The Wild Rabbit
The Wild Rabbit Safari Program is the desert name of our desert safari program that goes deep into the Great Sand Sea.
This Desert Safari Program Costs Costs €685 per person (minimum 4 persons), and the detailed itinerary is like the following :
Day 1: (Cairo >> Marsa Matruh, internal sightseeing tour; Total distance traveled550 Km) :
- 7:00 pick you up from the hotel in Cairo, moving ahead to Marsa Matruh (450 Km) arrival time (about 13:00).
- 13:30 To 15:00 Having lunch ( Seafood is recommended)
- 15:30 starting the sightseeing tour around Marsa Matruh visiting Romel museum and Cliopatra path – watching the sunsets at Agiba beach then back to the hotel.
Day 2: (M.Matruh >> Siwa oasis; Total distance traveled340 Km):
- 7:00 to 8:30 Breakfast.
- 9:30 movieng to Siwa oasis arrival time 12:30, check in the hotel and have a rest .
- 14:00 to 15:00 having lunch.
- 15:30 to before the sunsets you will take a tour around the big lake of Siwa and having the Bedouin tea with mint during watching the sunsets at FITNASS island, then back to the hotel.
Day 3: (sightseeing tour around Siwa oasis; Total distance traveled80 Km):
- 8:00 to 9:30 Breakfast.
- 10:00 starting the sightseeing tour around the Siwa, visiting the following places:
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Gabel Mawta (Mountain of the Dead ):
Gabel Mawta is one of the archaeological sites dating back to the Roman presence in Siwa. The Romans settled in Siwa after Cleopatra’s death. They buried their loved ones in Pharaonic style tombs located on hilltop outside the main Siwa town. These tombs have now been excavated and are open for viewing.
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The Temple of the Oracle
The Temple of the Oracle stands magnetically amid the ruins of the abandoned village of Aghurmi in Siwa Oasis. The temple was built in the 6th century BC during the XXVI dynasty under the king Amasis. Its history is well recorded, but it’s fame draws largely from two important historical events: the tragic expedition of Cambyses army, who perished in the desert, and the visit of Alexander the Great in 331 BC. History speaks of Alexander the Great voyage to consult with the Oracle. It’s during this visit that the great conqueror sought to confirm himself as the son of Amun and legitimate Pharaoh of Egypt.
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The temple of Umm Ubayda
The temple of Umm Ubayda is situated amidst a grove of trees, a short distance from the rock of Agurmi and Cleopattra spring. This temple is the leser known of Siwa temples dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god Amun, is said to have been joined to the Temple of the oracle by a passage and once forme an integral part of the rituals related to the oracle and the god.
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Cleopatra Spring (Ein Guba)
Siwa is host to a number of springs but the most famous to date is the Guba spring, better known to tourists as Cleopatra’s Bath. Common lore has that Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, took a dip here, despite the fact that there is not enough evidence to prove this.
The spring is surrounded completeky by palm trees, this famous warm spring is one in which travelers have been bathing in for millennia and today, Cliopatra’s Bath is one of Siwa most visited tourist attractions.
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Siza Mountain
Siza Mountain is a rocky hill about 1 km past Bahey el Din the Bedouin village .
On the rocks at the top of the hill many ancient inscriptions and signs are visible, as well as many tracks of animals and also human footprints which, according to some studies, date back to prehistoric age.
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Fossils
The Great sand Sea south of Siwa oasis is scattered with fossils of several different types and shapes. In some depressed sites among the sand dunes few rests of petrified wood and fossil coral reefs can be found as well as fossil shells, whales, sea stars and sea urchins. All such ancient and precious remains are protected by the law and it is strictly forbidden to collect them.
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Nayzak
Evidance of meteors can be found in this site, with several scorched rocks filled with sand sedimentary rocks (sandstone and limestone).
Inhabitants of this area say that in the past they have seen “fire” coming down from the sky.
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Shyata Lake
Shyata,Um El Ghuzlan and Hatiyet El Kheiba are acluster of small, uninhabited oases located west of the Siwa Deperssion. Located approximately 45 Km from Siwa town, Shyata is a natural protectorate located behind Gebal Al-Hegara (The Rocks Mountain). Shyata has a wide salt lake. And with the backdrop of the dunes of the Great Sand Sea and limestone escarpments, the lake creates one of the most breathtaking scenery in this area. This is a place surrounded by palm trees where gazelles come to feed and migratory birds, such as flamingos, pay a visit certain times of the year. Surrounding sites to visit include ancient Roman rock-cut tombs on a hill as well as the remains of building foundation.
-20:00 camping over night
Day 4: (Go deep in the Great Sand Sea; Total distance traveled 150 Km):
- 7:00 to 8:30 The breakfast
- 8:30 moving to the East to visit the following:
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Fossil Area and Petrified forest
Somewhere located at the western-south of Siwa oasis in the middle of the Great Sand Sea is where you would find samples of ancient palm trees and other wild plants that become fossils.
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Arag
Arag is a medium sized uninhabited oasis, hidden in an isolated depression and surrounded from the south side by limetone cliffs and from the north sideby sand dunes. A water spring is located in the middle of the area.
Arag boasts breathtaking landscapes and rich archeological heritage. Important archeological remains can be found on the southern hill of Arag Oasis. Two rock-cut tombs have stunning decorations. The first has a frieze of cobra and a sun disk, while in the second tomb is a plant design on the wall and stars on the ceiling.
- 20:00 Camping.
Day 5: (Moving towards Bahrein Oasis; Total distance traveled 120 Km):
- 7:00 to 8:30 The breakfast
- 8:30 moving to Bahrein Oasis
Bahrien Oasis is bordered by hills dotted with rock-cut tombs and between th hills and the dunes of the desert you can find a lake and remains of small temple. The Bahrein tombs are located up on the hill, where visitors also get a panoramic view of Bahrein green landscape and lake. The Baherin Lake is a large salt water lake surrounded by wild plants and palm trees. In some part of the lake visitors can have access to its waters for swim.
- 20:00 Camping.
Day 6: (Moving towards Russian Well; Total distance traveled 150 Km):
- 7:00 to 8:30 The breakfast
- 8:30 moving to Russian Well(El bir El Russi)
The Russian Well is located 150 Km from Siwa Oasis and can only be accessed by driving through the high dunes of the great sand Sea.
El bir el Russi is a fresh water source and an excellent water point for travelers passing the desert. The site took its name from the oil exploration field by Russian Egyptian Company that left some ruins on the site. Although the company failed to find oil in the area, the water source continues to flow like a fountain.
The recent history of this area is also evident by the remains of a rally car, burnt during one of the Egyptian desert races as well as the remains of a small military airplane. However, the most significant views of the incredibly beautiful area those of the huge dunes that surround this well.
- 20:00 Camping.
Day 7,8: (Moving towards the East; Total distance traveled 170 Km):
- 7:00 to 8:30 the breakfast.
- Passing by Abyad cave, Ain Dalah valley, Western desert Camp, White desert, Agabat mountain, Crystal Mountain, Al-Hayez well, The Black desert.
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The Black Desert (Al- Sahara Suda)
The Black desert is one of the most spectacular desert topographies in the world.it’s marked by conical black mountains, whose rock of ferruginous sandstone get their color from the iron and manganese of the desert.
The Black Desert itself formed due to the erosion of the mountains which spread a layer of black powder and rubble over the desert floor.
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Crystal Mountain
The Crystal Mountain is a small mountain made up entirely of quartz crystal located south of the Black Desert, closer to the Asphalt road, where the desert floor is covered by quartz crystal. The multiple formations that make up this stretch in the desert are a breathtaking view.
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Agabat Valley
Agabat Vally is a small valley of unusual mountain formations. It offers the white cliffs that are common to the White Desert. It is where the valley meets the dunes and the yellow limestone rocks of the desert.
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The White Desert (Al Sahara El Byeda )
The White Desert is often dubbed by the people of the desert as “ El Gedida” or “The New” to describe the bright and shining nature of the desert rocks that makes it appear brand new.
The desert contains great chunks of white rock that have been carved by wind into surreal, organic shapes. The white color of the rocks comes from it’s chalk base.
The White Desert is so called because of many rock formations that look like mushrooms. Over thousands of years, these rock formations have developed due to strong sandstorms and winds swirling from all directions, the stronger winds striking the lower parts of the rock to ultimately from the shape of divine desert mushrooms.
Day 9: (Moving back to Cairo; Total distance traveled 360 Km)
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