Cairo's great escape: the desert lakes of Fayoum, Egypt's only waterfalls at Wadi El Rayan, 40-million-year-old whale skeletons in the UNESCO-listed Valley of the Whales, and the potters of Tunis village.
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Fayoum
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Pick-up from your hotel for the two-hour drive south-west into the Fayoum oasis.
Coffee by Egypt's oldest lake, then the pottery studios of Tunis village, famous for its colourful ceramics.
Egypt's only waterfalls between two desert lakes, and the Magic Lake, whose colour changes with the light through the day.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site where 40-million-year-old whale skeletons lie in the sand of a former sea. Lunch in a desert camp.
Slide down the golden dunes before the drive back to Cairo.
Private drive back to your hotel.
From $139 per person
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