subject: Wadi El Hitan ( Valley Of Whales) Tour From Cairo [print this page] Tour Itinerary:
Pick up from your hotel in Cairo and drive to by jeep 4x4 towards Fayoum oasis, the largest oasis in the Western Desert. Upon arrival you will visit the Qaroun Lake by felucca, then a tour to visit Kasr Qaroun, Proceed to Wadi El Rayan reservatory to visit the spring and waterfall. Lunch meal is served in a local restaurant. Continue driving towards Wadi Al Hitan ( known as the Valley of Whales), a surreal region where huge boulders seem to be capped with an imaginary icing of thick caramelized syrup, which appears to ooze down their sides. Within this also known for scientists as the Zeuglodon Valley, have been discovered in 1936, it is located 35 KM west of the Wadi El Rayan, right deep into the Western Desert. Whales were existed in Fayoum oasis over 40 million years ago. Return back to your hotel in Cairo.
Tour Includes:
-Pick up and drop off services from Cairo
-Transportation by air-conditioned vehicles from / to Cairo
-Mineral water and soft drinks during tour to Valley of Whales
-Transportation by private jeep 4x4 in Fayoum oasis
-Multi lingual speaking tour guide throughout the trip
-Entrance fees to the sights as per tour itinerary
