Egypt’s Siwa Salt Lakes: The Natural Wonder Where You Float Effortlessly
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Fatima Saif
- . January 22, 2026
- . Update: January 22, 2026 3:09 pm
Siwa Salt Lakes, situated in Egypt are one of the most interesting natural sites in North African, and they attract tourists with their unnatural and surreal turquoise color and their strange experience of floating. The Siwa Salt Lakes are remote and are close to the border of Libya and have become viral simply because when people visit the lakes, they do not sink in the water, rather they float on its surface. The salt content is rated immensely high and makes the water much denser than the seawater. There are also no overrated places like the Siwa Salt Lakes who appear as beautiful in real life as they do in their photos to provide a rare combination of science, history and nature.
Why the Siwa Salt Lakes Make You Float
A special geology of the Siwa Oasis is one of the factors in the creation of the Siwa Salt Lakes. With the filling up of the old salt basins by underground springs, the excessive heat of the desert results in High rate of evaporation, which leaves behind heavy deposit of minerals. This is what makes the Siwa Salt Lakes white-eyes. The salinity is much greater than at the sea, and it is hardly possible to sink. In addition to the tourism sector, the Siwa Salt Lakes complement local industries and are connectable to the ancient heritage places such as the Shali Fortress. Nowadays, tourists mingle floating in the Siwa Salt Lakes with the culture exploration in the oasis.
