Wadi El Gemal Tour From Marsa Alam, Valley Of Camels Tour -

Wadi El Gemal Safari Tour fro Marsa ALAM

World tour representative will pick up you from your hotel in Marsa Alam, then direct transfer to Wadi El Gemal area which is located about 45 kilometers from Marsa Alam, Wdi el Gemal is one of the most famous national parks in Egypt Eastern desert, its name means the valley of camels, During Wadi El Gemal tour you will have a unique chance to explore the area either by camels or quad bike accompanied by a bedouine tour guide You will enjoy both land and Red sea views in Wadi El Gemal, Wadi El Gemal is a rich area either in wildlife & vegetation and also in historical sites dating before the Roman era in Egypt ( More than 30 BC )

Enjoy the tour including snakes show, bedouine show, riding camels , quad bikes, and dinner meal, enjoy the suset view from this unique area, then back to your hotel in Marsa Alam

More information about Wadi El Gemal national park in Egypt

The Wadi El Gemal Nationa Park ( signifying "Valley of the Camels" ) is a broad range of land and seaside water Located the south of Marsa Alam. It incorporates numerous various of a rich assortment of animals and bird sorts including a few endangered animal groups. The range was assigned a National Park by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency in January 2003.

It covers a sum of somewhere in the range of 5,000 square kilometers including many islands, an extend of mangrove rich drift line and a broad rugged territory inland which framing one of Egypt's biggest desert wadis.

The Wadi El Gemal acts to channel any water from the mountains towards the coastline however some is caught underground which is a key component supporting the range's energetic biological system.

there populace is the Ababda bedouin who have numerous rich and bright conventions - quite a bit of which is imperiled by the pressures of present day life and the monetary misuse of the territory and its resources.

Customarily nomad, many still work herding sheep their groups of goats through the system of of wadis looking for grazing area and water. They are famous for their talented animal following capacities.

MINERALS AND MINES

The wadi has for quite some time been known as a zone rich in minerals and here you can locate the world's most established emerald mine going back to pre-Roman . There are likewise rich stores of gold and lead in the zone and simply outside the National Park limit lies Egypt's most profitable gold mine at Sukari - approximately 23 km west of Marsa Alam near the road which interfaces the town with Edna on the

HISTORICAL SITES

The ancient emerald mining settlements can still be seen if you go on an organized safari tour. The most well known is the Roman settlement of Sakit which they calledMons Smaragdus or Emerald Mountain. You can wonder through the village, see a temple dedicated to the god Isis cut out of the rock and also visit the actual mines.

If you have time you can also visit the Roman town of Umm Kabu where the emeralds brought down from the mountains were prepared for transportation inland to the Nile from where they would be sent North towards Alexandria before being shipped across the Mediterranean to Rome.

You can also visit the emerald processing town of Marfuah where there is a nearby hill with great panoramic views over the surrounding area. Other sites

include the emerald processing town of Marfuah where there is a nearby hill with great panoramic views over the surrounding area and Appollonia, where you can view

the ruins of an ancient Roman fort.