In between the road that loops out into the Western Desert from Cairo reconnects with the Nile Valley at Luxor passes through four oases, including Al-Dakhla and Al-Kharga Oases. Kharga is the oasis furthest to the south and is the largest of the four oases along the highway that connects them. Dakhla is a series of small settlements spread out along the highway and offers beautiful scenery of the Western Desert oases.