22. April 2010 till 24. April 2010

We clean the town and White Desert

Join us and help us keeping the desert clean!!!

-        21.04. – 25.04.2010,  5 days

-        Transfer from Cairo to Bahariya-Oasis

-        Sleeping in camps around the town, 1 night in the desert

-        Bedouin-Music at night

-        Local-tour through Bahariya-Oasis

-        See traditional handcraft and baking traditional bedouin bread

-        Full-board incl. water and soft-drinks

Join the international Earth-Day-Movement and clean Bahariya-Oasis for 2 days and White Desert for 1 day together with locals and national/international TV-teams

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Please register till latest 31.03.2010 with an eMail!

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We offer you the following program:

- 21st of April 2010, 1st day:

 8.00 a.m. we drive you from our meeting-point in Cairo (minibus- and bus station in the district Moneeb, Sharia Bahar el Athem, station of the minibuses to Bahariya) to the Bahariya Oasis (app. 5 hrs driving).

After arrival in the oasis we will drive you to the previously from the NGO prepared camp for lunch. Around 4 p.m. we will explain our program to you and then you are going to have some time off for walking around and enjoying the sunset e.g. After dinner in the camp you will have time to get to know each other.

- 22nd of April 2010, 2nd day:

From 8.00 a.m. till about 12.30 a.m. we will clean the main street in Bawiti. After lunch in the camp you will have time to relax till about 3.30 p.m. Afterwards we are going to clean different areas in el Kasr till we are going to drive back to the camp in the evening. After dinner a local music group will play traditional Bedouin-music.

- 23rd of April 2010, 3rd day:

Today we are going to clean in the surrounding of archeological sights of the oasis, again till about 12.30 a.m. After lunch you have the choice either to join the presentation of traditional handcraft or to spend the time with shopping or walking around in the town etc. For dinner we will drive you back to the camp.

- 24th of April 2010, 4th day:

Today we are going to visit the Black and the White Desert. During the way we will also collect refuse. For lunch we will have a picnic in the desert and we will go back in the night to the camp. Here we will have a small party after dinner.

- 25th of April 2010, 5th day:

Transfer to Cairo, Moneeb.

The price for this program will be 100,- Euro per person.

Included are the transfers from and to Cairo, the ways from and to the camp into the town, one-day-trip to the desert, 3 meals per day, hot drinks and water. Soft-Drinks can be bought at cost. Tools and gloves for the cleaning will be put at your disposal.

If possible please bring your own sleeping-bags.