If you
have time during your vacation in Cairo you must go and discover El Fayoum
Oasis and Best sightseeing there in Cairo to Fayoum and
Whale Valley Tour with Plan Egypt Tours, visit Qarron Lake, El Fayoum
Museum, and Wadi El Rayan. Enjoy hot springs water and take unforgettable
photos.
After
the noise and crowds of Cairo, the Fayoum oasis, which includes Lake Qaroun, is
literally a breath of fresh air. The oasis offers both Egyptian and foreign
visitors a relaxing break from city life; a day at the beach and a chance to
see oasis life without having to venture too far. It has ancient monuments as
well for those who are passionate about sightseeing. Fayoum is a wonderful area
of Egypt with a rich and interesting history. It is an area where Egyptians
often vacation and which is constantly growing more popular among Europeans.
Fayoum City, the main town in the oasis, is located 85 km south of Cairo.
Although usually described as an oasis, Fayoum is not fed by underground water,
like the western Sahara Desert oases further to the south and west, but by
water from the Nile transported to this natural triangular depression by a
series of canals. Having irrigated the oasis, the water runs into Lake Qaroun
which despite having dramatically shrunk over the past few thousand years,
still covers roughly 215 sq km, and it is still Egypt’s largest natural
salt-water lake.
Wadi
Al-Hitan, is a paleontological site in the Fayoum Governorate of Egypt, some
150 km southwest of Cairo. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in
July 2005 for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale,
the archaeoceti (a now extinct sub-order of whales). The site reveals evidence
for the explanation of one of the greatest mysteries of the evolution of
whales: the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going mammal from a previous
life as a land-based animal. No other place in the world yields the number,
concentration and quality of such fossils, as is their accessibility and
setting in an attractive and protected landscape. This is why it was added
by
the UNESCO to the list of protected World Heritage sites.
The
fossils found at the site may not be the oldest but their great concentration
in the area and the degree of their preservation is to the extent that even
some stomach contents are intact. The presence of fossils of other early
animals such as sharks, crocodiles, sawfish, turtles and rays found at Wadi
El-Hitan makes it possible to reconstruct the surrounding environmental and ecological
conditions of the time, adding to its justification to be cited as a Heritage
site.
Overview:
Itinerary:
Plan
Egypt Tours guide will pick you up from your hotel in
Cairo, he will escort you to Fayoum Oasis to scout its famous attractions and
sites, beguile your eyes with Wadi Al Rayan, then scout Wadi Hitan known as
Valley of the Whales "Protected Area", The UNISCO designated that
Whale Valley "Wadi Hitan" one of the world Heritage Site back to
forty Million years, next tour to the Mountain of Mudawara, Proceed to scout
the Water Falls of Wadi Al Rayan, then visit the Ancient City Uncovered "
Medinet Madi", It belongs to the third pharaonic dynasty, and was built by
Amenemhet III, but Amenemhet IV who was completed, relax and have your lunch at
local restaurant, at the end of your Fayoum tour Plan Egypt tours guide will
escort you back to your hotel in Cairo.
Included:
·
Pick
up from your hotel in Cairo
·
Air-conditioned
Jeep 4x4 Cairo / Fayoum / Cairo
·
Tours
to Wadi Al Rayan, Whale Valley "Wadi Hitan", Mountain of Mudawara,
Water Falls, and Medinet Madi, as mentioned above
·
Entrance
fees to the above mentioned sites
·
English
speaking guide included
·
Lunch
at local restaurant
·
A
bottle of Mineral water to each person during the tour
·
All
Transfers air-conditioned Jeep 4x4
·
All
service charges and taxes
·
Assist
and transfer back to your hotel at the end of your tour.
Excluded:
·
Optional
tours
·
Tip
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