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The winner is Mr. AMIT MEHROTRA
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The winner of December 2009 prize draw is Mr. AMIT MEHROTRA, TUI India client who has taken his tour in Egypt during December 2009.
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The winners are Mr. Johnny and Ms. Debra Davidson
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The winner of June 2009 Guest Comments draw are Mr. Johnny and Ms. Debra Davidson, Central Holidays clients who have taken their tour in Egypt during April 2009
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STI celebrates its 30th Anniversary
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On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, Sakkara Travel Group international affiliate STI (Sakkara Tours International) will be celebrating ...
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Home > Sakkara Tours > Special Interest Tours & Themes >
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Serene Oasis, A Stress-Free Escapade |
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The Fayoum Oasis, also called the “Garden of Egypt”, is a restful break from a modern metropolis. About 1½ hrs from Cairo, Egypt’s largest oasis is luxuriant with vegetable patches and groves of citrus fruits, olives and nuts. Some of this fertile soil is still irrigated by old-fashioned methods of levered “Shadouf” or “Sakiyeh” pulled by donkeys, camels or water buffalos. Most prominent though, are the enormous waterwheels, around 7 meters in diameter. |
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There is a lot to see and do in and around this oasis: World-famous through the discovery of the realistic “Fayoum Portraits” displaying faces of mummies painted on wood, Fayoum is rich in native crafts (baskets & potteries) and distinctive pyramid-shaped clay-jar pigeon-coops. Its own Protected Area, “Lake Qarun” is a recognized wetland for wintering water-birds and its water, more saline than seawater, produces 900 tons of fish and shrimp annually. |
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Archaeology lovers will also quench their needs at nearby sites, such as Karanis Temple completed by Neron, Dimeh ruins, Kasr El Sagha & Kasr Qarun, the pyramids of Hawara and Illahoun and the Temple of Medinet Madi.
Not to be missed is the uninhabited Saharan Oasis of Wadi El Rayan, a Protected Area, with lakes, unexpected waterfalls, limestone escarpments, sand dunes, gravel flats, Greco-Roman sites and, amazingly, marine fossil remains. |
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