This Rate includes:

-Three meals per day.
-Soft drinks and mineral water.
-Accommodation in our Camps.
-Transportation during the all tour.

This Rate excludes:

-Any Alcoholic drinks.
-Phone Calles
-Any other personal expenses.

 

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The Falcon

The Falcon Safari Program is the desert name of our desert safari program that goes deep into the Great Sand Sea.

This Desert Safari Program Costs €310 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) :

Day 2: (M.Matruh >> Siwa oasis; Total distance traveled340 Km):

Day 3: (sightseeing tour around Siwa oasis; Total distance traveled80 Km) :

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. Abu Shuruf Spring (Ein Abu Shuruf)

Just before entering the village of abu Shuruf there is a spring with the same name, one of the largest natural pools in the oasis. Situated about 30 km east of Siwa town, this is the cleanest spring water.

  1. Al Zeitona village and spring

The ruins of Al-Zeitoun village can be found a few kilometers after Abu Shuruf, adjacent to the small Bedouin village of Ein Safi. Al-Zeitoun had been built completely in Karsheef in the 19th century by anussi Tribe to host the workers attending their lush gardens nearby. The village includes the remains of mosque and of a circular olive press. Alzeitoun was inhabited until 1970s by workers attending the nearby gardens but then definitely abandoned when the agriculture activities in the area decreased.

  1. Ein Safi village

Situated 2 km east of Zeitoun village , the last of the villages of Siwa oasis along the road that,after 400 Km of the desert, reaches Baheyrya oasis.

Ein Safi is small Bedouin settlement of about 200 people, that still maintain its Bedouin culture and customs such as the traditional production of Kilim carpets and the breeding of camel that is unknown to berber Siwan customs

It’s worth visiting the village to watch the skilled Bedouin woman weaving the bright colored kilims using the traditional ground looms. .

  1. Safi Spring (Ein Safi)

This water spring, like the 200 water springs around siwa, is the source of fresh water upon which the entire Siwa agricultural and farming life relies. The Ein safi has an abundance of water that nourishes the surrounding palm trees and vegetation.

  1. Loubaq

Loubaq is a low area in the middle of sand dunes south-east of Siwa formed by several green patches of wild palms that can grow there thanks to a shallow water table just under the sand.

Day 4: (sightseeing tour around the desert of Siwa oasis; Total distance traveled 75 Km):

  1. Bir Wahed-Hot Spring

Among the most beautiful spots to visit is Bir Wahed, a hot spring situated 12 km from the town of Siwa. This bubbling hot spring is beautifully situated in a small oasis surrounded by sand dunes, inside the Great Sand Sea. The spring was drilled in the 60s by Russian expedition that was searching for oil but failed to find it. The temperature of the water in Bir Wahed is round 40C and has sulphuric and iron elements that make it one of the most visited sites by visitors to this region.

  1. Bir Wahed-Cold Lake

In the proximity of the Bir Wahed small oasis there is also a cold lake. In order to arrive at the lake visitors cross the sand dune near Bir Wahed, to find the lake surrounded by the sand. The water is cold and is said to be the excess from the hot spring of Bir Wahed that gathers on the sand surface to form this lake in the closest depression to Bir Wahed. The lake also offers clear water, an abundance of fish and the shade of palm tree wood shelter.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

All around the rocky hill it is full of marine fossils shells. The top of the hill is laso a good view point over the western border of iwa oasis.

Day 5,6: (Go to the west; Total distance traveled 155 Km):

  1. The Fossils area

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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

Day 7: (Back To Cairo; Total distance traveled 760 Km)

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