1st day: You arrive around midday in the oasis Bahariya; after a welcome lunch we start to a local tour in and around Bahariya; english mountain, pyramid mountain, salt lake and the dunes close to Bahariya; after dinner you will have the possibility to visit the tent and listen to the music of the famous bedouin musician Abdel Sadik (for guest there is a small entrance fee of LE 20, which is equal to € 3); overnight in the hotel "Old Oasis" or "El Beshmo Lodge" close to the gardens of Bahariya.
2nd day: After breakfast you can have a walk through the gardens of Bahariya before we start to the desert; first stop: Black Desert; after that we continue to cristal mountain, from where we will start offroad to El Agabat; we continue to the White Desert, where we will make our camp; for dinner we will have chicken barbecue; after that you will have enough time to look at an amazing starlit sky...
3rd day:After breakfast we continue discovering the New White Desert; later we will visit the Old White Desert and the oasis Farafra; there you will have the possibility to visit Badrs museum; after a short local tour you could take a bath in one of the hot springs of Farafra; we continue to the desert, where we will make our camp; dinner and watching stars....
4th day: After breakfast we start on the old caravan route to Dakhla; on the way you can observe many different faces of the desert: never-ending sand dunes or bizarre rocks; around evening we will arrive at the place for our camp; after dinner its time for couting shooting stars....
5th day: After breakfast we continue our way to Dakhla; first we would visit the old city of El Qasr and a small but very nice museum about the oasis; after that lunch and time for a rest; tour through the oasis; have a small glance to the life of the people in Dakhla; after sunset we go to the hotel, where we will have dinner; freetime and overnight in a hotel
6th day: After breakfast we would visit the tempel of Deir El Haggar for those who are interested in history; after that we drive you to the main city of Dakhla, Mut; there you will have time to go for a walk or shopping; after lunch it would be time to say "good bye"....
Information:
From Dakhla you could whether go by bus or microbus to Luxor or Cairo; also, you could go with us back to Bahariya; for more information click here.
For more information about Dakhla and the other oases please have a look to our lexicon.