Daraw Town And Camel Market/Barn

Time to explore a town that will give you a different sense of Egyptian life than what you see in the big cities. We will stop at a cafe to try a local drink such as halfabar. We can plan our dinner for that night and learn how to shop, including a few words of Arabic, then try our new skills in the market while shopping for ingredients for dinner. This is a fun opportunity to interact with the market’s traders. Ask your guide about shopping for other items too, including Arabic words and prices. For example, you could buy a galabeya like you see our crew and villages wear, and then wear it for the final evening party with the crew. One of our guests got a dress (in the style worn by many Egyptian women in their homes, similar in style to the galabiya for men) made for her in half an hour.

You will visit a barn for an introduction to camels, giving you some interaction with camels and the opportunity to learn about these fascinating animals and the camel trade. Note: if your tour visits Daraw on Saturday or Sunday, we visit the camel market instead of the camel barn. On Tuesdays we can visit a livestock market.