Siwa Oasis

Siwa Oasis tour means to take the same road taken by Alexander the Great who went ahead there to take his legitimacy and approval to rule Egypt from the ancient Egyptian god, Amun; you are on a trip that takes you back to 331 BC.

This tour took from Alexander around a eight-day journey, but it takes from you just 8 hours, arriving at where to enjoy spending amazing time with the Berbers people who live in Siwa.

Siwans, who are Berbers living in the North African coast from Tunisia to Morocco, have their unique language, amazing traditions, rites, unique dress, colorful decorations and tents. They will welcome you, and invite you to their tents with unique festivals and charming atmosphere amid magical nature.

You will also experience their unique BBQ food and experience the amazing nights while the sky appears clearly above you with the whole Milky Way Galaxy.

So, Siwa Oasis will take you from the usual life to amazement history, taking a tour with Alexander the Great to the Temple of predictions, the Temple of Amun, living the same events when Alexander the Great ordered his soldiers and the priests to be outside. He entered alone to the pharaonic god, Amun. But you can enter with him, arriving at the holy spot of Amun, seeing the same secret road that Alexander walked through to take Egypt’s rule.

Then to immerse yourself amid the charming Siwan People atmosphere.

Walk through this dazzle of Siwa Oasis until arriving at the dazzle of Cleopatra’s bath; it is where Cleopatra, the woman that had ruled ancient Egypt during 51 BCE to 30 BCE, had relaxed amid mineral healing spring.

Immerse Yourself amid Magical Nature & Unique Deep Spots of Great History

Then, to walk amid this marvels of nature in Siwa Fatnas, seeing a unique view of the sunset at the Fatnas,which is a small island with amazing lake and at the background, you will relish the fabulous view of the Gebel Bayda and Hamra while the Banana, dates and olive trees will surround you.

Bir Wahid also is another aspect of beauty. It is where you can swim in the hot and cold springs, and sandboarding through enormous sand dunes. Also, a great time to spend when exploring the fossilized sea remains in the desert. So, you will walk in a seabed in the heart of the desertp it is the dazzlement of Siwa. 

The Fortress of Shali takes you to amazing citadel that is exclusive because of the nature this citadel was built in, as the huge chunks of salt so prevalent in Siwa oasis were used  in the constructions this mudbrick  fortress, as they helped to strengthen the wall that includes one gate leads you to narrow streets where the locals and their animals lived in the past eras. Enter these streets where to immerse yourself amid the history of this magical spot; you arrive at unique deep points of history. 

A great history also calls you in the Gebel Al Mawta, Mountain of the Dead, finding various tombs from twenty-sixth Dynasty, Ptolemaic, and the Roman periods with inscriptions take you to the secrets of the great history, seeing the daily life of the pharaohs.

Nothing can surround you with the full relaxation more than the Salt lakes in Siwa?! Actually, there are other amazing natural and historical spots of Siwa Oasis.