Places like Bahariyya still suffers from this, and Bawiti is in many ways a sad place. Click Here to Visit our Sponsor Very limited offer on hotels and restaurants. At my last visit, I counted 2 hotels, and a camping ground with huts. The latter being the best. There were only one restaurant, moderately priced and quite charming.
Cafes are all over, where some serve simple food.
Buses run up and down along the old Nile, either in direction of Cairo or Farafra. Getting on a bus for Cairo is straightforward, these start in Bawiti. Going south is a bit more difficult, buses pass through, and there can be limited space. These trips are arranged from the camping ground, you just hang around for enough people to gather. Out here, this price will seem steep, but the journey is great, and discussing the price will only reduce the initial price fractionally.