Day notes
You depart from your hotel this morning, heading to the Siwa Oasis, leaving at 070:00. It is a very long drive, taking some 10 – 11 hours, covering 750 kilometres. En route, you stop at the Marsa Matrouh for lunch.
The Siwa Oasis is the largest and most remote Egyptian Oasis, located some 17 metres below sea level with a population of 23,000 inhabitants. You would arrive at approximately 18:00 at the Siwa Oasis, checking into your hotel and enjoying dinner and some well-earned rest at the Adrere Amellal.
Transfer from Old Cairo to Adrere Amellal Ecolodge
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Check-in to Adrere Amellal Ecolodge
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After breakfast, you depart at 09:30, to tour the Shali Old Town. Some buildings here are still in use, but due to the fact they were constructed primarily using salt, mud and plaster, they fall further into ruin year after year. From your time at Shali, you head to the Cleopatra Spring, Amun Temple (Om Obayda), which dates back to the 30th dynasty and the Oracle Temple, which is where Alexander the Great consulted the oracle to validate his status as the son of Zeus and thus legitimate ruler of the country. You have lunch at around 13:00 before returning to the Adrere Amellal for an afternoon of rest and your overnight arrangements.
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Once you’ve finished breakfast, you leave the hotel at around 10:00 to head to the local souks and bazaars, where you can purchase any items you want to pick up or just enjoy the frantic market atmosphere. After this, your return to the Adrere Amellal for lunch.
This afternoon, you head to Bir Wahed, which is around 12 kilometres South of Siwa. Here, you can find a hot spring and a cold spring at the edge of the Great Sand Sea. With water right amid the towering dunes, you ascend a dune, watch the sunset and enjoy dinner before returning to the Adrere Amellal for your overnight arrangements.
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A long drive today, as you leave at around 09:00 to cover some 600 kilometres to the famous historic city of Alexandria, once famed for its lighthouse and library. The journey to Alexandria will take approximately 9 hours in your private vehicle. You stop en route again at Marsa Matrouh for lunch and to stretch your legs, before continuing to Alexandria, arriving in the early evening to check into your hotel, the Steigenberger Cecil Hotel.
The rest of your afternoon is at your leisure to rest and relax.
Check-out from Adrere Amellal Ecolodge
Transfer from Adrere Amellal Ecolodge to Steigenberger Cecil Hotel
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Check-in to Steigenberger Cecil Hotel
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Today is at your leisure to either explore Alexandria on your own, or we can provide a private English speaking guide to accompany you and guide you around this intellectual and cultural centre of the ancient world.
Overnight, you’ll be staying at the Steigenberger Cecil Hotel.
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After breakfast, you depart Alexandria, driving for around 3 hours 30 minutes to Cairo, arriving into Cairo at noon, you head to the Cairo International Airport to connect with your onward international arrangements
Check-out from Steigenberger Cecil Hotel
Transfer from Steigenberger Cecil Hotel to Cairo International Airport [CAI]
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