Sailing down the Nile:    Tour EG01:    Prices from £566

This trip starts in Cairo where you see all the main sights including the pyramids and the Sphinx, the Egyptian museum, the Cairo Citadel and the bazaar of Khan el Khalili on an included guided tour. You then fly south to Aswan where you will have a guided tour which includes the local bazaar. You then embark on the traditional Nile felucca and start your sailing trip down the Nile camping on the riverbanks under the stars at night. You sail down the Nile for 4 days and pass Darau where you may be lucky enough to encounter the Tuesday camel fair! You sail through golden sand dunes and lush green fields as well as the colourful Egyptian villages en route. In Kom Ombo you can visit the twin temples. You will then sail onto Edfu one of the most beautiful stretches of the Nile where you visit the temple of Horus. You then continue onto Luxor where you visit the temple of Karnak. On the final day you will visit western Thebes, the valley of the Kings and the other sights.

Sinai Desert Trek:    Tour EG02:    Prices from £574

This trip starts in Cairo and takes in the main sights as well as the Sphinx and pyramids. You then transfer to St Katherine where you spend the night. You begin your walking tour from al Malga at Sheikh Musa's with the camels to carry the equipment. You will trek through mountains and walk through olive groves, gorges and wadis while travelling through this beautiful and romantic desert landscape. At night you will camp under the stars and experience the lifestyle of the Bedouin tribesmen. The wind has carved wonderful shapes into the rocks creating strange formations and making the scenery magical and mysterious. You ascend the Djebel Musa before dawn to the watch the sunrise, one of many unforgettable moments of this tour. You then descend and visit the medieval Monastery of St Katherine before returning back to Cairo.

Egypt

There are so many places to visit in Egypt that it's hard to know where to start. Cairo is the capital, and has been the heart of Egypt for more than a 1000 years and it demonstrates the dichotomy of all things Egyptian. It's in Cairo where the medieval world and the contemporary western world come together in a confusion of earthen houses and towering modern office buildings, of flashy cars and donkey-drawn carts. Nobody really knows how many people live in Cairo, but estimates put it between 12 and 16 million.

Giza is on the west bank of the Nile and takes in an 18-km-wide swathe which includes the Great Pyramids. These pyramids are considered one of the seven wonders of the world, and despite the crowds that visit every year, they are truly overwhelming when you stand before them. You will visit the pyramids and Cairo as this is the main starting point for most of our tours. Luxor was built on the site of the ancient city of Thebes, and the magnificent architecture and its excellent condition make Luxor one of Egypt's greatest tourist destinations. For many hundreds of years people have been visiting the temples of Luxor, Karnak, Hetsgepsut and Ramses II.

The Nile plays host to numerous traditional feluccas that shuffle between luxury hotel ships that cruise the Nile between Cairo and Aswan and it is on one of these lovely old feluccas that we offer our boating trip down the Nile. Aswan, Egypt's southernmost city has long been the country's gateway to Africa and a prosperous market city on the crossroads of the ancient caravan routes. The Nile is glorious here as it makes its way down from massive High Dam and Lake Nasser, and travelling by the felucca as the sun sets over the Nile is about as moving as any travel experience gets. There are plenty of good opportunities for swimming on the many fine beaches along Egypt's Mediterranean and Red Sea Coasts. If you wish to add a beach extension holiday to any of our tours featured on the website please let us know. Diving and snorkelling are by far the most popular organised activities in Egypt and the Red Sea is said to have some of the best scuba diving in the world. The waters off Egypt teem with underwater life and the corals, crustaceans and fish come in all sorts of vivid colours and shapes.

Aegyptus Intertravel are our partners in Egypt. They are a small friendly company based in Cairo who have been operating for 7 years. They specialise in tailor-made and adventure tours around Egypt, and can offer a wide range of alternative tours if you cannot find one here that meets your requirements.