Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo and drive for almost 90 km to enjoy El Fayoum’s famous sightseeing. Start your day tour to El Fayoum from Cairo to explore, one of the largest Greco-Roman ruins of Karanis founded during the reign of Ptolemy II in the 3rd century BC.

And then, drive to visit one of the most beautiful attractions in El Fayoum, the Pyramid of Hawara founded by Amenemhat III (1860 BC – 1814 BC), 12th dynasty pharaoh, his reign regarded as the golden age of the Middle Kingdom (2055 BC – 1650).

Continue to see Al Fayoum water wheels, these water wheels were very important to El Fayoum economy, as they were used in agriculture, and now water wheels used as the official symbol of el Fayoum governorate.

Lastly, drive to Lake Qarun, one of the most important ancient natural lakes, where fishing, water sports, and bird watching are commonly practiced. And then, transfer back to your hotel in Cairo.