After about 40 minute drive by jeep we arrive at the entrance to an extensive green Wadi out of the common tourist ways.
The Wadi is surrounded by colourful hills which are typical for Sinai.
We will reach a soft sand dune between stony hills which we will conquer.
Next we drive to a fountain which supplies the Bedouins with beautiful fresh water.
Through a small stony Wadi we will come to a large sandy area surrounded by small hills, canyons and the rocky caves of Machrum.
We take a rest at the big Machrum and will have fresh baked Bedouin bread and refreshing tea.
Then we cross a little sandy dune to enter the cave of the big Machrum.
From this place we walk on to see three of the most colourful canyons of Machrum.
On the way back we first pass the little Machrum. At the end we will see, ...
... the mysterious prehistoric buildings called Nawamis.
These structures are built of sandstone slabs and are between 2 to 2.5 meters high, with a diameter between 3 to 6 meters with a small opening facing west exactly.
Many have been dated back to the Copper Stone Age (4000 – 3000 BC). Archaeologists have found a lot of different funeral offerings there from this ancient time,
for example: shell bracelets, coloured pearls, pots and tools made of copper and bones.
