5-Day Siwa Oasis Adventure from Cairo

Day 1: Cairo | El Alamain

Your Egypt Fun Tours agent will pick you up from your Cairo hotel at 6:00 AM and transport you to Alamein, which will take around 3 hours. You may visit the WWII Museum and the Cemetery in El Alamein, as well as the location of the famous fight during WWII. Then proceed to Siwa via the picturesque harbor of Marsa Matrouh on the Mediterranean Coast. It takes roughly six hours to drive from Alamein to Siwa. Siwa dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Explore Siwa Oasis

After breakfast, take a tour of Siwa’s Old City ( Shali). Then, transfer to Aghurmi Village to witness the Alexander Temple, which is dedicated to the God Amon-26 Dynasty, and then to Um Ubeyda to see the Amun Ra Temple. After that, proceed to Cleopatra Spring (Ein Guba). Visit the Siwa House Museum to round up your vacation. In the afternoon, go to Fitnas Island to experience the amazing Sunset vista described in numerous guidebooks. Spend the night in Siwa.

Day 3: Shiata Lake—Bir Wahed

Breakfast at the hotel – We begin our tour in the Siwa Desert with a visit to Maraki Village. Cross the desert to a remarkable archaeological sign at Great Siwa Mountain, where the earliest human footprint atop the mountain dates back to pre-history. Continue our safari excursion across the dunes till we reach the fossils region and witness the stony coral reefs from the Cambrian era. Then travel to one of the desert’s spring eyes (Shiata Lake), where you can observe the Flamenco birds and bathe in the cool spring, as well as enjoy the bath and soothing ambiance. There is another opportunity to experience sand surfing in the desert.  After that, we’ll go to another hot spring named (Bir Wahid) spring to cool down and relax our muscles. Back to the motel to sleep.

Day 4: Siwa Oasis Adventure

Breakfast at the hotel, then tour the tombs within the Mountain of the Dead (Gabal El Maouta), where you can see several fascinating tombs such as SI Amon’s, MSW Isis’, and the Crocodile Tomb. After that, visit the Dakrour Mountains before continuing to Abu Sherouf, one of the Siwan Villages, to experience Bedouin life and the Roman Spring eye. Return to your hotel room. In Siwa, we have dinner and spend the night.

Day 5: Siwa to Cairo

After breakfast, transfer to your accommodation in Cairo.