This review is more about Badawiya Expedition tour company than the sight itself. The White Desert is excellent but you need more time to explore it than Badawiya offers. This review is here, because it was impossible to write a review directly about Badawiya as it is not listed in TripAdvisor and they couldn't verify Badawiya's existance, despite all details such as internet address.
Here our experiences with Badawiya. Sorry for the long and detailed writing. In the end some of real Egyptian price level is revealed and instructions given how to book a tour in Egypt. They seriously overcharge you pay two-thirds for air and tell you lies to justify it. We bought two tours from Badawiya while we were in Farafra oasis in November an overnight tour to the White Desert and a two-night-two-day tour to the Great Sand Sea, both starting from Farafra.
The tours were very pricy but we thought quality must come with hard currency in cash. There is probably a better option in town Sunrise safari tour company ; their White Desert tour lasts 24 hours so you will see much more. We were quoted the same price EGP per person for their tour, if we understood correctly no one at el-Waha hotel really speaks English.
Just make sure that you get the English-speaking guide not the guy from el-Waha hotel if you want one. You want to stay in the White Desert longer than Badawiya takes you. We were nevertheless so happy with the tour that we decided to take another. I negotiated with a girl named Amira in their Cairo office on the phone.
We were told we can leave in two days because it takes one day to get the permission and we agreed - roughly - what is included. I will return to the income and general price level later. Big money, big adventure. We were wrong. Out of all our safari time 48 hours we got to spend 3 hours in total in the Great Sand Sea! We asked our guide, Jahjah Yahyah? He never answered, just smiled mystically. We drove almost all the way on the asphalt road. Besides the 3-hour stay at the sand sea, there were a couple short stops next to the road.
