White Desert
Cairo → Bahariya Oasis → Black Desert → White Desert → Cairo
White & Black Desert Camping Safari
Two days, one night under the stars among the chalk sculptures
From $220 per person
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White Desert
A sea of chalk sculptures under the clearest skies in Egypt
- Tours7 journeys
- From$150 per person
- Best timeOctober to April
- Getting thereAbout 2 hours by 4x4 from Bahariya, 6–7 hours from Cairo in total
About White Desert
Why travellers fall for White Desert
Wind-carved chalk formations rise like icebergs from the sand. By night, the White Desert National Park offers some of the darkest skies on Earth.
Nothing prepares you for the White Desert. Thousands of chalk towers — the Mushroom, the Chicken, the Inselbergs — glow white at noon, gold at sunset and silver under the moon.
We camp among the formations Bedouin style: a fire, a simple and delicious dinner cooked on the coals, and a sky so dark that the Milky Way casts shadows. Desert foxes sometimes visit the camp at night.
Highlights
Don’t miss in White Desert
- 01The Mushroom & Chicken rock formations
- 02Overnight Bedouin camping
- 03Milky Way stargazing
- 04Sunrise over the chalk towers
- 05Desert foxes (fennecs) at night
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