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Siwa Oasis from Cairo
Siwa in 2 days
Siwa Oasis in two days from your Cairo or Giza hotel, private: El Alamein on the way, a night at a lodge in the oasis, then Shali, the Oracle Temple and a float in a salt lake before the drive back.
- Length
- 2 days, 1 night
- Tour type
- Private, just your group
- Pickup
- Your hotel in Cairo or Giza
- Guide
- English-speaking guide
- Lunch
- Included
- Dinner
- Included
- Nights
- 1, Ghaliet Ecolodge or similar
- The drive
- About 750 km each way, with stops
The tour journey
Your trip, day by day
Times are estimates; traffic and your hotel's location change them. Drive times are from map routing without traffic.
Day 1 · Cairo to Siwa by the coast road
- 5:00approx.Pickup
An early start: the whole drive is about 750 km, with stops on the way.
- 8:30approx.1VisitEl Alamein War Museum and Cemeteries: history, hours and tickets →
The museum of the Second World War battles fought here in 1942, on the coast road west of Alexandria.
- 9:30approx.2Visit
A short stop at the Commonwealth war cemetery beside the road.
- 9:45approx.On the way
- 12:15approx.Lunch, included
Lunch by the sea before the road turns south into the desert.
- 17:00approx.3Arrival
The last part of the road crosses the desert to the oasis, which lies nearly 20 m below sea level. Check in at Ghaliet Ecolodge or a similar lodge.
- 17:30approx.Dinner, included
- 18:30approx.Overnight
An eco-lodge in Siwa town; when it is full, a similar lodge such as Dream Lodge or Shali Lodge is booked.
Day 2 · The oasis, then back to Cairo
- 7:00approx.Breakfast, included
- 8:00approx.4Visit
The mud-brick town built of kershef (salt and mud) in the 13th century and left after three days of heavy rain in 1926. Walk up for the view over the palms.
- 9:00approx.5Visit
The temple on its rock at Aghurmi, built in the 6th century BC. Alexander the Great came to consult the oracle, in 331 BC according to most accounts. The ruins of the Umm Ubayd temple are a short walk away.
- 10:15approx.Activity
The turquoise pools are flooded salt quarries; the water is so salty that you float.
- 11:00approx.On the way
- 15:15approx.Lunch, included
- 21:45approx.Drop-off
The drive back takes most of the day; you reach Cairo in the evening.
Included
- Pickup from your hotel in Cairo or Giza and return
- Private air-conditioned car or minivan with driver for the whole trip
- English-speaking guide
- 1 night at Ghaliet Ecolodge or a similar lodge
- Meals in the program: lunch and dinner on day 1, breakfast and lunch on day 2
- Entrance fees to the sites in the program
- Bottled water during the trip
- All taxes and service charges
Not included
- Drinks with meals
- Tipping
- Personal expenses
- Any extras not mentioned in the program
Book this trip
Request this trip
Send your date and group size for Siwa in 2 days. We reply with the price for your trip and confirm the pickup from your hotel.
Approx. $290 per personEstimate; confirmed with your quote
- Private, just your group
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Change or skip a stop: just ask
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
- Tomorrow or today: we reply within an hour
Nothing to pay with the request. To book, a 25% deposit by card or PayPal; the rest in cash on the day. Payment and cancellation
