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Western Desertthen Abu Simbelthen Fayoum

21 nights · 22 days · as a couple

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Western Desert

Days 1–2 · 2 nights
What 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.

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Abu Simbel

Days 3–11 · 9 nights
What 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

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Fayoum

Days 12–22 · 10 nights
What 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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Egypt from orbit · NASA Terra/MODIS · positions approximate
  1. Western Desert2 nights
  2. Abu Simbel9 nights
  3. Fayoum10 nights

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