Your trip
Western Desertthen Fayoumthen Abu Simbel
7 nights · 8 days · as a couple
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Western Desert
Day 1 · 1 nightWhat to know about Western Desert
- How long
- 1–2 nights recommended. Stay the night: the chalk towers glow at sunset and sunrise, and we arrange the camp and permits for you.
- What deserves priority
- White Desert landscapes and a night under the stars.
- White Desert
Chalk towers in the desert north of Farafra, best seen at the low light of dawn and dusk.

Fayoum
Days 2–6 · 5 nightsWhat to know about Fayoum
- How long
- A day from Cairo, or a night. About two hours from Cairo each way. A day covers Wadi El Rayan or the Valley of the Whales; a night by Lake Qarun lets you see both without rushing.
- What deserves priority
- Wadi El Rayan's lakes and waterfalls, and the whale fossils of Wadi El Hitan.
- Wadi el-Hitan
A desert valley of fossil whales with legs, from a sea that covered Egypt forty million years ago.
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Abu Simbel
Days 7–8 · 1 nightWhat to know about Abu Simbel
- How long
- From an Aswan base. Ramses II's colossal temple on Lake Nasser, reached from Aswan by an early road trip of about six hours there and back, or by a short flight.
- What deserves priority
- The temples of Ramses II and Nefertari.
- Abu Simbel
Two temples cut into a cliff above the Nile, taken apart and rebuilt higher to save them.
Open 06:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
