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[ The Cataract ]
Cairo, Luxor, three nights under sail on a dahabiya, then Aswan and Nubia.
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Experiences
Three ways to travel
The same country, the same ground team, the same standards. What changes is the company you keep and how much of it you decide.
Group trips
Twelve travellers, six times a year. Most travel alone. Two departures are hosted personally.
See departures →Private travel
Your dates, your pace, your party alone. Arranged throughout the year.
Plan a journey →Where we go
Five places, and the reason for each
Cairo
Giza before the coaches, Saqqara, the Grand Egyptian Museum, and Al-Muizz Street on foot.
Luxor
Karnak at opening, the Valley of the Kings early, Luxor Temple after dark.
The Nile
Three nights under sail aboard a dahabiya, mooring where the cruise ships cannot.
Aswan & Nubia
Gharb Soheil, the Nubian Museum, and lunch in a household we have known for years.
The Red Sea
Soma Bay, on the warm-season departures. Reef, water, and nothing on the schedule.
Why this is different
Twelve, and no more
Capped, so that a household can receive us without ceremony.
Egyptian and Nubian
My family is from Aswan, and I spend roughly four months of each year in Egypt.
Twenty-five years on the ground
Our operating partner has run ground programmes in Egypt since 2001.
Nubia, properly
Three nights in Aswan and on its west bank, rather than an afternoon between Luxor and Abu Simbel.
The year ahead
Six departures. Twelve places on each.
I write every itinerary and host two departures each year. The others run the identical route with the same Egyptologists and the same ground team, and cost less because they cost less to run.
| [ 6–15 Jan 2027 ] | The Cataract Hosted | From [ $5,600 ] | Reserve → |
| [ 10–19 Feb 2027 ] | The Cataract Guided | From [ $5,200 ] | Reserve → |
| [ March 2027 ] | River to Reef Guided | From [ $0,000 ] | Reserve → |
| [ Late May 2027 ] | River to Reef Hosted | From [ $0,000 ] | Waitlist → |
| [ October 2027 ] | The Cataract Guided | From [ $5,200 ] | Waitlist → |
| [ November 2027 ] | River to Reef Guided | From [ $0,000 ] | Waitlist → |
Every departure is confirmed at six travellers. If a departure does not reach six, deposits are refunded in full or moved to another date, whichever you prefer.
In their words
“I truly felt like I experienced all of Egypt. I did not leave with that nagging feeling of missing out.”
Fatu H. · July 2025Your host
Every itinerary is mine. I host selected departures.
I am Fawziah — Nubian-Egyptian and American. My family is from Aswan, and I spend roughly a third of each year in Egypt. I am also a professor of education, and the discipline of building a course is the discipline of building a journey: sequence matters, context matters, and nothing of value is learned at a sprint.
More about me
Before you book
The Egypt Trip Planner
Eleven pages on season, entry, cost and the length of time the country actually requires. It is free, it is candid, and it will spare you at least two expensive assumptions.