Which Egyptian desert park is famous for white chalk rock formations near Farafra?

The Egyptian desert park famous for white chalk formations near Farafra is White Desert National Park.

Also called Sahara el Beyda, White Desert National Park lies in the Farafra Depression of Egypt’s Western Desert, north of Qasr Al Farafra. Wind and sand have sculpted its pale chalk into striking mushroom-, mushroom-cloud-, and animal-like forms. These formations are the landscape’s defining feature and explain why the park is frequently described as one of Egypt’s most surreal desert environments.

The protected area is more than a field of isolated white rocks. It includes cliffs along the northern edge of the Farafra Depression, dunes associated with the Great Sand Sea, Wadi Hennis, and small oases such as Ain El Maqfi and Ain El Wadi. The park also provides habitat for desert wildlife, including dorcas and rhim gazelles, Barbary sheep, foxes, jackals, and sand cats.

Egypt first established the White Desert as a protected area in 2002. Visitors commonly confuse it with the Black Desert or with other Egyptian protected areas such as Wadi El Rayan, but those places have different geology and landscapes. Farafra is the key geographic clue for identifying this park.