Author: Mohamed Atta

Tourists flock to Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis.

There is a distinct sense that Bahariya is Egypt’s first authentic desert oases.
As of this writing, it’s around a 4- or 5-hour drive from Cairo over a well-maintained highway that sees a limited bit of tanker activity but little traffic.

After 150 kilometers, there is just one rest stop, a tea shop in the shape of a barn (and a smaller one approximately 10 kilometers farther on).

French pilot Antoine de Saint Exupery was killed in 1935 when his plane crashed on the right side of the road as he approached Wadi Natrun.

A half-pint of coffee and an orange were all Exupery had to eat as he survived in the desert for more than a year. He eventually authored a magnificent desert book on his experiences.

Foreigners seeking peace and desert independence have long sought to Bahariya because of its close proximity to Cairo.

Eco-spiritual groups are springing up all over the world, catering to a new breed of tourists that seek more than simply a scenic safari. They have either created or been involved with these organizations.

Driving through Bahariya, Bawati is the most significant city. The oasis’s depression is home to a number of small communities, some of which were recorded in the Roman Empire.

Bahariya has been inhabited for hundreds of years, and only recently were the so-called Golden Mummies unearthed there.

At the museum in the Bawiti district, you’ll be able to see some of the mummy cases.

You may buy Bedouin scarves and rugs at any of the many shops in this area.

Old-fashioned businesses and enterprises such as bakeries are being sought after by those looking to get their daily bread from the small blacked-out hole in the wall.

Over a century ago, German paleontologist Eric Strommer unearthed significant dinosaur bones in the hills around the town of Gebel Dest.

You’ll recognize it as Spinosaurus, the tyrannosaurus-like animal that fights with T-Rex at the end of the film “Jurassic Park III,” if you’ve seen it.

Bawiti has a wealth of historic sites that are just waiting to be discovered.

After a long day of touring in the desert, you may relax in the oasis’s hot springs, which come from the ground and wash away the sand.

The Alexander’s Temple in Alexandria, Egypt, is a historically significant building.

Only one of its sort remains in Egypt, and it may be located on the path from Bahariya to Siwo, indicating that Alexander may have returned through Bahariya after seeing Siwa’s oracle.

After going past the eerie and dusty settlement of Bawiti, one enters the Black Desert.

Manganese in the rocks of the Black Desert has been oxidized by the air, making them black.

There is a museum in Farafra devoted to Badr’s history.

Visitors who want to learn about ancient Egyptian customs and rituals may visit Farafra in the middle of an Oasis, which is a small but unique place.

This museum in Farafra gives a really fascinating and instructive look into this historical time, ensuring that visitors have an accurate grasp of the events that took place during this era.

Location:

Farafra Egypt and the Badr’s Heritage Museum, which is located in the Western Desert region, is conveniently accessible for excursions and is just a short distance from the White Desert.

A massive sandcastle-like construction greets visitors on their approach to the museum, which is about 3 kilometers east of the town of Farafra. This gives the museum its unique aspect and personality.

Historically significant sights and destinations include the following:

He is based in the Farafra Oasis, where he has a studio. When he is not creating art, he is a self-taught artist who captures the spirit of his native Oasis via his sculpture, oil and watercolour paintings.

In a museum he developed and built himself, he has assembled a collection of local relics and sculpted models out of local clay to reflect the crafts and hobbies of the inhabitants of Farafra.

As a native of the oasis, he has a lot of information about its people and culture.

Some of Badr’s most remarkable work is carved from local sandstone, which he transforms into strange shapes and qualities.

Acquatic region of Agabat

A popular stopover for travelers heading to Bahariya, the White and Black Deserts, and other sites in Egypt’s Western Desert, Agabat is also known as the ‘Beautiful Valley.’

location:

A four-hour 40-minute trip from Cairo and a six-hour drive from Alexandria, the route takes you from the busy metropolis into the quiet and sparse sections of the desert regions.

Due to the arid landscape and oppressive summer heat, there are no settlements in Agabat.

What you may expect:

In comparison to the Bahariya area, Agabat seems to be a little valley, yet its beauty is undeniable all the same.

The White Desert-like mountain formations and many white rock faces may be seen here.

Rare yellow limestone rocks may be found here, as well as sand dunes that link to the Saharan Desert.

The mountains here are higher and steeper than those between Bahariya and Farafra, making the ascent more arduous.

In the Agabat Valley, nature placed a riverbed in an unusual position, enabling water from the valley bottom to be pushed up to the surface.

There is a white desert oasis known as the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt.

Egypt’s White Desert attracts tourists from across the globe due to its vast array of weird and unusual rock formations that may be seen in its white surroundings.

Location:

In the Western desert region, this location is situated just north of the town of Farafra and is readily accessible for all guided tours. There are several things to view in this area.

What you may expect:

You must go a great distance from the main highway to see the desert in its full grandeur.

Pavlova cakes, ice cream cones, and icing pools adorn the worn chalk mounds.

Snow-covered glaciers and peppermint-drop labyrinths are just some of the places one could find oneself.

Chalk erosion by wind and sand from the Great Sand Sea over millions of years has resulted in some beautiful structures in the White Desert near Farafra, Egypt.

Observe the Khoman chalk ridges, which were produced by marine species depositing their waste on the bed of a big ancient sea..

The ice-white bricks used across the Western Desert, from north to south, are made from a similar but whiter, chalky limestone. These bricks will last just a fraction of the time it took for the stone to be shaped and moulded.

The presence of harder limestone from the later Eocene era causes a pink crust to form on top of the chalk.

At dark and dawn, the dramatic theater left by an ancient ocean is at its most beautiful in the White Desert.

One of the most breathtaking deserts in the world, it’s impossible to miss the exquisite curves of this pale landscape, which looks to be covered with snow at times and an ice-cream shop at others.

Tourists flock to Egypt’s Kharga Oasis.

Kharga is the largest of the Oases and the capital of the New Valley Governorate, which is located there. It has the most people per square mile of all of the Oases.

It’s also the most convenient for seeing the Nile Valley, since it’s just a two-hour drive from Luxor. Many contemporary buildings and a large population may be found in the city’s heart (about 70,000 people).

You’re met by rows and rows of date palm palms as you arrive, and the tang of dates fills your nose.

Even though Kharga is a modern city with a thriving business district, it nonetheless manages to hold on to some of the desert’s romantic charms.

Aside from its ceramics, Kharga is renowned for its craftsmanship.

A pottery factory in the city of Qasr is open to visitors who want to learn more about the process of manufacturing pottery.

To save money, shop in Kharga’s busy bazaar or souk, located in the vibrant Midan Show in the southern part of Qasr town.

Throughout the Roman period, Kharga was a prominent center of activity.

There are a number of relics from both recent and distant times. All of East Africa’s trade passed over the Forty Days Road from Sudan, which passed through Kharga, since the introduction of the camel in 500 BC.

This route is still used by big groups of camels on their way to Cairo, where the bulk of them will be slaughtered upon arrival.

Bagawat’s Chapel’s Sacred Ceilings

This shot shows the domes of one of the world’s best-preserved Christian cemeteries. The grounds are home to 263 beautiful graves and a slew of churches.

The artwork on the roof are very intriguing.

Ask to see the depiction of the zodiac surrounded by portraits of Mary and Jesus.

Pre-Christian Ptolemaic Egyptian art at the Temple of Dendera has an almost exact copy of this design, but sadly, the original was removed from the Louver in 1820 and is no longer on show there.

A line may be drawn which connects the two extremely distinct religions.

One of the characters developed by Ain Um Dabadib is called Ain Um Dabadib.

Around 40 kilometers north of the large town of Qasr Kharga is the amazing fortress known as Ain Um Dabadib, which dates back to pre-Roman times.

There are breathtaking views from this vantage point, which is situated below the escarpment yet 220 meters above the desert floor.

This area is littered with broken and scattered ceramic pots, some of which date back to the Islamic, Christian, and even pre-Christian centuries.

It’s hard to choose between Egypt and Paris when it comes to magnificent cities.

The city of Baris in Kharga is often believed to have been named after Paris.

It’s possible that Egyptians had a great sense of humor, as seen by this.

Old Baris was replaced with New Baris, an environmentally sound hamlet created by world-renowned architect Hassan Fathi.

As a result, New Baris is now an abandoned specimen of beautiful architecture that nonetheless falls short of its potential.