Today in Siwa · 6:00 pm · The cold lake
Four days from Cairo to Siwa Oasis, and a safari into the Great Sand Sea with Siwan guides and drivers.
From $249 per person4 days, 3 nights · Sun & Thu
Four days from Cairo to Siwa Oasis, and a safari into the Great Sand Sea with Siwan guides and drivers.
HNSAFER’s Siwa trip is a four-day, three-night programme with Sunday and Thursday groups from Cairo: the Mountain of the Dead, the salt lakes, Cleopatra’s spring and sunset on Fatnas, then Shali, the Oracle temple and a Great Sand Sea safari until the Bedouin dinner. From $249 per person sharing, or $199 starting in Siwa, valid until 25 December 2026.
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And now, the evening everyone comes for.We leave the last palms behind, and come back after dinner.
The Great Sand Sea safari rides in Land Cruisers driven by Siwans and runs, in order, to the Bir Wahed hot spring, a cold lake in the dunes, the petrified depression, the open sand sea and its sandboarding slopes, sunset with Siwan zarda tea, and a Bedouin dinner. It is day three of every journey, and can be booked on its own from $69.
Land Cruisers with Siwan drivers.
Warm water rising from the sand, under the palms.
The lake you saw through the gate.
White ground and rock carved by the wind.
Dunes that run from here into Libya.
A board, a long slope, the sun ahead of you.
Tea poured from a height beside the embers as the sun goes down.
A fire, a teapot on the embers, then the stars.
This is day three of every journey.
Already in Siwa? The safari on its own is $69 a seat with the Bedouin dinner, or a private Land Cruiser at $149 per car, up to six.
Our Sunday and Thursday groups travel by HiAce minibus or tourist coach on a main line from Mansoura to Cairo by the Mit Ghamr road, then Alexandria and on to Siwa, using the Benha free and agricultural roads; travellers from Mahalla come via Tanta and Benha to Cairo. Day one in Siwa starts with breakfast, and travellers who reach Siwa on their own join us there, from $199 per person sharing.
From the Mountain of the Dead to the Great Sand Sea, day by day, in the words of our own programme.
Day one: the Mountain of the Dead and its painted tombs, then sunset on Taghaghine Island. Day two: the salt cave, the salt lakes, Cleopatra’s spring, sunset on Fatnas and a Siwan folk evening. Day three: Shali, the Oracle temple and the Great Sand Sea safari until the Bedouin dinner. Day four: departure for Cairo at noon.
Map drawn from SRTM elevation data (NASA, public domain); lake shores as recorded in 2000; routes are approximate.
Your hotel is part of the journey, not an extra. Choose your door, and the price changes in front of you.
The trip includes three nights with breakfast in the tier you choose: Papi House in Bronze from $249, a hut on Taghaghine Island or Happy Oasis in Silver from $289, or a Taghaghine lake suite in Gold from $339, per person sharing, from Cairo. A single room adds $49 to $99; a triple costs the same as a double.
Siwa Shali on request: $369 per person from Cairo.
The four-day Siwa trip costs, per person sharing, $249 (Bronze), $289 (Silver) or $339 (Gold) from Cairo, and $50 less if you start in Siwa. Children under 6 pay $99; ages 6–11 pay 65% of the adult price. Pay in full, or a 50% deposit and the balance when the trip starts. Prices are valid until 25 December 2026.
Silver · Taghaghine hut
Booked piece by piece, per person
Booked piece by piece: $360. As one journey: $289.
Or reach us (calls and WhatsApp): +20 114 885 2395
| Tier | Hotel | From Cairo | From Siwa | Single supplement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BronzePapi House | Papi House | $249 | $199 | +$49 |
| SilverA hut on Taghaghine Island, or Happy Oasis | A hut on Taghaghine Island, or Happy Oasis | $289 | $239 | +$69 |
| GoldA Taghaghine lake suite | A Taghaghine lake suiteOnly four to a safari car | $339 | $289 | +$99 |
| On requestSiwa Shali | Siwa Shali | $369 | not offered | not offered |
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HNSAFER is a licensed Egyptian travel agency with its office above Misr Pharmacies on Talaat Harb Street, Cairo: Commercial Register 160178, Tax ID 771019637. It runs Sunday and Thursday groups to Siwa from Cairo, with Siwan drivers on the Great Sand Sea safari and a Siwan guide at the sights.
For companies, schools and universities: a programme for your group, an escort with you from the first minute, and a Siwan folk evening.
Groups & companies →What travellers ask before a Siwa trip, answered briefly.
All questions →Our programme is four days and three nights: the Mountain of the Dead and its painted tombs, the salt cave and the salt lakes, Cleopatra’s spring, sunset on Fatnas, Shali, the Oracle temple, then a Great Sand Sea safari until the Bedouin dinner.
The programme, day by day ↑Our Sunday and Thursday groups travel by HiAce minibus or tourist coach, on a main line from Mansoura to Cairo, then Alexandria, and on to Siwa; travellers from Mahalla come via Tanta and Benha to Cairo. Day one in Siwa starts with breakfast. If you reach Siwa on your own, you join us there, from $199 per person sharing.
Per person sharing a double: $249, $289 and $339 in Bronze, Silver and Gold from Cairo, or $199, $239 and $289 starting in Siwa. A triple costs the same as a double; a single room adds $49 to $99. Prices are in US dollars and valid from 8 October to 25 December 2026.
Your price, line by line ↑At Cleopatra’s spring, yes: the programme leaves time to swim. In the salt lakes the water is so salty that you float, so keep it out of your eyes. Bring swimwear and a towel.
Yes. A child under 6 pays $99 from Cairo ($59 from Siwa), shares the parents' room and does not join the safari. Ages 6 to 11 pay 65% of the adult price. The safari is open from age 6.
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