| Page Views: 2,931 Last Visit to Farafra: May, 2000 | Farafra Oasis & White Desert by sachara - last update: Aug 5, 2003 |
... with a camel to the moon ... In 1999 we visited the Farafra oasis during our trip to the oasis towns of the western desert of Egypt.
For the Bahariya oasis, Dakhla oasis and El Kharga oasis see my pages: Bawiti, El Qasr, Balat & Temple of Amun Ra.
Quasr al-Farafra is the main town of the Farafra oasis. It was an isolated desert village with mud-brick houses. Nowadays you can reach Farafra by tarred road from the Bahariya oasis in the north. Since the tarred road life changes in Farafra, new settlements and facilities appear, but the older people still treasure their old traditions.
North of Qasr al-Farafra is the white desert or Sahra al-Beida.
In 1999 we stayed only for one night in the surrealistic moon landscape of the white desert. An unforgetable experience.
So we decided to visit the white desert again in 2000, but now for three days.
This time we made a cameltrip and slept again in ''the thousands stars hotel''. |
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thetinyrascal Sun Jun 14, 2009 22:27 UTC
Interesting: I especially like your sand-painting tip -- that whole process must be something fierce, intriguing, and one-hundred percent worth a trip to Farafra in itself. | osoyviento Mon Dec 25, 2006 02:06 UTC
I purchased a sculpture by Badr in 1999 while on a backpack trip in Egypt. It was destroyed in our recent earthquake. Any idea how to purchase his work? | MalenaN Sat Mar 11, 2006 18:41 UTC
Great page Ali! Now I absolutly want to visit the white desert (immediatly) and sleep in the "Thusand stars hotel". | JLBG Fri Mar 3, 2006 05:16 UTC
A tarred road is nice for the inhabitants but it spoils definitely the places, which loose a part of their character. I have checked that on several occasions! You are right, coming back to a tarred road after a camel trip is so sad! |
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