Egypt: the land of White Dessert

The White desert in western Egypt Sightseeing is really a snowy landscape in sharp contrast with the yellow desert elsewhere, something hard to believe until you see with your own eyes. Many of the excursions to the White Desert including the night in the wilderness are spectacular. The White Desert is best viewed at dawn or dusk , in the light of a full moon, giving the landscape a mysterious Arctic (except for the difference in temperature) or when the sun turns white chalk rocks in a pink and naranja.Parece a landscape of Mars . 

This is a vast expanse of land in the Western Desert between Bahariya and the oasis of Farafra , about 45 km north of Farafra and 450km south-west of Cairo . In the first organized trips often visit the black desert , crystal mountain, Aqabat and then the white desert.

This place is very popular for its unusual rock formations seattle book publishing companies. The snow-white of the rocks is actually chalk or plaster that has been exposed for years to what geologists call “differential weathering,” the erosion of soft particles that results in mysterious lumps of hard rock. These fungi are rock formations, ten to 20 meters in height, whose base of limestone has worn away by sand and wind that has blown against them at high speeds for thousands of years. The weathering has created forms like domes, minarets castles, and towers and so on. It is striking to find marine fossils embedded in the chalk, for millions of years this whole area was an inland sea.

The destination has proved a major attraction for tourism budget camping often enjoy the wildlife and enjoy the mild winter weather. Egypt Trips to the desert are organized either from Bahariya or Farafra. If you are both oasis, Bahariya is better to start from, everything is easier and shorter. The price of the jeep is usually in about 600 LE, but better check the links at the end.