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National park and protected area in Egypt
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Wadi El Gemal National Park is a protected area in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. It is one of the most important national parks in the country and is home to a variety of wildlife, including the endangered Nubian ibex and the endangered Egyptian vulture.
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وادي الجمال
The 65-km-long valley is the main valley and gives the national park its name.
أبو غصون وادي
بئر وادي لحمي
Spring.
بئر سرطوط
spring and waterfall.
كعب مرفوع
archaeological site
Small Roman fort, praesidium, south of the settlement of Kaʿb Marfūʿ
Hydreuma troglodyticum
Military fort and settlement further west.
سماراجدوس مونس
Group of emerald mines, mainly in Wādī Sikait.
سكيت
أم كابو
وادي نجرص
جبل زبارة
منجم حنجلية
Abandoned gold mine north of the Gebel Ḥafāfīt mountain range.
منجم العطشان
Abandoned talc mine.
دلتا وادي الجمال
رأس بغدادي
Cape.
جزيرة وادي الجمال, Ǧazīrat Wādī al-Ǧimāl
شرم اللولي
Bay 56 kilometers south-southeast of Marsā ʿAlam. Suitable for swimming, bathing and diving.
رأس حنكوراب
أبو غصون
Village with a phosphate loading terminal on the bay of the same name.
Shipwreck on fringing reef south of Abu Ghuṣūn.
خليج قلعان, Qulʿān Lagoon
mangroves.
جزائر قلعان
The archipelago north of Ḥamāṭa, 93 kilometers south-east of Marsā ʿAlam, consists i.a. consists of the islands Ǧazirat Shawārīṭ, Ǧazirat Suyūl and Ǧazirat Maḥābīs and is named after Wādī Qulʿān.
حماطة
village and tourist settlement.
لحمي باي, Laḥami Bay
mangroves.
narrow bay.
الشيخ الشاذلي
Pilgrimage site in the southwest, just outside the national park.
about 1.8 km from the coast at a depth of 11 to 30 meters.
Reef group in the Red Sea with about 20 reefs north of the cape
رأس بناس
eco lodge
Hotel immediately north of the national park administration.
The arrival is mostly from Marsā ʿAlam. The distance to the main entrance of the national park is about 80 km, from Hurghada 400 km.
Read in the guideThe use of motorcycles and quads is not permitted in the national park.
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Marsa Alam · International · RMF
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