Private Day Tour to El Fayoum from Cairo

Itinerary
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Pass By: Egypt Fun Tours, 1 Darweesh street, down town, Cairo, Cairo 11511 Egypt

Egypt Fun Tour Guide will pick you up early in the morning at 8 am from your hotel within Cairo or Giza. Start the trip to El-Fayoum with our private 4WD for around 1 hour to arrive first at lake Qarun, the lake is a great spot to watch immigrating birds such as the grey Flamingo, and there is always hundreds of seagulls and king fishers. Continue our tour to Wadi El-Rayan to see the two lakes which were formed from the irrigation water from Bahr Yousef and the Nile river, the two lakes are in two different ground levels which produces nice waterfalls. Take a Felucca boat for a very peaceful trip on the lake. Proceed to Mudawara mountain for the magnificent scenery and landscape. Continue the trip to the magic lake for the fresh Egyptian chicken, rice, green salad, and cooked vegetables for your lunch. Start the trip back to Cairo onto your hotel and drop off

Stop At: Al-Fayoum Oasis tours, Fayoum , Taha Hussien Street Fayoum, Al Fayyum 63121 Egypt

The Faiyum Oasis (Waḥet El Fayyum) is a depression or basin in the desert immediately to the west of the Nile south of Cairo in Egypt. The extent of the basin area is estimated at between 1,270 km2 (490 mi2) and 1700 km2 (656 mi2). The basin floor comprises fields watered by a channel of the Nile, the Bahr Yussef, as it drains into a desert depression to the west of the Nile Valley. The Bahr Yussef veers west through a narrow neck of land north of Ihnasya, between the archaeological sites of El Lahun and Gurob near Hawara; it then branches out, providing rich agricultural land in the Faiyum basin, draining into the large saltwater Lake Moeris (Birket Qarun). The lake was freshwater in prehistory but is today a saltwater lake. It is a source for tilapia and other fish for the local area.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Wadi El-Rayan, 65 km southwest of Faiyum city 80 km west of the Nile River, Al Fayyum Egypt

The valley of Wadi El-Rayan is an area of 1759km2, 113km2 of which are the dominating water body of the Wadi El Rayan lakes. It is located about 65km southwest of Faiyum city and 80km west of the Nile River. The Wadi has been used for man-made lakes from agricultural drainage which has made a reserve of the two separate Wadi El Rayan Lakes. The reserve is composed of a 50.90km2 upper lake and a 62.00km2 lower lake, with waterfalls between the two. Among the springs, there are three sulphur springs at the southern side of the lower lake, with extensive mobile sand dunes. Wadi El Rayan Waterfalls are considered to be the largest waterfalls in Egypt.


Duration: 3 hours