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Fayoum-oasen, Wadi El Rayan-vandfaldene og sandboarding med frokost
Vandfald i ørkenen, klitter at boarde ned ad, Den Magiske Sø og frokost i pottemagerlandsbyen Tunis.
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Fayoum-oasen, Wadi El Rayan og Wadi El Hitan
Vandfald i ørkenen, klitter, en saltsø og Hvalernes Dal.
- Afstand
- 100 km fra Cairo, 1,5–2 timer
- Wadi El Rayan
- to søer og vandfaldene, fredet siden 1989
- Wadi El Hitan
- UNESCO 2005; Basilosaurus- og Dorudon-skeletter
- Qarun-søen
- den antikke Moeris-sø, salt, 40 km lang
Fayoum er en grøn lavning 100 km sydvest for Cairo omkring Qarun-søen. Wadi El Rayan har Egyptens eneste vandfald mellem to ørkensøer og klitter til sandboarding; Wadi El Hitan, UNESCO-stedet Hvalernes Dal, rummer 40 millioner år gamle hvalskeletter i det åbne sand; landsbyen Tunis er pottemagerlandsbyen ved søen. Begge er private dagsture fra Cairo med 4x4 i reservatet.
Besøget
The Fayoum has been farmed since the Middle Kingdom, when the pharaohs of the Twelfth Dynasty regulated the branch of the Nile that feeds it. Today it is fields, canals and palms around the salt lake of Qarun, with the Sahara beginning at the edge of the fields.
Wadi El Rayan is where drainage water from the oasis formed two lakes in the 1970s, joined by the waterfalls. Beyond them the dunes rise and the Magic Lake changes colour with the sun. An hour further along a desert track lies Wadi El Hitan, where the skeletons of early whales with hind legs lie where the sea left them 40 million years ago, with a small excellent museum.
Tunis village on the lake shore is where Cairo's potters and artists settled in the 1980s; its garden restaurants serve lunch on both our day trips.
Tips fra vores guider
- Closed shoes for the sand and the fossil trail
- Swimsuit in summer for the waterfalls
- The Whale Valley trail is 3 km on sand; take water
Bedste tidspunkt: Oktober til april. Sommer er muligt med tidlig start; søerne er da til badning.
Spørgsmål
Yes: our Whale Valley tour includes the waterfalls on the way back. The sandboarding day skips the fossils to leave time for the dunes and Tunis village.
Very. The waterfalls, the 4x4 and the sandboarding are the parts children remember from Egypt.
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