El Faoyum Oasis Jeep Safari Trip
El Faoyum Oasis
El Fayoum is one of the largest and most fertile of all Egyptian oases, with an overall population of nearly 4 million people. Unlike the Western Desert oases, which are watered by artesian wells, El Fayoum is fed by a small river called the Bahr Yusuf (Joseph’s River), which connects with the Nile. Indeed, the Desert Safari Trips, where you have local interactions with locals.
Lake Qarun, also known as Birket Qarun (which classical writers referred to as Lake Moeris), is located in the northwest. Lake Qarun was much larger and richer in wildlife in antiquity, and it was the site of some of the earliest settlements c. 6000 BC in Egypt.
El Fayoum was especially important during two periods of Egyptian history: the Middle Kingdom (2100 BC), when it began to be intensively exploited for agriculture, and the Greco-Roman Period (332 BC-AD 395), when it provided most of the grain for the Roman Empire.
In this Safari Day Trip, we do many activities:
Picking you up from your hotel in a Jeep Safari
Early morning, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in a Jeep Safari. Start your adventure to the most popular day tours in Giza & Cairo. El Fayoum is about 100 km southwest of the Giza Pyramids. The Valley of Whales is 190 km from Cairo & Giza, and it takes about two hours to drive.
* Hiking for about 45 minutes to enjoy the Valley of Whales
The Valley of Whales in Egypt, where we have the fossilized Whales, Turtles, and mangroves. It is an isolated area, and was at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Wadi Al-Hitan, Whale Valley, in the Western Desert of Egypt, contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales, Archaeoceti. These fossils represent one of the major stories of evolution: the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going mammal from a previous life as a land-based animal.
* Jeep Safari on the dunes
* The Magic Lake & El Medwara Mountain
Visit the Waterfalls of Wadi El Rayan Nature Reserve
El Fayoum Oasis Safari Trip brings you to Wadi El Rayan Nature Reserve. Here we have the Waterfalls of the two lakes, the higher or the smaller one, and the big one. By the way, the waterfalls in Wadi el-Rayan are a natural phenomenon, and are considered to be the largest waterfalls in Egypt
* Sandboarding in the dunes of Wadi El Rayan nature reserve
Sandboarding is suitable for all clients. Desert dunes are safe for these activities. During El Fayoum Oasis Jeep Safari trip at the Magic Lake, you can enjoy sandboarding.
* Lunch in a Local restaurant
We will have lunch in a local restaurant, or a barbecue of grilled chicken
El Fayoum Pottery Handcrafts
Pottery making in El Fayoum started in 1997, based in Tunis Village, Egypt. They produce pottery products like plates, mugs, and wall art. The process is divided into two parts: the first in which they form the mud into shapes, and then fire the ceramics in a kiln. Fast forward comes the fun part where colors take part, they paint on the products, and then let them all dry to use