Most travellers see the river; few also see the desert that shaped it. This journey joins the two. You begin among the temples of the Nile on a privately guided cruise between Luxor and Aswan, then head out from Cairo into the Western Desert — through the oasis of Bahariya to the surreal chalk sculptures of the White Desert, where you camp for a night beneath one of the darkest skies on earth. Ancient stone and empty sand, both travelled slowly, both with expert guides.
Highlights
- A privately guided Nile cruise: Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Philae
- The Black Desert and the golden dunes of the Bahariya oasis
- A night camping among the wind-carved chalk formations of the White Desert
- One of the clearest night skies in the world, far from any light
