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What to know about Fayoum

05 16, 2023

Many visitors and tourists prefer to spend time inside tourist places in Wadi Al-Rayyan in Fayoum Governorate, which abounds with many activities and distinctive areas within the reserve that are characterized by cheap and affordable prices, making it one of the most popular places in Fayoum, especially on weekends to enjoy and spend day trips. Egypt Travel Packages offer diverse experiences, allowing visitors to explore such unique destinations in Egypt, including Wadi Al-Rayyan.

The reserve includes tourist places in Wadi Al-Rayyan, which is represented by several places where many activities can be practiced, as follows:
The upper lakes, which are located in Wadi Al-Masakhit, contain renewable semi-saline water, and are visited by safaris to have breakfast on their banks.
The Lower Lake, located near Wadi El-Rayan Falls, is a quiet, clean, pollution-free natural environment, and thousands visit it daily to enjoy swimming in it, taking souvenir photos, as well as riding boats and taking a tour inside it. Egypt Shore Excursions are an ideal way to explore such tranquil areas, offering visitors memorable moments in nature.

The waterfalls area, a waterfalls area located between the upper and lower lakes, with a height of about 20 meters, surrounded by papyrus forests, and thousands of tourists visit it daily to enjoy taking pictures, riding horses and camels, diving, as well as fishing and sandboarding.
Jebel Madoura, a high, round-shaped plateau about 45 million years old, dating back to the pre-Eocene period, and is visited by safaris, and its visitors practice mountain climbing, as well as watching the view of the water flowing between them, in addition to enjoying the view of the picturesque enchanted lake, whose beach is located 500 meters below the mountain.
The Hell's Continent of Whale Valley, one of the most important natural heritage sites, is about 40 million years old, and contains an open-air museum that includes dozens of fossilized skeletons of primitive whales, sharks, and many marine creatures. Egypt Day Tours are perfect for visitors interested in exploring these remarkable historic and natural sites across Wadi Al-Rayyan and Fayoum.

Oyoun Al-Rayyan, with an area of about 150 kilometers, has 4 natural sulfur water springs, surrounded by dense sand dunes, suitable for medical and recreational tourism, as it includes palm forests located between 3 mountains, and embraces dozens of wild animals such as the endangered white fire gazelle, red fox, wolves, Egyptian gazelle, as well as more than 100 species of birds.
Al-Rayyan Beaks, a mountainous area surrounding the Oyoun Al-Rayyan area, which resembles the shape of a beak, so it was nicknamed Al-Rayyan Beaks, and contains a fossil area and marine artifacts, and is a destination for migratory birds, and includes distinctive types of falcons such as the Shaheen Falcon and the Free Falcon.

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The Wadi El-Rayan reserve is one of Egypt's most important nature reserves, after Ras Muhammad, Sainte-Catherine and Mont Elbe. The Wadi Al-Rayan lakes cover an area of around 45,000 acres and are three lakes to which thousands of visitors flock from all over the republic, not least because of their importance. They are rich in fossils of fish and marine mammals that lived in the region when it was covered by seawater until 40 or 30 million years ago (Wadi Al-Hitan region). Wadi Al-Rayan is one of Egypt's largest protected nature reserves, and the most important in terms of scientific value and high diversity of natural life and environmental components.

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