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Full-Day Bird Watching Private Experience at Fayoum

Recommended by 90% of travelers

Cairo, Egypt

10 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

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Overview

Swap the hustle and bustle of the city for a day spent admiring nature. This private bird-watching tour takes you to Qarun Lake, close to Fayoum, in search of various species of resident and migratory birds. Includes pickup from your Cairo or Giza hotel.

Go birdwatching around Qarun Lake
Private tour, exclusively for your party
See resident and migratory birds in various different habitats
Hassle-free Cairo/Giza hotel pickup and drop-off

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Binocular, Guiding

All Fees and Taxes

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

we can pick you up from wherever hotels you are staying at whether in Cairo or Giza.

Operating hours
.6:00 am

Ticket Redemption Point

Wadi El Rayan, Al Faiyum Governorate Desert, Faiyum Governorate 2812001, Egypt

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.7

based on 10 reviews

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A Fantastic Trip

Sally_J, Mar 2026

If you like birds, you’ll love this trip! Mohamed is very knowledgeable about the birds of Faiyum and where to find them. He even wrote about them and gave me a copy! I saw several new species for me, such as the beautiful White Breasted Kingfisher, a gorgeous turquoise little guy, and the brilliant African Green Bee-Eater. We also saw stilts, wagtails, lapwings, stilts, larks, doves and more. It was interesting driving through the small towns and see the markets, people cutting fodder for livestock and loading it sweet donkeys. We had lunch at a lovely spot that had a nice pottery shop. It was too windy to go out on the lake to see the flamingos, but there was so much to see that it turned out great. Mohamed was a wonderful host. He arrived to pick up early and took great care of me!

Great experience including flamingo

Daniel_K, Mar 2023

This was a great opportunity to see local birds in unconventional places along the roadside. Mohamed was knowledgeable and focused to make this a good experience to see a wide variety of birds. The flamingos were a sight to behold in the Qaroun Protected Area. We ended the experience with fresh squeezed juice at a local restaurant before the drive back to Giza.

An expensive drive to Fayoum without a bird guide.

James_T, Feb 2023

Be warned, this is not a birdwatching tour. We were expecting a tour to see the birds of Fayoum with a guide knowledgeable of the birds of the area. Unfortunately our guide had no knowledge of the birds, he only knew a few of the sites that the tour is supposed to stop at for birds. We were given a paper with a few birds found in the area that is full of errors. We were told to tell the guide when we wanted to stop along the way to look for birds. For the price of this tour, a knowledgable bird guide should be expected, with knowledge of the area and places to stop for target species. Our guide made the most of the situation and did his best to help us have a good time include taking us for falafel and coffee, which was very enjoyable. That is why I rated the tour 2 stars rather than 1. Otherwise, for bird watching we could have had the same experience for much cheaper taking an Uber or hiring a driver to drive us along the lake shore of Fayoum, as we had to pick the stops and find all the birds ourselves using out own abilities and research. This was a huge disappointment and the biggest waste of money on our entire trip

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Dear James, during your tour and after you have seen a lot of available birds on that day in the whole area open for visitors at "Quaron lake" and hiking around special farmland on the coast of the lake, away from the road after we got special permission we got from the guard of it only for our guest, and you asked for more excursions is not mentioned in our tour itinerary like, to go for waterfalls of wadi el Rayan, then you asked to go to the valley of the whale, then you asked to go by boat to another side of the lake, and actually all of this kind of excursions are not included your trip and we never mentioned in our tour itinerary and has another cost may be double or triple of your tour cost. then asked for lunch, even when you asked about the name of the bird "Black-winged still" and our guide answered, you told him is the wrong name he opens for you our flyer bird list and he told you, the bird is recorded as "number 33" in our flyer list to be sure this is the correct name, and you told him "it is okay but it is has a different name". Finally, you asked to find migrated bird "common kingfisher" and actually is not his season now, and you never accept that. so you tried to exaction to get your money after you did your tour. sorry, for felafel in the morning of the day, snacks during the day, and evening coffee is the kind of hospitality we always do for our guests. but we never accept exaction. and thank you for your review with 2 stars.