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Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) Fayoum oasis
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Wadi Al Hitan (Whale Valley)
Wadi Al-Hitan, Whale Valley, in the Western Desert of Egypt, contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales, Archaeoceti. These fossils represent one of the major stories of evolution: the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going mammal from a previous life as a land-based animal. This is the most important site in the world for the demonstration of this stage of evolution. It portrays vividly the form and life of these whales during their transition. The number, concentration and quality of such fossils here is unique, as is their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape. The fossils of Al-Hitan show the youngest archaeocetes, in the last stages of losing their hind limbs. Other fossil material in the site makes it possible to reconstruct the surrounding environmental and ecological conditions of the time.

Whale Valley (Wadi Al Hitan) 1 night / 2 days

 

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Destination

Accommodation

 Program Itinerary

1st Day

Cairo - Fayoum

Whale Valley

Whale Valley Desert Safari

Camp

From Cairo we drive by jeep south towards Fayoum, the largest oasis in the Western Desert. We stop at Lake Qaroun tour by felucca (half an hour) and then kaser Qaroun , At Wadi Rayan we visit the spring and waterfall having lunch then continue to into the desert. We reach Wadi Al Hitan (otherwise known as the Valley of Whales), a surreal region where huge boulders seem to be capped with an imaginary icing of thick caramelised syrup, which appears to ooze down their sides. Within this extraordinary landscape the fossil remains of Zeuglodon have been found – whales that existed in the Fayoum over 40 million years ago. We spend the night camping out under a canopy of stars. Overnight Camping.
2nd Day Whale Valley -Cairo   Breakfast and departure to Cairo. End of our services.

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Our Special Rates

1 Guest

190  US dollars per person
2 Guests 120  US dollars per person

3 Guests

90   US dollars per person

4 Guests 80    US dollars per person
5 Guests 65    US dollars per person

 

 

Our Package includes the following

• 1 night Camping Accommodation in the Whale Valley on a full board treatment
• BBQ dinner in the desert

• Per person in the desert 3 bottles Mineral water 1.5 liters + 2 soft drinks

•  Safari in the Whale Valley by private jeep 4x4 (not sharing with other guests)
• American tents, sleeping bags, safari equipment

• Entrance fees

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Whale Valley

Wadi Al-Hitan is the most important site in the world to demonstrate one of the iconic changes that make up the record of life on Earth: the evolution of the whales. It portrays vividly their form and mode of life during their transition from land animals to a marine existence. It exceeds the values of other comparable sites in terms of the number, concentration and quality of its fossils, and their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape. It accords with key principles of the IUCN study on fossil World Heritage Sites, and represents significant values that are currently absent from the World Heritage List.

 

 

 

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in the way to Whales Valley

 

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Camping in the whale valley

 

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Walk in Fayoum desert

 

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Fayoum Lake

 

 
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