Egypt

25 Feb 2025 – 27 Mar 2025 · by jflemingle

Destinations

Cairo, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt

Travel day GoBus @9:15pm
Siwa Oasis, Egypt

References to help plan: Quit and Go Travel and Backpack Adventures @oasisnaturallife Getting there: West mid Delta $680 LP OR $16.50USD https://maps.app.goo.gl/CZ8VUBdFMFEbYeiCA?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy Accomadation: lotus house 33/per night Siwa sits on the very edge of the Great Sand Sea, part of the Sahara Desert. It’s not far from the Qattara Depression, the second-lowest place in Africa Lonely Planet calls it ‘the stuff of desert daydreams’
Cairo, Egypt
Aswan, Egypt

Desert Hiking with Monasteries and Ancient Tombs Elephantine Island and the Nile river. From there, you’ll find an easy hike across the open desert at the top. -Monastery of St. Simeon, which can be visited. Entrance is EGP 40 (€1.24/$1.31) per person. - From there, you can follow a dirt road to the modern Monastery of St. Hedra, which still operates today. At the end of the road is the Mausoleum of Aga Khan, a modern building overlooking the Nile that is not accessible to the public. -Directions: Elephantine island can be reached by public ferry from the Aswan waterfront for EGP 5 (€0.15/$0.16).
Abu Simbel, Egypt
Luxor, Egypt
Marsa Alam, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt

Book ticket from busbud between 9:30-11:30pm arriving between 6:30am-9:00am
Cairo, Egypt
Dahab, Egypt
Mount Sinai, Egypt
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Nuweibaa, Egypt
Aqaba, Jordan