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  • Seabourn Sojourn Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    Seabourn Sojourn Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    The Seabourn Sojourn, the flagship vessel of Seabourn Cruise Line's ultra-luxury fleet, was built in 2008 at the T. Mariotti shipyard in Genoa, Italy. Measuring 198 metres, it can accommodate up to 450 guests in its 225 spacious all-suite staterooms.

  • Norwegian Sky Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    Norwegian Sky Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    Norwegian Cruise Line operates a cruise ship called the Norwegian Sky. It was constructed in 1999 and can accommodate 2,004 passengers in addition to 878 crew members. The ship has several dining establishments, lounges and bars, a spa and fitness center, swimming pools, and a number of entertainment areas.

  • Explora II Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    Explora II Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    Explora II, the second vessel in the Explora Journeys fleet, sets sail in 2024 to redefine luxury cruising. With 461 ocean-front suites, 9 culinary experiences, and 4 pools, this haven of sophistication and sustainability promises an unforgettable "Ocean State of Mind" journey to inspiring destinations.

  • Mein Schiff 6 Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    Mein Schiff 6 Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    The Mein Schiff 6 is the latest cruise ship in the renowned TUI Cruises fleet, offering passengers a luxurious and sophisticated cruise experience. At 315 metres long, this floating resort features a range of dining options, entertainment, and recreational facilities, including a spa, fitness centre, and sports amenities.

  • Mein Schiff 4 Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    Mein Schiff 4 Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    When the Mein Schiff 4 cruise ship docks in Safaga, Egypt, passengers are granted access to a realm of ancient wonders. Aboard this state-of-the-art vessel, guests can embark on meticulously curated shore excursions that showcase the region's most iconic landmarks, including the Giza Pyramids, the enigmatic Sphinx, and the remarkable tombs and temples of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

  • MS Europa Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    MS Europa Cruise Stops in Safaga Port

    The Silver Moon, Silversea's latest flagship, is a luxury cruise ship that offers an exceptional travel experience for Venezuelans exploring Egypt. With a capacity of 596 guests and an impressive 40,700 gross tonnes, the Silver Moon maintains the small-ship intimacy and spacious all-suite accommodations that are the hallmarks of the Silversea brand.

Egypt Oases

Egypt Oases

These oases provide a unique opportunity to watch the stars like never before in the desert landscapes of Egypt, find out the hidden treasures, and experience the local culture of the Bedouin lifestyle. Whether you're interested in nature, history, or simply seeking tranquility, Egypt's oases offer a memorable and exciting experience.

Organize your trip yourself and customize the best trips that you can find on Egypt Tours. You can start your adventure by exploring the Farafra Oasis and Dakhla Oasis, and Kharga. Safari trips are also strongly recommended in Egypt to Bahariya Oasis and the White Desert Egypt Tour which enables you to see the vast White Desert.

Oases of Egypt

Imagine going on a really fun trip to Egypt! Egypt is a special place with a special culture, you can know more about the different cultures in Egypt such as in the Black Desert | Bahariya Oasis. This place is cool and has attracted many people like history experts, adventurer and artists for a long time. It has a story about how it began, and there are things from that time that you can see today. These things are filled with awesome stuff and secrets that we still don't know about.

These villages (Bahariya Oasis) are characterized by the presence of sandy rocky hills in many parts and relied in the ancient and modern eras on agriculture based on groundwater. Most of its monuments are around agricultural areas, ancient springs and Roman ruins.

The Black Desert
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Black Desert | Bahariya Oasis

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The Western Sahara's "Black Desert" is located south of the Farafra Oasis. The term comes from the fact that its mountains, hills, and dunes are covered with a layer of black powder. This powder covers the summits of some mountains and highlands, giving them the appearance of wearing hats to show their adorning skills. Other hills and highlands, on the other hand, are completely covered with this powder, which cascades down the sides like black velvet robes.

White Desert Safari  in Egypt
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White Desert

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The White Desert, a strange phenomenon in western Egypt, is located in the Bahariya oases to the north of the Farafra oasis and covers an area of more than 3000 square kilometres. It is unique in its kind, and visitors to these western lands frequently feel as if they are visiting another planet, despite the fact that it is only 500 kilometres from Cairo.

Bahariya Oasis in Egypt
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Bahariya Oasis

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The Bahariya oasis is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful tourist destinations in Egypt, as it combines the enchantment of nature with historical monuments. It was thought to be a lush oasis in the middle of a desert, surrounded by black quartz hills.

El Dakhla Oasis in Egypt
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El Dakhla Oasis

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Dakhla oasis is considered one of the oases in the Sahara desert, it is located between Farafra oasis and Kharga oasis, and its capital is Mut village, which is an area of green land covered with small trees and there are many plants and trees adjacent to the water springs running in the oases, such as palm trees, and it is characterized by fertile soils, and most of the oasis land is suitable for agriculture.

El Kharga Oasis in Egypt
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Kharga Oasis

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This name carries a lot of precision; Compared to other Egyptian cities, the Kharga Oasis is outside the control of the Nile and refuses to fall into its valley, and refuses to announce that the desert is not always the mother of drought or the refuge of the unknown. The Kharga Oasis is an ideal place for an interesting safari in the western desert.

Temple of Alexander the Great in Siwa
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Temple of the Oracle at Siwa Oasis

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The Temple of the Oracle at Siwa, known as the temple of Alexander the Great, is a temple located in the desert of Siwa in western Egypt. It was consecrated to Amun. According to legend, its foundation is related to that of the oracle of Dodona, as it says that there were two black doves that departed from the Thebaid with the same mission, one flew to Dodona and the other to Siwa.

How to get to Siwa Oasis
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Siwa Oasis | Western Desert Oasis of Siwa

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Siwa is one of the most unique oases in Egypt, containing Bedouin villages and two salt lakes, Lake Siwan and Lake El-Zeitoun, and is famous for the existence of the Temple of Alexander the Great, also known as the Temple of the Oracle.

Gebel Al Mawta Siwa
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Mountain of the Dead in Siwa Oasis | Gebel Al Mawta

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The cone-shaped Mountain of the Dead contains thousands of rock-cut tombs, whose inscriptions helped to date the oldest tombs in them. According to the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, burials continued in these cemeteries until late Roman times.

Shali Fortress in Siwa Oasis, Egypt
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The Old Town of Shali | Shali Fortress in Siwa Oasis

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It is the old city and castle in the heart of the Siwa oasis in the Libyan desert in Egypt.it was named Shali in the local Siwan dialect and was built by the Syrians. They used it to defend themselves from other neighboring tribes.

Temple of Amun Ra in Siwa Oasis
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Temple of Amun Ra in Siwa Oasis | Um Ubaida Temple

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Among the many temples that are innumerable in Egypt, is the Temple of "Amun" or the Temple of Predictions in the Oasis of Siwa or Temple of Om Obeyda , It is one of the most famous monuments of the god Amun, which was built during the XXVI dynasty in the sixth century BC on the plateau of Aghurmi.

Egypt Western Desert
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The Great Sand Sea in the Western Desert | Siwa

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The Great Sand Sea, is a vast area of sand dunes consisting of three sand seas located in the southwest of the Western Desert. Some scholars say in the interpretation of the phenomena that move their sand like waves of the sea, And also swallows any large object as it is formed by layers of shifting sands on a layer of fine lime and on a large amount of groundwater, and this is the reason for this great movement.

Farafra Oasis in Egypt
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Farafra Oasis | Oases of Egypt

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Farafra is a unique oasis, and is the most isolated of the New Valley oases. It is famous for its strong traditions and customs. The oldest part of the village is located at the foot of a hill next to palm groves surrounded by palm trees, nearby are hot sulfur springs and Lake Mufid. The oasis is surrounded by several natural springs and many palm and olive trees.

Crystal Mountain in Egypt
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The Crystal Mountain in Bahariya Oasis

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The origin of this crystal mountain is interesting. The hill was opened by chance during work on the road from Farafra to Bahariya and was partly destroyed. The material was installed on the road. Today it is the Crystal Mountain, a popular stop for tourists.

Valley of the Golden Mummies
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Valley of the Golden Mummies | Museum of the Golden Mummies

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The Valley of the Golden Mummies is the largest cemetery in Egypt dating back to the Greco-Roman era. It revealed about 250 mummies and most of them are aristocracies that lived in the Bahariya Oasis during the Greco-Roman period.

Cleopatra Spring in Siwa Oasis | Ain Guba
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Cleopatra Spring | Ain Juba | Guba Spring in Siwa Oasis

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Cleopatra Bath is also called (Eye of the Sun) and its name dates back to the 5th century BC, when the historian (Herodotus) described it by this name. It is one of the natural springs of the Siwa Oasis, and is considered the most famous tourist attraction in Siwa, and it is said that the Egyptian queen (Cleopatra) swam in it during her visit to Siwa.

Siwa Oasis in Egypt
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Bir Wahed in Siwa Oasis | Well Number 1 Water Spring

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One of Siwa's most favorite excursions is the freshwater lake at Bir Wahed, 15 km from the edge of the Great Sand Sea. Once over the top of a dune, you come to a hot spring, the size of a large Jacuzzi, where sulfurous water bubbles into a pool and runs out to irrigate a garden.

Siwan House
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The Siwan House | Siwa House Museum

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Siwan's traditional houses are very economical, as all building materials are obtained from our own gardens or from the salt lakes. The houses are built with karsheef, a stone made from a mixture of clay, salt and fine sand that forms on the shores of the salt lakes. When joined with clay, the karsheef walls become a single solid unit and are quite strong. Roofs and doors are made of palm wood, and mud and olive leaves help strengthen the roof against rain.

Egypt, Bahariya Oasis
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Tombs of the Nobles in Bahariya Oasis | Nobles Tombs Bahariya

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Tombs of the nobles, also known as the Dome of the Hawa Tombs, in reference to the tomb of Sheikh "Ali Abu El Hawa", which is located on top of the hill. These tombs pecked the rocks of the hills northwest of Aswan and have direct views of the botanical island and Elephantine Island.

Alexander The Great temple Bahariya Egypt
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Temple of Alexander the Great in Bahariya Oasis

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The Temple of Alexander the Great, which is one of the most important temples found in the Bahariya Oasis, is the only one that was dedicated to Alexander. It was specifically dedicated to this Macedonian king, who represents an important period in the history of Egypt, and the temple is located in an area called Ain al-Tabniyeh, 5 km southwest of the city of Qasr in the Bahariya Oasis.

Valley of Agabat | Farafra Oasis
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Valley of Agabat in Farafra Oasis

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In the heart of the White Desert in the Farafra Oasis in Egypt lies the "Valley of Agabat or the Obstacles", which geologists believe is very similar to the surface of the Red Planet.

Temple of Ain El Muftella, Bahariya Oasis
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Temple of Ain El Muftella in Bahariya Oasis | Ain Muftalla

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This temple was named Ain al-Muftla because of its proximity to a water spring called Ain al-Muftla, located northeast of al-Maqasir, and is one of the most important natural water springs in the Bahariya Oasis.

Valley of El Haize in Bahariya Oasis
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Valley of El Haize in Bahariya Oasis

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Travelers to the white desert can stop for a break at al-Hayz after driving from the central Bahariya Oasis "bawiti" village for an hour southbound, they may not share restaurants, but there is a small cafe that welcomes visitors to the village.

Wadi Hitan | Egypt
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Wadi Hitan | Valley of the Whales in Egypt

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Valley of the Whales or Wadi Hitan is a fossil area in the northwest of the Wadi El-Rayan Reserve, dating back some 40 million years. These excavations are of fossilized structures of primitive whales, shark teeth, shells, and other marine animals that are considered an open museum. There is also a fossilized short plant inside soft rocks.

Gara Cave Egypt
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Gara Cave | Djara Cave Egypt | Gara Cave Safari Egypt

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Gara Cave attracts many tourists as it is one of the most important stops in any program for discoverers and adventure seekers. Egyptians visit it daily because they appreciate these preserved natural sites.

Farafra Oasis History
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Ain Khadra in Farafra Oasis

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Ain Khadra is one of the oldest Roman springs in the oasis of Farafra, and its people called it "the homeland", and Ain al-Wadi for its presence in a depression, which is the place where the inhabitants of the region lived before moving to The city of Farafra is located today in 1840 AD.

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The Black Mountain in Bahariya Oasis

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The "Black Desert" in the Bahariya Oasis is one of the most important natural tourist attractions in Egypt and the world, it is formed by mountains of volcanic rocks scattered like an archipelago of islands.

Dakrour Mountain in Siwa - Egypt
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Dakrour Mountain in Siwa Oasis | Siwa Festival

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Dakrour Mountain is located 3 km southeast of the Siwa Oasis, a mountain known for its healing climatic properties, especially for patients with rheumatism. As it is famous for the healing properties of its hot sand since ancient times, there are two cemeteries, one of which are the six columns cut in earlier times and the Greek era.

adrenaline activities in Egypt
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Sandboarding in Egypt | Adrenaline Activities in Egypt | Flyboard Egypt

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At a distance of 130 km from the Egyptian capital Cairo, it encompasses vast areas of sand dunes, one of the largest natural lakes in Egypt, making the site an address for sand skiing in the country.

Qarun Lake Fayoum Egypt tours
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Lake Qarun in Egypt

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"Lake Qarun" ... that enclosed sweet lake in the heart of the Western Desert, linked to the Nile River with the lifeline of the name "Bahr Youssef", which is one of the ancient water channels established by King Amenemhat II in the 19th century BC to supply Lake Qarun with flood water, comes from the city of Dairout in the governorate of Assiut to the lake. C. to supply Lake Qarun with flood water comes from the city of Dairout in the governorate of Assiut to reach the lake.

Bawiti Village in Bahariya
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Bawiti Village in Bahariya Oasis

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The Bahariya Oasis consists of many villages, the most prominent of which is Bawiti, which is the largest administrative center and has a population of 30,000 people.

Qasr El Labkha in El Kharga Oasis
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Qasr El Labkha in El Kharga Oasis

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Qasr Al-Labkha area in Kharga Center in New Valley Governorate is one of the most famous hospital areas in the Oasis due to the presence of sulfur water that gives energy and activity to the body.

Temple of Dush in Kharga Oasis
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Temple of Dush in Kharga Oasis

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The oasis uncovers a large number of archaeological sites, such as the Dush Temple, which is dedicated to Isis and Serapis. The Dush Temple is considered one of the most important archaeological and tourist attractions of Kharga Oasis.

Temple of Hibis, the largest and most well
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Temple of Hibis in Kharga Oasis

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The Temple of Hibis is one of the most important Egyptian temples and tourist attractions in Egypt, specifically in the Governorate of the New Valley, approximately one kilometer north of the city of Kharga. The importance of this temple lies in the fact that it represents the different Pharaonic, Persian, Ptolemaic, and Roman historical ages.

Temple of Nadora in Kharga Oasis
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Temple of Nadora in Kharga Oasis

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The Temple of Nadora is considered one of the most important temples and strong places, which used to protect the oases against ancient invasions and robber attacks on the residents of the oases.

ُEl Qasr Village in Bahariya Oasis
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El Qasr Village in Bahariya Oasis

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The Islamic Village of Al-Qasr, one of the most important ancient Egyptian cities in the Bahariya oasis, contains houses, markets, gates, and castles that indicate its architectural value and striking antiquities.

Cemetery of Bagawat
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Cemetery of Bagawat in Kharga Oasis

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Al-Bagwat, a group of ancient tombs located in the city of Kharga. The word is the pronunciation of the people of the valley for the word "vault" and this is an indication that all the tombs in the cemetery are crowned by domes. Its great significance is that it dates back to the early Christian era when the Copts of Egypt fled their religion for fear of Roman persecution of Christianity and settled in the desert away from the hands of the Roman emperors.

Ghaliet Ecolodge & Spa in Siwa Oasis
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Ghaliet Ecolodge & Spa in Siwa Oasis

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Ghaliet means "precious" and Ghaliet Ecolodge & Spa at Siwa Oasis is a haven for people to reconnect with nature and themselves and with its natural spring at its very heart. You can visit more hotels and resorts with Cairo Top Tours!

International Hot Spring Hotel in Bahariya
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International Hot Spring Hotel in Bahariya

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The International Hot Spring Hotel is located 2,4 kilometers from English Mountain Main Entrance and offers free private parking, a safe and a tour desk. The house consists of 45 rooms.

Shali Lodge in Siwa Oasis (Kenooz Shali)
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Shali Lodge in Siwa Oasis (Kenooz Shali)

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The Shali Lodge is a beautiful hotel in Siwa Oasis nestled between olive and palm trees, which is known as Kenooz by the Siwan community as well. It is only a 5-minute walk from the heart of the city.

Tunis Village in El Fayoum Oasis
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Tunis Village in El Fayoum Oasis

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The village of Tunis is a little lovely place within the Fayum Oasis and is considered one of the most lovely and naturally occurring places of Egypt. Learn more about the Oasis of Egypt with Cairo Top Tours!

Temple of Hibis | Hibis Temple
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Temple of Hibis | Al Kharga Oasis

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The Hibs Temple is one of the most famous and well-known temples in Khargas district, Governorate of the New Valley, since it is the only temple from the Savy Persian period that still stands in the middle of a palm grove about a half-acre north of Kharga.

Nadora Temple, Kharga Oasis
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Nadora Temple, Kharga Oasis

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Nadora Temple is a temple dedicated to the goddess Nadora. It is located in the new valley of the Kharga Oasis, to the northeast. In 138 AD, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius or Hadrian, this temple was built. Other scenes depict musicians playing percussion instruments on the temple, which was primarily constructed as a dedication to god Amon.

Qattara Depression project
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Qattara depression project

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One project identified in the Ministry of Electricity and Energy plan as a project examined in the Hydropower Project Implementation Authority (HP) was the Qattara Depression Project, with an installed capacity of 1800 Megawatts. The project was, though, not included in a five-year energy plant project plan from 2002-2003 to the 2005-2006 fiscal year.

Al-Mazouka tombs in the Dakhla Oasis
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Al-Muzawaka tombs in Dakhla Oasis

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The tombs of Al-Muzawaka are a Roman cemetery dating back to the second century AD, as they are distinguished by their colorful paintings and decorated with bright religious inscriptions that combine the Pharaonic and Roman deities.

Volcano eruption in Egypt | Egypt volcano
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Al-Marsous Mountain | Volcano eruption in the Black Desert, Egypt

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Al-Marsous Mountain is one of the most well-known mountains in the Black Desert. It's a crater eruption entirely made of volcano jasper. This material  spreads beautifully on the mountain as if it draws the wrinkles of history upon its rocks and gives it the glory and veneration of history.

JEBEL AL-DUST Baharia Oasis
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The Mountain of EL-Dest | JEBEL AL-DUST Baharia Oasis

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Al-Dust and Al-Majdal mountains are two adjacent mountains, the first of which is Jabal Al-Dust, which is characterized by its pyramidal shape, which rises to fifty meters and has a circumference at the base of about 800 m, while this circumference shrinks to about 30 meters at the top. As for the Scooper Mountain, its base is fifty meters away from the base of Jebel Al-Dust and slightly less than it in height. The length of the circumference of the base of the Scooper Mountain is about 600 meters at the base and about 15 meters at the top.

Cave of Swimmers Gilf Elkebir, Egypt
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The Cave of Swimmers

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The Cave of Swimmers is located Southwest of New Wadi Governorate near Egyptian-Libyan borders. It is one of the driest areas of the desert and is currently deserted.

Village of Mut in Dakhla Oasis
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Village of Mut

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Village of Mut It is considered an oasis of the Sahara Desert and a center in the New Valley Governorate in Egypt, extending about 80 km from east to west and 25 km from north to south. It is located on the road linking Farafra in the north and Kharga in the east,

Ghoroud Samuel Safari | Fayoum Egypt tour
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Ghoroud Samuel Fayoum

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Ghoroud Samuel, at a distance of about 180 km from Cairo on the road southwest of Fayoum and on the outskirts of the Western Desert. Accordingly, Samuel's grouse is still the closest grotto area to the Nile Valley, and Cairo.

Wadi Hamra
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The Gilf Kebir | Wadi Hamra

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At Gulf Kebir, a variety of wadis encounter and scar the highland, and lots of those are terribly stunning, however, they conjointly contain hefty rock art. where the prolific variety of painted shelters around gully Sura to the south, their ar few rock art sites. this is often stunning on the condition that 3 of the most wadis during this space have hefty vegetation. one among the first explorers, Almasy, thought that this was as a result of they were still raging mountain streams throughout the prehistoric culture. He was mistaken, however, still, there's no clarification for the dearth of rock art sites.

Wadi Silica Gilf El Kebir
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Wadi Silica Gilf El Kebir

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“Silica” was formed by a meteorite impact that struck an area called “Jarrat al-Hanash” 35 million years ago, says geologist Ahmed Salama, an official of the reserves of the western region, and confirms It has not been confirmed whether this meteorite originated from a planet in the solar system or from outside it. When the meteorite hit the sand, it created a very high temperature that turned the sand into silica, and by studying this green compound, it was found that there are chemical elements that do not exist in the meteorite fields

Information about the Oldest Human Footprints
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The Oldest Human Footprint

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Archaeologists in Egypt say they need to discover what could be the oldest human footprint ever found. The definition was found imprinted in mud, which has since turned to stone, at Siwa oasis within the western desert.

Tomb of Alexander the Great
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Tomb of Alexander the Great Siwa

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An Egyptian official has insisted there's decent proof for the invention of the elusive grave of Alexander the good, rumored media outlet Egypt freelance. consistent with the report, Mr. Mohamed Omran director of the touristry Department in Siwa ‘announced proof suggesting the potential discovery of the grave of Alexander the good could be within the Marai space.

Ain El Serw oasis
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Ain El Serw oasis

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The small Ain el-Serw oasis, also called Ain Serwal, Ain Abu Hawas, or Magic Spring, consists of just a little hill with a delightful water source and a few palm trees.

Adrere Amellal Eco-Lodge Siwa _ Egypt
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Adrere Amellal Hotel

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A world of environmental rocks and sand، White Mountain brings us back to nature in the heart of the Egyptian desert.

Ghweita  Oasis
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Ghweita Temple in Kharga Oasis

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The temple of Qasr al-Ghuwaita is located about 23 km south of the Kharga Oasis, on the (Kharga-Paris) road on a hill that rises above the ground. It is considered one of the most famous temples in the city of Kharga after the Temple of Hibis.

Temple of El Zayyan
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Temple of El Zayyan

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The Graeco-Roman temple of Qasr El Zayyan, located in the historic town of Takhoneourit, is one of the important structures of the Kharga Oasis. The settlement, which was mostly unexplored, was a crucial halt on the journey over the desert to Esna. The Amon-Hibis-dedicated little sandstone temple, which was a component of a stronghold, had a court leading to the sanctuary with a lovely cult niche and a chamber with a stairway to the roof.

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Deir El Hagar Temple

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The reason for naming the temple of Deir al-Hajar this name is because all its components were carved from sandstone in its architectural design, it was a unique piece that reflects the artistic style of the architecture of the modern Egyptian state.

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Valley of silica

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Silica, which is one of the most beautiful landscapes of the Western Desert, is 120 kilometers from the northern part, and silica formed from a meteorite shock that struck an area called Jarrat al-Hanash 35 million years ago.

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Temple of Qaser Al Zayyan

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The temple was built in the Ptolemaic era, and people worshiped Amun in it, and inscriptions appear on the walls of the temple that tell the rituals of the king while presenting the statue of Maat to Amun

Sigham Well in Bahariya Oasis
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Sigham Well in Bahariya Oasis

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Egypt is full of many world-renowned tourist attractions, including the Sejam well, one of the most important natural hot springs in the marine oases for treatment and hospitalization, which is located 7 kilometers west of the marine oases on Cairo Road.

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Karanis Museum in Fayoum

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Karanis Museum is a museum dedicated to displaying archaeological remains, statues, and artifacts, the most prominent of which is a collection of mummy photos found in Fayoum, belonging to the residents of the Ptolemaic town of Cranes, and visitors from groups or even individuals can tour the museum, see the displayed pieces and read the identification

El Bageat Tomb - Kharga Oasis
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Bagawat Tombs

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El Bagawat is an ancient Christian necropolis, one of the oldest globally, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. It is one of the earliest and best-preserved Christian cemeteries from the ancient world.

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The hot sulfur wells of Mut

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These wells are characterized by their hot water, which has a temperature of 43 degrees Celsius. According to the laboratory analyses conducted by the health affairs in the governorate, the water of these wells contains many mineral elements that are therapeutically useful in cases of rheumatism, psoriasis, and physical pain.

Bashendi Village Dakhla Oasis
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Bashendi Village in Dakhla Oasis

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The ancient village of Ezbet Bashandi in the New Valley is considered the largest village in tourism, located within the Dakhla Oasis region

Camel Rock - New Valley
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The Stagnant Camel Rock

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The stagnant camel rock is the most famous rock that is located at the entrance to the village of Tanida in the Blat Center. It was given this name because it is in the middle of a desert area in the form of a camel, as it derived its name from its shape, which is not much different from the shape of the crouching camel.

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Badr Museum

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The museum is a house with several rooms, each room has statues, pictures, and carvings depicting traditional life in the oasis, through which it tells about special features of the lives of parents and grandparents.

The English House in Egypt - An Oasis Relic of War and Revolution
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The English House in Egypt - An Oasis Relic of War and Revolution

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The English House in Egypt is a historical landmark that stands as a captivating relic of the region's tumultuous past, reflecting the impact of war and revolution on the oasis. Nestled amidst the Egyptian desert, this architectural gem holds a significant place in history.

Sphinx in White Desert - White Chalk Formations
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Sphinx in White Desert - White Chalk Formations

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The Sphinx in White Desert is a stunning natural rock formation located in the White Desert of Egypt. Resembling the mythical creature from ancient Egyptian lore, this mesmerizing structure stands tall amidst the surreal landscape.

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You will be able to explore Siwa Oasis, Bahriya Oasis, and the White Desert, which are some of the top destinations in the world for exhilarating safari adventures. You will enjoy camping under the starry sky in the desert where you will be able to relax and escape from the noise.

 

Egypt is one of the most famous countries that possess many of the most beautiful and rare oases in the world, such as Dakhla, Kharga, Farafra, and Siwa Oasis. You can visit many archaeological sites such as the Temple of the Golden Mummies, the Temple of Alexander, the Mountain of the Dead, and other tourist attractions such as Cleopatra Spring and salt lakes.

Nearly seven Oases can be found in Egypt, most of which are in the country's western and eastern deserts, where the climate is extremely arid and where Bedouin tribes have long resided. 
 

The Egyptian oases and deserts are an ideal location for safari trips, where you will enjoy many exciting recreational activities and be able to view many picturesque landscapes.
 

Kharga is the biggest oasis and the main place where important things are decided in the New Valley Governorate. It's also the closest oasis to the Nile Valley, and you can get there from Luxor in just two hours.

Yes, generally, Egypt provides good healthcare services. There are hospitals and specialized clinics in various regions of the country. It's advisable to have health insurance and check the available facilities on-site beforehand.

The best time to visit Egypt's oases is during the cooler months of the year, from October to April, when temperatures are more moderate and comfortable for outdoor activities. Summers in the desert can be extremely hot, with temperatures reaching well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

The White Desert is located in the Western Desert of Egypt, about 500 kilometers southwest of Cairo. Its distinctive chalk cliffs, formed over thousands of years by wind and sand, give the desert its iconic white appearance.
 

The Egyptian Oases offer a variety of activities for visitors, including:

Wandering and exploring: You can wander through the oases and discover the beauty of nature and enjoy peace and tranquility.
Swimming in hot springs: Such as Bir Al Ghaba and the hot springs in the Bahariya Oasis, where you can relax and enjoy the warm water.
Sandboarding: Siwa Oasis offers the opportunity for sandboarding, which is an exciting and fun experience.
Safari trips: You can take safaris in the desert and explore the unique landscapes.
Camping under the stars: Oases offer ideal places for camping and stargazing under clear skies.
Visiting monuments: Some oases contain archaeological monuments that can be visited and learn about the history of the region.

This temple is in a very old city in Egypt called Abydos. It was made for a special god named Osiris, who takes care of people after they die. The temple is big with lots of open areas, tall pillars, and many statues and pictures on the walls.

 A unique experience of nature, history, and culture may be had at the oases. Explore the verdant palm groves, stop by historic temples and ruins, enjoy a bath in the hot springs, go on safaris into the desert, take in the starry night sky, and engage with the local people to discover more about their customs and way of life.
 

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