Fayoum Day Trip Details:         

• Duration: 1 Day
• Location: Cairo / EL Fayoum Oasis
• Availability: Available Everyday
• Pick up and drop off: Your Hotel
• Tour Type: Private

Fayoum Day Trip from Cairo to The Magic Lake

After breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, pick up by a tour guide from Egypt Fun Tours and start the trip to El-Fayoum oasis (110 km southwest of Cairo). Firstly, we stop by Qaroon lake to see the famous Auberge which once was the Rest House of king Farook.

Secondly, we proceed to Wadi El-Rayan with a stop in Mudawara Mountain (The magnificent spot overlooks the beautiful landscape below where deep blue waters meet the golden yellow sands. Visit Wadi El-Rayan Protected Area where there is so much to see (the two lakes, waterfalls & birds). The most memorable is the spectacular scenery of Wadi El-Rayan, the contrast between the blue waters of the lakes and the golden desert land. Moreover, we continue to the Magic lake, a small tiny natural blue lake surrounded by mountains and sand dunes. Lunch at the Magic lake campsite. After that, we transfer back to Cairo & drop off at your hotel around 6 pm.

Itinerary:

Cairo, El-Fayyum, Lake Qarun, Wadi El-Rayyan, Mudawara Mountain, & Magic Lake

Stop At Al-Fayoum Oasis tours, Al Fayyum, The Faiyum Oasis (Waḥet El Fayyum) is a depression or basin in the desert immediately to the west of the Nile south of Cairo in Egypt. The extent of the basin area is estimated at between 1,270 km2 (490 mi2) and 1700 km2 (656 mi2). The basin floor comprises fields watered by a channel of the Nile, the Bahr Yussef, as it drains into a desert depression to the west of the Nile Valley.

The Bahr Yussef veers west through a narrow neck of land north of Ihnasya, between the archaeological sites of El Lahun and Gurob near Hawara; it then branches out, providing rich agricultural land in the Faiyum basin, draining into the large saltwater Lake Moeris (Birket Qarun). The lake was freshwater in prehistory but is today a saltwater lake. It is a source of tilapia and other fish for the local area.

Afterward, we stop at Wadi El-Rayan. The valley of Wadi El-Rayan is an area of 1759 km2, 113 km2 of which is the dominating water body of the Wadi El Rayan lakes. It is located about 65km southwest of Faiyum city and 80km west of the Nile River. The valley has been utilised for man-made lakes formed by agricultural drainage, creating a reserve of two different lakes.The reserve is composed of a 50.90km2 upper lake and a 62.00km2 lower lake, with waterfalls between the two.

Among the springs, there are three sulfur springs on the southern side of the lower lake, with extensive mobile sand dunes. Wadi El Rayan Waterfalls are considered to be the largest waterfalls in Egypt.

Price is quoted per person in USD

• Solo 229$
• 2 ppl 129$
• 3 ppl 119$
• 4 ppl 109$
• 5+ ppl 89$