Information about White Desert tours
The White Desert of Egypt        

During the past few years, other places of interests have started attracting the attention of tourists and Egyptians alike.
Egypt never fails to amaze its fans revealing more magic and treasures at every stage in time.  

One of the most popular spots that have become more and more popular during the recent period is the White Desert of Egypt with all its marvels and wonders.   The white desert is located 150 kilometers away from the Bahariya Oasis, which in turn is located 365 kilometers to the South East of Cairo, the Egyptian capital.  

The white desert located near latitude 27.06° North and longitude 27.97° East, has become a natural protect area in 2002 and has become one of the most popular touristic destinations in Egypt.
  
Stretching for a surface area that is more than 3000 square kilometers, the white desert is definitely the most important highlight of the Egyptian Western Desert and the most visited by tourist and Egyptians.  

Most of the tours organized to visit the white desert usually starts from the Bahariya Oasis as a beginning point. It would also a great chance to visit the attractions located near the Bahariya Oasis like the Temple of the Oracle, the valley of the golden mummies, the black desert, and the crystal mountain.  

When the guest starts his trip going from the Bahariya Oasis in the direction of the White Desert, he will be dazzled to see the white snow like rocks starting to appear all of a sudden in all sorts of shapes starting from animal, mushrooms, and human like shapes and ending with totally bizarre figures that doesn't look like anything one has ever viewed.

According to the local myth, this area marking the beginning of the White Desert was once the domain of legendary King Hinnis who was supposed has lived in this area for a period of time in the prehistoric era.  

The rocks scattered all over the white desert is made out of white chalk that was the seabed of an ancient shallow sea that once covered all this vast area roughly one million years ago.  
One can even until now observe some seashells and fossils of the creatures that once lived inside this ancient sea.   

After the water of this ancient sea was becoming less and less with days and years passing by, a reddish yellow sandstones started to appear in the area and due to the weather conditions and heavy rainfalls these white bizarre rock shapes we see today were formed.
 
When the guest continues with his journey in the White Desert, going towards the North direction he reaches the difficult passage. Al Aqabat, as the locals prefer to call it means the obstacles in the Arabic language. In the middle of this area, the twin peaks, the tallest rock formations in the area are located forming the most popular landmark for travelers in the white desert.  

One of the most remarkable formations situated in the White desert is the hand of god. Yes! The finger of god appeared in the western desert of Egypt or at least this is what the locals say. This huge white rock formation that look exactly like a finger, rising from the ground is definitely something to be observed in the White Desert        If travelers prefer to explore the less visited section of the White desert, then they should go west passing by the Ain Della water spring and an old military check point.  The most important attraction in this area is the prehistoric ancient site of Um Ubbayad.