Ghost City Day Tour From Hurghada
For those who like to know that Egypt is not only Pyramids and tombs but it offers much more than this chapter of history we offer this trip.
Ghost City
A place called panorama where you can have a perfect overview for the whole village.
Lost City or Ghost City
the Garage or the starting point for the trip. In the same time you can use the toilets and be fresh for the unique tour you will have with your guide who can help you to fix your scarf.
Ghost City
The villa of the English engineer who was in charge for the phosphate quarries.
Um Al Huwaytat or the Ghost City
During the tour, sure you can have very nice pictures.
The Well
Natural water comes from the mountains contains elements healing skin diseased.
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Under Request
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8 Hour
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Tour Guide
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Dinner
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Pickup And Drop
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Instant Booking
TRIP ITINERARY
Ghost City Day Tour From Hurghada
Ghost city day tour from Hurghada starts with pick you up from the hotels after lunch then you will be taken to Um Al Huwaytat village or the ghost city, 26 kilometers after Safaga with 4*4 jeeps.
As soon as we reach the place, we will stop for the welcome drink in the Garage or the starting point for the trip. In the same time you can use the toilets and be fresh for the unique tour you will have with your guide.
Your guide will help you to fix your scarf around your head before you will start your trip with the camels riding and watching the Bedouin woman while making the bread then you will go with your 4*4 Jeeps to the heavy damaged village.
Ghost City Village
In the village you will have many stops, first will be a place called panorama where you can have a perfect overview for the whole village but before this you will listen from your guide the story of the place and of 16,000 local people and families had an almost independent existence in the city.
The story of the born and growing village to become one of the most important mining towns of phosphate in Egypt at this time. Please open your heart and mind and listen from your guide how under the British occupation which lasts for 40 years (between 1882-1922), the place bore witness for that period starts from 1907 and in the years thereafter. The function infrastructure with housing, schools, hospital, shops, mosques were built.
Ghost City and Phosphate Mining
There in the houses you will see some cartons of the Dynamite with which they were removing the phosphate and the train service railway which was built specially to transport the phosphate from the mines to the port for shipment to England.
Not only this, you will see how smart they were when they used the way back of the trains to transport the food, water, building materials and working staff to the village. Because of these Tons of phosphate which removed daily, loaded and shipped out, Egypt had an additional income and jobs for thousands of citizens.
In the heydays as we mentioned 16,000 local people and families lived in the place. The guide will show you the one or two housed and the building materials they used and how they made ceilings for those housed. The police office and the restaurant, the villa for the English engineer and shops, the phosphate mines and how deep they are (you will go inside one of them), the mosque and the cemetery of the village in that time.
Ghost City Traditions
The guide will explain you also the traditions of those people, their habit, marriage ceremonies, education, lighting system from phosphate lamps then generators then electricity. When they had the first TV and what they used before. The guide will end with the bad news and how in 1996, a flood summoned by a strong storm caused heavy damage to Umm Al Huwaytat and the city has been abandoned since 2000. Everything useful, like wood, steel and housing facilities, was taken and the “Ghost City” was re-branded as a destination for visitors and tourists.
All these stories and more you will listen from your guide before you will go back to the garage to rest and have your fresh cooked dinner with mineral water and soft drink then you will have the Bedouin tea and Shisha or water pipe fro those who like to try then back to your hotels.
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Cancellation Policy
Cancellation Policy and refunds
Our goal is to provide extensive tours and excursion services and innovative travel products for our guests to ensure they enjoy the best of what Egypt has to offer as a holiday destination but we understand things happen in life and sometimes you have to cancel or change your tour plan. We want to make it as easy as possible to do so we try to make our cancellation policy as good as we can and we divided the cancellation policy into Individual Travelers, groups depending on the high and peak period of the season.
Day Tours and Shore Excursions Cancellation
Cancellation by the clients
Cancellation requests should be sent via fax or emailed to provide the Company with written confirmation that your reservation should be cancelled.
In case you cancel your trip, the following scale of charges will be applied.
- For daily excursions no cancellation fee ( 0 % cancellation fee ) is charged and a full refund is given if the cancellation is received 12 hours before trip starts.
- Less than 12 hours before the trip starts a 50% will be charged as a cancellation fee.
- Additionally, there are cancellation fees on all domestic flights within Egypt. If you cancel a tour at any time, you will be subject to any fees according to airline’s cancellation policy.
Cancellation by Golavita
We reserve the right to cancel a tour at any circumstances but will not cancel a tour less than 45 days before departure, except for Force Majeure, Low Bookings or clients’ failure to pay the final balance, the Company will, upon cancellation, return all monies paid excluding payment for travel insurance or offer an alternative tour of comparable standard. No compensation will be paid to the Client if cancellation is because of Force Majeure or Low Bookings.
Tour Packages and Nile Cruises Cancellation
Cancellation by the clients
Cancellation requests should be sent via fax or emailed to provide the Company with written confirmation that your reservation should be cancelled.
In case you cancel your trip, the following scale of charges will be applied.
Individual Travelers
- Up to 20 days before arrival date 5% cancellation fee
- 19 – 08 days before arrival date 15% cancellation fee
- 07 days before arrival date 100% cancellation fee
Groups (10 persons or more)
- Up to 30 days before arrival date 5% cancellation fee
- 29 – 16 days before arrival date 25% cancellation fee
- 15 – 08 days before arrival date 50% cancellation fee
- 07 days before arrival date 100% cancellation fee
Christmas & New Year from 20/12 till 06/01 & Easter holidays from 19/03 till 31 /03
- 30 days before arrival date 25% cancellation fee
- 29 – 16 days before arrival date 50% cancellation fee
- 15 days before arrival date 100% cancellation fee
Cancellation by Golavita
We reserve the right to cancel a tour at any circumstances but will not cancel a tour less than 45 days before departure, except for Force Majeure, Low Bookings or clients’ failure to pay the final balance, the Company will, upon cancellation, return all monies paid excluding payment for travel insurance or offer an alternative tour of comparable standard. No compensation will be paid to the Client if cancellation is because of Force Majeure or Low Bookings.
Frequently asked questions
What is the reservation system in Golavita?
Once you make your mind about the trip or tour package you want, try to make your reservation as early as possible via one of our contacts to give us the chance to secure your space for your wanted trip upon receiving a deposit of 25 %. You can pay the deposits with any kind of credit cards, dollars, Euros or English pounds.
How can I contact Golavita ?
Golavita tour is available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to receive and answer your requests or your bookings inquires via phones, Email and lives on line chat. Moreover all our contacts, you can find easily on our home page.
Who do I contact in case of emergency?
Upon your arrival to one of Egypt’s airport and after you will be greeted and welcomed by our staff and on the way to your hotel, our representative will give you papers with all useful information about Egypt and the contact numbers and phone line from which you will keep all the stay and from which you can call us day and night.
What is the official currency in Egypt?Will I be able to exchange dollars, Euros, or other currencies in Egypt?
Egyptian currency is known as Genieh or L.E or Pound .Currency exchange is available at banks, official bureaux de change and most hotels. Banks often have better exchange rates than bureaux de change or hotels. All common international currencies are accepted. There are ATMs in Cairo and other major cities in Egypt that accept any hard currency credit cards
Is it allowed for non-Muslims to enter historical mosques in Egypt?
• Non-Catholics can enter the Vatican and non-Christians are welcomed at churches around the world. While not all the holy mosques of Egypt are off-limits to non-Muslims. All the historical mosques are open for the visit of Muslims/non-Muslims alike like Mohamed Ali Mosque within the Citadel, Amr Ibn El Ass mosque, Ibn Tulun mosque, El Refae mosque, Madrassa of Sultan Hassan and Al Azhar mosque. However, there are protocols which must be followed. Always remember a mosque is a place of prayer and worship for Muslims. It is not a museum.
Can I take pictures while visiting the monuments in Egypt
The answer is between yes and no. in most of the sightseeing it is allowed to take photos and make your trip memorable but there are other places in which you can not take even your camera with you for example Egyptian Museum, Valley of the kings, inside any of the Pyramid, inside the tombs in Sakkara, tombs of noblemen in Luxor, valley of the queens in Luxor.
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