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Duration

9 Days / 8 Nights

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

1 person

Languages

English

About this tour

Enjoy a complete 8 Nights 9 Days Egypt Oasis Tour from Cairo to Luxor through Siwa Oasis, Bahariya Oasis, the White Desert, Dakhla Oasis, Kharga Oasis, and Luxor. This long desert route combines Egypt’s most beautiful oases, off-road safari adventures, camping under the stars, ancient temples, natural springs, and unique Western Desert landscapes.

During this 9-day tour, you will explore Siwa Oasis, Shali Old Town, Mountain of the Dead, Amoun Temple, Oracle Temple, Fitnas Island, Salt Lake, Cleopatra Spring, Bir Wahed, Bahariya Oasis, Black Desert, Crystal Mountain, Aqabat area, Great Karaween sand dunes, Magic Spring Ain El Serw, White Desert National Park, Farafra, Dakhla Oasis, Qasr Dakhla, Mozawaka Tombs, Balat village, Bashendi Village, Kharga Oasis, Hibis Temple, Bagawat Cemetery, Nadura Temple, Qasr El-Ghueita, and Qasr El Zayan temples before ending in Luxor.

This tour is ideal for travelers who want a deep expedition across Egypt’s Western Desert from Cairo to Luxor with Siwa, White Desert camping, Dakhla and Kharga heritage sites, 4×4 jeep safari, and real oasis culture.

Highlights

  • 9-day Egypt oasis route from Cairo to Luxor.
  • Visit Siwa Oasis, Bahariya Oasis, White Desert, Dakhla, and Kharga.
  • Travel by modern comfortable A/C van.
  • Explore Shali Old Town in Siwa.
  • Visit the Mountain of the Dead Cemetery.
  • Visit Amoun Temple and the Oracle Temple.
  • Enjoy sunset at Fitnas Island.
  • Float in Siwa Salt Lake.
  • Visit Cleopatra Water Spring.
  • Experience Bir Wahed at the edge of the Great Sand Sea.
  • Enjoy Bedouin dinner in Siwa.
  • Visit Bahariya Oasis local sightseeing.
  • Explore El Meftella Mountain, Salty Lake, Dest Pyramid Mountain, and Maghrafa Mountain.
  • Visit Bir El Ghaba and El Matar warm springs.
  • Explore the Black Desert.
  • Walk to Gabal El Marsos, also known as Divided Mountain.
  • Visit El Hez water spring.
  • Stop by Crystal Mountain.
  • Camp at El Mattar area.
  • Full-day off-road tour in the White Desert area.
  • Visit Aqabat off-road area and Hole Mountain.
  • Drive through Great Karaween sand dunes.
  • Enjoy sandboarding adventure.
  • Visit Magic Spring Ain El Serw.
  • Stop by Big Valley, Small Valley, and Henes Valley.
  • Visit Acacia Tree.
  • Take photos at Tents Valley.
  • Explore White Desert National Park.
  • Watch sunset over the White Desert.
  • Enjoy BBQ dinner under the stars.
  • Spend 2 nights camping in the White Desert.
  • Visit Farafra and Dakhla Oasis.
  • Explore Qasr Dakhla old Islamic town.
  • Visit Temple of the Rock, Colored Mountain, and Mozawaka Tombs.
  • Visit castles of the Dabba in Balat village.
  • Visit Bashendi Village tomb.
  • Explore Kharga Oasis.
  • Visit Hibis Temple, Bagawat Cemetery, and Nadura Temple.
  • Visit Qasr El-Ghueita and Qasr El Zayan temples.
  • End the tour in Luxor.

Included/Excluded

  • All transfers from Cairo to Siwa Oasis, Bahariya Oasis, Dakhla and Kharga to Luxor with modern comfortable A/C van.
  • All tours in Great Sand Sea during Safari in Siwa and White Desert with jeep 4x4 car.
  • The service of meet and assist in Cairo and at all your destinations in desert.
  • All entrance fees and permits during your visit in sightseeing in Siwa Oasis and White Desert.
  • 6 nights hotels.
  • 2 nights camping.
  • New single and double dome-shaped tents.
  • Tents have mattresses and pillows.
  • Breakfast and dinner meals.
  • Special meals for vegetarians are served upon request, should be requested prior to arrival.
  • All food preparation and cooking is done by the camp staff.
  • Tipping.

Itinerary

Ready for Adventure!!! Early morning departure to Siwa Oasis, the largest 23,000 habitants and most remote Egyptian Oasis lying some 17m below sea level. Crossing the Western Desert with a stop by Marsa Matrouh city on the Mediterranean Sea for lunch break in one from the local restaurants there. After lunch move to Siwa Oasis arrive afternoon and overnight in hotel. Accommodation: Hotel

After Breakfast start our tour with Shali Old Town. Some buildings here are still in use but due to their construction of salt, mud & plaster they fall into ruin year after year. Then following visiting the Mountain of the Dead Cemetery is the second most important monument that was discovered in Matrouh Governorate after the Temple of Revelation. It was discovered in 1944 during the Second World War. The mountain is located 2 km from Siwa Oasis. It is a conical mountain that contains thousands of tombs carved in the rock. It served as the main cemetery in Siwa Oasis during ancient times. Depending on the inscriptions and archaeological finds, the history of the cemetery is clear from the history of the oldest tombs in it, as the oldest burial date dates back to a cemetery from the era of the twenty-sixth dynasty, and burial continued in this cemetery until the late Roman era Byzantine. Then move to Amoun Temple Om Obayda dates back to the 30th dynasty, and the Oracle Temple where Alexander the Great consulted the oracle to validate his status as the son of Zeus and thus legitimate ruler of the country. Lunch and rest then end your day with a relaxing sunset scene in Fitnas Island lies 4 km to the west of Siwa, which is covered completely by palm trees, except for the circular, tiled pool. Then back to the hotel and overnight. Accommodation: Hotel

After Breakfast drive to the one from the famous and incredible place in Siwa it’s the salt lake. Enjoy the floating on the water looks like the Dead Sea in Jordan. Then drive back to Cleopatra Water Spring to wash and remove the salt out of your body. Also there it’s very nice coffee shop to have very delicious and fresh juice. After that it’s lunch time. Then spend today’s late afternoon at Bir Wahed set out 12 km southwest of Siwa. A hot spring and cold spring at the edge of Great Sand Sea with water right in the middle of the sand dunes and take amazing sunset from a top of sand dunes. Then move to the Bedouin restaurant for the attractive Bedouin dinner and back to the hotel. Accommodation: Hotel

After Breakfast, departure to Bahariya Oasis through the Cairo North Coast Road. Crossing the Western Desert then go south west to the oasis. Arrive Bahariya Oasis at 17:00 drive to our hotel and check in and dinner and overnight. Accommodation: Hotel

After breakfast start our local tour to the famous sightseeing in Bahariya. We will visit El Meftella Mountain, Salty Lake, Dest Pyramid Mountain & Maghrafa Mountain. Stroll to Bir El Ghaba & El Matar warm springs with opportunity for bathing. Time permitting, a visit to the English Mountain. Then drive you back to our hotel for lunch. Then you will start our tour to visit the Black Desert surrounding Bahariya Oasis, where the iron in the desert is one of the reasons for the black rocks. You will walk to explore Gabal El Marsos, Divided Mountain, and then drive off road towards the small Bedouin village El Hez, which is the beautiful place swimming in the water spring. There we have availability to swim in it, if you are interested the water is clean and fresh. After enjoying the spring continue our way to the way to White Desert area 160-km on/off road. After 55 KM will stop by the Crystal Mountain and we will start our off road tour there. Enjoy the beautiful shining stone and small cave there. Then continue driving to El Mattar area which is our first camping night there. Camping under the beautiful and shining stars. Accommodation: Camping in desert

After incredible camping night with special sunrise in the beautiful desert, will driving to the Aqabat off road area and stop by the Hole Mountain. Then continue driving to the Great Karaween sand dunes. Enjoy the driving through the sand dunes and also we have availability for the sand boarding adventure there. After the nice time by the dunes will driving on the way to the Magic Spring Ain El Serw. Our delicious picnic lunch will be there beside the water spring in the middle of no where. After lunch will keep continue driving on the way to White Desert. In our way to the White Desert will stop by the Big and Small Valleys and Henes Valley. Also will stop by Acacia Tree one from the oldest tree in the whole Western Desert. Then stop by Tents Valley for takes incredible photos. Then drive to the White Desert National Park. The park is the site of large white chalk rock formations, created through erosion by wind and sand. It is also the site of cliffs at the northern end of the Farafra Depressions. The park serves as the refuge for various animals, including the endangered Rhim gazelle and the vulnerable dorcas gazelle, as well as barbary sheep, red and fennec foxes. White Desert National Park covers an area of 3,010 km2, 1,160 sq mi. The altitude in the park varies from 32 to 353 m, 105 to 1,158 ft, above sea level. Then drive you with its chalk, cream landscape, and the wind carved mushroom-shaped formations that resemble both human and animal faces. Tonight we enjoy and watch the sunset over the exquisite sands of the desert. Today night will enjoy also the incredible clear sky, stars shining, and delicious BBQ dinner. Accommodation: Camping in desert

After a magical, but often cold night in the White Desert, drive you south towards Dakhla Oasis. In this huge green farming oasis we will visit the old Islamic town of Qasr Dakhla in its desert-medieval style, built on top of a city from Roman times. Mut, the center of Dakhla, is still using its Ancient Egyptian name after the goddess of Waset, Luxor. Here further visits will take you to the Temple of the Rock and the Colored Mountain. Then we will visit Mozawaka Tombs one from the famous and beautiful colors tombs in all oasis. After the visiting this beautiful site will drive you to the hotel. Accommodation: Hotel

After breakfast we will start our drive towards to visit castles of the Dabba in Balat Village and Bashendi Village tomb. Then continue driving to the last oasis for our desert journey. Kharga Oasis, the center for the Governorate of Wadi Gedid, a Governorate responsible for 40 percent of Egypt's land area. Where artifact from the whole of Wadi Gedid's Ancient Egyptian, Christian and Islamic periods are exhibited. The Amon Temple in Hibis is one of the only two temples known built during Persian rule of Egypt, 26th Dynasty. The inscriptions on the later built Roman gate give very important understanding about Roman imperial rule in Egypt. After Christianity came to Egypt with St. Mark the Evangelist, the Christian community was in periods under hard prosecutions from Roman rule with thousand and thousand of martyrs. Many fled to the desert for protection. Kharga was one of these places and the result of this is that we in Bagawat got one of the oldest and best-preserved Christian cemeteries in the world. On top of a hill close to Hibis lies the Roman temple-fortress Nadura, a typical lookout as the English House visited in Baharia, apart from the fact that Nadura was built nearly two thousand years earlier. Then drive you to the hotel and end the tour. Accommodation: Hotel

After breakfast drive you to the 20 km south of Kharga Oasis for visiting Qasr El-Ghueita and Qasr El Zayan temples. Then continue driving directly to the way Luxor city. It’s around 5 hours driving to there. Arrive Luxor around 15:00 drive you to your hotel say goodbye and end the tour. Accommodations: Siwa Oasis: 03 Nights Hotel H.B Bahariya Oasis: 01 Night Hotel H.B White Desert: 02 Nights Camping F.B Dakhla Oasis: 01 Night Hotel H.B Kharga Oasis: 01 Night Hotel H.B

Durations

9 Days / 8 Nights

Language

English

Frequently asked questions

This tour is 9 days and 8 nights, starting from Cairo and ending in Luxor.

The tour includes Siwa Oasis, Bahariya Oasis, White Desert, Farafra, Dakhla Oasis, Kharga Oasis, and Luxor.

Yes, the tour includes 3 nights in Siwa Oasis with visits to Shali Old Town, Mountain of the Dead, Amoun Temple, Oracle Temple, Fitnas Island, Salt Lake, Cleopatra Water Spring, and Bir Wahed.

Yes, the tour includes 2 nights camping in the White Desert.

The tour includes El Meftella Mountain, Salty Lake, Dest Pyramid Mountain, Maghrafa Mountain, Bir El Ghaba, El Matar warm springs, and English Mountain if time permits.

The tour includes the Black Desert, Gabal El Marsos, El Hez, Crystal Mountain, Aqabat off-road area, Hole Mountain, Great Karaween sand dunes, Magic Spring Ain El Serw, Big and Small Valleys, Henes Valley, Acacia Tree, Tents Valley, and White Desert National Park.

The tour includes Qasr Dakhla, Mut, Temple of the Rock, Colored Mountain, Mozawaka Tombs, Balat Village, and Bashendi Village tomb.

The tour includes Kharga Oasis, Hibis Temple, Bagawat Cemetery, Nadura Temple, Qasr El-Ghueita, and Qasr El Zayan temples.

The tour ends at your hotel in Luxor.

The program includes 6 nights hotels.

The program includes 2 nights camping.

Entrance fees and permits are included during your visits in sightseeing in Siwa Oasis and White Desert, according to the program.

Breakfast and dinner meals are included.

No, tipping is excluded.

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