![]() “These are natural sculptures that greet visitors wherever they go in the desert and show that the work of nature is always more perfect than that of man,” said Ahmed Salama, an official at the Egyptian Ministry of the Environment in charge of conservation. Wind and sand over thousands of years fashioned beautiful forms - domes, minarets, castles, rabbits and turtles - that mark the White Desert. The mushroom-shaped formations are 3-4.5 metres tall. Limestone figures are seen dotting the chalk-white landscape in any part of the desert. Some stones formations resisted time’s changes, giving the White Desert its distinct features and charm. Layers of sedimentary rock were exposed when the ocean retreated and a plateau broke down. Millions of years ago the desert was a seabed. ![]() In contrast to yellow-sand deserts that overwhelm with emptiness and desolation, the White Desert offers a surreal landscape. “The place is so rich that you rarely think of anything other than the beauty that unfolds in front of your eyes.” ![]() “When you are in the desert, you are entirely disconnected from everything that shatters the quiet of our life today,” said Wael Fawzi, an Egyptian university graduate who visited the desert recently. ![]() Arriving there is like stepping onto a different planet, one where serenity is a major feature and contact with nature is unhindered by any of modern life’s features. The White Desert stretches over 300 sq.km west of the Farafra Oasis between the Nile Delta Valley and the Libyan border. The secluded area, about 500km from Cairo, offers unmatched and inspiring natural sanctuary far from the noise and pollution of urban centres. Cairo - The White Desert, a dramatic gleaming chalk landscape in western Egypt, is rightly deemed one of the country’s astounding natural wonders. ![]()
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