Egypt Gift Tours Egyptology tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza to enjoy El Fayoum famous sites from Cairo to Fayoum is about 95 km. From the moment your tour starts, your guide will give you full attention. Once in the car, your guide will talk to you about all the things on the way as well as other aspects of your tour that will interest you.
Today, all visits are in Wadi El Ryan, designated as Protected Area in 1989. On the way to Wadi El Rayan Water Falls, visit Mudawara Mountain. Wadi El Rayan is a natural manmade depression located in the western desert, Wadi Rayan consists of two lakes connected by Egypt’s only waterfalls, formed in 1970 by an overflow of drainage water from the farmlands in Fayoum.
Watch some of the stunning birds that thrive at the edge of the salty lake Qaron, from black-necked grebes to ibis and flamingos. Then take a scenic trip on a felucca, a wooden sailing boat with an elegant, gaff-rigged sail.
Continue to the local museum to see stunning examples of Fayoum’s mummy portraits, cloth panel paintings with distinctive Greco-Roman influence. Learn about local history and culture while exploring the museum with your guide, and don’t miss the remarkable collection of statues from regional archeological sites.
Finally, drive in comfort and transfer to your hotel in Cairo or Giza.
Meals included: lunch.
Accommodation: Not included.
Additional Information:
- You will need to pay all the entrance fees to the sightseeing mentioned in the itinerary by card.
- You will need to carry Egyptian money cash for the tipping to the guide and driver.
- Please, provide us your hotel name and address in Cairo or Giza
- If your hotel locates at Cairo airport, near Cairo airport (Nasr City or Heliopolis), 6th. October, New Cairo or New Giza, there will be extra charge for the pick up and drop off.
- It is available to pick travelers at Cairo Airport, New Cairo, 6th.October or New Giza hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.
- It is available to drop off travelers at Cairo Airport, New Cairo, 6th.October or New Giza with extra 10$ USD per person.
- It is available to pickup or drop off travelers from Hotels at New Administrative Capital with extra 20$ USD per person each way.
- Other languages are available with extra 80$ USD per person upon your request.
- It is available to provide German, Italian, Japanese or French Tour Guide with extra 80$USD per person.
