Overnight Tour to Fayoum Oasis and Wadi Hitan from Cairo

Our Tour

At the early morning, Our Egypt Tailor Made tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo by an air conditioned vehicle towards Fayoum oasis “about 95km”. Which was considered as a cult center for worshipping The Crocodile God “Sobek” during the ancient Egyptians era. Approximately 200 of the great waterwheels are located throughout the oasis. Upon arrival you will witness the Great Seven Waterwheels which are considered one of the landmarks in Fayoum oasis.

Then you will go to see the largest salt water lake in Egypt “Qaron’s Lake”, it’s also considered the oldest natural lake in the world. You will watch there a magnificent scenery of the winter immigrated birds around the lake and the different kinds of fruits and vegetables. It’s the best place to relax from a hot day tour. Then you will stop to have picnic lunch. After that going to “Wadi al-Rayan” which is designated a Protected Area in 1989. It’s an amazing destination for a soft adventure day trip. You can swim in the lakes, jump off the water or just enjoy the terrific natural scenery there.

After that you will continue your way towards Wadi Hitan area to start camping, Enjoy the Barbecue dinner, and watch the magnificent scenery of the sky full of stars. Then you will stay there overnight.

Day Tow

At the morning, after breakfast, you will visit the Valley of Whales "Wadi Hitan”. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2005, for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of Whale. See fossils up to 200 million years old, from when the desert was covered in water. The most conspicuous fossils are the skeletons and bones of whales and sea cows. The fossils of whales vary from single bones to entire skeletons, and a number of partial skeletons are currently on display in the public part of the park.

Then ending this great trip and moving to visit Mudawara Mountain which is located only a couple of hundred meters to the south of Wadi El Rayyan Road.it is more of a rock formation than a true mountain, Its layered appearance is beautiful, with a certain symmetry to the feature that draws your gaze to it. After that you will be transferred towards Karanis which is the ruin of an old city dating back to the Ptolemaic era. That city contains a number of monuments, dating from the Roman, Coptic and Early Islamic. The area contains two temples one in the north and