Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrive Cairo

   • Arrival Cairo airport

   Overnight at the hotel in Cairo. 

2. Day 2: Giza - Meditation - Perfume Palace

   • Morning tour - Mohammed Ali Citadel.

   • Afternoon tour - Pyramids of Giza, meditation in Sacred Room of Great Pyramid for World Peace, the Sphinx.

   • Evening visit to the Perfume Palace to experience exotic perfumes of ancient Egypt.

   Overnight at the hotel in Cairo. 

3. Day 3: Egyptian Museum

   • Talk on the ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics, museum tour.

   • In the afternoon, visit the papyrus factory to learn how to make Papyrus Paper the ancient way.

   Overnight at the hotel in Cairo. 

4. Day 4: Alexandria Tour

   • 3 hours drive to Alexandria in our air-conditioned bus. 

   • Stop at Alamein to visit the WWII Tombs.

   • Visit the Roman Rotunda Tombs & Catacombs from the 2nd Century AD  

   • Lastly, visit the 2nd Century Roman Theatre.

   Overnight at the hotel in Alexandria. 

5. Day 5: Siwa Oasis

   • Wake up early for an 8-hour drive to the Siwa Oasis - a yellow sandy desert.

   • We will enjoy a sunset, on top of Shaly Mountain - a 12th Century Mud Brick City.

   • Meditation upon Shaly Mountain. (Siwa is a great place for buying hand-woven rugs at cheap prices.)

   Overnight at the Siwa Oasis.  

6. Day 6: Mountain of the Dead - Soul Temple of Alexander the Great

   • Today visit the Mountain of the Dead - an ancient burial place filled with Roman Tombs & Caves carved in Egyptian Hieroglyphics.

   • Also, visit the 'Soul Temple of Alexander the Great' dated 332BC.

   • Stop by the Cleopatra Springs (known as the Springs of Knowledge & Beauty).

   • 4WD through the desert dunes for the afternoon. (You can swim at Cleopatra Springs or the hot & cold springs in the desert.)

   Overnight at the hotel in Siwa. 

7. Day 7: Cairo

   • Long drive back to Cairo in our air-conditioned bus.

   Check into the hotel and have a hot shower!

8. Day 8: Aswan - Elephantine Island

   • Fly to Aswan. Settle into a hotel.

   • Take an orientation walk through the market area.

   • In the afternoon, enjoy a small tour on the Nile by motorboat

   • Head to Elephantine Island 

   • Have a delicious dinner with a Nubian family in their cultural setting.

   Overnight at the hotel in Aswan.

9. Day 9: Sahara Desert - Philae

   • Early morning drive through the Sahara Desert to Abu Simbel to visit the Temple of Ramses II.

   • In the afternoon we visit the Temple of Philae by motorboat. This temple is dedicated to Isis and tells the story of Osiris and Isis's love.

   • Both the Temple of Ramses II & the Temple of Philae were underwater and have been moved & rebuilt by UNESCO during the 1960s.

   Return to the hotel.

10. Day 10: Luxor

    • Relaxing day sailing on our private Felucca down the Nile River to Luxor, with overnight felucca sleeping.

    • All meals cooked for you.

    • Meditation on the Nile.

    Return to the hotel. 

11. Day 11: Karnak Temple

    • After breakfast on the Nile, dock and drive into Luxor. 

    • After booking in the hotel, re-group and off to the famous Karnak Temple.

    • The afternoon will be spent listening to stories of the vast array of Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. 

    • A quick look round the Karnak Markets and then back into Luxor.

    • In the evening, visit the Luxor Bazaar - always colourful & exciting!!!

    Return to the hotel. 

12. Day 12: Valley of the Kings

    • West Bank Tour to Colossi of Memnon. Valley of the Kings, a brief stop 'n look-see at Howard Carter's Home - founder of King Tutankhamen's Tomb.

    • (Optional Tours on this day are: Hot air ballooning over Valley of the Kings at sunrise, King Tut's Tomb where his Mummy lies, Queen Hatshepsut's Temple).

    • After Valley of the Kings, visit the Alabaster Factory.

    Return to the hotel. 

13. Day 13: Free Day Luxor

    • Free day in Luxor.

    • Today is your day to shop, lunch or maybe take a horse and carriage ride through Luxor.

    Overnight train back to Cairo.

14. Day 14: Arrival Cairo

    • Visit Coptic Cairo. This extremely old area dates back to the times before Christ.

    • In fact, this is where Mary & Joseph came when running away from King Herod to save Baby Jesus from being killed. The alleyways are over 2,000 years old.

    Return to the hotel. 

15. Day 15: Departure

    • Departure day - back to Australia.

    Arrival Melbourne.