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A night of stargazing in the Western Desert

MahmoudBorn in Bahariya · 14 years guidingUPDATED 10 SEP 2026 · 6 MIN READ
A lantern-lit camp among the White Desert chalk formations under the Milky Way
SHORT ANSWER

Go within four days of a new moon, between October and March. There is no light for 300 km.

How the night goes

Dinner by the fire, then we let it burn down. Twenty minutes later your eyes adjust and the sky fills up. Around midnight the Milky Way rises over the chalk.

NEW-MOON DEPARTURESNew-moon nights, White Desert →2 days · Small group · from €330 pp
Written by MahmoudGrew up two streets from the hot spring. Knows every fox den between the Black Desert and Agabat — and which camp spots stay out of the wind. Speaks AR · EN · DE. Meet the team →
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