Day trip Desert Safari to Wadi El Rayan and Wadi Hitan

You will be picked up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza by an appropriate tour guide from Cairo Top Tours so you can enjoy your Egypt Desert Safari excursions.

Using an air-conditioned 4 Wheel Safari vehicle, we will transport you to Wadi Rayan via the Cairo-El Fayoum desert road. As a dip in the Western Desert of Egypt, 42 meters below sea level, Wadi El Rayan is a stunning sight. It was created in 1970 as a result of an excess of drainage water from the farmlands in Fayoum, creating a brilliant view that you won't find anywhere else (waterfalls in the middle of the desert!).

Drive all the way to Wadi Hitan to continue your desert safari trip to Wadi El Rayan and Wadi Hitan, where you may see and photograph whale skeletons all over the place. The Wadi El Rayan Natural Reserve, popularly known as Valley of the Whales, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and contains a 40 kilometer road. Stop along the road at Mudawara Mountain, which offers a stunning vantage point of the surrounding environment and is located to the west of El Fayoum Lake.

We will take you to tour the Wadi Hitan national park, which is one of the most ancient locations in the world describing the evolution of whales. It is regarded as an open museum well-known in Egyptian history and dates back 40 million years. Here, over 400 different kinds of fossilized whale and sea cow skeletons as well as other bones, shells, and plant remains have been found, some of which are still preserved in soft rocks.
After the 4WD excursion, we pause for lunch and afternoon Bedouin tea before continuing on to our Cairo hotel.

Meals: Lunch and Bedouin Tea