Adventure, Biathlon And Whales In Egypt’s Fayoum Desert
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Fayoum Desert Open Water Swim is an adventure biathlon and open water swim and destination tour all rolled into one in Egypt’s Fayuom Magic Lake, about 180 km from Cairo.
The Masters of the Sea Egypt organize travel from Tunis (‘izbat Tunis) via 4×4 safari vehicles to Magic Lake in the morning. Then swimmers can choose between 1 km – 5 km lake swims followed by a 5 km barefoot run in the sand and a barbeque lunch.
Then the Masters of the Sea Egypt organisers drive the swimmers to the waterfalls at Wadi El Ryan and the Valley of the Whales at Wadi Al Hitan, a UNESCO site with a museum and skeletons of whales from millions of years ago.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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