White desert

On after nearly 570 kilometers from Cairo, Natural White Desert Reserve is located on 3010 square kilometers of the new valley

where they announced the establishment of the reserve in 2002, and due importance to it is considered a desert open museum environments and geographic phenomena and fossils and wildlife.

The most important features is the White Desert

According to the Egyptian Ministry of the Environment on its official website, Natural White Desert Reserve is characterized on the effects and tools dating back to prehistoric age, where there are a number tombs rare and caves as well as the remains of an ancient Mommies and inscriptions carved, next to the views of sand dunes and geological formations to Chalk limestone whiter than white.

At the same time protected area characterized in that the floor containing geological formations in the form of columns of white chalk snow, which was formed by wind and the hills are steep, which gives the region the geological and nature are rare, because the reason for this is that it has a white color, which covers most of its parts , it also has a huge chalky rock.

Tourists flock to white desert from all over the world to enjoy the scenic beauty of nature, which are held by many of the activities such as eco-tourism and safari tourism.