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Wadi El Batikh

Open access – Open accessFree (desert area; 4x4 and guide required)

Gallery

Field of wind-eroded sandstone boulders on the desert floor at Wadi Al-Hitan, Fayoum, Egypt

Two visitors examining a fossil beside a layered sandstone outcrop at Wadi Al-Hitan in the Fayoum desert

Giant spherical sandstone concretions rising from the desert sand at Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt

Opening Hours

Open access – Open access

Entry Fee

Free (desert area; 4x4 and guide required)