White Desert Travel

White Desert travel

During the past few years, other places of interests have started attracting the attention of tourists and Egyptians alike. Egypt never fails to amaze its fans revealing more magic and treasures at every stage in time.

One of the most popular spots that have become more and more popular during the recent period is the White Desert of Egypt with all its marvels and wonders.

The white desert is located 150 kilometers away from the Bahariya Oasis, which in turn is located 365 kilometers to the South East of Cairo, the Egyptian capital.

The white desert located near latitude 27.06° North and longitude 27.97° East, has become a natural protect area in 2002 and has become one of the most popular touristic destinations in Egypt.

Stretching for a surface area that is more than 3000 square kilometers, the white desert is definitely the most important highlight of the Egyptian Western Desert and the most visited by tourist and Egyptians.

Most of the tours organized to visit the white desert usually starts from the Bahariya Oasis as a beginning point. It would also a great chance to visit the attractions located near the Bahariya Oasis like the Temple of the Oracle, the valley of the golden mummies, the black desert, and the crystal mountain.

When the guest starts his trip going from the Bahariya Oasis in the direction of the White Desert, he will be dazzled to see the white snow like rocks starting to appear all of a sudden in all sorts of shapes starting from animal, mushrooms, and human like shapes and ending with totally bizarre figures that doesn’t look like anything one has ever viewed.

According to the local myth, this area marking the beginning of the White Desert was once the domain of legendary King Hinnis who was supposed has lived in this area for a period of time in the prehistoric era.

The rocks scattered all over the white desert is made out of white chalk that was the seabed of an ancient shallow sea that once covered all this vast area roughly one million years ago. More info visit Minamar travel www.minamar.com

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