Egypt has been intoxicating travellers ever since the third millennium BCE when Asiatic invaders first tried to loot its treasures.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, when Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign documented the country’s historic monuments for the first time, and Howard Carter thrilled the world with his discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, Egyptomania reached fever pitch. Exploring the Land of the Pharaohs today is likely to captivate you every bit as much. And while the antiquities of the Nile Valley rightly exert a powerful pull, there’s so much more in Egypt to explore, from the secrets of Islamic Cairo and Roman Alexandria to the dazzling coral reefs of the Red Sea, from early Christian monasteries in Sinai to remote oases in the Western Desert.
"We’ll help you find the right balance between ticking off Egypt’s iconic must-sees and avoiding the crowds that can compromise the overall quality of your experience."
At Explorations, we’ve been helping our clients navigate more than 5,000 years of Egyptian history (and its modern-day baksheesh merchants) for over thirty years. We have the experience, and the contacts on the ground, to take you beyond the commonplace and elevate your experience into something truly magical.
This might be something relatively straightforward such as cruising the Nile aboard a private dahabiyah accompanied by a top Egyptologist, exploring the Grand Egyptian Museum out of hours with its Director, or arranging a private candlelit dinner overlooking the Pyramids of Giza. It might be learning how to prepare the most exquisite ful medames under the guidance of one of the country’s leading chefs, searching Wadi El Hitan for 40-million-year-old fossilised whale skeletons with a palaeontologist, or visiting an active excavation site with a ground-breaking archaeologist.
We’ll help you find the right balance between ticking off Egypt’s iconic must-sees and avoiding the crowds that can compromise the overall quality of your experience. Sometimes, a small change can yield a dramatic improvement. Magnificent as the Valley of the Kings is, for instance, sharing it with thousands of other tourists can feel like one long procession. In contrast, the nearby Valley of the Queens is less frequented and the paintings in the main are better preserved, especially so at the tomb of Nefertari. On a privately chartered Nile Cruise, we can ensure you experience the magic of sites such as Philae before the hordes descend.
With accommodation ranging from opulent city hotels and beach resorts to luxurious desert camps and liveaboards that allow you to explore the country’s furthest reaches in uncompromising style, Egypt is well equipped to cater to the needs of the most demanding travellers. This also applies to how you get around. Taking a private jet to remote wonders such as Siwa will, for example, save you a very long and arduous overland journey.
While you may be only the latest in an exceedingly long line of travellers who have fallen for Egypt’s very special magic, you can be sure, travelling with Explorations, that few have ever done so with such access and in such style.
