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Safari Programs >> Long Range
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Djara Cave
SAFARI: 3 NIGHTS / 4 DAYS
White Desert Tours has been taking safaris to DJARA since 1999.
- Transfer from Cairo to Bahariya Oasis. Walk on the Black Mountain at
sunset, Overnight: International Hot Spring Hotel***.
- DAY 1: Our FWD with driver will take you from to Hara Oasis. Climb
the pass to exit the Bahariya Depression and head in an easterly direction to
Abu Muharraq ('Father of Sunburn'), total length 1.5kms) Camp 1: Sand dunes.
- DAY 2: Next morning travel to Djara and spend time visiting one of
two stalactite caves in Egypt (see description below). Then continue in a
westerly direction to Watermelon Valley, then through small dunes to Wadi
Acacia. Camp 2: Darb Farafra.
- DAY 3: Pass Wadi Acacia and descend to the Farafra Depression. Spend
the afternoon in the White Desert. Camp 3: White Desert.
- DAY 4: Drive to Farafra Oasis and visit the local museum. Return to
Bahariya Oasis via the Crystal Mountain and the Black Desert. Overnight:
International Hot Spring Hotel***.
- Visit the antiquities of Bahariya Oasis. Optional lunch. Transfer to Cairo.
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Please note that White
Desert Tours is based in Bahariya Oasis
and we operate our sahara safari from the Hot Spring Hotel.
Transfers from and to Cairo and Cairo airport are extra ! |
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Remarks: Short cuts for this programme are available on request.
Tours to the cave are only conducted by special request with a minimum of 2
Nights Camping.
Historical Information:
The limestone-stalactite Djara Cave was put on the map by the German
explorer Gerhard Rohlfs on 24 December 1873, during his famous expedition
recorded in his book Drei Monate in der Lybischen Wueste.
The cave was rediscovered in 1989 by the German adventurer Dr Carlo Bergmann,
who was also exploring the area by camel. Today it is classified by the German
Archaeological Institute as the second most important Stone-Age settlement in
the Western Desert after Nabqa Playa, which is located further south close to
the Darb al-Arbaein (Forty Days' Road).
Dr Rudolf Kuper of the Heinrich Barth Institut in Cologne recommends that the
cave be included as a World Heritage Site of the UNESCO, as is Wadi Hitan.
Djara Cave is close to the crossroads of the Darb Assiut, the caravan trail
connecting Farafra Oasis and Assiut, and the Abu Muharraq sand dune, at
approximately 1.500kms the longest dune in the Western Desert. It is 180kms
from both Bahariya and Farafra.
The cave itself is about 30m wide and 8m high, and contains animal engravings
dating back from the Neolithic Period. |
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