Camel Market AT Shalateen

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Marsa Alam
Shalateen represents one of the still standing strongholds of Egyptian- Sudanese trading and one of the most important commercial points in south Egypt.
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  • 8 Hour
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TRIP ITINERARY

Camels market at Shalateen is located 230 kilometers south of Marsa Alam; Shalateen represents one of the still standing strongholds of Egyptian- Sudanese trading and one of the most important commercial points in the southern Egypt for camel and above all the handmade articles.

It was closed for long time for any kind of tourism. The town has a vibrant souk and has an array of shops for spices and perfumes There are only a few limited facilities but there is at least a bank, a police station, a post office, a simple but popular restaurant, Basmit El Ganoub, serving grilled meat or chicken and a hotel called (not joking) Baghout (meaning “The flea.”)  It seemed quite clean where you can stay overnight if you like.

Shalateen is a cosmopolitan — on a much smaller scale. The community is composed of three tribes:

  • Bisharin, which represents the majority of the population
  • Ababda, a smaller tribe
  • Rashayda, a minority with only a few thousand people.

Though both Ababda and Bisharin originally speak different dialects of a verbal language called To-Bedawie, or rather Rotana as it is most commonly known, Ababda have adapted Arabic as their mother tongue while Bisharin still cling to Rotana. Most Bisharins living in Shalateen can communicate in Arabic as well.

Here you’ll visit the camel market, where you can see thousands of camels being traded between the Egyptian and the Sudanese. After seeing the camels, visit the camel market area where you can haggle with the hundreds of outlets selling many souvenir items or visit the Egyptian café, super market or restaurant.

Buyers from all across Egypt converge here to choose from the different breeds brought by herders who come from Sudan. Some buyers want fine-looking white camels, possibly for tourist-related businesses; others look for strong, well-built camels that can handle hard labor, while many are just looking for pounds of meat.

After the shopping is done, the camels are taken to the loading area, where they climb into the trucks with the help of man-made platforms and ramps. If this area is too crowded, the men have no choice but to heft the camel into the truck themselves. Riding a camel is easy, but carrying it is hard. It takes about half a dozen men to lift one small camel into a truck.

TRIP INCLUDES

  • All transfers with air-conditioned modern vehicle.
  • Egyptian professional tour guide/leader degree qualified in Egyptology.
  • All services and taxes including.
  • Quality lunch in a local restaurant.
  • Shopping at the famous Bazaars.
  • 2 bottles of mineral water and 2 juices during the trip .
  • All permissions for the site.

TRIP EXCLUDES

  • Airfares and Egypt entry Visa.
  • Any personal expenses and Optional Activities.
  • Tipping kitty.
  • Any item not mentioned above.

WHAT TO TAKE WITH YOU?

  • Sun Glasses/ Hat/ Sun Cream.
  • Water.
  • Camera or Video Camera.
  • Scarf.
  • Comfortable shoes and clothes.
  • Copy of your passport.

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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


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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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