El- Fayoum Oasis with Wadi El Rayyan National Park and Meidum Pyramid from Cairo

Cairo, Egypt

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El- Fayoum Oasis with Wadi El Rayyan National Park and Meidum Pyramid from Cairo

Experience an amazing mixture between ancient and modern Egyptian people and let us offer you unforgettable trip to El-Fayoum Oasis. The Faiyum Oasis is a depression or basin in the desert immediately to the west of the Nile south of Cairo in Egypt.


It includes the famous Joseph's Canal, though to have been built by the biblical Joseph. The city's dominate attractions are the water wheels built by the Greek settlers, the canals, and the Obelisk which stands at the city's northern entrance and many ancient Egyptian monuments.


Get a free pick-up service from your accommodation and start with a morning drive to El Faiyum. Your visit includes Lake Qaroun nature reserve, the oldest in the world, is distinguished by its matchless environmental and natural assets. Lake Qaroun is a safe haven and warm cradle for thousands of migrant birds fleeing the severe cold of Europe. It is also the incubator and the happy nest that embraces infant birds on the lake islets during reproduction time. Various kinds of fish live in the lake waters, while many species of mammals, reptiles and birds live in this wonderful reserve.


Also, El Fayoum is famous for its more than 200 waterwheels, which have become a prominent symbol of the town and the oasis. The waterwheels are considered one of the most important features in Fayoum. These landmarks deserve a short photo stop. Resume driving to Meidum Pyramid. Started as a Step Pyramid but then converted into a true pyramid. The pyramid was never completed due to a design fault which caused it to collapse. Because of its unusual appearance, the pyramid is called el-heram el-kaddaab in Arabic(Pseudo Pyramid). Resume driving back to Cairo upon a differentiated experience


Inclusions:

Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Certified guide

Entrance fees of Wadi El-Rayyan National Park

Visit to El Fayoum waterwheels

Entrance fees of Meidum Pyamid

Visit to Lake Qaroun

Transportation in air-conditioned vehicle

Insurance