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Oaza Fajum, Wadi El Rayan i Wadi El Hitan

Wodospady na pustyni, wydmy, słone jezioro i Dolina Wielorybów.

Odległość
100 km od Kairu, 1,5–2 godziny
Wadi El Rayan
dwa jeziora i wodospady, chronione od 1989
Wadi El Hitan
UNESCO 2005; szkielety Basilosaurusa i Dorudona
Jezioro Karun
starożytne jezioro Moeris, słone, 40 km długości

Fajum to zielona depresja 100 km na południowy zachód od Kairu wokół jeziora Karun. Wadi El Rayan ma jedyne w Egipcie wodospady między dwoma pustynnymi jeziorami i wydmy do sandboardingu; Wadi El Hitan, Dolina Wielorybów UNESCO, kryje szkielety wielorybów sprzed 40 milionów lat w otwartym piasku; wioska Tunis to wioska garncarzy nad jeziorem. Obie to prywatne wycieczki z Kairu z 4x4 w rezerwacie.

Zwiedzanie

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.

Rady naszych przewodników

  • 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

Najlepszy czas: Od października do kwietnia. Latem możliwe z wczesnym startem; wtedy jeziora są do kąpieli.

Pytania

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.
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