Eastern Desert Tours in Egypt

An amazing amount of scenery and historic sites await travelers on Eastern Desert Tours. See the earliest monasteries, trade routes and Pharaonic monuments on your journey.

Where to Go on Desert Tours in Egypt?

Anyone familiar with the basic geography of the land of Egypt knows that it is divided down the middle by the Nile River. Its rich banks and shore provide the inhabitants of the country with the soil and water they need to thrive.

Extending beyond the reaches of the river however is arid land, devoid of vegetation, but rich in Egyptian history. The Eastern Sahara Desert in Egypt.

East of the Nile River

Approximately twenty percent of Egypt’s total surface area is directly to the east of the Nile River, and the eastern Sahara Desert in Egypt, or Arabian Desert as it is often called, is a unique landscape of the Sahara Desert that extends in a southeastern direction until it touches the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea coast.

The chain of mountains is most arid at the northern regions, and as they descend in a southern direction become more life-sustaining and humid, and it is here that the few oases of the region are found.

For centuries Egyptians and the many nations who have come and gone through its territory used a series of “wadis” or valleys to pass through, and today these old caravan and pilgrimage routes are used on most Eastern Desert tours.

Eastern Desert tours are a popular and ideal way to explore the volcanic mountains that rise sharply away from the Nile River valley. They contain evidence of the earliest Egyptians, including some drawings considered to be of the Naqada I period, estimated to have occurred between 4,000 and 3,500 B.C.

St. Anthony's Monastery

Desert tours of the Eastern Desert also bring visitors to other, more recent historical sites, including what is considered to be the first monastery in history. St. Anthony’s Monastery, founded in the fourth century, lays only one hundred miles from Cairo, but was a spot of isolation for St. Anthony the Great, an early Coptic monk who encouraged his followers to live a solitary life of prayer.

The beautiful structure is one of Egypt’s treasures, and a “must see” for everyone taking Eastern Desert tours.

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