Overview

About 150 Km South West Of Cairo. Valley Of The Whales Is Located As A Paleontological Site In Wadi El Rayan Is A Natural Depression Located In The Western Desert, Wadi Rayan Consists Of Two Lakes Connected By Egypt’s Only Waterfalls. It Has Been Designated As A Heritage Site Since 1989. It Has About 150 Of Fossils Of Some Of The Earliest Forms Of Whales. The Site Reveals An Evidence For One Of The Greatest Discoveries Of The Emergence Of The Whale. No Other Place In The World Yields The Number, Concentration And Quality Of Such Fossils, As Is Their Accessibility And Setting In An Attractive And Protected Landscape.The Presence Of Fossils Of Other Early Animals Such As Sharks, Crocodiles, Sawfish, Turtles And Rays Found At Wadi Al-Hitan Makes It Possible To Reconstruct The Surrounding Environmental And Ecological Conditions Of The Time. • In The Winter Of 1902, The First Fossil Skeletons Of Whales Were Discovered. Wadi El Rayan Is A Natural Depression Located In The Western Desert, Wadi Rayan Consists Of Two Lakes Connected By Egypt’s Only Waterfalls.

• Pick you up from your destination and back in Cairo.
• Stop at water-falls and Modawara Mountain on the way to Wadi Al-Rayan.
• A visit to Wadi Hitan,Valley of whales, which located in Wadi El-Rayan.
• Visit and enjoy Medinet Madi (Ancient City Uncovered) which dates back to the third pharaonic dynasty built by Amenemhet III and completed Amenemhet IV. Lunch will be late at a typcal restaurant.
• Drive back to your destination in Cairo.