Black and White Desert, Minimum of Two Days

This is the shortest of the desert safaris. You can leave your hotel in Cairo early in the morning, arrive in Bawiti in the Baharyiya Oasis for lunch, and load your luggage into my four wheel drive.

We travel through the Black Desert, spend the night in the White Desert, and have a look around next morning. We return through Crystal Mountain to the hotel, and you meet your van for a return to Cairo. It is a magical experience.

Trips can be arranged for small or large groups. In Winter (November to February) it is cold at night, but tents, sleeping bags, and very warm camel blankets are provided. Midsummer (June, July and August) is extremely hot and best avoided for all but the very hardy.



Basalt pipes in the Black Desert


'Mushrooms' in the White Desert




Setting up a 'one car' camp


White Desert vistas





Military permission is needed for this location


Night Falls over the Desert with Spectacular Sunsets

Fennec Foxes Sometimes Visit the Camp


Iron Pyrites Weathers out from a Sea of Chalk