In terms of safety of bringing your family to Siwa, it is no more or less dangerous than being in your own street at home. There has never been any type of terrorism here of any kind. Similar to the outer Hebrides in Scotland... not exactly high on the 'bad guy's' hit list.

The pace of life is slow here and most transportation is by donkey. The amount of road accidents here are probably significantly less than your home town.

There are no sick people here. There are more people with colds, the flu, etc in England than here. The climate is good and 99% of people here are fit and healthy and rarely get ill.

There are snakes and there are scorpions here... apparently. Some are slightly poisons and if bitten you would need to go to the local hospital for a jab. We explain to exactly were the creepy crawlies are in the oasis and how it is very easy to totally avoid them. They are only around in the summer months so if you come i the winter you will not see any.

There is a hospital here but it is basic. If in the unlikely situation of a major accident there is an ambulance service to a good hospital in Marsa Matrouh and an international hospital in Alexandra that is of the same standard of any western hospital.