Reviews of Rahala Safari Hotel
Rahala Safari Hotel Al Farafra,, 17440 Qasr Al Farafirah, Egypt

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Reviewed: 29 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewNice ,quiet secluded pleasant change after busy days elsewhere.Perfect stop to round up our trip and to meet some nice people.
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Thank you Sonja for your review and looking forward to seeing you again
Reviewed: 27 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewAhmed [owner or main manager] was wery supportive, perfectly managing the ranch, help us in critical situasion with police and gave us good tips for tripping. as for accomodation, it was very good, comfortable and clean. as for dish, the staff prepared royal's breakfast, really huge eating but also cook the dinner the same way - tasty and a lot. As for staff, they were warm and pleasant trying to serve well. the only thing i met for first time 😀 was tea with milk prepared the way: tea bag poured with boiling milk.
Thank you so much and looking forward to seeing you again
Reviewed: 31 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewBeautiful architecture and excellent service, especially from Hamed who picked me up and showed me around the white desert, etc. Thank you for the hospitality!
Thank you so much for your review and looking forward to seeing you again for longer time
Reviewed: 26 January 2024 · Stayed in January 2024
Verified reviewAmazing choice to stay in Farafra and explore White desert. Host‘s Ahmed attitude to his job is admirable: he really interests in guests needs and do everything to fulfil it, many thanks. Nice maintained and cozy hotel territory, big dinning room, very good and variuos breakfast. Dinner is perfect, various and very cheap – only 5 euro for person, portions are very big. Room is spacious, very clean, comfy. Hot water and big shower cabin, that is unusual in Egypt. Comfy beds, clean linen, sheets, blankets, many drinking water for free. Hosts arrange amaizing jeep safaries to the White desert, it is worth every euro we‘ve paid. Free and safe parking, they washed our car for free. Hotel is family runned and they work hard for guest could feel good and safe despite of hard conditions, autorities and police - they are not about help, but about obstruction only.
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Thank you Arturas for your review, looking forward to seeing you again.
Reviewed: 3 January 2024 · Stayed in January 2024
Verified reviewEverything about Rahala Safari Hotel was excellent. Ahmed and the entire staff are extremely friendly and helpful. Breakfast is excellent and plentiful, dinner is tasty and plentiful. The lounge with the fire lit is wonderful and you feel like a Bedouin while drinking tea after dinner. The hotel has a beautiful garden with flowers and fruit trees, ideal for drinking tea or coffee.
Thank you Tanja looking forward to seeing you again
Reviewed: 28 December 2023 · Stayed in December 2023
Verified reviewI resrved two nights at Rahala Safari Hotel, so I must say, the cleanliness of the hotel exceeded my expectations. The rooms were immaculate, and the attention to detail was evident throughout. Additionally, the staff was exceptionally helpful, providing excellent service with a friendly and welcoming attitude. My overall experience was delightful, thanks to the hotel's commitment to cleanliness and outstanding support from the staff.
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thank you Mr.Islam for your nice review and looking forward to seeing you again
Reviewed: 19 December 2023 · Stayed in December 2023
Verified reviewFrom the first moment we arrived until the end of our stay we felt very welcome in the Rahala Safari Hotel. It's owned by a Bedouin family and they work hard to make you happy. The room was very clean and the beds super comfortable. We had also a little boiler to prepare coffee and tea (provided by them) and a basket of fresh fruit. Breakfast and dinner were delicious and abound. The little domes are surrounded by a beautiful garden. Because they asked a copy of the passports already before arriving they noticed that one of us celebrated his 80th birthday and they prepared a beautiful cake for him! What a surprise. The day after we had a 24 hours tour in the white desert with Hamada and Hamooh which was really great. We felt safe and they spoiled us with awesome spots, good food and their kindness. We want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH and we wish you all the best. Love from Monika, Kathrin and Pietro.
EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT!
Thank you Monika for your review and nice words, this makes our motivation good, looking forward to seeing you again
Reviewed: 26 October 2023 · Stayed in October 2023
Verified reviewThis is one of the best family run hotel we have ever stayed. The owner Ahmed and his family are the best for hospitality. They provided tasty local authentic Bedouin food. The hotel is clean, spacious with special designs. They treated us like family. The best part was excursion to White Desert National Park, what a great experience. Ahmed’s brother Mohammed drove us to the park in the morning and we stayed in the desert overnight, visited sand dunes, oasis, new and old part of park, appreciated unique rock formations, great meals prepared in the desert, we also went to the hot spring near the town and relaxed in the hot spring. Finally, the prices for excursion, hotel and exchange of Egyptian pound are very reasonable, I wish we could stay a little longer, very highly recommended for anyone .
Everything
Thank you so much for your review and looking forward to seeing you again
Reviewed: 12 April 2023 · Stayed in April 2023
Verified reviewExcellent hospitality. They took care of our vegan dietary requirements. They are the best guides for the white desert, as they know all the spots. Definitely book the desert safari with them, as the white desert is not a national park that has trails or detailed maps. The rooms were also wonderful, as is the hotel.
Thank you for your review and looking forward to seeing you again
Reviewed: 24 March 2023 · Stayed in March 2023
Verified reviewfantastic place I have ever seen in Egypt, exotic buildings and garden, and hotelier gave us a very cheerful and deep chat experience, barrier-free English communication. And local people are also very friendly.
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Thank you so much and looking forward to seeing you again
Reviewed: 22 March 2023 · Stayed in March 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 19 February 2023 · Stayed in December 2022
Verified reviewAhmed is the nicest person who arranged us a super stay. Everything was perfect at his hotel including attitude to guests, breakfast, dinner and evening fire sitting. We’ll remember his place as well as a day dessert trip he nicely made for us. The most thank I’d like to say about painting hi gifted to us, it’s decorating my room and reminding me about him, Egypt and endless dessert I’ve been lucky to see.
thank you Anna for your review and looking forward to seeing you again
Reviewed: 5 January 2023 · Stayed in November 2022
Verified reviewThis is a clean, reasonably priced, and very pleasant place right in Farafra (with excellent food - something that is hard to find!). Ahmed, the proprietor, is exceptionally nice and interesting to talk to (and speaks very good English). We spent quite a bit of time in all of the oases in Egypt, and this is one of our two favorite places that we stayed.
We pretty much liked everything – it’s just extremely pleasant!
Thank you so much for your review and looking forward to seeing you again, I really appreciate your nice words
Reviewed: 27 December 2022 · Stayed in December 2022
Verified reviewThe property is a jewel in the middle of the White Desert. the room is very comfortable room and the common area is just amazing!
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Thank you Edgar for your review and looking forward to seeing you in farafra again or in Berlin. wishing you a safe flight back to Berlin.
Reviewed: 2 November 2022 · Stayed in October 2022
Verified reviewReally clean and great hotel in Farafra. Owners are extremely friendly and helpful. Breakfast and dinner are really nice and you have plenty of choices. We book tours with them and it was excellent, good quality car, driver was also reliable and drove safely that is unique in Egypt. I could just recommend them.
Thank you so much and looking forward to seeing you again