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The flight goes up at first light, before the wind picks up.
  • Inflation at dawn: an hour of setup for an hour in the air.
  • You drift with the wind: the pilot picks the altitude, not the heading.

Fayoum · Lake Qarun, Fayoum

Flying over Lake Qarun

Desert, lake and fields seen from above, two hours from Cairo.

€€€ High end

Fayoum offers Egypt's sharpest contrast: a green depression ringed by sand. Seen from the air at daybreak, the canal pattern, the lake's line and the dunes read at once — better than any map shows.

The extra bit

The flight leaves at sunrise: sleep locally the night before, the drive from Cairo is otherwise too long.

Know before you go

Flights depend on the wind and are easily cancelled: leave slack in your schedule.

Directions

Lake Qarun shore, Fayoum

Directions

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