Trust & Evidence
Needs one current proof point
- Status
- Verify
- Next proof
- Confirm telescope, observatory, or guided-program access from a current property source.
- Source
- Official Property
- Last verified
- 2026-06-26
Observatory Adjacent
Helnan Auberge Fayoum
Lake Qarun / Fayoum, EG. Bortle 4 sky, none programming, and astronomy-forward stay context.
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1 stay - Ready for offline
$150/ night est.
Guests
2
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Source Evidence
1 tracked source URL attached.
Source-linked1 source attached
- Property sourcehelnan.comOpen source
Observing Fit
- Telescope inventory
- Route base for Wadi El-Hitan/Wadi El-Rayan; property evidence points to nearby stargazing route context, not telescope inventory.
- Resident astronomer
- Verify before booking
- Category
- Observatory Adjacent
- Tier
- observatory adjacent
Planning Notes
- Booking confidence
- Verify
- Bortle confidence
- verify
- Last verified
- 2026-06-26
- Verification note
- Wave 2 Egypt route-base hotel; keep visible as Wadi El-Hitan stargazing base while direct astronomy programming is verified.
Missing Proof1
- Needs a current telescope, observatory, or guided-program proof point.
The sky during your stay
What you can expect overhead at Helnan Auberge Fayoum through the year — Moon phases and eclipses are exact dates; the Milky Way and aurora are seasonal likelihoods. Pick a month to plan around it.
Dark window Milky Way Meteors Eclipse★ Best months to visit
October 2026 · recommended
- Darkest skies
New Moon on Oct 10 — the best window for the Milky Way and faint objects.
- Milky Way core seasonseasonal
The galactic core is up at night and well placed here.
- Draconids meteor showerlikely
Peaks around Oct 8, up to ~10/hr. Slow meteors, best in the evening; occasional outbursts.
- Orionids meteor showerlikely
Peaks around Oct 21, up to ~20/hr. Swift meteors, also from Halley's Comet.