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• 16 / 5 / 2023

The Oases in Egypt | Egypt Oases

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The Oases of Egypt | Egypt's Hidden Gems

Discover the breathtaking beauty of Egypt’s oases, where history, nature, and adventure blend seamlessly. Below are the most fascinating oases, each offering a unique experience.

These oases are wonderful tourist destinations for enjoying nature and exploring. By learning more about them, we can appreciate Egypt's natural and historical wealth. They are an essential part of Egyptian heritage.

The Western Desert of Egypt contains nine lush oases in the desert. Fertile oases filled with palm trees, dates, olives, grapes, springs, groundwater, sulfurous water, mountain ranges, and sand dunes. They are located about 365 kilometers southwest of Giza.

The oasis is a natural reserve, and its environmental and heritage character is preserved, as is the unity of the architectural style of the one- or two-story buildings, as well as the hotels and resorts with the ancient Siwan architectural style, which increases its unique beauty and preserves its virginity and the beauty of nature, which has not been polluted by industrial developments and modern lifestyles.

Travel from Cairo to Siwa Oasis to see the Palm trees and olive trees spread over its land and hot water flows from the underground, which dates back to ancient Roman times to tell, and each spring tells stories about the history of the Oasis of Legends because of the presence of the Temple of the Oracle, where the coronation of Alexander the Great took place, Mountain of the Dead which has several tombs, the most important of them are the tombs of " Si Amon" and "The bear Pathot" that's why it is considered one of the most important and best tourist attractions located in Siwa which can be visited through all Trips from Cairo to Siwa Oasis. The road from Cairo to Siwa Oasis takes about 9 hours of driving.

El Dakhla Oasis is located between El Farafra and El Kharga, when you visit the Dakhla Oasis you will see different communities adapted to the exciting ways of life in the desert. There are many monuments such as the Kasbah archaeological village of the Ottoman Palace, the eyes of water, and springs of hot water, in its center is the city of Mut. It is the largest in the Egyptian Oases in terms of population, size of agricultural activity, and animal production.

Archaeological Landmarks

Pharaonic Palace
Mut
Contains gardens dating back to the Sixth Dynasty BC, built in the form of mastabas. It contains an Islamic cemetery and other Roman tombs, the most important of which is the tomb of Kitanus Bar-di-Basent and Pa-Ozir, located 35 km away.

Islamic Village of Balat
Dates back to the Turkish era and is still inhabited.

Pharaonic Village of Balat
Constructed mastabas from the Sixth Dynasty BC, including a Greek cemetery.

Deir el-Hagar Temple
Dates back to the Roman era and features inscriptions depicting religious life. It was built for the worship of the god Amun and his wife Mut.

Islamic Village of al-Qasr
Dates back to the Ayyubid era and contains a three-story wooden minaret, 21 meters high, as well as wooden lintels inscribed with Quranic verses.

Paris Oasis - Temple of Dosh
It features a Turkish fortress constructed of mud brick, an ancient church, and pottery dating back to the Coptic era.

The city of Kharga is the capital of the New Valley Governorate, where the important government interests, and the springs of hot sulfur water, some of which temperature is up to 43 degrees Celsius, and in the old part of which mud-brick buildings in narrow streets that are covered with wood and palm trees, and each street had a gate closed if an attack happens. You can find there the temple of Hibis which was built around the 6th century B.C and was originally planned as a dedication to Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. And also El Bagawat is a Christian cemetery.

Kharga's appeal extends beyond its ancient monuments to its therapeutic nature. To the south of the city are the Bulaq Wells, a deep, self-flowing spring rich in essential minerals. Analyses have proven their effective therapeutic benefits for joint diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, and pain resulting from cartilage atrophy. Also nearby are soft sand dunes, which are used for sand burial therapy.

El Bahareya is located in the western desert about 360 km from Cairo, The Bahariya Oasis is distinguished by black mountains that are around it is a fascinating view, it contains a lot of important monuments that dates back to the Pharaonic, Greek, and Roman eras, like El Bawiti that dates back to the 26th dynasty which is a group of tombs built from Limestone. You will get to see all the beauty of Bahariya Oasis in Egypt which is non-comparable with any other desert destination.

Since ancient times, the ancient Egyptians, followed by the Romans, have been interested in the Bahariya Oasis, due to its vast agricultural potential that provided them with a decent livelihood. The region became a breadbasket for the Pharaohs and Romans for long periods of time, evidenced by the number of tombs, temples, and churches discovered in the Bahariya Oasis.

Al Farafra is located 170 km south of the Bahariya Oasis, and 627 km away from Cairo via the Cairo-Oasis oasis road, it is the smallest oasis in the Western Desert, and when you visit it you will notice the palm trees, sunflowers, and the guava. The oasis depends on their cultivation, within the Oasis, located in the Palace of the Farafra. You can get to visit El Farafra and view other places through a desert safari adventure in Egypt, which is located in the ruins of the ancient Roman castle, which was established to protect this area from the road of desert caravans.

In the middle of the Farafra Oasis are the remains of a palace built of mud bricks, and there are a few other uninscribed rock tombs and the remains of a Roman temple in the Ain Bas area. There are other tombs and a few ruins near the Farafra Palace. In the Roman era, Farafra, the Dakhla Oasis and the Bahariya Oasis were the grain lands of the Roman Empire and were called the land of grains.

Also, the beautiful White Desert is located very close to Farafra Oasis, only 45 KM North of the town of Farafra and it is beyond your expectations as it is completely covered in cream-colored sand. White desert tours mainly start from Cairo and take about 5 hours driving, so usually, the White desert trip from Cairo takes at least 2 days to enjoy all the charming scenery and natural formations during the White desert safari in Egypt, camping in the white desert is a very exciting experience.