Great Sand Sea Siwa

... and this was what the temple was associated with most today. In the afternoon, we had booked a jeep safari out to the Great Sand Sea. I had wanted to sea huge sand dunes and it definitely did not disappoint. We visited a plateau of fossilised remains, ...

... point above the oasis to look out over the date palms and the salt lakes to the stupendous and fantastically named Great Sand Sea! Visited a couple of hot springs around the oasis. These have been built up with natty bathroom tiles and ubiquitous ...

... too scared to ride. Oh well- I'm totally brave right?        We began driving into  the desert, specifically called The Great Sand Sea- it literally used to be the bottom of the Sea, but now is blatantly a sea of sand, with actual shells and ...

... the radiator), but it did the job and we had a great time driving over the sand-dunes in what is referred to here as the "Great Sand Sea." On the safari, we went to a pond of spring-water in the middle of the dunes, where we swam and drank tea, a ...

... locals in terms of standards of life, but not of aestethics ... The date palm plantations are still gorgeous and the Great Sand Sea starts just there ... Siwa is still a great place to relax : countless bubbly hot springs, bike rides in the oasis and a ...

... Sudan, Egypt's proportion of Sahara covers over 2/3 of the coutry, suporting less than 2% of the population. Siwa Oasis is technically in the Great Sand Sea Desert. 60km from the Libyan border and only accessible by car since the 1980's when a road from ...

... sped off into the desert, we were both in awe of the view, neither of us had ever seen the desert, and it literally looked like a sand sea. We climbed a 30 ft sand dune and slid down, swam in a cold and hot oasis. For me this was a highlight of our time ...

... of natural springs for a much needed cooling off. I then went on an overnight trip which took us to the edge of the Great Sand Sea, a huge area of desert. We visited a couple of springs first, one cold, which was suprising given we were in the desert ...

... , 4 hrs down the coast and then another 4 hours into the desert. It is one of the most remote towns in Egypt, situated right on the edge of the Great Sand Sea and just 20 - 30 km from the Libyan border. In fact, rumour has it smuggling can be a problem ...

... ;   Even just driving around the desert was amazing!! The scenery was spectacular, exactly what I had imagined the Great Sand Sea to be......nothing but sand for hundreds and hundreds of kilometers!!   We would stop to occasionally ride ...