archaeological finds from around Al-Kharga and Dakhla Oases.
• Then we visit remains of Hibis and Nadura Temples from outside.
• Dinner and overnight in hotel. .

Day 5- Kharga Oasis – Luxor

• Breakfast in hotel.
• We reach the end of our adventure on the Western Desert Oasis, Today we drive to Luxor .
• Transfer to your hotel/boat in Luxor. End of services.

Notes:

• Clients can merge between 02 levels of hotels, prices will be advised on his request
• Prices more than 05 people will be advised on request
• Groups larger than 10 people will have a special price
• In deluxe hotel only supplement applied during XMAS, New Year and Easter and will be advised upon request

Price includes:

• 01 night in hotel in Bahariya oasis on Half board basis.
• 01 night camping in the White desert on Full board basis.
• 01 night in hotel in Dakhla oasis on Half board basis.
• 01 night in hotel in Kharga oasis on Half board basis.
• Lunch during excursions in local restaurants.
• English Speaking Tour Guide.
• All above mentioned tours.
• All admission fees of visited places.
• All Safari materials necessary to the camping experience.
• Water and Soft Drinks only on the White desert.
• All necessary clearances.
• All taxes.
• No hidden costs.

Price excludes: