We share these travel logs so it might be useful for you to plan your group travel to Siwa.
Group 20 Travel Log
Travel to Siwa: reached there round 2am (Friday)
Day1:(Friday)
- 11am Shyata Lake (swimming/lunch)
- 3pm drive though sand dunes/sandboarding
- 4pm fresh water (beir wahad) for a swim
- 6pm set-off to watch sunset on one of the dunes
- 7pm camping, BBQ dinner, bedouin music party
Day2:(Saturday)
- 9am Breakfast
- 10:30 sightseeing in town (Mountain of the Dead, Oracle Temple, Amun Temple then Cleopatra spring for a swim)
- 3pm Lunch break
- 6pm sunset at Fatnas Lake (bedouin tea)
- 7:30pm Dinner then shopping and free time
Day3:(Sunday)
- (Group wanted to divide into two groups)
Group 1 (5 persons):
- Head back to the desert after breakfast
- 11:30 Shyata Lake for a swim & lunch
- 3pm fossils area
- 4:30 drive through the Great Sand Sea / sandboarding
- 5:30 fresh water (beir wahad) for a swim
- 6pm sunset on dunes
- 7:30 dinner all together then free time nd shopping
Group 2:
- 10:30 Shali fortress then Siwan house museum
- 12pm Maraki village / Siwa lake
- 2pm Abu Shorouf village (swimming and bedouin tea)
- 3pm lunch in town
- 6pm sunset on Dakrour Mountain
- 7:30 dinner all together then free time and shopping
Group 11 travel log
(photo credit:jluc)
Travel to Siwa: reached there round 7am (Friday)
Day 1:(Friday)
- Breakfast at Norwaha
- Visit Shali Fortress Ruin
- Swim and chill at Cleopatra Spring
- Lunch at Abdou
- Got on 3 jeeps and go Abu Shuruf Spring and swim.
- Join the desert camp
- Have awesome dinner and music
- Stay overnight at desert camp
Day 2:(Saturday)
- Breakfast at desert camp
- Visit Shyata lake and swim
- Have lunch at Shyata lake
- Try out sand boarding
- Visit Bir Wahid under strong wind condition. Soak up at the Hot Water spring and then moved to Cold Water Spring.
- Go back to Camp.
- Endured 2 hours of rainstorm (very rare and special event)
- Had awesome dinner.
Day 3:(Sunday)
- Breakfast at desert camp
- Go back to Shali and check in at Siwa Paradise Hotel
- Swim in the two swimming pools in the hotel.
- Go shopping and roam around the local gardens.
- Check out sunset at Fatnas Island
- Had an awesome dinner at Siwa Shali Lodge.