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A picture can say more than thousand words and an article can say more than hundreds of tour itineraries.
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TOUR OPTIONS:
Egypt is far more than a handfull of package tours, so dive in and look at real tour options.
THE NILE VALLEY:
Birtplace of culture and an oasis of history.
THE RED SEA:
Beaches, diving and unspoiled hidaways.
DESERTS & OASES:
Tree Deserts with their oases awaits the true adventurer.
THE NORTH COAST:
Including the Nile Delta and North Sinai.
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Desert and Oases
While the Western Desert cover nearly two third of Egypt, the country have two large deserts in addition. This is the Eastern Desert that follows the East bank of the Nile and stops by the Red Sea. The third is the mountain desert of the Sinai Peninsula.
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| Formations from the White Desert close to Farafra Oasis |
To stay in the Eastern Desert needs preparation, and most visit this area from the resorts along the eastern Red Sea. In Sinai there are some places to stay outside the resorts, and then of course our favourite Al Arish in North Sinai where one can witness real Bedouin markets that are not a show for tourists only.
All these three deserts got oases, but the real large ones are found in Western Desert. There are five main oases and the fifth, the Siwa Oasis is in north close to the Libyan border. The four others are located in a bow from Cairo to Luxor, and these are from North to South: Baharia Oasis, Farafra Oasis with the famous White Desert, the largest of them all, the Dakhla Oasis and the one closest to the Nile Valley, the Kharga Oasis. This last can actually be reached on a full day tour from Luxor, but at least one night in Kharga is recommended.
Articles from the
Western Desert:
Fishing in Sahara
Nature Calling, Cosmos Falling... in?
Tours in the
Western Desert:
Western Desert & Oasis Tours
Sinai Peninsula Tours
Hotels in the
Western Desert:
All Oases
specialist in groups
and special interest tours
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NEW:
A Photo Journey to Pyramids and Tombs.
On this virtual tour you follow us to the Pyramid area of Cairo and visit two 4400 year old Mastaba tombs. Included is the meeting "Tea with Ti".
Desert Expeditions.
Let us help you to plan a real desert expedition. Normally from 7 to 20 days deep into the best preserved secret in Egypt - the Western Desert.
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Do
you think all is only ancient Egypt and art? Well, here is an important painting from Mr. &
Mrs. Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum.
This is Gaugin with a rather unknown piece of work (a
bit symbolic as Edward Munch)
Luxor is
a rather small town compared to Cairo and Alexandria. Still, no place on this planet can you find so many monuments gathered at one place as here. One normally needs more than a package tour to be able to enjoy the city and see a fair part of what is found here.
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We offer special branded tours with Sheraton, Oberoi and Pyramisa hotel chains. Special agreements make it possible for us to offer special prices when you use the same deluxe hotel brand during a tour. The images above are from Oberoi Philae Nile cruise, Aswan Oberoi and Oberoi Mena House Hotel.
In the middle of Cairo there is one of her real secrets, the bar and restaurant Estorile. It is one of the "inside" recommendations you will get when travelling with us.
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