Dakhla Oasis
Good to know
- Best time to go
- October to April to avoid extreme summer heat
- Budget
- $
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Pink cliffs frame this string of villages, orchards, and rice paddies deep in the Western Desert, inhabited continuously since prehistoric times. The medieval mud-brick town of Al-Qasr, with its carved lintels and covered lanes, is among the best-preserved Islamic-era settlements in the Sahara.