Badawiya Expedition Travel is owned by three genuine Bedouins, the brothers Sa'ad, Hamdi and Atef Ali (also known as Awlad Ali). They were all born and raised in Egypt's smallest oasis, Farafra, and they know their desert like the back of their hand.

We are specialized in Safaris by camel or jeep covering all of Egypt’s Western Desert around the oases of Bahariya, Farafra, Dakhla, Kharga, Gilf Kebir, Gebel Uweinat, Silica Glass and Siwa; and we also organize "Hiking trips in the White Desert", "Save the environment trip in the Western Desert" (once per year at a fixed date), "Learning Arabic in the Western Desert" and “Belly dance trip in the Western Desert”.

We also own and operate a traditionally built domed-style hotel, El Badawiya Hotel with a restaurant which blends in with the local village surroundings. Organic farming methods are used to produce much of the fresh fruit and vegetables for the Badawiya Hotel. It is also at the farm Abu Nuss that the 120 camels rest. Since the outset, the brothers have made every effort to act responsibly towards the environment. They organize an annual 'Clean up the White Desert' trip for volunteers to collect rubbish left behind by rally drivers and less enlightened tourist groups.

Looking towards the future, Sa'ad and his brothers hope that more tourists will opt for the utterly peaceful, eco-friendly tour of the desert, where everyone can leave behind him all thoughts of the rush and stress, noise and pollution of city life and work.