Cairo Nature Exploration tours, booking, prices, reviews
Cairo Nature Exploration represented by El Hassana Dome National Park. In fact, it indeed is a unique geological formation in Giza, Egypt. Moreover, it created 100 million years ago. It designated a natural protectorate in 1989. Furthermore, it was by Prime Ministerial Decree 946/1989. It currently threatened by encroaching urbanization and construction works. El Hassana Dome National Park located in the area of Abu Rawash which is 8 Kilometer from Giza Pyramids. It features geological importance and richness in fossils. It first discovered in the mid nineteenth century.
Cairo Nature Exploration also represented by Giza Zoo. The zoo indeed is one of the most beautiful zoos in the world. Moreover, it is the most inhabited by the various animal and plant species. In fact, Giza Zoo area is about 80 acres. Furthermore, it located near the west bank of the Nile. Its northern tip overlooks Cairo University. In fact, Giza Zoo not far from Cairo Downtown and it linked to it by many buses. Giza Zoo is under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture in Egypt. Khedive Ismail was the ruler of Egypt from 1863-1879. He supposed to open Giza Zoo on the occasion of the inauguration of Suez Canal. It was in 1869. He could not do so because the lack of time. On March 1891, Giza Zoo opened for the public. It distinguished for its rare imported plants and walks.
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Giza Zoo also distinguished for its streams, lakes and bridges. Moreover, it also does for hilly habitats for the various animals that it houses. These hilly areas planted with cactus trees and the rare cactus fruit. Egypt’s moderate climate helped to preserve the lives of animals from different regions. There is no need to use air conditioning for cooling or warming. Giza Zoo considered a huge exhibition of African wild life. It is a habitat for many species of animals and birds which are now extinct in Egypt. They restored to their original environments from which they were extinct. Among these are mountain goats, rams, Egyptian gazelles and heron.
Cairo Nature Exploration also represented by Maadi Petrified forest. The forest is 30 kilometer away from Cairo. In fact, it situated outside Maadi district in Cairo, Egypt. It declared as a protectorate in 1989. Maadi Petrified forest is about 35 million years old at least. Moreover, it is an ideal example of the physical history of the planet. Maadi Petrified forest area is about six square kilometers. It covered with the remains of trees from the early era. They brought here due to the floods on the red Sea hills. This period called Oligocene. It is where the temperature of earth saw a large amount of drop and floods occurred. Furthermore, the drop in temperature led to the creation of an atmosphere. This atmosphere supported the coming of many new species like elephants and horses.
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In fact, Maadi Petrified forest located 18 kilometer from Maadi city in Cairo. It is on the North Katameya Ain Sukhna road. It features a large variety of stones, sands, petrified trees and trunks. Maadi Petrified forest can help in knowing about the geological period of earth. It is a small geological protectorate in comparison to others in Egypt. It also classified as a natural heritage site. Cairo Nature Exploration also represented by Wadi Degla. The valley is one of the important valleys which extend from east to west. It located in Maadi area in Cairo, Egypt. Wadi Degla or Degla Valley length is 30 km. It passes through the limestone rocks that remained in the marine environment. It was during the Eocene Epoch in the eastern desert ( 60 million years ). Thus, it is rich with fossils.
The height of these rocks alongside the valley is around 50 m. A group of valleys flew into Wadi Degla. The valley has a group of mammals animals like dear, ta-ital and mountain rabbits. It also has red fox, feather tailed rat, oviparous, barbed rat, little tailed bat and others. When you visit the Wadi Degla, you will see the construction debris and huge cement blocks. They dumped at the entrance to the Wadi. A couple of hundred meters there is what was once the mouth of the river. Beyond it, flies buzzed about heaps of what appeared to be cattle and poultry offal. Soon, swarms of flies and mosquitoes would have invaded the area. Two kilometers into the Wadi, its rugged natural beauty had become clear.
