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Home12-Hour Faiyum Archaeological Highlights Tour From Cairo
Description
Pave your way into the mysterious locales of Egypt as you head to Faiyum, a city in Middle Egypt located southwest of Cairo, known for its oasis and biblical connotations. Explore Wadi El Hitan, a paleontological site in the Faiyum Governorate of Egypt, southwest of Cairo, famed for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale-the archaeoceti. Break the clutter of the ordinary and explore a newer side of Egypt by visiting Wadi El Rayan Water Falls, Medinet Madi and other highlights of the city.
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Pick up from the hotel in Cairo and travel to Faiyum.
Explore Wadi El Hitan Protected Area, known as the Valley of the Whales by the locals as 40 million-year-old whale skeletons were found here.
Visit Mudawara Mountain and Wadi El Rayan Water Falls, Egypt’s only waterfalls, formed in 1970 by an overflow of drainage water from the farmlands in Fayoum.
Continue to Medinet Madi, an ancient city that dates back to the third pharaonic dynasty built by Amenemhet III and completed by Amenemhet IV.
Have lunch at a good quality restaurant.
Head back to Cairo.
What's Included
Hotel pick up and drop off
All transfers by 4x4 car
Entrance fees
English-speaking Egyptologist guide
Bottled water
Lunch
All taxes and service charge
What's Excluded
Personal expenses
Tipping
Meeting Point
Cairo, Egypt
Cancellation Policy
For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.Price Details
| Adult | |
| 1 To 1 | USD 265 Per Person |
| 2 To 3 | USD 150 Per Person |
| 4 To 6 | USD 135 Per Person |
| 7 To 9 | USD 130 Per Person |
| 10 To 12 | USD 125 Per Person |
| 13 To 15 | USD 120 Per Person |
This is a group tour | |