Cairo Trip Overview
Start with Egypt’s highest waterfalls at Wadi El-Rayan then progress to the Valley of the Whales (Wadi Al-Hitan), Explore the Valley of the Whales, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Capture Egypt’s highest waterfalls with door-to-door round-trip transport and a private guide
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Start with Egypt’s highest waterfalls at Wadi El-Rayan then progress to the Valley of the Whales (Wadi Al-Hitan), Explore the Valley of the Whales, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Capture Egypt’s highest waterfalls with door-to-door round-trip transport and a private guide
Itinerary
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Stop At: Wadi El Rayan Fayoum Falls, شلالات وادي الريان، Youssef Al Seddik, Faiyum Governorate, Egypt
private pick up from your hotel then goindg to Fayoum whihc is almost 100 km from cairo . first to Wadi El Ryan, Wadi El-Rayan is a natural depression in the western desert of Egypt, 42m below the sea level. It consists of two lakes connected by Egypt’s only waterfall. It was designated as a Protected Area in 1989 to protect the area’s biological, geological and cultural resources. The Protected Area covers 1759 km2 in the southern part of El-Fayoum.
The waterfalls are one of the best known attractions in Wadi El- Rayan Protected Area. The area conserves large expanses of desert containing a variety of landscapes and formations. Rare and fascinating wild life is found in the desert of Wadi El- Rayan along with fossils of creatures of past epochs and cultural heritage sites from ancient civilizations.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Valley of the Whales (Wadi Al-Hitan), Western Desert, Giza Egypt
then we will ride Jeep 4 by 4 to visit Whale valley .Wadi Al-Hitan, Whale Valley, in the Western Desert of Egypt, contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales, Archaeoceti. These fossils represent one of the major stories of evolution: the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going mammal from a previous life as a land-based animal. This is the most important site in the world for the demonstration of this stage of evolution. It portrays vividly the form and life of these whales during their transition. The number, concentration and quality of such fossils here is unique, as is their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape. The fossils of Al-Hitan show the youngest archaeocetes, in the last stages of losing their hind limbs. Other fossil material in the site makes it possible to reconstruct the surrounding environmental and ecological conditions of the time.
then drive back to your hotel.
Duration: 2 hours
