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Gilf el Kebir Tour 8 days / 7 nights
For this trip, for organizational reasons we require an
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Duration |
7 nights 8 days |
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Accommodation |
1 nights hotel Dakhla , 6 Nights desert camp |
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Meals |
7 breakfast, 7 lunch and 7 dinner. |
Beverage |
included |
Transportation |
Toyota 4x4 Land Cruiser |
Guide |
included |
Click map for |
Entrance fees |
included |
detailed route |
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Day 1 : |
Cairo - Dakhla |
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After breakfast we
set out on our way to Dakhla , we visit the Old Covered
City with its oil press, school, Courthouse and dwelling
chambers, Muzzawaka & Deir El Hagar, have lunch, dinner
and overnight in the Hotel. |
 
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Day 2 : |
Sugar
Loaf – Mud Lions |
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Pick up the
military escort in the morning and head to last check
point, then leave the paved road towards Sugar Loaf, a
spectacular rock formation. Continue towards Yardages
formation site or Mud lions which is an ancient lake
site, after it was dry, the fauna left fossilized in the
playa sediment had formed in the shape of sea lions in
the direction of the wind, giving a spectacular
landscape view |
 
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Day 3 : |
Central Gilf
Kebir |
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Driving west
towards the Gilf Kebir, crossing Wadi Mashi dunes and
continue towards the Gap that splits the Gilf Kebir for
two parts, this is a remarkable area with beautiful
landscape scenery where the Sand Sea dunes are breaking
and surmounting the Gilf Kebir plateau. Will have our
camp near the complex dunes of wadi assib |
 
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Day 4 : |
Aqaba
pass – Wadi Sura |
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From Central Gilf
we will descend the Aqaba Pass towards the plain to the
west, driving along the western cliffs of the Gilf that
rises about 300 m. First we visit Swimmers Cave
discovered by Almasy in 1933. Then visit the
Mestqawe-Foggini cave discovered in2002 with the richest
assembly of rock art drawings and engravings in the
whole of Egypt, Some travellers consider this cave to be
the “Sistine Chapel “(Vatican – Rome) of the African
rock art. Later camp in spectacular area where the rocks
were shaped like domes |
 
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Day 5 : |
Wadi Abd Al Malik |
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We leave Wadi Sura
camp and drive along the western side of the Gilf
towards Wadi abd al Malik, on the way we stop at Kebir a
Crater; a very large crater that was observed by
satellite images and thought maybe connected to the
formation of the Silica Glass field! Wadi abd al malik
is the valley with acacia trees that Almasy spotted from
the aero plane and believed it to be one of three
valleys of the lost oasis of zerzura. Camp in wadi abd
al malik. |
 
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Day 6 : |
Silica Glass Area |
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Drive through Wadi
el Gubba Leaving the Gilf behind we will enter the area
of southern Sand Sea where the giant dunes block any
passage to east or west. We will drive in between the
dunes to a suitable camping area. Spend the afternoon
exploring the Silica Glass and the stone tools. |
 
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Day 7 : |
Ain Dalla |
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Continue driving
North in the corridors of Sand Sea, searching for
Fulgurites; which looks like glass tubes, at a suitable
point we will head east to start crossing the dunes
towards Ain Dalla then Camp in central sand sea |
 
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Day 8 : |
Ain Dalla - Cairo |
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After breakfast,
transfer back to Cairo |
 
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Accommodation |
Number of guests |
1st May - 30th
Sep
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1st Oct - 30th
April
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22nd Dec - 1st
Jan
1st April - 7th April
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3 Star |
2 guests |
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Euro per person |
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Euro per person |
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Euro per person |
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4 Star |
2 guests |
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Euro per person |
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Euro per person |
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5 Star |
2 guests |
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Euro per person |
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Euro per person |
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Price includes: |
06 Nights Camping at the Desert Based on Full-Board
basis.
01 Night in Dakhla at Hotel Based on Full-Board
basis.
Sightseeing as mentioned in the program by private
car including entrance fees.
Private English speaking tour guide with a degree in
the tourism during all the tour
All Transfers Toyota Land cruiser.
The price including all taxes.
No hidden coast
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Price excludes: |
Visa Entry for Egypt (US$ 15
per passport)
Tipping
Personal expenses (Laundry, Sauna, telephones…etc)
Any meals not mentioned in the program
Any Optional tours not mentioned in the program
International airfare |
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