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Day 1
Arrive Cairo
Met at the airport and taken to your hotel.
10 nights · 11 days · Cairo to Cairo
Ten Nights, Cairo, the Dahabiya and the Western Desert
Cairo · Luxor · Esna · Edfu · Kom Ombo · Aswan · Bahariya · the White Desert · Cairo
The programme, day by day
Cairo · Luxor · Esna · Edfu · Kom Ombo · Aswan · Bahariya · the White Desert · Cairo
- 4 nights aboard
- 2 nights in the desert
- 9 sites
The widest of our itineraries. It takes the southbound sailing from Esna to Aswan, adds Abu Simbel, and then turns west: Bahariya Oasis, Crystal Mountain, and two nights under canvas among the chalk formations of the White Desert, where there is no light but the stars. Nothing else we offer covers as much ground, or as many kinds of silence.
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Day 2
Giza · the museum · fly to Luxor
The pyramids, the Sphinx and the museum, then the flight south.
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Day 3
The west bank
The Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut and the Colossi. A night in Luxor.
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Day 4
Karnak · Esna · embarkation
Karnak in the morning, then aboard at Esna for lunch.
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Day 5
Edfu · a village
Edfu early, and a village on the bank in the afternoon.
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Day 6
Gebel el-Silsila · Kom Ombo
The gorge in the morning, Kom Ombo at the end of the day.
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Day 7
Aswan · Philae
Into Aswan, and across to Philae.
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Day 8
Abu Simbel · fly to Cairo
The great rock temples of Ramses in the morning, then the flight north.
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Day 9
Bahariya Oasis · camp in the desert
West into the Western Desert, to the oasis at Bahariya, and the first night under canvas.
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Day 10
The White Desert · Crystal Mountain
Crystal Mountain and the chalk formations of the White Desert, and a second night camped among them.
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Day 11
Back to Cairo · departure
The road north, and on to the airport.
From
Book this journey
$2,000 per person
Priced per person, double occupancy. The desert nights are camping — comfortable, but canvas. Tell us if that will not suit.
Gallery
Ashore and aboard.
On this journey
What you will see.
The pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the museum
The Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut and Karnak
Edfu, Gebel el-Silsila and Kom Ombo from the water
Philae at Aswan
Abu Simbel
Bahariya Oasis and Crystal Mountain
Two nights camped in the White Desert
The fine print
What the price covers.
Included
Four nights aboard the dahabiya, all meals included
Four nights in hotels with breakfast, in Cairo and Luxor
Two nights camped in the Western Desert, with all meals and equipment
Internal flights Cairo–Luxor and Aswan–Cairo
Abu Simbel
An Egyptologist guide at every site, and a desert guide
4×4 transport in the desert; air-conditioned transport elsewhere
All transfers, door to door
All taxes and service charges
Entrance fees to every site on the programme
Not included
International flights
The Egyptian visa
Tips for the crew, the guides and the desert team
Spa treatments and massages, by appointment
Alcoholic drinks — from the bar, or bring your own with no corkage
Anything not named in the itinerary above
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