Destinations
Where we go
Every place we take guests, with when to go and a tip from Rami.
Giza & the Pyramids
The plateau is ten minutes from our door. We go inside the third pyramid, walk the dunes for the panoramic view, and come back at night for the sound-and-light show from the rooftop.
8 tours that go here
Cairo
The Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo, the mosques of Islamic Cairo, Khan el-Khalili after dark and a Nile dinner cruise. We walk it the way Cairenes do.
8 tours that go here
Saqqara, Dahshur & Memphis
The Step Pyramid, the Red Pyramid you can climb inside, Sneferu’s Bent Pyramid and the open-air museum of the old capital. Far fewer people than Giza.
7 tours that go here
Alexandria
A day on the Mediterranean: the new Library, the Catacombs, Qaitbay Citadel on the old lighthouse site, Montazah gardens and the Roman amphitheatre.
2 tours that go here
Fayoum Oasis
Wadi El-Rayan waterfalls, the whale fossils of Wadi El-Hitan and Lake Qarun. Desert, water and silence an hour and a half from Cairo.
2 tours that go here
Luxor
The world’s largest open-air museum: Karnak and Luxor temples on the east bank, the Valleys of the Kings and Queens, Hatshepsut’s temple and Tutankhamun’s tomb on the west.
5 tours that go here
Aswan & Nubia
The Nile at its most beautiful. Philae temple by boat, the High Dam, a Nubian village and an afternoon on a felucca.
5 tours that go here
Abu Simbel
Ramses II’s great temple and Nefertari’s beside it, reached before dawn so you see the sun enter the sanctuary.
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Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohamed
Snorkelling at Tiran Island, swimming at Ras Mohamed National Park and a Bedouin dinner in the desert reached by camel or buggy.
3 tours that go here
Dahab & the Blue Hole
A laid-back Bedouin town with the Blue Hole a short drive away. Snorkel or dive, then do nothing on a cushion by the water.
3 tours that go here White & Black Deserts
Chalk formations like a frozen sea, by 4x4, and two nights camping with our Bedouin hosts under more stars than you have ever seen.
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