CAIRO - 28 June 2023: Egyptians are preparing to spend the Eid al-Adha holiday, as it kicks off Wednesday.
Many Egyptians prefer spending vacations on beaches and enjoying sea especially amid high temperatures witnessed these days, while others like visiting gardens and parks, which are widely spread within nature areserves.
Egypt enjoys wide natural landscapes, valleys, mountains and deserts that encourage ecotourism. According to the Ministry of Environment, all means of comfort are provided for visitors to celebrate at natural reserves and parks, in order to connect citizens with the environment and encourage them to learn about their natural wealth in reserves.
The natural reserves are among the places open to all with reduced fees for Egyptians. The reserves also expect the visit of approximately 150,000 visitors between internal and external tourism, especially in the reserves of the central region, the Red Sea reserves and Sharm el-Sheikh, North Upper Egypt.
In this report, et displays places for you that you can go to during Eid holidays, in case you are a fan of exploratory trips, and those looking to enjoy nature and vast places.
Wadi El Rayan
The first destination is Wadi El Rayan Reserve in Fayoum Governorate, that was declared in 1989 and its area is estimated at about 1759 km2. The Ministry of Environment described the place as a reserve for development of resources and a natural national impact, which is about 150 km away from Cairo.
The Wadi El Rayan area is distinguished by its integrated desert environment, sand dunes, natural water springs, and the diversity of different plant life, in addition to the diversity of wild animals and marine fossils.
Fayoum Falls
The first area that attracts Egyptians during holidays is the waterfalls area. You cannot visit Fayoum without going to the waterfalls, which will dazzle you with the shape of the water flowing from it.
Rayyan's eyes
The second area is the Oyoun al-Rayyan area, where visitors resort to for hospitalization, as it contains four natural sulfur springs, and it has a number of dense, moving longitudinal sand dunes, in which groups of desert plants grow up to 16 plants. You can also watch rare wild animals, including the white deer, the Egyptian deer, the fennec fox, the sand fox and the red fox, 16 species of reptiles and more than 100 species of resident and migratory birds.
Mount Rayan
The third area is Jabal Al-Rayyan, and it is one of the favorite places for visitors, where you can see a panorama of Wadi Al-Rayyan, and you can also participate or organize one of the picnics and safari.
Valley of the whales
The fourth region is the Valley of the Whales that contains a huge amount of marine excavations, and it is an area located in the northwest of the Wadi El Rayan Reserve, and researchers confirm that it dates back to about 40 million years.
You will see excavations that tell you that in this place there was a sea teeming with whales and sharks, as nothing remains of them except fossilized skeletons of primitive whales, shark teeth, some shells and other marine animals. The entire space is considered an open museum.
Sinai beaches
South Sinai governorate is one of the places that Egyptians target for Eid outings, as it possesses a number of natural ingredients that are not found in other governorates, such as mountains, deserts, beaches, and natural reserves, in addition to a number of public beaches, which turn it into an internal tourist destination on Eid al-Adha.
Mount Moses
South Sinai resorts each have a special character that distinguishes them from others. The city of St. Catherine is one of the important tourist destinations, as there are places to go out on Eid, such as the summit of Mount Moses, which can be visited and watch the sunrise and sunset, and the valleys that are suitable for safari trips.
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