The oasis next to Cairo
Fayoum Oasis Day Trip from Cairo: Wadi El Rayan Waterfalls, Magic Lake and Sandboarding
Full day · about 10 hours · Fayoum · Private
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Fayoum is where the desert meets water: a lake the pharaohs knew, and new lakes made from the fields' own drainage. The day moves from water to sand and back to the village, the way the oasis itself is made.
Details checked
- Travel time
- About 2 hours each way from Cairo
- Time at sites
- About 6 hours in Fayoum
- Best time to go
- October to April; summer afternoons are very hot
- Intensity
- Moderate
Proposed highlights
- The Wadi El Rayan waterfalls between two desert lakes
- The Magic Lake below the dunes
- Sandboarding on the desert slopes
- Lunch in Tunis village above Lake Qarun
Places you visit
- Wadi El Rayan
- The Magic Lake
- Tunis village
- Lake Qarun
- Entrance tickets
- To be confirmed in your quote
- Optional / extra
- To be confirmed
- Tour format
- Private
How the day runs
Fayoum is where the desert meets water: a lake the pharaohs knew, and new lakes made from the fields' own drainage. The day moves from water to sand and back to the village, the way the oasis itself is made.
Morning
Pickup
Collection from your hotel in Cairo or Giza for the drive to Fayoum.
Late morning
Wadi El Rayan waterfalls
The falls between the upper and lower lakes of the protected area.
Midday
The Magic Lake and the dunes
By four-wheel drive to the lake below the dunes, and sandboarding on the slopes.
Afternoon
Tunis village
Lunch in the potters' village above Lake Qarun.
Evening
Return
The drive back to Cairo.
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Photo: Ibrahim El-Mezayen, CC BY-SA 4.0
