l Choose a Hotel l Site Map l Contact Us l Resort Home l Accommodation l Restaurants & Bars l Sports & Leisure l Diving l Safari l Location l Reservation Happy Life Resort Marsa Alam Safari Happy Life Marsa Alam organizes excursions into the Egyptian Desert (with Bedouin guides) where you can explore the local wildlife in a 4X4 vehicle or an adventurous camel ride throughout the desert. You may as well travel to a Bedouin village for an afternoon of shopping delights and to enjoy a traditional Bedouin lunch/dinner. Wadi El Gamal visit the valley of the camels One of the most overlooked spots in Egypt is in the deep south - the mountainous eastern desert . South of marsa alam lies the coastal opening to the wadi al- Gimaal, an area rich in birdlife that extends 50 miles ( 80 km ) inland. Diving along the coastal road, you will come across the Stunning sight of camels wandering by the mangroves on the beach. the camels belong to local ababda tribesmen , who brand Them and let them graze freely , sometimes for months on end . Sandy and is filled with narrow valleys dotted with acacias and low grasses . the eastern desert is rocky rather than the eastern desert is rocky rather than the entire region is also rich in minerals ; like mons porphyrites and mons claudianus farther north , abandoned pharaonic and roman mines can be found here , such as the emeralds (long since emptied out ) sits atop a small hill the romans called mons emeralds ( long since emptied out ) sits atop a small hill the romans called mons smaraguds - mount emerald - and you can easily climb to the top to look down the pit . other roman mining colonies nearby are littered with pottery fragments , and the strack , haunting landscape has a peaceful stillness to it . driving into the interior should not be done without guides.