Itinerary for 8 nights Cairo to Aswan -through Alexandria, Siwa, White Desert and Dakhla Oasis
Day 1:
• Pickup AM from airport, visit Pyramids of Giza, spend a few hours there. Take lunch before heading west along the North Coast.
• Arrive in Alexandria check into hotel, dinner out in the city. Visit the castle and waterfront at night.
Day 2:
• Breakfast then early start to Siwa, Possible stop in Ageeba Beach for picnic lunch if time permits.
• Arrive to Siwa at around 4 PM. Visit Al Mawta Mountain, then Fatnas Lake for sunset. Dinner, hotel.
Day 3:
• Early breakfast for full day in Siwa. Visiting Salt pools 1st for a swim and amazing pictures! Then Temple Umm Abayda, Cleopatra Spring fresh water spring and swim, lunch there.
• Head to Great Sand Sea desert in 4×4 to see Bir Wahad (requires permission) relax in the palm trees, swim, tea and snacks. Ending up at Siwa Salt lake for sunset. Return to village for market shopping, dinner then hotel.
Day 4:
• Early breakfast and full day driving to Baharya Oasis with lunch stop along the way. Arrive at Al Haiz Ecolodge for checkin.
• Move to 4×4 and visit Roman Winery and sunset tea in the dunes. Return to Lodge for dinner and settle into rooms.
Day 5:
• Leisurely wakeup, breakfast, small tour of Tabl Amon, swim in warm spring of Bir Sherif. Return to Lodge, pack up from room and light lunch. Move to 4×4 and start Safari of Western Desert.
• Visiting points of interest with many stops for pictures and discovery. Black Desert, Crystal Mountain, Aguabat Valley, White Desert.
• Find camping stop and set camp. Bedouin dinner of roast duck under the sand. Evening under the stars with Bedouin tea and music.
Day 6:
• Leisurely wakeup, breakfast, breakdown camp and head to Magic Spring for a fresh water wash.
• Move south to Djara Cave; discover an underground cave full of stalagtites, stalagmites and petroglyphs while chef prepares lunch.
• Move to Caraween dunes for sandboarding and dune ride adventure. Set up camp in the dunes. Relax for sunset, dinner under the stars.
Day 7:
• Sunrise in dunes, break down camp and breakfast. Move to highway to meet sedan car for 10 AM and move southwest to Dakhla Oasis.
• Lunch, visit Deir Hagar pharaonic temple and Mezzawakka tombs.
• Move to Salt Lake in dunes, tea and sunset.
• Arrive at guesthouse Sosal House (beautiful traditional Bedouin house) dinner served in house. Relaxing evening
Day 8:
• Full day in Dakhla Oasis visiting ancient village of Al Qasr and if you missed one of the sites from the day before you will have time today. Dinner in Bedouin restaurant and back to Sosal House for the night.
Day 9:
• Breakfast brought to house and pack a picnic lunch for your big travel day to Aswan, arriving around 7 PM
We can continue with a separate program of Upper Egypt including: Aswan, Abu Simbel, Felucca on Nile, Luxor temples and Tombs and Hurghada for beach days.
