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Safari Programs >> Long Range Expedition
 
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Name: Djara Cave

Type : 3 NIGHTS CAMPING / 4 DAYS

White Desert Tours is executing safari to DJARA since 1999
  1. Transfer Cairo Bahariya, walk on Black Mountain for sunset, O/N International Hot Spring Hotel.
  2. Start by FWD to Hara Oasis, climb the pass to exit Bahariya Depression and heading in Eastern direction until Abu Muhariq (Father of sunburn /Total length 1.500km long) Camp 1 Sanddune.
  3. Next morning reach out to Djara and take the time to visit one of two stalactite caves in Egypt.(see description below). Than continue in the Western direction towards the "Water Melone" area until a little the sand dunes before the Acacia Wadi. Camping 2 Darb Farafra.
  4. Pass the Acacia Wadi and go down to Farafra Depression and spend the afternoon in the White Desert Camping 3 at the White Desert.
  5. Go on to Farafra Oasis and visit the local museum and than return back to Bahariya Oasis via the Crystal Mountain and the Black Desert. O/N International Hot Spring Hotel.
  6. Visit the Antiquities of Bahariya Oasis Optional: Lunch Transfer to Cairo.
Long Range
Djara Cave
El Obeit Cave
Darb Farafra
Ammonite Scarp
Silica Glas
Great Sand Sea
Gilf El Kebir
Gabel Uweinat
Remarks: Short-cuts for this program available on request.
Tours to the cave are only executed on special request
with a minimum of 2Nights Camping !

Historical Information :
Djara, the stalactite cave, was put on the map by the German explorer Gerhard Rohlfs during his famous expedition "3 Monate in der Lybischen Wueste" on 24th of December 1873.

It was rediscovered recently by the German adventurer Dr. Carlo Bergmann by his camel exploration and it is classified today by German Archaeological Institute as the second most important stone-age settlement in the Western Desert beside Nabqa Playa, located further south close to the " Darb El Arbaein" (Road of Fourth days).

It is recommended by Dr. Rudolf Kuper from the "Heinrich Barth Institut " in Cologne to be included as "World Heritage" of the UNESCO like Wadi Hitan.

The location of the cave is close to the crossing of the "Darb Assiut" (Caravan road connecting Farafra Oasis and Assiut) and the Abu Muhariq Sand-dune (the longest dune in the Western Desert approximately 1500km), that means it is 180km away from Bahariya Oasis as well as from Farafra Oasis.

The cave itself is around 30m wide and 8m high and you can see a few engravings of animals dating back to Neolithic Period.

 


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