Tourists flock to Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis.
Bahariya, an oasis village, is Egypt’s first actual desert settlement.
Starting in Cairo, you’ll travel four or five hours on a road in good condition with little traffic, mostly tankers.
The only rest station is a tea shop styled like a barn 150 km in (and a smaller one approximately 10 kilometers farther on).
Antoine de Saint Exupery’s aircraft crashed here in 1935. He was flying toward Wadi Natrun when he crashed on the airport’s access road.
Exupery survived the desert with just a half-pint of coffee and an orange. His experiences inspired the epic desert novel “Wind, Sand, and Stars.”
Bahariya has been a popular tourist attraction due to its closeness to Cairo. These tourists come to Bahariya for sovereignty and tranquility.
They founded or were related to various eco-spiritual organizations. These organizations provide safaris to fulfill the demands of guests who wish to do more than relax and see the scenery.
Bawati is a major stop in Bahariya. In the dip around the oasis are several little Roman-era towns. Some are older.
Bahariya has been inhabited for centuries, and archaeologists just discovered the Golden Mummies. Bahariya has been inhabited for centuries.
On your way through the park, you’ll pass the Bawiti Museum, where you may see preserved mummies.
There are stores where you may purchase everything, including Bedouin scarves and carpets.
Find antique stores and enterprises like the gloomy bakery where folks buy bread every day.
Gebel Dest is among the town’s hills. Eric Strommer discovered dinosaur bones here more than a century ago. Some call it Gebel Dest.
He named the dinosaur-like carnivore Spinosaurus. Spinosaurus appeared in “Jurassic Park III.” It battles T-Rex in the conclusion of the film. He found Spinosaurus’ remnants.
Bawiti’s historical sites are ready to be explored.
After taking in the vistas, you may relax in one of the numerous natural hot springs that bubble up from the oasis’s earth.
In Egypt’s Alexandria, a shrine honors Alexander the Great.
This monument, the only one of its kind in Egypt, stands on the route from Bahariya to Siwa. This evidence suggests Alexander the Great consulted the oracle at Siwa before returning to Bahariya.
After traveling past Bawiti, one enters the Black Desert.
Air oxidized the manganese in the Black Desert’s rocks, giving the desert its name.
