Desert Expeditions
The Western Desert of Egypt is far more than sand dunes. Here you will find five large oasis (plus one man-made), the black desert as the white, huge mountain plateaus (as Gilf Kebir which alone is nearly the size of Switzerland), and the large sand dune ocean that is located between the Siwa oasis in northwest to Gilf Kebir in southwest.

Gelf Keber Map And Information

1St day Cairo
Arrival Cairo, meet and assist by our representative for assistance Through customs and immigration formalities. Transfer to our hotel and overnight.
2nd day Cairo/Bahariya oasis

After breakfast we leave Cairo behind, we start a 370-km on road to Bahariya Oasis. Upon reaching Bahariya, we check in our Minamar Hotel, tour The city, have lunch. Later we visit the temple of Alexander the great, tombs of the Nobles and the English mountain. We join a camel caravan for one hour; later have dinner in our Minamar Hotel. Possibility of enjoying a bathe in the hot water of the spring, Overnight.
3rd day Bahariya Oasis /White desert
After breakfast we go 160-km on/off road to the black desert and The dune area, We start our climb of a 50meter dune. On route to Farafra we visit the crystal mountain, the area of the wonders with The desert roses and the arch. Moving on we head to the White Desert, we start exploring the formations and wind carved sculptors that resemble both human and animal faces, We explore the formations that resemble the surface Of a different planet. The night is spent in the desert, dinner and overnight camping.
4th day White Desert / Farafra Oasis
Reaching Farafra oasis 40-km on road we visit the city, bathe in the hot spring, Visit the museum of Badr “the local artist”, then move on To Dakhla oasis 280-km. Upon reaching Dakhla, we visit the Old Covered City with its oil press, school, Courthouse and dwelling chambers, Muzzawaka & Deir El Haggar, have lunch, dinner and overnight in the Hotel.
5th day Farafra Oasis /Dakhla oasis
Leaving Dakhla behind, we head to Kharga 190-km, we head off road towards the Labakha roman area, and explore the dwellings area, the Temple and the Spring.
Lunch picnic, upon arrival to Kharga Oasis we check in the Hotel.
Dinner and overnight.

Days 5 to 12 – The Gilf and Beyond
From Dakhla into the Eastern Sahara as we head for our first camp at Abu Ballas. On the edge of the Great Sand Sea, this hill is hundreds of kilometres from the oases but has many fragments of pottery from 250 to 2500 years old.
From Abu Ballas we continue south of the Great Sand Sea and on to the Gilf itself. This legendary plateau on the Egyptian/Libyan border is one of the least explored areas on the planet and yet man has been here for over 10,000 years.
We will spend a day in the spectacular solitude of Gilf Kebir. Our target is the cave in Wadi Sura with Neolithic paintings of cattle, gazelles and man.
Leaving the Gilf Kebir we head south past the monument of Prince Kemal ed-Din, an early explorer of this desert, and pass by Peter and Paul Mountains – ancient volcanoes considered a geologist’s paradise. Our destination is Karkur Talh, ‘Acacia Gorge’, an ancient place where herders would water their livestock after erratic rains; it is the entrance to Gebel Uwe
Uweinat is made of some of the oldest rock in Africa and straddles the borders of Egypt, Libya and Sudan. In Egypt the nearest water is a well 300 kms away! In the 1930’s Winkler recorded the rock drawings of the area - the first prehistoric rock drawings ever found in this part of the Sahara.
We leave Gebel Uweinat and head for the well of Bir Tarfawi where we will have our last night camping in the desert. (BLD)
Day 13 – el-Kharga Oasis
After over a week on the edge of the Sahara Desert we return to beds, beers and bidets as we enter Kharga Oasis. A brief visit to the Hibis Temple and the Christian necropolis of Bagawat before we settle for a bar or bed! (BLD)
Day 14 Kharga oasis / Luxor
From Kharga we head to Baris oasis 90-km we visit the temple of Dush, picnic lunch and later on we head to Luxor 300-Km.Upon arrival we visit the temples of Karnack & Luxor. Check in the Hotel, Dinner & overnight

A desert expedition is minimum 7 days and 6 nights, while a "deep desert" expedition lasts from 15 to 20 days.

Remember that when we use the concept "deep desert" it don't indicate that a 7 days expedition is a "light" version in any way. When we say deep desert, then you should remember that the size of Egypt's Western desert equals the size of Texas - or the combined size of Germany, Portugal and the United Kingdom (around 700,000 square kilometres or 270300 square miles).

On a seven-day expedition you got to have a minimum of eight participants, and for a deep desert expedition a minimum of twelve. You can of course have fewer participants with you, but then the price becomes higher.

Gilf Equipments

Vehicles used for "deep desert" expeditions are not only normal 4x4 cars as they are redesigned and prepared for these special tours. This rebuilding of these cars gives them:

• Special long-range fuel tanks with capacity up to
   450 litres that makes it possible to go 3'500 km
   though the desert without refuelling.
• Place for up to 350 litres of water.
• Every car got 3 spare wheels
   (all tiers 16-900 Michelin)
• Extra place for luggage.
• Two GPS and a satellite phone in each car.
• Detailed maps for every corner of the desert.
• Special suspension from Australia to carry all the
   extra weight.
• Diesel motors on 250 to 300 horse powers.

Tips
Our desert professional drivers  can upon request give courses in how to drive in the desert, especially the large sand dunes in "Bahr el Ramla" or the Great Sand Sea that cover more than one third of the Western desert. Here is large sand dunes that moves all the time, dunes that for over two thousand year ago buried the said 50'000 soldiers in the Persian king Cambyses.
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