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Escape the city for three days of salt lakes, soaring dunes and ancient ruins at Siwa Oasis. This private tour combines sandboarding in the Great Sand Sea, floating in buoyant salt pools, and visits to the Temple of Amun and Shali Fort.
Escape the city for three days of salt lakes, soaring dunes and ancient ruins at Siwa Oasis. This private tour combines sandboarding in the Great Sand Sea, floating in buoyant salt pools, and visits to the Temple of Amun and Shali Fort.
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Operated by Guide Of Egypt Tours · Siwa, Matrouh Governorate
You arrive after a long ribbon of highway peels away from the Nile and the land opens into pale desert — a hard silence broken only by wind over sand. In Siwa, palms edge salt lakes like green fingers, and the Great Sand Sea pushes dunes that dare you to climb and ride them. At sunset Fatnas Lake glows; at night a desert camp turns the sky into a constellation map.
moderate.
3 days.
Moderate fitness for climbing dunes, short walks, and sustained travel days; suitable for travelers comfortable with uneven sand and midday heat.
Expect roughly 9–10 hours by road (around 700–800 km) with a rest stop; itineraries sometimes include a breakfast stop in Marsa Matrouh.
Yes — the high salinity makes the water very buoyant and non-swimmers can float, but avoid getting salt in your eyes and rinse off afterward.
Basic lodges and camp facilities are common; some parts of Siwa are wheelchair accessible, but dune areas and old Shali Fort are not suitable for wheelchairs.
Sandboards are provided on most tours; no prior experience is required, but basic balance and a willingness to fall are helpful.
Siwa has long been a crossroads between Sahara tribes and Mediterranean cultures; its Temple of Amun was historically famous as an oracle consulted by Alexander the Great.
The oasis environment is fragile — avoid disturbing spring outflows, don't walk on crusted salt pans, and carry out all trash; responsible tourism supports local water conservation efforts.
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