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Photos of Egypt’s Western Desert

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Photos of Egypts Western Desert
28
Mar

These photos of Egypt’s Western Desert showcase the breadth and wonder of one of Egypt’s most remote and beautiful regions.

When my family first visited the Western Desert in Egypt in 2020, we had grand plans. Exploring the vast desert, diving into the wonders of the country’s most beautiful and mysterious town, bathing in salt pools, and strolling through valleys lined with the bones of ancient whales among towering sand dunes.

Our journey didn’t work out as expected. These photos of Egypt’s Western Desert showcase our five-year journey exploring these incredible lands.

On our second day in Siwa, while Christina and I were enjoying tea in the sand, boys raced down the dunes on sandboards, and we got an alert. A storm was racing through the desert, and if we didn’t leave immediately, we would be stranded. No one knew how long.

We raced back to Cairo, the rain hitting just an hour into the eight-hour journey and pounding us relentlessly.

The rest of the Western Desert would have to wait.

In 2025, we had the chance to return. A month-long travel adventure through Africa. And there was no better place to begin than in the Western Desert.

Wadi El Rayan, Bahariya, the Black Desert, the White Desert, and more. Finally, we could say that we had explored this remote section of Egypt thoroughly. And it has stuck with me ever since.

From this collection, my photo of the Amun Temple in Siwa won gold at the 2021 Travel Media Association of Canada Awards for Sense of Place. My video of Egypt’s Western Desert also won Gold for Virtual Storytelling at the 2026 Society of American Travel Writers – Canada awards (linked at the bottom of this article).

The unique skyline of Siwa Egypt
The unique skyline of Siwa, Egypt
A family explores the salt pools in Siwa Egypt
Christina and the boys stroll along the edge of the salt pools near Siwa, Egypt
Young boy hiking toward the mountain of the Dead in Siwa Egypt
Dylan walks toward the Mountain of the Dead in Siwa, Egypt
Two kids at sunset at the Siwa Oasis
Cohen and Dylan take in the sunset from a dock on Fatnas Island
Two children look and point over the town of Siwa Egypt
Cohen and Dylan look out over Siwa from the Mountain of the Dead
Two boys race through the Temple of Alexander in Siwa Egypt
Exploring the Amun Temple in Siwa
The unique skyline of Siwa Egypt
The unique skyline of Siwa, Egypt
Temple of the Oracle in Siwa Egypt
Temple of the Oracle in Siwa, Egypt
Dylan Wagar in Egypts Western Desert
Dylan poses in the Western Desert near Siwa
Cohen Wagar in Egypts Western Desert
Cohen poses in the Western Desert near Siwa
Tea being cooked on a fire in the Western Desert of Egypt
Tea being cooked over a fire in the Western Desert of Egypt
Toyota Landcruiser overloanding through Egypts Western Desert
Entering the White Desert
Christina Wagar in rearview mirror of landcruiser in Egypts Western Desert
Christina smiles as we drive through the Black Desert
Christina Wagar relaxes in a geothermal spring in Egypts Western Desert
Christina soaks in a geothermal spring near Dakhla, Egypt
Boy sandboarding down a dune in Egypts Western Desert
Dylan tears down a sand dune in the Western Desert in 2025
Children swimming in Wadi El Rayan Egypt
Children bathing in Egypt’s only waterfall, Wadi El Rayan
Bedouin setting up an overlanding camp at sunset in Egypts White Desert
Our guides set up our camp in the White Desert at sunset
Campsite in Egypts White Desert
Our overlanding camp in Egypt’s beautiful White Desert
A boy wearing white clothes stands on a white rock in the white desert in Egypt
Dylan surfs the wild white rocks of the White Desert
Two boys hiking in Egypt's Western Desert
The boys are hiking on the edge of the White Desert
The Mushroom in Egypts White Desert
The Mushroom in Egypt’s White Desert
Sunset over the White Desert in Egypt
Sunset over the White Desert in Egypt
Golden Hour over the Western Desert
Golden Hour over the Western Desert
Overlanding in Egypts Black Desert
Overlanding in Egypt’s Black Desert
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