Places to visit in Faiyum, Egypt
4 places to visit in Faiyum, Egypt, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Wadi Al-Hitan, Faiyum Oasis, Wadi El Rayan and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Faiyum volume.
1 UNESCO World Heritage site · 2 Heritage sites · 1 Famous place to visit
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Faiyum (1)
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Wadi Al-Hitan
A desert valley about 150 kilometres south-west of Cairo, listed by UNESCO in 2005 for its hundreds of fossils of the earliest whales. The skeletons, some with small hind legs, show how whales moved from land to sea.
Heritage sites in Faiyum (2)
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Faiyum Oasis
A broad basin in the desert just west of the Nile, about 100 kilometres south of Cairo, green with fields watered by the Bahr Yussef channel. Around its farms lie salt lakes, ancient pyramids and the old waterwheels of Faiyum town.
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Wadi El Rayan
A nature protectorate in the Faiyum desert, known for two lakes joined by low waterfalls, a rare sight in Egypt. Around them lie sand dunes, springs and wide desert, under the care of the Ministry of Environment.
Famous places to visit in Faiyum (1)
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Lake Qarun
A salt lake in the Faiyum, all that remains of ancient Lake Moeris, which once filled much of the basin and was fed by the Nile. Today its shores are lined with reeds and birds, with the desert rising on the far side.
Collecting in Faiyum
What are the best places to visit in Faiyum?
LOQAH lists 4 places in Faiyum. The best known include Wadi Al-Hitan, Faiyum Oasis, Wadi El Rayan and Lake Qarun. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Faiyum?
4, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Faiyum?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Faiyum before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Faiyum and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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