Farafra, Egypt

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Travel Blogs from Farafra (11)

the White part of the Western (Libyan) Desert, Near Farafra Oasis, Egypt travel blog
the White part of the Western (Libyan) Desert
Feb 20, 2006

It was getting late in the afternoon when we entered the White Desert proper, only about 40km out of the Farafra Oasis. As mentioned previously the landscape had been diverse and spectacular so far and it was just going to get more so. First fields of ...

A travel blog entry by technotrekker
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Land of the Nile, Cairo, Farafra, Aswan, Luxor, Egypt travel blog
Land of the Nile
Mar 13, 2005

... 2 hours at the Temples of Karnak, the crown jewel of Pharoanaic Egypt. Tina and I have been in Egypt for about 1.5 weeks. We've seen the Pyramids, Farafra Oasis, Abu Simbel, Cairo old city, Aswan, taken a felluca (traditional sail boat) down the ...

A travel blog entry by barrettbingley
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Western Desert, Farafra, Egypt travel blog
Western Desert
Feb 26, 2007

DAY 3 We head to desert by troopy. Stop for lunch and meet our local Bedouin guide Reda. Stop for swim at Farafra Oasis. Not what I expected. No rolling dunes, or palms surrounding a lagoon. Just smelly water pumped into small concrete construction in the ...

A travel blog entry by lynda.30
School, Markets, and Hanging in the Desert, Wāḩāt al Farāfirah, Egypt travel blog
School, Markets, and Hanging in the Desert
Sep 11, 2009

... cigarettes and a bottle of water to the guard, leading him to allow us to pass.  He echoed the refrain, “WELCOME TO EGYPT!” as we drove through. Our first stop was a small mount in the Black Desert (called that due to the black color of ...

A travel blog entry by richfrohl

Attractions in Farafra (2)

White Desert
White Desert

About 45 km north of Farafra, Farafra, Egypt

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Covering more than 2.8 million square kilometers, this vast desert starts at the western banks of the Nile and continues into Libya and contains five isolated, but thriving, oases: Kharga, Dakhla, Farafra, Bahariyya and Siwa. There are magnificent rock formations that form from wind erosions. The colors change at times from the sun, a beautiful sight to see.
Badr's Museum
Badr's Museum

Farafra, Egypt

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