"VISITS TO THE OASIS OF AL FAYUM" TOUR.

"VISITS TO THE OASIS OF AL FAYUM" TOUR.

Fayún is a city in northern Egypt, 100 km southwest of Cairo and located on the shores of the homonymous lake, in the oasis of Fayún. It is the capital of the Governorate of Fayún. Originally called Shedet in Ancient Egypt, Crocodilopolis or Krocodilopolis by the Greeks and Arsinoe by the Romans, it is one of the oldest cities in Egypt due to its strategic location.

Itinerary

• Pick up at your hotel, or the one closest to your accommodation by a guide from our agency.

• You will start with a panoramic tour in a private air-conditioned tourist car to enjoy a tour of the El Fayoum Oasis where you can visit the Karanis Ruins, the South Temple and the North Temple; and you can contemplate the Lake of Qarun, whose name given by the ancient Egyptians mer-wer which means the great lake, and is connected to the Nile River by the Joseph Channel.

• In the north of the lake there is a national park where the oldest evidence of the existence of agriculture in Egypt and important secrets of the rise of the pharaonic civilization. From the geological part, it is a unique area because it has pharaonic basalt quarries belonging to the Old Kingdom and excavations of whales and primates.

• This site includes a wealth of remains dating back to the middle of the Mesolithic period, almost 200 thousand years before the Pharaonic era, and remains of 24 whales were found that swam in this area before 42 million years, one of them belongs to a whole new guy.

• Lunch during the tour in a typical restaurant in the area.

• Transfer to visit the famous Waterfalls and Norias del Oasis. Visit the Obelisk of Sonosert I, one of the most important Egyptian obelisks that has reliefs of the gods Sobek, Ra and Osoris.

• Return to the hotel.

• All visits to the different facilities and museums have the presence of a specialist who will guide our tour, explaining in detail the meanings and history of the different attractions that we can observe.

The tour includes

• Guide service in Spanish.
• Transfer Cairo / Fayoum / Cairo by private air-conditioned tourist car.
• Tickets to the aforementioned tourist places.
• Bottle of mineral water.
• Lunch in a typical good quality restaurant.
• Taxes and rates.

Does not include

• Extras not mentioned in the trip itinerary.
• Drinks not mentioned.
• Professional guide in English, French, Portuguese, German and Italian languages. If you want a guide in these languages, it is done on request and an extra charge must be paid.