Farafra Travel Guide

 co48 Says:  The best thing to do is to take your time, when you visit the White Desert. So make a cameltrip for a few days instead of a stay of one night.In 1999 we stayed only for one night in this surrealist landscape. In 2000 we came back and did a three days cameltrip.In more days... 

 sachara Says:  The northern part of the White desert is different with higher rocks and nice sanddunes in between. We were happy that we don't had to climb too much the dunes at the third and last day of our trip.At the end the trip was rather exhausting for the camels and for the walkers. 

 sachara Says:  If you have more time, you can also explore the northern part of the White Desert at the edge of the mountains.If you don't like to ride a camel for a full day or at all, you can easy walk. 

 sachara Says:  Best thing to do:Take your time in the White Desert, make a cameltrip for a few days instead of a stay of one night.In 1999 we stayed for one night, in 2000 we came back for a three days cameltrip.In more days you can experience a larger part of the desert in a slow way.And... 

 sachara Says:  If you have the change, stay overnight in the With Desert in your thousans stars hotel..The formations look wonderfull in the moonlight. And the sunrise is unforgettable in your most spacious bedroom ever.And even not to mention the thousands bright stars during the night. 

 sachara Says:  The most special of the white desert are the white sculptural forms, naturally shaped by wind erosion. The lime stone is soft and fragile.At sunset or sunrise the forms are even more beautifull by changing colours. 

 sachara Says:  At some places the White Desert is really looking as a white snow landscape. The temperature is a bit different...If you will experience the many different faces of this desert, go for a walk of some hours, best early in the morning. 

 sachara Says:  The White Desert is really fascinating.Go for a long early morning walk, look around and enjoy the many beautifull details you will see. 

 sachara Says:  Badr (or Badr Abdel Moghny Aly) is an talented and self-educated artist, born in 1958 in Farafra. He built a traditional house, that serves as his gallery, with a desert garden around for his large size sculptures.Badr uses natural materials of the oasis. He had some... 

 sachara Says:  When we stopped for a camp, first the camels got their food.The landrovers came to bring our luggage and our foodstuff.I always enjoy the tastefull meals in the desert. The drivers and guides are mostly also very good cooks.We had vegetable soup, roasted chicken, rice, salad... 

 sachara Says:  At the falafal stall in the centre of Farafra we bought a delicious bread with falafal as take-away for in the bus.Ta'amia of falafel is one of the most popular dishes/snacks in Egypt. The Egyptians eat it in the morning, afternoon and the evening.Ta'amia is a very old... 

 sachara Says:  If you walk in the desert there are two important precautions.1. Take enough water with you and never walk without your waterbottle (even for a pretended short walk) 2. Cover your head with a headshawl. The more layers, the better. And don't forget to cover your neck too. 

 sachara Says:  For making a desert tour to the White Desert for one day or more, you can arrange it easily from Bawiti in the Bahariya Oasis on your way from Cairo to Farafra Oasis or you can do it in Qasr al-Farafra (told to be cheaper) .In 1999 for the one night stay, our trip was... 

 sachara Says:  The by sand sculptured lime stone yardangs in the White Desert near the Farafra Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt make this of one of the most fascinating deserts on earth.The rocks formed by shells of milliard shellfishes in a sea, which existed at this place many... 

 sachara Says:  Before I travelled to Farafra I red the book " Oase Farafra" of Arita Baaijens, a dutch writer who started to travel with her own camels in the western desert many years ago. In ''Oase Farafra'' she describes the enormous changes from the isolated desert village Farafra with...