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You will begin your Camel Market of Birqash Tour with a pick-up from your hotel in Cairo by a professional guide from Cairo Top Tours. After meeting your expert guide and private driver, you set off in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle towards Birqash, which is approximately 60 kilometers away from Cairo. You will go out early in the morning so that you can arrive at the market when it is most busy, and merchants and buyers are very much negotiating deals.
When you get there, you will enter one of the largest and most interesting camel markets in Africa where hundreds of camels are bought and sold daily. The camels that come from Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia are represented at the market because they follow vast desert bringing them across the historic Darb al-Arba'in, the legendary 40-day caravan path. At the market, you will see traders checking the physical strength and endurance of camels and listen to their interesting bargaining between the two sides, aside from that, you will learn the special customs of Egypt's camel trade.
After reveling in the unique atmosphere of the Birqash Camel Market, you will get the chance to savor a glass of traditional Egyptian tea at one of the local cafes, and, there, discuss the experience with your guide. Thereafter, you will be comfortably transferred back to your hotel in Cairo, thus winding up an unforgettable day of discovery in one of the most authentic and off-the-beaten-path attractions all across Egypt.
