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The grand, tan stone gateway to the El Alamein war memorial museum entrance, featuring Arabic and English text, pillars with historical relief carvings, and a central modern sculpture visible through the archway.

The large, modern, tiered, white stone monument of The Italian Memorial in El Alamein, featuring a tall central tower and wide staircase leading up to the entrance against a bright blue sky.

The solemn room dedicated to German general Erwin Rommel at the German cemetery in El Alamein, featuring a stone memorial, crucifix, military wreaths, and ribbons displayed on the curved brick walls.

An interior display at the Alamein Military Museum, showing a recreated sandbag bunker with mannequins in military uniform wielding a machine gun, with a visitor taking a photo in the background.

A long stone staircase leading up a sandy slope toward ancient-looking, mud-brick structures and the towering Dakrour mountain in Siwa under a bright sky.

A woman in a pink dress walks along the brilliant white edge of the Salt Ponds Of Lake Aghurmi in the Siwa Oasis, contrasting with the turquoise water and surrounding desert landscape.

Wide panoramic view of a bright turquoise Salt Lake of Siwa, reflecting the sky and clouds, with banks of white and tan salt deposits surrounding the water.

Wide-angle, vibrant photo of the round Cleopatra Spring (Ain Juba) at Siwa, showing its deep turquoise water, surrounded by palm trees, with a person sitting on the stone edge.

The turquoise, circular pool of Cleopatra bath spring surrounded by lush date palm trees and sandy ground in the Siwa Oasis, under a bright blue sky.

An imposing view of the ruined mud-brick fortress known as Old Shali, Siwa Oasis, built on a small rocky hill that dominates the surrounding structures in the desert.

A close-up view of the Sandstone Walls and Ancient Fortress of an Old Shali Mountain village in Siwa Oasis, showing the towering, rugged mud-brick and salt ruins under a clear blue sky.

An atmospheric, winding, dusty alleyway lined by the crumbling mud-brick of the Sandstone Walls and Ancient Fortress of an Old Shali Mountain village in Siwa Oasis, with a towering conical structure in the distance.

A wide Panorama Of The City Of Shali in Siwa Oasis, showing the modern town and lush palm groves in the foreground, with the high, rocky, ruined mountain of Old Shali rising in the middle ground.

The sunlit, weathered stone ruins of the Temple of the Oracle in Siwa Oasis, Egypt, featuring rough, ancient walls and stepped rubble under a clear blue sky.

A tranquil desert oasis view of Bir Wahed in the Great Sand Sea at Siwa Oasis, showing a small area of green palm trees and reeds surrounded by vast, rolling golden sand dunes.

The ancient, light-colored limestone ruins of the Temple of the Oracle Aghurmi in Siwa, Egypt, framed against a deep blue sky.

Tour Details

Duration	4 Days / 3 Nights
Tour Location	Cairo / El Alamein / Marsa Matrouh / Siwa Oasis
Tour Type	Daily Tour
Pickup	Cairo Airport or Your Hotel

A Complete 4 Day Siwa Oasis Adventure From Cairo

This 4 day Siwa Oasis tour from Cairo travels overland by private vehicle through four distinct destinations: Cairo, the WWII battlefields of El Alamein, the Mediterranean coast at Marsa Matrouh, and the remote Siwa Oasis deep in Egypt's Western Desert. 4-day tour to the remote Siwa Oasis, the only route covering El Alamein, Marsa Matrouh, and Siwa in sequence no flights, no trains, no wasted transit days; every stop is a destination. If you're interested in discovering more unique desert adventures, explore our Egypt Oasis Tours.

The itinerary moves in a deliberate sequence. Day 1 covers the 4-hour drive from Cairo to El Alamein, where you visit the World War II Museum and the Commonwealth Cemetery, then continues west to an overnight on the Mediterranean coast at Marsa Matrouh. Day 2 crosses south into the desert to reach Siwa, stopping at Dakrour Mountain, the Salt Lakes, Cleopatra's Spring, and the Old City of Shali. Day 3 goes deeper: the Temple of the Oracle at Aghurmi, where Alexander the Great sought divine counsel in 331 BC, and Bir Wahed Hot Spring in the Great Sand Sea. Day 4 returns overland to Cairo. Looking for more ways to explore the country? Discover our complete range of Egypt travel packages.

Why Book This Tour

Only a 4 day Siwa Oasis tour covering El Alamein, Marsa Matrouh, and Siwa in one seamless itinerary.
Private vehicle throughout with flexible departures—no shared groups or fixed schedules.
Licensed Egyptologist guide with expert knowledge of Siwa's history and culture.
3 nights in carefully selected 5-star hotels, including Marsa Matrouh and two nights in Siwa.
Fully customizable with optional extra nights and itinerary adjustments.
24/7 support from the Tripidays team throughout your journey.

Included

Meet and assist with the Tripidays representative at the airport or Your Hotel.
Private licensed Egyptologist guide for all site visits.
All transfers by modern private air-conditioned vehicle.
1 night accommodation in Marsa Matrouh hotel.
2 nights accommodation at a eco lodge or boutique hotel in Siwa Oasis.
Daily breakfasts throughout the tour.
Lunch as specified in the itinerary.
Entrance fees to El Alamein and Siwa Oasis attractions.
One Bottled water throughout all transfers and site visits
All applicable taxes and service charges.
Our assistance during your stay.

Excluded

International flights to Egypt.
Personal expenses (souvenirs, extra meals, etc.)
Tips for guides and drivers.
Travel Insurance.
Egypt Entry Visa.
Optional upgrades: extra nights in Siwa or additional desert excursions.

Highlights

El Alamein Attractions

World War II Museum
Commonwealth War Cemetery

Siwa Attractions

Dakrour Mountain
Salt Lakes of Siwa
Cleopatra's Spring
Old City of Shali
Temple of the Oracle
Bir Wahed Hot Spring

Itinerary

Your private vehicle departs Cairo early, with windows open, the city thinning into the coastal plain, arriving at El Alamein in approximately three hours. From there, the day continues west along the Mediterranean coast to Marsa Matrouh for your overnight.
World War II Museum (El Alamein)
You'll walk through a sequence of rooms where maps, weapons, and personal effects from both Allied and Axis forces tell the story of the 1942 desert campaign at close range. The museum holds three separate national collections — British, German, and Italian — each framing the same battles from a different side.
Commonwealth War Cemetery
Stand in the cemetery, and the scale registers before a single gravestone is read: over 7,000 markers in precise rows, set against open desert. Your guide will point out the Commonwealth nations represented from Australia to South Africa and the significance of this site as one of the most intact WWII memorials in the Middle East.
City of Marsa Matrouh
The road from El Alamein west to Marsa Matrouh runs along the Mediterranean for roughly 130 kilometres, the same coastline that defined the western flank of the North Africa campaign. The contrast between the military history behind you and the turquoise water beside you is one of the most distinctive transitions on any road in Egypt.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch
You leave the Mediterranean coast behind and drive south into the Western Desert. The road narrows, the dunes rise, and Siwa appears after roughly 3.5 hours as a green interruption in 300 kilometres of sand. Your guide meets you at the oasis edge for the afternoon's programme.
Dakrour Mountains
Your guide leads you up the stepped path toward the summit, where the full extent of Siwa's palm groves unfolds in every direction. The mountain's sands have been considered therapeutic for centuries. Locals bring those with joint conditions here each October for the annual sand-bath festival, a practice still observed.
Salt Lakes of Siwa
The moment you reach the lake edge, the colour stops you: mineral-saturated water in a shade between turquoise and white, surrounded by salt-crusted banks. The concentration is high enough that you float without effort, a physical fact the live page mentions but undersells.
Cleopatra's Spring
You'll find the spring exactly as it has looked for two thousand years: a circular stone-rimmed pool fed by a natural aquifer, deep enough to swim, cold enough to feel like the desert doesn't apply here. The name predates modern tourism; locals have called it Ain Juba since antiquity.
Old City of Shali
From the base, Shali looks like a rocky hill. Walk into it, and you're inside a 13th-century mud-brick and kershif fortress the same salt-rock material that gives Siwa's architecture its pale, eroded look. Your guide explains why the city was abandoned after three days of rain in 1926, which dissolved the outer walls.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
A full day inside the oasis, moving from its oldest monument to its most remote natural feature. Private vehicle throughout — the Sand Sea is not walkable from Shali.
Temple of the Oracle
You approach the ruins on a low rock plateau above Siwa town, the same path Alexander the Great took in 331 BC when he arrived from Memphis seeking confirmation of his divine lineage. The oracle declared him son of Amun, a verdict that changed how he presented himself across the Persian Empire. The walls are limestone, worn but standing, and the view over the oasis from the plateau is clear in every direction.
Bir Wahed Hot Spring
The drive out takes you through the Great Sand Sea — dunes that begin at Siwa's western edge and extend for several hundred kilometres into Libya. Bir Wahed sits inside them: a pool of geothermally heated water at approximately 30°C, surrounded by cool sand. You can swim in the hot spring, then climb to a dune crest and watch the sun drop into the dunes from above — the highest point reachable on this tour.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
After a final morning in Siwa, your private vehicle departs for the return journey to Cairo, approximately 8 hours overland via the same desert highway, arriving at your hotel or Cairo Airport in the early evening.

Meals
Breakfast

Notes:

* You can let us know if you'd like to customize your tour itinerary to meet your needs. We value your input and aim to accommodate your requirements.

FAQs About Cairo To Siwa Oasis Trip

Three nights' accommodation (1 in Marsa Matrouh, 2 in Siwa), a private Egyptologist guide, all entrance fees across El Alamein and Siwa, daily breakfasts, two lunches, and all transfers by private vehicle from Cairo pickup to Cairo return. International flights, visa, and tips are not included.

This is a 4 day tour to the remote Siwa Oasis, the only itinerary that covers El Alamein's WWII sites, a Mediterranean overnight at Marsa Matrouh, and two full days in Siwa in a single sequence. Most 4-day tours stay within the Nile corridor. If you're weighing departure points, prefer to start your Siwa journey from Alexandria?

Siwa is one of Egypt's most isolated inhabited oases, approximately 560 kilometres west of Cairo and 50 kilometres from the Libyan border, home to a Berber community whose language and traditions differ markedly from those of the Nile Valley. The Oracle Temple here is where Alexander the Great was declared son of Amun in 331 BC. If you'd prefer a different desert route, explore the Bahariya Oasis & White Desert instead.

All travel is by private vehicle throughout, no flights, no shared transport. Day 1 drives from Cairo to El Alamein (approx. 3 hours), then west to Marsa Matrouh for the overnight. Day 2 continues south into the Western Desert to Siwa (approx. 3.5 hours). The return on Day 4 is a single full-day drive back to Cairo.

Yes, the tour is designed for travellers who want to leave the main tourist circuit. The terrain involves long overland drives, desert walking, swimming in natural springs, and optional sand-dune climbing at Bir Wahed. It is suitable for most fitness levels and has been completed by families, solo travellers, and couples.

What to Pack

Hat Backpack Comfy Shoes

Powerbank Medical Kit Comfy Clothes

Sunglasses & Sunscreen Personal Hygiene Products Valid Passport For 6 Months

Tour Locations

From:

$995

4.9

Travel Date (approx.)

07/18/2026

Adults

Over 12+

Children

Under 12

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