[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Desert camping is the almost inevitable corollary of desert motoring. Life under canvas in the pure clear air of the desert has always had a particular fascination for visitors to Egypt and a stay of any length in the country almost invariably included a few days camping out under the stars. The last few years however have witnessed an extraordinary extension of the camping holiday. Many townsfolk indeed have made of week-end camping a regular feature of their lives and, a site having been chosen, the tent is left as a permanent fixture from one season to another

he many travel agencies in Egypt have also built up an elaborate organisation which, at a few hours’ notice, supply the visitor, not only with tents, equipment, servants and guides, but also the car with which to reach the chosen spot for camping.

There is camping deluxe and camping. Some prefer to take with them the equipment which will ensure a supply of hot water, a wellsprung mattress, several course meals and a well-laid table. Others enjoy the fun of improvised meals and makeshift contrivances. A third category prefers to take no luggage at all and to put up at one or other of the little Rest Houses which are to be found on many of the desert routes.

These things are of course a matter of taste. But one experience is common to all Campers in the desert: it is the waking up in the morning ,with what a former Governor of Sinai has described as that “All’s right ,vith the world feeling”, when one recaptures “the enthusiasms, raptures and morning appetite of one’s long-past and much regretted teens”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]