Discover Egypt’s timeless highlights and life along the Nile on a small-group journey combining expert-led explorations with a traditional dahabiya cruise.
  • Visit the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx.
  • Visit the Nawaya community farming initiative in Cairo.
  • Explore Abu Simbel's grand temples or Philae's island temple.
  • Sail the Nile aboard a traditional dahabiya.
  • Marvel at Karnak's massive columns and painted hieroglyphs.
  • Share a home-hosted lunch with a Luxor West Bank family.
  • Descend into tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
  • Witness Luxor Temple illuminated after dark.
Stay in centrally located local hotels or pensions, with start and finish hotels often larger city properties; standards and facilities vary and some may lack elevators, air-conditioning, or English-speaking staff. Midway through the journey, enjoy two nights aboard a traditional dahabiya Nile sailing cruise.