Egypt Western Desert (Sahara) Tour Review

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ian on tour's Review of Egypt Western Desert (Sahara) Tour

7th Feb 2004

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Board Basis
    Full board
  • Customer Service
    5 stars
  • Resort
    0 stars
  • Date of stay
    January 2004
  • Accommodation
    2 stars
  • Food
    4 stars
Good Points

Driving across flat sand surrounded by mirages
Amazing scenery in white desert and black desert
1000+ year old mud brick town of Al Qasr
Bedouin markets and village life
Sleeping under the fantastically bright desert stars


Bad Points

We should have taken four days instead of three - too much travel in a short time
We got rather sandy and dusty.
Vehicles were 2nd hand, and not exactly quiet or comfortable


General Comments

We took a 3 day tour with Naga Gabriel from Cairo to Luxor via the sahara desert.
We spent 1.5 days travelling on good tarmac roads in minibuses - a bit boring and not especially comfortable, and 1.5 days mixed on and off road in a toyota landcruiser - what an adventure.
Naga Gabriel is extremely knowledgable, fairly cheap, well organised and reliable.
The Sahara was well worth a visit - the lonely planet doesn't really do it justice.
The food was mostly bedouin food (no sheeps eyes) It tasted OK, and we didn't get an upset stomach.
We spent one night sleeping under the stars surrounded by the amazing rock formations of the white desert, and one night in a hotel which was clean, had air conditioning, TV and fridge, but had obviously been decorated by someone who had never seen the inside of a western hotel - clashing colours, fluoresent lights, no shower curtain etc
Highly recommended if you have a taste for adventure, and need a change from looking at temples and pyramids

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