“SIWA Tour from Cairo: A Journey to an Ancient Oasis”

Cairo ,  El Alamein  , Marsa Matrouh,  Siwa oasis

• Pick up time from your hotel in Cairo or Giza at 05:00 am. we do recommend to order a breakfast box from your hotel because of the early departure, and drive to  El Alamein  , driving distance: 259 km. It takes 3 hours driving, on the way we stop for a coffee break. Arrival at  El Alaٍmein  at 08:30

Visit  El Alamein  Museum, from 08:30 till11:30

• visit the museum of   El Alamein  which gives good information about the battle of   El Alamein  , The museum, about 1 mile west of the British memorial, is located on the north side of the road, for anyone interested in the war Memorabilia. the tombs of the Italians and Germans, Commonwealth War Graves drive to Marsa Matrouh from   El Alamein

At 11:30 drive to Siwa through Marsa Matrouh. From: El-Alamein, Al Alameen to Siwa, Egypt.
Driving distance: 485 km.
Duration: 6 hours 6 mins.

Light lunch will be served on the way.

Dinner will be served in the hotel.

Discover  Siwa oasis

Breakfast at the hotel.

• Pick up at 07:00 am from the hotel. You will visit today Siwa attractions, we will start with Alexander the Great Temple is also known as the Temple of the Oracle. It is believed that Alexander the Great wished to consult the Siwan oracle to seek confirmation that he was the son of Zeus. The Greek god of gods, when he and his entourage arrived at  Siwa oasis   after a long trip through the desert. Then drive to the salt lake at 08:30

at 09:00 then Proceed to the salt lake to get an amazing experience to swim, the water makes you float above

• at 11:00 Then proceed to (Cleopatra’s bath )The spring of the sun. It has been mentioned by travelers to Siwa, The legend maintains that Cleopatra swam here, Then Proceed to the temple of Umm Ubaydah or Amun temple, Just 200 m further from the Temple of the Oracle, the temple was erected by the pharaoh Nectanebo of the 30th Dynasty, Then Proceed to Visit Gebel  Al Mawta.

12:00( Taste the Siwan lunch )  in a Siwan restaurant at Abdo restaurant,

• Then you will adventure the desert by discovering the Great Sand Sea. by Jeep 4×4, Visit the hot and Cold spring Bir Waheed  Later, we enjoy some traditional Bedouin Tea by sunset& Overnight in desert Camp and Enjoy Bbq Dinner. If you need to Sleep in a Hotel instead of the camp, This is also available. we have nice Ecolodges in Siwa

Young Caucasian woman swimming in salt lake in Siwa oasis

Siwa, Marsa Matrouh, Cairo

• Breakfast at the Camp at 07:00 then drive back to   Siwa oasis  , Visit Shali Fort, and free time for shopping, then drive to the Mountain of the Dead is a conical mountain a little over a kilometer to the north of Shali. Tombs from the twenty-sixth Dynasty, Ptolemaic, and the Roman periods are cut into the side of the mountain, There are four tombs worth seeing at Gebel Al – Mawta.

Then drive to Cairo , passing by Marsa Matrouh ”North Coast of Egypt”  for lunch

From: Siwa, Egypt.
To: Marsa Matruh, Mersa Matruh, Egypt.
Driving distance: 308 km.
Duration: 4 hours 9 mins.

• Arrival at 13:00  and have some time at the beach Discover Marsa Matrouh, then drive back to Cairo

From: Marsa Matruh, Mersa Matruh, Egypt.
To: Cairo , Egypt.
Driving distance: 446 km.
Duration: 4 hours 42 mins.

Arrival to Cairo at 20:00

Woman looking at scenic view of Siwa oasis at sunset