Pharoah Rally Desert Safari

Day 01:
Cairo
Arrive Cairo International Airport meet and assist by Osoris steward with the sign of your name and assisting you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage then driving you by air-conditioned private Limousine to your hotel in which you will be assisted by Osoris Stewart for check-in. Overnight in Cairo

Day 02:
Cairo/Fayoum (90km)
Leave Cairo on the road to fayoum, and take the desert track heading west towards kasr El Sagha, a charming small temple to the side of the Gebel Qatarani range and dating back to the Middle Kingdom. Head south towards the remains of the Ptolemaic city of Dimeh Es Siba (Soknopaiou Nesos). Picnic, lunch en route. Later, continue to the lakes and waterfall of Wadi Al-Rayan for dinner. Overnight in camp.

Day 03:
Wadi Al Rayan/Bahariya
After breakfast and a short exploratory tour of the area of Wadi Al-Rayan, continue southwest before your stop for lunch. Your journey after lunch is through desolate and dramatic desert scenery, before rejoining the surfaced highway to Bahariya. On arrival, relax and wash off the desert dust in the soothing waters. Overnight in camp.

Day 04:
Bahariya/White Desert(180 km)
After breakfast, visit the Bedouin village of Hayz (35km from Bawiti), which was a very prosperous area during the roman period lunch on route. In the afternoon, drive to the white desert, a paradise for rock hounds and amateur geologists, with it's impressive limestone formations shaped like giant mushrooms or animals. The richness and variety of Egyptian landscape is endless. At least if you ever decide to visit the White Desert , that's the message you'll get. It is a vast stretch of land in the Western Desert that borders Baharia Oasis to the north and Al-Farafra to the south. The snow-white desert is actually made of chalk that has been exposed for years to what geologists call "differential weathering," the erosion of soft particles that results in eerie protrusions of hard rock. This explains the very beautiful forms that now fill the White Desert including shapes like domes, minarets, castles, towers and so forth. The destination has proved a great attraction to low-budget travelers who camp in the few oases, watch the fauna and flora and enjoy the mild winter weather. Dinner . Overnight in camp.

Day 05:
White Desert/Farafra Oasis/Dakhla Oasis(325 km)
After breakfast, drive to Farafra oasis and visit the village of Qasr El Farafra and its quaint museum of local art. Lunch en route. Proceed to Dakhla oasis to visit El Qasr, the old capital of the oasis, with its picturesque ancient Islamic buildings built over the foundations of a Roman city. Dinner. Overnight at your hotel in Dakhla .

Day 06:
Dakhla/Kharga Oasis (200 km)
After breakfast, drive to Al Mizawaka Frescoes to visit the roman burial ground (over 300 tombs dating back to the first and second century), decorated with colorful wall paintings). Continue to kharga oasis, with lunch on route, visiting the pharaonic villages of Balat and Bashandi. Dinner. Overnight at your hotel in Kharga.

Day 07:
Kharga Oasis
After breakfast, visit the temple of Hibis, the best-preserved temple in the Western desert. Later, visit the domed mausoleums of Bagawat, one of the best preserved early Christian cemeteries in the world after lunch, visit temple built by Darius I., Dinner and overnight at hotel in Kharga

Day 08:
Kharga/Cairo
After breakfast starting the journey back to Cairo on the surfaced road, via Assiyut with lunch en route. Arrival in Cairo is foreseen in the late afternoon. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 09:
Final Departure
Check-Out from your Hotel in Cairo. drive by Osoris Steward to Cairo international Airport to fly home.

Dakhla Oasis,
a collection of fourteen different settlements, dominated on its northern horizon by a wall of rose-colored rock. The Capital, Mut, after the ancient goddess of Theban Triad, houses the Museum of the inheritance.

Farafra, renowned for its strong traditions and piety. According to folklore the villagers once lost track of time and had to send a rider to Dakhla so they could hold the Friday prayers on the right day. Many of Farafra's houses are painted blue (toward of the Evil Eye) but there are some also decorated with landscapes, birds and animals.