Four days in the oasis: salt pools, hot springs, and a fortress of mud and salt.
Siwa, Western Desert4 Days, 3 NightsMax 20 Guests
Next departure
27 Aug – 30 Aug
8 seats left
Trip Details
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Day 1: The long road west
Cairo to Siwa, arriving in time for the call to prayer over Shali.
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Day 2: Salt lakes & springs
Float in the salt pools at dawn, then Cleopatra's spring.
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Day 3: Great Sand Sea
4x4 into the dunes, sandboarding, and a fossil hunt on the way back.
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Day 4: Shali, then home
Climb the old fortress at first light and start the drive.
About this trip
Siwa sits so far west it keeps its own language. Float in salt lakes so dense you cannot sink, watch the sun go down from Fatnas Island, and sleep inside a fortress built from the ground it stands on.
