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Safari |
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12 Days |
| Description : |
12 Days (11 Nights): 1 Marsa Matrouh + 2 Siwa + 1 Night in a tent + 1 Bahareya + 1 White Dessert + 1 Dakhla + 1 Kharga + 5 Cairo |
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| Day 1 |
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CAIRO:
Arrival at Cairo International Airport. Assistance by our representative through visa, immigration and customs procedures. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight. |
| Day 2 |
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CAIRO/MARSA MATROUH (500 km):
Breakfast. Departure by road in air-conditioned vehicles to Alexandria. During the route a visit is paid to the Monastery of Wadi El Natron and the memorial cemetery of the Second World War in El Alamein. Arrival in Marsa Matrouh. Overnight. |
| Day 3 |
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MARSA MATROUH/SIWA (300 km):
Departure in the morning from Marsa Matrouh to the Siwa Oasis. Lunch and accommodation upon arrival. In the afternoon a walk through the old city of Shali with its market. Return to the hotel. Overnight. |
| Day 4 |
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SIWA VISIT IN 4X4:
After breakfast visit of the following sites: Matwa Mountain, the Arguim Oracle, Temple of Um Abayida, Cleopatra's Bath and Dakrur Mountain. In the afternoon excursion to the Great Sea of Sand, "Bir Wahet". Overnight. |
| Day 5 |
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DARB SIWA (420 km) IN THE DESERT:
Visit of the abandoned Oasis of El Areg. Night in a tent "Khaima" in the dunes of Sitra on full board basis (light breakfast, lunch box and hot dinner served under the stars.) |
| Day 6 |
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DARB SIWA/BAHAREYA:
Arrival in Bahareya Oasis in the afternoon. Overnight at the international Hot Spring Hotel. Next day in the afternoon a local tour of the oasis to see its palmers, thermal fountains followed by a walk in the area of the Black Mountain. Overnight. |
| Day 7 |
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BAHAREYA/BLACK DESERT/WHITE DESERT:
Breakfast followed by a visit to one of the tombs of the local nobles from the Persian period and departure towards the Black Desert to see its black pyramidal mountains and golden sand dunes. Lunch in the small oasis of El Haiz. Later a panoramic visit of Crystal Mountain on the way to the White Desert. Arrival and a walk to admire the peculiar, natural sculptures of the desert. |
| Day 8 |
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WHITE DESERT/FARAFRA/DAKHLA (370 km):
Continue towards Farafra Oasis and visit the local museum which displays the daily life in Farafra. Continue the trip to the Oasis of Dakhla and have an on-the-road picnic lunch. After lunch visit the medieval city of the Islamic Era known as Al Qasr. Overnight in Dakhla. |
| Day 9 |
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DAKHLA/KHARGA (200 km):
Breakfast. Continue towards Kharga. Upon arrival visit the Christian tombs of Bagawat and the Temple of Hibis followed by a panoramic view of the ruins of the old castle of Nadur. Dinner and overnight in Kharga. |
| Day 10 |
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KHARGA/CAIRO:
Breakfast, then a visit of the archaeological museum of Kharga and the Temple of El Gwita. Lunch. Departure by road to Cairo. Arrival and overnight in the hotel. |
| Day 11 |
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CAIRO:
Breakfast. Visit the Egyptian Museum and the Giza Pyramids (it is possible to visit the interior of either the Kephren or the Mycerinos pyramid). Overnight in hotel in Cairo. |
| Day 12 |
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CAIRO:
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport for flight to home destination. |
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