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Tour · 9 nights · with Explore Worldwide
A small-group escorted tour with Explore Worldwide tracing Egypt’s ancient sites from Cairo’s pyramids to Nile felucca sails and snorkelling in the Red Sea.
Highlights
Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx
Tutankhamun’s treasures at the Grand Egyptian Museum
Philae Temple on an island near Aswan
Nile felucca sailingWith overnight riverbank camps
Valley of the Kings tombs and Hatshepsut's temple
This nine-night trip offers a steady pace through some of Egypt’s best-known landmarks, beginning among the Pyramids of Giza and Cairo’s Egyptian Museum, home to Tutankhamun’s golden mask. After an overnight sleeper train, the Nile forms the backdrop to visits including the island temple of Philae at Aswan and a couple of nights aboard a traditional felucca, drifting with the breeze past green fields and desert.
Journeys
First time
The journey continues to Luxor’s West Bank with a trio of ancient tombs in the Valley of the Kings, and the striking temple of Hatshepsut carved into limestone. The tour finishes by heading east to the Red Sea coast at Hurghada for a day snorkelling its coral reefs, a very different kind of Egyptian landscape.
The tour is led by Explore Worldwide on a small-group, escorted basis. There are early starts and some long drives, but the mix of bustling cities, river life, rock-cut temples and seaside mark out an Egypt with several layers worth taking the time to see.
Itinerary
Cairo
Giza
Aswan
Luxor
Hurghada
When to go
Lowest price each month, per person.
Explore Worldwide confirms exact dates, availability and prices when you book.
Need to know
For full details of what’s included, check with Explore Worldwide. See the full details on their site
The operator
Small-group adventures, walking and wildlife
Small groups with local leaders, and a fondness for the places at the end of the road. Trips are graded so you know how active they are.
You book with Explore Worldwide directly. They confirm your place, take payment, and look after you from the moment you leave home; Atlas & Passage’s part ends when you click through.
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These are the places the trip visits, in order. Explore Worldwide publishes the day-by-day itinerary on its own site.