Farafra Oasis

New Valley Governorate · Egypt

Farafra Oasis, Egypt
Photo: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
October to April for tolerable desert temperatures
Budget
$
Coordinates
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The smallest and most isolated of the Western Desert oases, Farafra is a farming settlement of mud-brick houses beside hot sulfur springs. Its position at the edge of the White Desert's chalk formations makes it a favored base for camping among the wind-carved rock mushrooms.

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