Yes. Children aged 4 to 11 pay the child price and under 4 travel free on a parent's lap. Strollers are fine at the pyramids and the museums; tombs have stairs. Tell us the ages in the booking so we plan the pace.

How and when do I pay?

You book without a card. You pay on the day of the tour in EUR (or the equivalent in EGP or USD) to the guide, or by bank transfer in advance if you prefer. Flight options need the flight paid 72 hours before travel; we send a link.

What is the cancellation policy?

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup, 48 hours for tours that include a flight. Balloon flights cancelled by Civil Aviation for wind are refunded in full.

Fayoum

Tal der Wale (Wadi El Hitan) und Wadi El Rayan: private Tour ab Kairo

40 Millionen Jahre alte Walskelette in der offenen Wüste, ein UNESCO-Welterbe, und die Wasserfälle auf dem Rückweg.

4.9(62+)UNESCO-WelterbePrivatwagen

Dauer

11 Std.

Gruppe

Privat

Abholung

07:00

Ab Ihrem Hotel

Kairo

Mindestalter

Jedes Alter

Eintritte

Inklusive

Kurz gesagt

11-stündiger privater Tagesausflug von Kairo nach Wadi El Hitan, dem Tal der Wale (UNESCO-Welterbe seit 2005), wo die Skelette von Basilosaurus und Dorudon 40 Millionen Jahre nach dem Rückzug des Meeres im Sand liegen, plus die Wasserfälle von Wadi El Rayan und Mittagessen in der Oase Fayoum. Guide, Privatwagen, 4x4 im Schutzgebiet und alle Gebühren, 110 EUR pro Erwachsener.

Preise nach Abfahrtsort

Erwachsener und Kind (4–11) pro Person, Eintritte inklusive. Wählen Sie Ihre Zeile im Buchungsfeld.

Ab Hotels in Kairo und Gizeh
Privatwagen11 Stunden
Abholung
07:00
Zurück
18:00
110 €Erwachsener65 € · Kind

Abfahrt	Transport	Abholung	Zurück	Dauer	Erwachsener	Kind
Ab Hotels in Kairo und Gizeh	Privatwagen	07:00	18:00	11 Stunden	110 €	65 €

Highlights

Basilosaurus and Dorudon

Whale skeletons with hind legs, in situ in the sand.

Fossils and Climate Change Museum

A complete 18 m Basilosaurus.

Wadi El Rayan waterfalls

On the way back.

Private car and 4x4

Über diese Tour

Der ausführliche Reiseverlauf unten ist auf Englisch; der Guide spricht am Tag Ihre Sprache.

Wadi El Hitan is the best place on earth to see how whales moved from land to sea: skeletons with hind legs, walrus-sized ancestors, sharks' teeth in the sandstone. The site is 150 km from Cairo and reached by a desert track; the fossil museum is small and excellent.

Pickup at 07:00. Two hours to the Fayoum oasis and a further hour on the desert track through Wadi El Rayan into the fossil valley. A 3 km walking trail leads past the excavated skeletons in the open: Basilosaurus 18 m long, Dorudon, the mangrove roots and the sharks' teeth. The Fossils and Climate Change Museum shows a complete Basilosaurus.

Lunch is a picnic in the shade at the visitor centre or at a garden restaurant in Tunis village, depending on the season.

On the way back, the Wadi El Rayan waterfalls and the lower lake for birds and photographs. Back in Cairo about 18:00.

Ablauf

07:00
Pickup from your Cairo hotel
09:00
Fayoum oasis, into Wadi El Rayan
10:15
Wadi El Hitan walking trail
About 2 hours with the guide.
12:30
Fossil museum
13:15
Lunch
14:30
Wadi El Rayan waterfalls
15:45
Drive back to Cairo
Hotels by about 18:00.

Inklusive

Private guide
Private air-conditioned car
4x4 on the desert track
Protectorate and museum fees
Lunch
Bottled water

Zu den Eintritten: Protectorate fees, the fossil museum, the 4x4 track and lunch are included.

Nicht inklusive

Drinks
Tips

Ideal für

Natural-history lovers
Families with school-age children
Guests who want a day of open desert

Weniger geeignet für

Guests with walking difficulties (the trail is 3 km on sand)

Mitbringen

Closed walking shoes
Hat, sunscreen, sunglasses
A litre of water per person in summer (we carry more)
Camera

Besuchte Orte

Fayoum

Wasserfälle in der Wüste, Dünen, ein Salzsee und das Tal der Wale.

Fragen zu dieser Tour

Yes. Forty million years ago this was a shallow sea. The skeletons of Basilosaurus and Dorudon, early whales with small hind legs, were found here in hundreds and are left where they lay.