Two of us booked a 4 day trip by 4x4 from Siwa to Luxor across the Western Desert, via the oases of Bahariya, Farafra, Dakhla, and Kargha. The highlight was a night camping in the White Desert, but the entire trip revealed a part of Egypt so different from the Nile Valley experience that we came away with a new... More

We spent 2 weeks in egypt and travelled around to soak in as much experience as possible. However our trip to the Western Desert is one we will remember forever. We booked through Select Eygpt and it was our guides that really made this an experience to remember. We travelled to Bahariya Oasis in the morning the first day and... More

Where is it? - West of Nile river, doable from Cairo. How much time needed? - I took 3 days 2 nights. Some people take an overnight trip to the desert from Cairo, which I personally not recommend (unless you just want to see how the desert looks like and spend most of the time to travel from Cairo to... More

I traveled with Minamar Tours (parent company Select Egypt) January 2010 for their 8 day/7 night desert safari. The area is spectacular and I had a great adventure. There is some hiking in deep sand which can be difficult such as at the Mestqawe-Foggini (“Sistine Chapel” of African rock art). But, what is more difficult is sleeping on the ground... More