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The Western Desert
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The Western Desert

Chalk formations, oases with their own language, and the darkest skies in Egypt.

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Top Attractions in The Western Desert

Explore the headline places in the The Western Desert cluster.

A fossilised whale skeleton laid out in the sand along the marked walking trail at Wadi Al-Hitan in the Western Desert
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Wadi Al-Hitan — Whale Valley

A desert valley in Fayoum holding the fossil skeletons of whales that still had legs — Egypt's first natural World Heritage Site.

Date palms and salt lakes around the mud-brick ruins of Shali fortress at Siwa Oasis
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Siwa Oasis

A remote oasis near the Libyan border with its own language, a salt-lake landscape, and the oracle that Alexander the Great came to consult.

Wind-carved white chalk formations standing on pale sand in Egypt's White Desert
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The White Desert

A plain of wind-carved chalk formations in the Western Desert, best seen by camping overnight among them.

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