Waterfalls in the desert, dunes to board down, the Magic Lake and lunch in the pottery village of Tunis.
A 10-hour private day trip from Cairo to the Fayoum oasis: the waterfalls of Wadi El Rayan between its two lakes, a 4x4 drive into the dunes with sandboarding, the Magic Lake, Lake Qarun, and lunch in the pottery village of Tunis. Guide, private car, 4x4 in the desert, sandboards and lunch included, 90 EUR per adult.
Adult and child (4–11) per person, entry tickets included. Choose your row in the booking box.
| Departure | Transport | Pickup | Back | Duration | Adult | Child |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Cairo and Giza hotels | private car | 07:30 | 17:30 | 10 hours | €90 | €55 |
Fayoum is 100 km south-west of Cairo and looks like nowhere else in Egypt: a green depression around a salt lake with the Sahara starting at its edge. It is the day for families and for anyone who has had enough of monuments.
Pickup at 07:30. Two hours to Wadi El Rayan, a protected area of two lakes joined by Egypt's only waterfalls, formed in the 1970s by drainage water from the oasis. Walk to the falls, swim if you like in summer, and watch the birds.
Then the 4x4 takes over: across the dunes of the Wadi El Rayan protectorate to the Magic Lake, which changes colour with the light, and to the big dunes for an hour of sandboarding (boards and instruction included; you walk up, you slide down).
Lunch in Tunis village, the potters' village on the shore of Lake Qarun, at a garden restaurant: grilled chicken or duck, rice, vegetables, salads. Time to visit a pottery workshop before the drive back. In Cairo about 17:30.
Hotels by about 17:30.
About the tickets: Protectorate entry, the 4x4 desert drive, sandboards and lunch are included.
Rating based on 809+ reviews on our listings and this site.
Fayoum è un bellissimo Oasi ha tante cose Soprattutto il Lago maggiore di Qarun, Le famose Cascate e La valle delle Balene, Bellissimi Posti da visitare, Abbiamo Mangiato il Pesce molto Delizioso Grazie infinite Giustino .
Bellissima Esperienza con Giustino che è stato molto bravo. Ci ha spiegato tutto nel dettaglio riportandoci nell'antico Egitto! Ci torneremo di Sicuro Grazie
Overall fun experience, but not exactly as we imagined it to be. What you get is a driver for the duration of the trip. Our driver Shady was great. What we felt that was lacking was a guide or someone to give an explanation on the places we saw/visited. We were first dropped of at the Valley of the Whales to explore on our own…
Abdul is not only a guide but also a wonderful guy, thanks for all!!!
Our visit to the Fayoum Oasis was absolutely fantastic, thanks to our wonderful tour guide Abdul. Everything was thoughtfully planned, and the experience felt both relaxing and enriching. We truly appreciated every moment and would gladly recommend them to anyone!
Booked this as our more adventurous day for our honeymoon! I enjoyed getting to see the desert. Sandboarding is so much fun going down but very much NOT fun climbing back up the steep hot sand dune and I scrapped up my wrist & ankle pretty bad on the first slide down. We also paid extra to do the 4x4 dune ride through the…
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Cairo
40-million-year-old whale skeletons in the open desert, a UNESCO site, and the waterfalls on the way back.
