Egyptian Desert Adventure: Wadi El Rayan Waterfalls

Embark on an adventurous day in Cairo with a desert safari tour. Explore waterfalls, try sandboarding, enjoy a camel ride, and savor a delicious Bedouin BBQ lunch with tea.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Faiyum Governorate - Our tour will start with a pickup service from your hotel or another selected location in Cairo or Giza between 7:30AM & 8:30AM for morning options & between 12noon to 12:30 PM for the afternoon options. Board a modern AC car and enjoy a comfortable one & half hour ride to the Wadi El Rayan National Park. Our first stop will…
What's Included
  • Professional Safari Guide and Tour Leader from Cairo
  • Sand-boarding and Camel Ride
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Personal Expenses
  • Safari Guide & Tour Leader tipping “ Highly appreciated”
Additional Information

Today, embark on a journey to uncover the splendor of the Egyptian Western Desert. Witness the Wadi El Rayan waterfalls set against the vast desert landscape, and snap stunning photos with the Mudawara Mountains as your backdrop. Experience the thrill of navigating high and low dunes on an exhilarating desert adventure, and glide down the soft sands…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sherri
May 19, 2025
Couples trip to desert - Our tour guide and driver were both excellent. They picked us up from our hotel online and drove us to the desert. We stopped to pick up some fruit for lunch on the way and some other stops for pictures. Riding thru the sand dunes in the 4 by 4 was really fun. And then climbing them at our lunch stop was quite an experience. We enjoyed the pictures from our camel ride.
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Ralph_w
May 8, 2025
TON of fun! - great tour, lots of adventure. highly recommend the camel ride and ATV/quad wheel ride. tour guide was great, informative, friendly and fun.
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Tugcekupeli
May 6, 2025
Jeep Safari Experience in Cairo - We had a great tour with Kareem. They quickly found solutions to the problems experienced on the tour. They often responded to our needs. We were picked up and dropped off at our hotel, and they were punctual about the time. We had a fantastic experience in Cairo.
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Trudeli
May 5, 2025
Al Fayoum Desert with camel ride, waterfall visit, 4x4 sand dune ride, Bedouin lunch and sandboarding at sunset. - A really fun, activity packed day! We had a fantastic day with a lovely guide and driver. Happily recommend.
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Curious21878570186
Apr 28, 2025
fantastic - Our guide was Ramy ! He fulfilled all our wishes on this trip . we had a lot of fun and felt very well taken care of! next time same Guide !!!
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Meozkul
Mar 31, 2025
Hassan and Ahmet safari :) - Hassan, the guide, and Ahmet, the driver, are very sincere and hospitable people. It has been a really great day and they did their best to make us happy. Thanks a lot to both of them.
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Danyyms
May 2, 2025
Great experience and an amazing guide but a lot to improve! - Well, we have mixed feelings towards this trip. I will describe the details of the pros and cons. First of all, we would like to thank the amazing efforts and kindness that Kareem and our drivers put on our trip. They really tried to make it up for us. The experience is very nice and Wadi El Rayan is definitely something you could never imagine. We definitely were amazed with the views. Now on the other side, it took us ages to arrive to Wadi El Rayan, we made a lot of stops and it took us a lot of time to start sightseeing properly, besides this, we were very unlucky because our cars got stuck in the sand multiple times and ended up eating super late. Btw, the vegetarian option was just rice and salad, there were some things that were included like the tea or soft drinks that they charged us in the camp. And at last, we left the desert super late because the drivers decided to go back for some car mats they left in the desert while we were trying to un-stuck the cars! So they came to pick us up around 9 pm, we were super tired! Anyway, overall opinion is that even though the attention of Kareem and the rest of the guys was amazing, it is actually quite expensive for what they offer, we felt everything was very improvised and there were some decisions that could’ve been better and although it was a great experience, we would definitely would’ve paid half of the price for what we experienced.
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Vasiliki_l
Apr 18, 2025
We had a nice time on... - We had a nice time on this tour with a few positives and negatives. The tour was supposed to begin @12PM .. we were informed that the time had changed and our pickup was going to be @9AM .. the morning of we woke up waiting for our pick up that arrived at 10AM. It was a bit irritating because they were late to pick us up when they initially changed the time to begin with. The tour itself was fun, we got to see some scenic views, but I don’t think it was worth such a far drive..
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Armando_p
Apr 1, 2025
Perhaps I didn't read... - Perhaps I didn't read enough reviews and I'm having a hard time sharing mine. To begin, we were the first pick up at 8:30am and by the time we rounded up everyone it was 10:30am before even starting the drive out of Cairo. Keep in mind it is 2.5-3hr drive to the desert. There was multiple stops along the way that delayed our trip including 2 police check points which seemed as if they were giving the tour guide push back. However, when you finally make it to the dessert the views are AMAZING. Dune bashing was extremely fun and somewhat terrifying for some of us. Hassan was our amazing tour guide and our driver was also an expert driving through the sand. The highlight was definitely watching the sunset. Ultimately, we had a lot of fun I'm just not sure I would pay this much again. Seems like a lot.
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Janice_h
Jun 4, 2025
Stay Away From This Tour - Stay away. In the Viator site and on our confirmation, this tour was scheduled to depart at 8 AM from our hotel. Called the tour operator at 8:10 AM, no response. Called Viator at 8:30 AM, who called the tour operator, no response. I was told I would receive a refund. Three days later, still no refund.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).