
The Great Sand Sea of the Western Desert
The Great Sand Sea is an area in the western desert between Egypt and Libya. The western desert is not a usual place: It is very rich with history and activities like sand boarding and camping under the starry nights like in Siwa Oasis and Bahiriya. The width of sand dunes in the Great Sand Sea is about 200 Kilometers, It consists of smooth Sands and moving which is not allowed to walk in this area. The nature of the Sand Sea assisted the protection of the country because it stopped any army from walking or moving on it which would lead to its disappearing inside, It was considered as Protective armor for the country.
The images of the satellites show that The Egyptian Sand Sea is located parallel to the Kalanchoe Sand Sea in Libya. Siwa Oasis is located 50 Kilometers on the eastern side of the border with Libya, It is one of the most attractive and famous destinations in Egypt and attractive for Egyptians and visitors from all around the world. Siwa Oasis includes famous gorgeous sites like Amu Ra temple, Shali fortress, and Mountain of the Dead also known (as Gabal El Mawta).
The Oasis not only includes historical sites, it also includes natural springs and lakes for medical tourism that can heal many diseases of skin and bones. Discover Siwa Oasis and choose your itinerary from Egypt Desert Safari Tours and have a very different enjoyable experience. Have different and new adventures and visit the wonders of the world like the Great Giza pyramids choosing your itinerary from Egypt Classic Packages in Egypt.
The Great Sand Sea extends approximately 650 km from north to south and 300 km from the east to the west which is recommended for travelers if you explore Siwa Oasis from Cairo.
It is a sandy region, located in North Africa, extends from western Egypt and eastern Libya. 74% of its surface is covered by sand dunes. Oasis, caves, precious stones and dreamlike landscapes make up this extraordinary and little known place. Tourists visit Siwa Oasis to explore the maificent formations and olden sand dunes as well as the historical sites like the Temple of Alexander the Great, the Mountain of the dead and Cleopatra spring.
Egypt Western Desert The Egyptian Great sand sea is parallel to the Calanshio sand sea of Libya, with which it borders to the north. The dunes cover approximately 10% of the total area of the western Egyptian desert. This sea of sand was well known to the merchants traveling with caravans through the Sahara.
Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs was the first European to document the Great Sea of Sand. He began his Saharan expeditions in 1865, and named the vast expanse of Grobe Sandmeer dunes, but it was in 1924 with Ahmed Hassanein's maps that Europeans could appreciate the expanse of the sandy sea. The area is remarkable for the presence of quicksand, which is the reason for its existence, because it consists of layers of quicksand over a layer of limestone and over a large amount of groundwater and this is the reason for this large movement and therefore this area has recently been determined to be prohibited to pass through it History Many cases of disappearances in this area are mentioned. However, a tourist movement has emerged in the region in terms of tourists to see the landscape of the region, as well as the practice of sand skiing.
You can explore the Great Sand Sea with Cairo Top Tours through the Trips from Cairo to Siwa Oasis .enjoy the Great Sand Sea Safari to the Desert of Egypt during your amazing Egypt travel packages or during Cairo Day Tours. The Great Sand Sea is approximately 72,000 km². Gerhard Rohlfs the German explorer the first European to enter the Great Sand Sea and the man who named it.