About 45 km north of Farafra, the White Desert begins. It is truly white, in clear contrast with the yellow desert elsewhere. At night, and many of the organized trips out here include overnight stay out in the desert, it gets a character reminding of an Arctic landscape.
The rock formations of the desert are often quite dramatic, and you should not miss out on the weird rock balancing on top of a white pillar, these chalk rocks are due to the deep aquatic environment sedimentations. Over the low chalk land there are many chalk columns that took the shape of the mushrooms because of the stripping process of the winds.
Watching a desert white is like traveling to the other end of the world. Considerably high chalk-colored hills make the white desert look like an Arctic landscape with icebergs. However, it is remarkable how deep blue the sky is there.
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