Cairo - Aswan - Abu Simbel - Kom Ombo - Edfu - Luxor - Hurghada - Cairo - Siwa - Cairo
The whole of Egypt in two weeks: the Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum, a Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor, the Red Sea, and four nights in the remote Siwa Oasis among palm groves, salt lakes and the dunes of the Great Sand Sea.
For travellers with time and curiosity, this journey goes far beyond the usual route. The first nine days cover Cairo, a three-night Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor and the Red Sea at Hurghada, with a desert safari and a day on the coral reefs.
Then you travel west to Siwa, an oasis close to the Libyan border with its own language and traditions: the mud-brick fortress of Shali, the Temple of the Oracle that Alexander the Great consulted, hot springs, salt lakes and a night camping in the dunes of the Great Sand Sea.
Meeting at Cairo airport and private transfer to your hotel.
The Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx with your Egyptologist, the Grand Egyptian Museum and the treasures of Tutankhamun, and an evening in Khan el-Khalili bazaar.
Morning flight to Aswan and boarding of your cruise ship. Visit the Temple of Philae and the High Dam, then sail by felucca around the islands at sunset.
Optional early trip to Abu Simbel and its temples of Ramses II and Nefertari. Then sail north to Kom Ombo and its temple of Sobek and Horus.
The Temple of Horus at Edfu, sailing through the Esna lock to Luxor, and Luxor Temple lit up in the evening.
Disembark and visit the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut and Karnak. In the afternoon, drive across the Eastern Desert to your beach resort in Hurghada.
Morning at leisure on the beach. In the afternoon, a desert trip by 4x4 or quad bike to a Bedouin camp, with tea, a camel ride, the sunset over the mountains and dinner under the stars.
Boat trip to the islands off Hurghada for snorkelling among coral reefs and colourful fish (diving on request), with lunch on board.
Flight to Cairo. Visit the Citadel and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Al-Muizz Street and Old Cairo with the Hanging Church.
A long, beautiful drive west through Alexandria and along the Mediterranean coast to Marsa Matrouh, then south across the desert to Siwa Oasis. Evening at your eco-lodge among the palms.
Explore the old mud-brick town of Shali and the Temple of the Oracle of Amun, swim in Cleopatra's Spring, and watch the sunset over the salt lake from Fatnas Island.
Morning among Siwa's date and olive groves. In the afternoon, 4x4 into the Great Sand Sea for dune driving, a dip in a hot spring and a night in a desert camp with dinner by the fire.
Sunrise over the dunes, a last walk in the oasis and the drive back to Cairo (or a flight from Marsa Matrouh when available).
Private transfer to Cairo airport for your flight home.
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