You'll be picked up from Cairo International Airport and driven to our hand-picked accommodation. Meet your fellow travelers over an Egyptian Welcome Dinner and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime! 

Meals: Dinner

Activities Included: Airport Transfer

We've got a big day ahead of us. After enjoying breakfast, we'll head out to the Giza pyramid complex to explore one of the ancient wonders of the world! Take your time pondering how these incredible monuments were built. We'll take a visit to the Great Sphinx as well. Once we finish here, we're going to the new Grand Egyptian Museum which houses, among a limitless amount of objects, Tutankhamun's grave goods.

Meals: Breakfast

Activities Included: Giza Pyramids & Great Sphinx, Grand Egyptian Museum tour.

Optional: Tickets to go inside the Menkaure and Khufu pyramids.

As incredible as Ancient Egyptian monuments are, Egypt has well over a millennia of Islamic history which is equally as monumental and fascinating. We're visiting arguably the most beautiful mosque in Egypt - The Mosque of Muhammad Ali inside the Saladin Cathedral. Nearby is the Sultan Al Nasir Muhammad Mosque as well. Once finished, we're going to the underrated Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan where you can truly feel the history and spirituality of Islam in Egypt. 

Then, we'll take a stroll around the Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, known as one of Cairo's greatest and most colorful markets. Here you'll spot minarets towering over the tight alleys as people flow past. 

You'll have free time after to explore more of Cairo. 

Meals: Breakfast

Activities Included: Saladin Cathedral & Sultan Al Nasir Muhammad Mosque, Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan, Khan el-Khalili Bazaar tour. 

Today we'll be exploring the first pyramids ever constructed! Because these pyramids are not "the" pyramids, we'll enjoy much smaller crowds. We'll start with the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the first ever monumental structure built by man. Then we'll head to the Serapeum of Saqqara where multi-ton stone sarcophaguses containing the Apis bulls were buried. After, we'll go visit the Red Pyramid which is the first true pyramid ever constructed. Then finally to the mysterious Bent Pyramid.

You'll have the rest of the day as free time.

Meals: Breakfast

Activities Included: Saqqara Plateau Entrance, Serapeum of Saqqara, Red & Bent Pyramid entrance.

Today you'll be picked up for an outdoor adventure in the White & Black Desert! 

Driving from Cairo, we'll reach Bahariya Oasis where we'll enjoy a lunch before setting off into the landscape. Up first, the black desert, which is made up of basalt from ancient volcanic eruptions, giving the desert a striking, scorched appearance. Then we'll have some notable stops, including the crystal desert, and then you'll get your chance to try some sandboarding! 

We'll find a quiet spot amongst the white desert to set up camp as the sun sets. You'll enjoy a traditional Egyptian BBQ for dinner and then stargaze until it's time for bed.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Activities Included: White & Black Desert 4x4 Adventure, Sandboarding

We'll have a slow and meditative morning. After breakfast, we'll tour around the incredible monuments of the white desert and take some funny group pictures before returning to the Oasis for lunch. 

Then its back to Cairo to catch our overnight train to Aswan!

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Activities Included: White & Black Desert 4x4 Adventure

After the hustle-and-bustle of Cairo, Aswan will feel like a breath of fresh air with its relaxing and laid-back atmosphere. 

Once you freshen up in our hotel, you'll have the morning and afternoon as free time. Later on, to embody the calmer feeling, we're hopping on a felucca (an Egyptian sail boat) and peacefully floating down the Nile during sunset to reach the Nubian village— home to an Indigenous community with deep roots in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, they have a distinctive language, customs, and rich cultural heritage. There, we'll attend a Nubian dinner and party!

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Activities Included: Felucca ride, Nubian Dinner & Party

Optional: Unfinished Obelisk, Nubian Museum, Philae Temple, Aswan Dam.

Today we're visiting the iconic Abu Simbel! 

When we say Abu Simbel is different from any other monument in Egypt, we mean it. The main temple dedicated to Ramses the Great initially impresses you, and nearby is the beautiful temple of Queen Nefatari. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Activities Included: Abu Simbel

We're going to Luxor - otherwise known as Thebes in ancient times. For thousands of years, this place was the center of Egyptian religion. And there's no better place to experience history this than Karnak Temple. This is the largest religious site in the world and does not hold back in its grandeur. After our visit, we'll see the smaller but incredible Luxor Temple where Alexander The Great can be seen as a pharaoh in hieroglyphs. 

Meals: Breakfast

Activities Included: Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple

Time to get ready for an epic day. We're going to the Valley of the Kings! Here, you can see some of the most famous pharaohs in history were entombed. After the age of the pyramids, pharaohs spent an enormous amount of resources constructing these elaborate tombs which now feel intimate to explore. 

Once we're done, we'll visit the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut with its famous grand staircase design. Afterwards, we'll stop by the towering Colossi of Memnon. 

We'll then enjoy a group dinner!

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Activities Included: Valley of the Kings entrance ticket which includes visits to three royal tombs (King Tutankhamun's and Seti I's tomb are not included), Queen Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple, Colossi of Memnon.

Optional: Sunrise hot air balloon ride, Tomb of King Tutankhamun, Tomb of Seti I.

Today we will begin our journey back to Cairo. But two very significant and unique temples await us along the way. Our first stop, Dendera Temple, is renowned for its vibrant, intact ceiling paintings and massive Hathor-headed columns. There's secret passages hidden in the walls that visitors can climb into, and unlike every other temple thus far, the roof is accessible to climb atop of. 

We'll then finish our drive to Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

Activities Included: Dendera Temple

After breakfast, we'll drop you off at Cairo International Airport for your flight home. We hope you enjoyed your time with us!

Meals: Breakfast

Activities Included: Airport transfer