Tour 5
- Trip Name: Dschara Cave
- Duration of the trip: 8 days / 7 nights
- Places to visit: Wadi Rayan – Valley of Whales - Bahariya - Dschara Cave - White Desert - Bahariya
1st day
Arrival in cairo, transfer to the hotel, overnight hotel
2nd day
The way is through the Oasis Fayum along the Qarun Lake to the Lakes of Wadi Rayan. These lakes are connected with a channel and there is also a small waterfall to see. After that we go to the protected area the Wadi Rayan Nationalpark. Here you can still find fossiles and big bones of the whales that lived here million years ago, therefore also the name Valley of Whales. Here we will make our nightcamp to sit at the fire, look at the million stars and fall asleep by counting one, two…
3rd day
We go to the Oasis Bahariya Bahariya is well known since they found the Golden Mummies there. Many wells make this area very fruitful, so you can find 100000 palmtrees with dates and many fruits and also rice. We make a small sightseeing to the salt lake and the hill of the englishmen. When the sun goes down we climb the hill to see the wonderful sunset and have there a beautiful view over the oasis.
Than we go to the protected area the Wadi Rayan Nationalpark there you can still find fossiles and big bones of the whales that lived here million years ago, therefore also the name Valley of Whales. There will be a good place for the camp, to sit at the fire and count the stars.
4th day
The sunrise here is wonderful, to see the changing of the colours on the stones and watch the shadows growing. Back to Cairo along the Qarun Lake and Oasis Fayum.
You can connect this program with a culture program, or separatly than it ist wo days More, one for arrival and one for departure.