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Desert
Black Desert
A sandy plain south of the oasis, with cones of basalt and dark iron that give the landscape an almost black color. It is the first stop on the way to the White Desert.
Giza · Egypt
Bawiti
In the destination Bahariya and the White Desert.
In the photo: Houses and palm groves of Bawiti, in the Bahariya Oasis.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Bawiti.
Largest settlement of the Bahariya Oasis, with low houses, palm groves, hot springs and an antiquities museum. It belongs to the Giza governorate and concentrates the operators who take visitors by 4x4 into the desert.
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The local experience
What to see in Bawiti
Archaeological site
Tombs of Zed-Amun-ef-Ankh and Bannentiu
Two underground tombs from the 26th Dynasty, of a father and son, wealthy merchants of Bahariya, on a hill above Bawiti, with colorful paintings of gods, rituals and starry skies.
Viewpoint
English Mountain (Gebel el-Ingleez)
A hill near Bawiti with the ruins of a British observation post from World War I and views of the Bahariya oasis and surrounding desert.