White Desert National Park
Take nothing with you. Leave nothing behind. About thirty kilometres out from Farafra Oasis this wonderful place is almost beyond belief.
We had become used to the most extraordinary introductions and in this instance we came on the White Desert thru one of the most amazing saddles where we dropped straight down to the desert floor. Abandoning the trucks on the rim we walked down. The landscape lends itself to panorama and several are included.
A dedicated National Park the White Desert is surrounded by an exclusion zone, and a night sleep out is very special.
Peter Wirths Lads set tents for us and thoughtfully Peter sent his chef to make a magical evening meal. The moon was full and the desert strangely quiet, the ever present wind still for a while. Dr Michael had chilled the French Champagne in Bahariya ice . Our drivers thoughtfully carried in wood on the trucks, lit a happy crackling fire and sang us Bedou love songs in the loom of the night. We had nothing to give in return except waltzing matilda.