1^st Day: Cairo – Siwa Oasis

Egyptian Sand Sea  – In the early morning we will pick you up at the reception of your hotel in Cairo and you will travel to the Siwa Oasis. If you stay in any other part of Egypt such as Luxor or the Red Sea we can of course organize the transfer to Cairo or directly to the oasis for you. You will have lunch en route. After arrival you will visit Shali, the old labyrinth-like part of Siwa. Finally you will have dinner and spend the night in a hotel.

Lunch and dinner included. Overnight in Siwa Oasis.

2^nd Day: Siwa Oasis – Egyptian Sand Sea

After an early breakfast in your hotel we will pick you up and make you discover the extraordinary flair of this vast green area with its lakes and springs amidst the desert and the rock cut tombs on the Mountain of the Dead, containing beautiful paintings as well as well preserved mummies. Then you can swim in Cleopatra’s Bath, a rock pool fed by a natural hot spring and see the Temple of Amun and its famous oracle, once even consulted by Alexander the Great himself. After lunch in a local restaurant we will take you in a 4×4 jeep to the Egyptian Sand Sea to make you explore the fascination of the desert. You will spend the evening in Siwa.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Overnight in a hotel in Siwa Oasis.

3^rd Day: Siwa Oasis – Al Bahariya Oasis

After an early breakfast we will transfer you through the desert to the Al Bahariya Oasis. Al Bahariya is one of the biggest and most important oases in the Western Desert. Visit the town of Al-Bawiti where you can see the oasis’ fruit-growing and lifestyle, and discover remains of the region’s history. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant. A necropolis of the Greco-Roman contained countless different mummies, among them numerous gold-plated ones, the so-called ‘Golden Mummies’. You will see some of them here in the museum. Further you can see the remains of Ain Al-Tibniya, a temple dating back to the reign of Alexander the Great who is said to have passed by this oasis, the tomb of Banentiu where you can see well preserved colored hieroglyphs and paintings, and the temple area of Ain Al-Muftella with four around 2,600 years old chapels whose walls are preserved up to a height of around two meters, showing various beautiful decorations. You will have dinner in your hotel.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Overnight in a hotel in the Bahariya Oasis.

4^th Day: White Desert

After an early breakfast you will explore the White Desert National Park. Once the seabed of an ocean it features myriads of white chalk sediments, formed by the rough desert weather to spectacular shapes. Enjoy this unique landscape, see the famous Crystal Mountain, a ridge laced with sparkling crystal, and the scenic Valley of Al-Agabat where white cliffs meet sand dunes and yellow limestone rocks. Lunch will be served as a picnic. You will spend the evening in Al Bahariya where you will have dinner and spend the night in a hotel.

Breakfast, lunch (picnic) and dinner included. Overnight in a hotel in the Al Bahariya Oasis.

5^th Day: Al Bahariya – Black Desert – Cairo

After breakfast you will drive into the Black Desert with its countless rock formations and witness buttes covered by black basalt. Then we will have lunch. In the afternoon you will travel back to Cairo and we will transfer you to your hotel. This concludes our program and services.

Breakfast and lunch included.

Included:

• All mentioned transfers in high-class air-conditioned vehicles
• Guided tours in your language
• Entrance fees for the above mentioned sights
• Hotel accommodations in the oases with half-board
• Mineral water and soft drinks during the excursions

Not included:

• Gratuity (tips) for drivers, tour guides
• Personal items, meals, drinks or services not mentioned
• International and domestic flights
• Visa