Bahariya Oasis
An oval valley in the Western Desert about 370 kilometres from Cairo, 94 kilometres long, with springs, palm groves and the town of Bawiti. It is known for the Valley of the Golden Mummies and as the gateway to the Black and White Deserts.
- Where
- Bawiti, Giza, Egypt
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 28.3515, 28.8624
Get the Bahariya Oasis stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bahariya Oasis. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Giza volume with your photos and a note.
Near Bahariya Oasis
White Desert 136 km
A protected area in the Farafra depression, set up in 2002, about 45 kilometres north of Qasr al-Farafra. Wind has carved its white chalk into mushrooms and towers that look like snow in daylight and glow under the moon.
Wadi Al-Hitan 154 km
A desert valley about 150 kilometres south-west of Cairo, listed by UNESCO in 2005 for its hundreds of fossils of the earliest whales. The skeletons, some with small hind legs, show how whales moved from land to sea.
Farafra Oasis 169 km
A depression of 980 square kilometres in the Western Desert, between the Dakhla and Bahariya oases, the second largest in western Egypt and the least populated. Its hot springs and palm gardens lie close to the White Desert.
Wadi El Rayan 179 km
A nature protectorate in the Faiyum desert, known for two lakes joined by low waterfalls, a rare sight in Egypt. Around them lie sand dunes, springs and wide desert, under the care of the Ministry of Environment.
Faiyum Oasis 207 km
A broad basin in the desert just west of the Nile, about 100 kilometres south of Cairo, green with fields watered by the Bahr Yussef channel. Around its farms lie salt lakes, ancient pyramids and the old waterwheels of Faiyum town.
Lake Qarun 211 km
A salt lake in the Faiyum, all that remains of ancient Lake Moeris, which once filled much of the basin and was fed by the Nile. Today its shores are lined with reeds and birds, with the desert rising on the far side.
Amarna 215 km
The ruins of Akhetaten, the capital built by the pharaoh Akhenaten from 1346 BC for his worship of the sun disc Aten. It was abandoned soon after his death, and its rock-cut tombs and city outlines lie on a wide desert plain by the Nile.
Wadi El Natrun 270 km
A desert depression about 23 metres below sea level, with salt lakes and marshes rich in natron, the salt used in mummification. It is also home to old Coptic monasteries that have been lived in since early Christian times.
Questions
Where is Bahariya Oasis?
Bahariya Oasis is in Bawiti, Giza, Egypt. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are White Desert (136 km), Wadi Al-Hitan (154 km), Farafra Oasis (169 km).
How do I get the Bahariya Oasis stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bahariya Oasis and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Giza volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Bahariya Oasis before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Giza volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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