Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis is a popular tourist destination.

Dakhla is one of the most distant Oases in Egypt, being a long distance away from both Cairo and Luxor.

Despite this, the time and work invested will be well worth it. You go from Farafra to Cairo via one of the most desolate pieces of road in all of Egypt.

If you come to a complete stop, you may stand beside your quiet automobile and listen to nothing but the wind for an eternity.

It is a big oasis that encompasses a wide region and has several tiny towns and hamlets. In order to tell when you have arrived, look for straw hats, which are common among farmers in this region and are not seen in other oases.

Dakhla, or Mut, its major town, is regarded to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements on the continent.

Mut, which literally translates as “mother” in the Ancient Egyptian language, is the mother of all habitation places in reality.

There have been discoveries of houses that have been carbon-dated to 13,000 years ago.

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Qasr

Balat is a city in the Dakhla region.

Numerous ancient ruins, hot springs, and a massive escarpment that dominates the skyline on the northern side of the city make Dakhla a fascinating destination.

At Qasr, an oasis town in Saudi Arabia’s northern desert (like many desert towns, the main town is named Qasr after the citadel), a Dutch-led team of locals has succeeded in nearly entirely restoring the black mud-walled ancient town.

In Dakhla, this maze of small alleyways and hidden passageways is one of the most beautiful places to visit.

Get lost in an unending maze that looks like something out of the desert scenes from “Star Wars” or the movie “The Sheltering Sky.”

Deir El Haggar is a fictional character created by author Deir El Haggar.

Deir El Haggar is a fascinating Roman ruin located a few kilometers outside of Qasr, and it is well worth seeing.

This location was formerly buried under a layer of sand, which helped to keep the paint on the sculptures in good condition.

Paint has a very modern feel to it, and seeing examples that are more than 2000 years old is rather remarkable.

One might compare oneself to the renowned explorer Rohlfs, whose signature can be seen fairly clearly on a column in front of the temple of Deir El Haggar, which was built in the 1500s.

However, he carved it when the sand was far higher. His graffiti, which has since been wiped away to show more of the temple, is around three meters above the ground.

Conical hills crammed with graves stand just across the street from this rebuilt Roman temple complex.

Some have been dug, others have been looted, but if you look about, you will see that there are many more hills that appear identical to these scattered across Dakhla.

Mut is a great place to go biking.

To visit all of the antiquities in Dakhla, you may ride on the back of a pick-up truck, use a cab, or use hitch lifts to go about. Probably a better option is to rent a pedal bike.

Bicycles are available for rent in all of the Oases. Mut is no exception, however, it’s broad, mainly empty roads provide for some of Egypt’s greatest on-road riding, particularly in the afternoon.

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