Day tour to Fayoum visiting 5 places include Whales fossils ( wadi al hitan ) and camping in the desert of Fayoum.
In this tour, you are going to relax with the beautiful scenes of natures, you will play sandboarding and also going to try the bedouin food inside the camp.
Qarun Lake:
It 20 km from Fayoum city; which considered one of the most important ancient natural lakes, where you can fishing and sailing.
It was formed from 70.000 years ago when the Nile overflowed into Fayoum depression.
It’s famous also because the emigrating birds come over it to rest and eat then continue their migration further south.
Wadi Al Rayan:
It is waterfalls where one lake drains into the other one.
It lies between the upper and lower lakes.
It’s 42 k, below the sea level.
Odawara mountain:
It’s a beautiful mountain with the best view as it’s overlooking the magic lake, you can climb it.
The magic lake:
One of the best lakes In Al Fayoum Overlooking to the dunes.
Valley of Whales fossils ( wadi al hitan ):
It’s one of the Unesco world heritage sites, it dates back to more than a million years ago.
This area was a sea, now it contains fossils and skeletons of the whales.
You can’t go there without a 4*4 car, you can take your tent and camping there.
Now we would give you a brief idea about Fayoum:
However, Fayoum it locates 100 km from Cairo, it’s one of the beautiful and natural provinces in Egypt as it contains oasis, dunes, palm trees, lakes, and valleys.
Also, it has monuments and areas from the pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic and Islamic eras.
It has the largest Egyptian oasis,
The oasis has historically been the garden of Egypt and it still producing a large amount of fruit and vegetables.
This province’s best to visit by nature-lovers.
Also, there are a lot of activities you can do in Fayoum:
- Hiking
- Sandboarding
- Fishing
- Camping
- Safari
Overview
Day tour to Fayoum visiting 5 places include Whales fossils ( wadi al hitan ) and camping in the desert of Fayoum.
In this tour, you are going to relax with the beautiful scenes of natures, you will play sandboarding and also going to try the bedouin food inside the camp.
Highlights
- Qarun Lake
- Rayan waterfalls
- Camping in the desert
- Sand boarding play
- the whales fossils area
- Medawara Mountain