Wadi El Rayan is the home of the only waterfalls in Egypt, making it a popular Summer resort for Egyptians and a paradise for bird watchers an authentic desert adventure. Two lakes in the middle of the desert, man-made lakes created by agricultural run-off water from Fayoum oasis, were joined together by a channel and a waterfall. This is a beautiful landscape, a wide area of desert with multiple sand dunes, home to a diversity of bird species and to several animals rare or close to extinction such as Dorcas gazelles, Ruppell’s sand fox, and Fennec fox. You can take a wooden rowboat out to the middle of the lake before coming back to the falls, around an hour long trip. Wadi El Rayan is also a major nesting ground for both endemic and migrating birds, so be sure to have your camera ready.
Gebel el Medawara in Wadi El Rayan provides a great view overlooking Rayan Valley and lakes.
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. Jean Wallace
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