"Thank you for a fantastic holiday, the staff, diving school, guides helped make our trip really enjoyable and run smoothly. It was well organized and we can't wait to get back to Dahab and do some more diving!"
Ms. L. Smith (Diving in the Red Sea) |
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| Deserts, Tombs & Beaches Tour |
15 days |
Desert cliff in the Egyptian Desert, Egypt The Egyptian western oases have remained little changed over the centuries. A less visited part of Egypt, these oases provide the chance to get away from the tourist trail and into a landscape untouched by man. This tour does a loop through the Western desert visiting the Bahariya, Farafra, Dakhla and Kharga oases en-route to Luxor, where we visit the main sites on both banks of the Nile before returning to Cairo.
The tour starts in Cairo with a visit to the ancient Pyramids and Sphinx at Gisa and Saqqara. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Pyramids above all stand as a symbol of Egypt. From here, you head out into the desert and the lush green oasis of Bahariya. After a chance to take in the tranquil beauty of the oasis we arrange for you to board jeeps and head out into the White Desert with its strange, unearthly rock formations and vast open plains. Its scenery is more reminiscent of the Moon than of the Earth. After visiting the Crystal Mountain you can help set-up camp and spend a night under the stars. Before we reach the Farafra Oasis you can stop at the Black Desert to see the famous "flowers of the desert". In Farafra, the smallest and most peaceful of the desert oases, we see traditional houses and an ancient way of life.
The Blue Hole in Dahab, Egypt You continue through the desert, stopping at the larger oasis towns of Dahkla and Kharga, before arriving in Luxor. We tour both banks of the Nile in Luxor, visiting the Temples of Luxor & Karnak on the East bank, and the Valleys of the Kings, Queen Hatchepsut & Medinat Habu temples and the Colossi of Memnon on the West bank. After heading back to Cairo for a day, we travel to the Sinai Peninsular and the Red Sea at Dahab.
The tour spends 4 days in Dahab, and we include a snorkelling trip to the Blue Hole, and a sunset camel ride. There is plenty of free time to relax, and you can do more snorkelling, or try some scuba-diving (there is time to fit in the PADI Open Water Course). You also have the chance to visit Mt. Sinai and St Catherine's monastery.
The tour then return to Cairo for some last minute shopping before your tour ends.
Note: We have two other tours that run alongside this trip. Our Deserts & Tombs tour returns straight to Cairo from Luxor, missing out the Red Sea, while our Deserts, Tombs & Jordan tour, continues from Dahab into Jordan, and finishes in Amman, rather than returning to Cairo.
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