Fayoum: A Wild Weekend Getaway
Egypt’s beautiful oases are bucket-list destinations for visitors from all over the world, and we’re lucky enough to have them right in our own backyard.
Last Eid, we sent one lucky winner – Noha Hesham – to Fayoum with the Middle East’s ultimate adventure specialists, Wild Guanabana.
“I didn’t know that in Egypt I would enjoy this much,” Noha told us. “And everyone in the group went home happy!”
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While Fayoum offers a plethora of sights and activities, the protectorate of Wadi El Rayan is an adventurer’s playground, with natural springs, rolling sand dunes and lakes connected by waterfalls.
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Noha spent her trip hiking, camping and kayaking amidst magnificent scenery – from traversing through the Wadi’s stunning sand dunes and playing in the lakes by day to stargazing and barbequing around a campfire by night.
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“These kinds of trips teach me how to depend on myself and use the simplest things I have to survive,” Noha told us. “My life was in just one backpack and I realized that I don’t need all the luxury and all the stuff I have.”
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Fayoum is only a two hour-drive (or less if you’ve got a heavy right foot) away from Cairo, which makes it an ideal getaway from the city for outdoors-lovers.
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