White Dessert

West of the River Nile, you find the Libyan Desert in Egypt, covering approx. two thirds of the country – nearly 700000 square kilometres.

Deserts can be varied and not at all boring. Egypt has a vast sand dune field (Great Sand Sea), the mountainous desert on the plateau Gilf Kebir, the Black Desert close to Baharia and the White Desert north of Farafra..

It is truly white and different to the yellow desert elsewhere. The colour comes from the chalk rock formations being created by sand storms. It is beautiful to overnight in the desert, under a clear starry sky, in a landscape reminding of Arctic regions. The rock formations often look dramatic: large boulders balancing on a stony pillar.

Our North Africa Tour overnights in the White Desert en route from Baharia to Kharga. There is the possibility to participate in a Jeep Tour. As the picture, made by Birgit Schmieder in April 2007, shows a corral is build with the motor caravans. After a breathtaking sunset the day ends with a campfire. Next day the tour group moves on to Kharga which is followed by Luxor and Abu Simbel, truly cultural highlights.

Taster Tour "Here in the salt-mine, you can lick everything in spite of the guide" said the young woman on the photo left bottom. Salt salt-mine of Wieliczka is situated below the small Polish town near Krakow. It belongs to the UNESCO world cultural heritage. Here, salt has been extracted without interruption since the Middle Ages. It is a fantastic world of salt, that the miners have built in age-long work. Artificial lakes, bizarre caves, chapels and cathedrals as well as life-size figures can be seen. After visiting the city Krakow in the morning, the participants of the September taster tour admired the subsurface world.Already on the next day, the tour guide Peter Rettau accompanied the group to Czech Republic. The taster tour only lasts 7 days and provides an inside into a group tour. It is also suited for employed persons. The next taster tour takes place in September 2007.