White Desert National Park. Nestled in Egypt’s Western Desert, White Desert National Park—locally known as Sahara el Beyda—was officially designated a protected area in 2002. This surreal park, spanning around 300 km², lies roughly 45 km north of Qasr Al Farafra in the Farafra Depression . Wind and sand over millennia have sculpted dramatic chalk-and-limestone formations—towering mushrooms, spires, and arches—in stark white against Read more…