Dakhla Oasis

• (Mout, Madinat el-Dakhla) — main city in the Dakhla depression.
• (el-Qasr)

By plane

There are no regular, civilian flight service to and from Dakhla Oasis (Apr 2017).

By bus

• West Delta Bus Co. arranges regular bus trips to Daklha Oasis from Cairo Turgman Terminal.
• Upper Egypt Bus Co. operates daily buses from Asyut to Dakhla, departure at Asyut at 8AM, arriving at Dakhla at 3:45PM, LE 8 (2008).

Dakhla Oasis is 740 km from Cairo, 200 km from Kharga Oasis, 230 km from El Farafra, 410 km from Bahariya Oasis and 760 km from Siwa Oasis.

There are 5 buses per day from Mut to Balat and Bashandi, between 6AM and 3PM, and 4 buses per day from Mut to Qasr and Mawhoub, between 6AM and 5:30PM.

• Ethnographic Museum

  address: Mut
  The museum follows the ground plan of a traditional Islamic house with women's quarters and public men's rooms. It contains pots, rugs, dresses, baskets and jewelry used in Islamic times and pictures showing scenes of everyday life. For admission call the Tourist Information Office

• Abu Mohamed Restaurant

  address: Third Street
  expensive

• Anwar Restaurant

  phone: +20 92 2820070
  address: Desert Paradise

• Arabi Restaurant

  address: 3rd Street

• Ahmed Hamdi Restaurant

  phone: +20 92 2820767
  address: Third Street

• Al-Dohous Bedouin Camp

  phone: +20 92 2850480, +20 92 2850605
  address: Sheikh Abd-al Hamid
  20 chalets or tents, hot and cold water, inexpensive, view on the desert, camel safaris and 4x4 drives can be arranged

Budget

• El Forsan

  phone: +20 92 2821343
  address: Ehab Zacharia
  9 rooms, hot and cold water, associated to Anwar Restaurant

• Gardens Hotel

  phone: +20 92 2821577
  hot and cold water.

• Nasser Camp and Hotel

  address: Sheikh wali
  7 rooms, bath separate, sand dunes, hot and cold springs, English and Germoan spoken, offers safaris, contact through restaurants only

Mid-range

• El Kasr Inn

  phone: +20 92 2913505
  Booking via Pan Arab in Cairo, 5 rooms with bath, hot and cold water, 10 tents for campers, showers, toilets, jacuzzi, restaurant.

• Mebarez Tourist Hotel

  phone: +20 92 2821524
  address: Third Street
  Rooms with hot and cold water, showers, TV, air conditionning. Cafeteria and dining room.

Splurge

• Sol Y Mar Mut Inn

  phone: +20 92 2392016 (?)
  Former Hot Springs Resthouse, completely renovated, Roadside Resthouse with 4 bedrooms, 3 private baths and a living room, Pooslide Resthouse with 6 chalets with 2 beds and a bathroom. operated by Solymar Resorts and Hotels, 157, 26th July Street, Zamalek, Cairo.

• Tourist Information, New Mosque Square, tel: 820407, fax: 820782, and on the main road to Qasr, tel: 821686, fax: 820782, open daily 8AM-2PM.
• Mut Hospital, beside the petrol station on the main road.
• Bank Misr, Tahir Square, open Su-Th 8:30AM-2PM, money change only Sa-Th 7PM-9PM, closed F.
• Gasoline stations: at each entrance of Mut, several tire repair shops on the main road.

• Cairo — 2 buses per day operated by Upper Egyptian Bus Company, leaving Mut at 6AM and 6PM.
• Kharga — 4 buses per day.
• Luxor — via Asyut on F, Su and Tu.