2-Day Faiyum Tour from Cairo with Wadi Hitan and Lake Qaroun

Pick up from your hotel in Cairo by the tour guide/representative to enjoy Faiyum's famous sites, about 95 km from Cairo.

Visit the Water Wheels, which are said to have been running since the Ptolemaic era.

Enjoy the scenic view of Lake Qaroun, one of the oldest natural lakes in the world and the third-largest lake in Egypt.

Have lunch at a good-quality restaurant.

Visit Wadi Al Rian Water Falls, a natural depression located in the western desert, 42 m below sea level, consisting of two lakes connected by Egypt's only waterfalls, formed in 1970 by an overflow of drainage water from the farmlands in Faiyum.

Head to Medinet Madi (Ancient City Uncovered), which dates back to the third pharaonic dynasty, built by Emnemohoteb III and completed by Emnemohoteb VI.

Overnight camping at Wadi Hitan.

After breakfast, visit Wadi Hitan, or the Valley of the Whales, located in the Protected Area of Wadi El Rayan. It was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in recognition of the 40 million-year-old whale skeletons found there.

Visit Mudawara Mountain.

Transfer to Qasr Qaroun, about 55 km north-west of Faiyum City. It consists of a well-preserved temple and the remains of the Graeco-Roman City of Dionysios.

Continue to Karanis, the ruins of an old city.

Explore Karanis city, which contains a number of monuments dating from the Roman, Coptic, and Early Islamic periods.

Back to Cairo and overnight.