The White Desert is rightfully the most famous desert destination in Egypt – and for good reason. The number of eerily beautiful wind-sculpted rock formations in the shape of giant mushrooms or pebbles is unmatched in any other desert in the world. Farafra is closer than Bahariya to this 300-kilometre-long protected area, but offers a […]
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Bird Watching on Lake-Burullus
Located in the Nile Delta, Lake Burullus is a protected area that requires a special permit to visit. The surrounding marshes make it an ideal place to observe wigeons, shovelers, pansies, white-bearded terns and pochards in winter. burullus lake,coordinates on wikidata,learn while on the move,el-burollus,water pollution in egypt,diving gone wrong,intake,diving in dam intakes,gone wrong,qarun lake,underwater […]
Cruising on a felucca on the Nile River, you will have great opportunities for bird watching. You can watch the green heron and migratory waterfowl like the Nile goose, and hope for a chance encounter with black kites circling over the west bank of the Nile, and you might even see Egyptian vultures. bird watching,aswan,birds,birdwatching […]
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Ain-Sukhna Bird Watching
The tourist area of Ain Sukhna is located on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, just an hour and a half drive from Cairo, and is known as an important bottleneck for migratory birds. The area is a great place to observe spring migration. If you are lucky enough to be in Ain Sukhna at the right […]
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Wadi El-Hitan Valley of the Whales
Only two hours drive from Cairo, in the area of Fayoum, you will discover an even more impressive meaning of “ancient” Egypt. The remote valley of Wadi El-Hitan (Valley of Whales) is more like an open-air museum, displaying rare gigantic fossils of whales and sharks from ancient times, proving that the area was submerged in […]
