What is common among all travel companies specializing in Egypt is that adventure tours will generally include some sort of desert safaris, which are true adventures, though how the adventure is conducted will vary considerably, and anyone thinking of taking such a tour should be extremely aware of how they vary.

Most of the desert tours specifically visit Egypt's Western Desert, which in more general terms, is known as the Sahara Desert. Its a big place, actually made up of a number of different deserts with very different landscapes, sometimes, in fact, often very remote, and a place where whole armies have been swallowed up without a trace of their misfortune. Today, we are still wondering what happened to the soldiers of Cambyses who were sent out to attack the Siwa Oasis. They never made it, nor have their remains been found to date.