Duration: 30 Days
Grade 5: difficult
Walking Distance 800km
Route:
Cairo- Dakhla Oasis- Abu Ballas- Northern Gilf Al Kebir- Wady Machi- Bagnold's Stone Circle- Black Hill- Wady Abu Zuraiek (my own Naming)- Dakhla Oasis- Cairo.
Detailed Program
Day1: Cairo - Dakhla
Meet in Cairo Hotel to take the private shuttle bus to Dakhla Oasis. Lunch is served in Baharyia oasis, and finally check in Hotel in Dakhla
Day 2- 15: Abu Ballas - Northern Gilf Al Kebir
Breakfast at the hotel, load the vehicles, pick up the military officer, and finally head toward the great void of the desert. We meet our camels and march across the desert heading to the Abu Ballas- hills, stone circles, and from the Northern Gilf Al Kebir to Wadi Machi. This is a real pioneer trek, only a very few Westerners have marched from Dakhla Oasis to the massif Gilf Plateau
Day 15- Day 28: Wadi Machi – Snake Wadi - Water Mountain
At Wadi Machi we will rest for a day before we continue our trek to the north to Bagnold's Stone Circle and Black Hill where we spend the afternoon and climb the lone hill for a stunning scenery overlooking the dune fields. Then we head north east to Wadi Abu Zureak, I named this magnificent area after I had seen two snakes; these snakes are harmless, non poisonous and have a very poor vision. it crawled between my feet! Then we head to the Water Mountain Area to see Carlo's Bergmann greatest discovery.
Day 28- Day 30 Dakhla - Cairo
We return to Dakhla, relax for a day and transfer to Cairo.