Egypt is more than Pyramides....

 

Egypt, everyone thinks at the first moment desert, sun, diving and the colourful underwater world of the Red Sea.

 

Culturally aware associate with Egypt the „Pyramides of Gizeh“ and Luxor with its temples and the „Valley of the Kings“.

 

But there are more „Highlights“ in the younger history of Egypt. Much of these „Highlights“ of the „Roman Period“ you can see in the „Arabian Desert“.

 

Fossils and relicts from the „Stone Age“ in caves, interpret the beginning of the „Homo Sapiens“ in Egypt. Excaviations from qaurries and „the via romana“, the first road from the Red Sea to the river Nile are dated back 2.000 years, to the „Roman era“. Also the first christian monasteries are developed in the „Arabic Desert“.

 

Most of these places of interests are located in the tribal area of the Kushma'an Bedouin. This area is one of the last areas in Egypt only the tribe of the Khusma'an Bedouins have all rights and only members of this family (and their guests) are authorised to enter.

 

 

Sheik Abdel Zaher, the leader of the Khushma'an Bedouins and his daughter Samira had agreed to open their land to a limited numbers of tourists (with reservations).

 

Consider it as privilage to make a excursion to the land of the Khushma'an Bedouins, to the points of interests and to get a look in the life of original bedouins and Nomads.

 

In addition to this historical and culturel locations offers the desert experience that will provide unforgettable moments for you: the extreme silence and the infinite width of the desert, the terrific display of colour (especially during the sunrise and sunset) and the indigenous residents of the desert, the bedouins and Nomads.



Discover and experience the wonders of the desert in a half day or a full day excursion all the points of interests in the tribal area of the Khushma'an Bedouins!


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