An unusual tour of the Egyptian Western Desert - visit ancient oases and sleep under the stars combined with the amazing sights & sounds of Luxor. Get off the beaten track!

Day 1 - 2, Cairo, Pyramids and Sphinx
Upon arrival you are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel and the rest of the afternoon is yours to spend at leisure. The following day visit Cairo's famous pyramids around Giza and Saqqara with an Egyptologist. The sight of these extraordinary structures rising out of the desert is breathtaking.

Day 3, Baharya Oasis
From bustling Cairo, we drive west into the barren, desolate, and eerily beautiful Egyptian Western Desert. This is a vast expanse starts on the western banks of the Nile and continues into Libya covering some 2.8 million sq km. A region dotted with isolated oases and remote settlements that were formally the bustling hubs on trade routes between Africa and the Mediterranean. The Western Desert offers the chance to explore little visited archeological sites and the culture of the Bedouin, as well as to experience the extraordinary landscapes and endless vistas. Our first stop is the Baharya Oasis famous for its dates, wine and hot springs, surrounded by golden sand littered with tiny glittering black basalt stones.

Day 4 - 6, White Desert, Farafra, Dakhla & Kharga Oases
We explore the White and Black deserts by 4x4 jeep to discover landscapes that look like the moon's surface with curiously shaped rocks. We spend one night camping out in the White Desert under an enormous starry sky. Dakhla & Kharga Oases are explored during our time in the desert with archeological sites of Hibis, Al Bagawat, Mut, Al Qasr visited.

Day 7 - 8, Luxor, Cairo
We travel to Luxor and explore the east and west banks, including Luxor and Karnak Temples and Valley of the Kings and Queens. On the evening of day eight we take an overnight train back to Cairo travelling first class.

Day 9 - 10, Cairo
Return to Cairo to spend one last night in this ancient city before being transferred to the airport for your onward flight the following day.

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