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White fishing boats along the quay

The Delta and the north coast · Burullus, Kafr el-Sheikh

The eateries of Lake Burullus

Lagoon fish cooked by the people who just caught it.

€ BudgetOff the beaten track

Around the lake, huts serve fried fish, rice and salad to fishermen and the rare visitor. Nothing there is set up for tourism, which is precisely the point: you eat what comes out of the water, at the table of those who know it.

The extra bit

Burullus mullet is famous across the Delta: that is what to ask for.

Know before you go

No infrastructure at all: come with a driver from Kafr el-Sheikh, and with cash.

Directions

Lake Burullus shore, Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate

Directions

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