Trips

Wednesday, November 9: B-D* – Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit to the Egyptian Museum. Leisurely afternoon by the pool. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Thursday, November 10: B-D – Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit to Saqqara with the Step Pyramid and the small museum on site. We will continue to the neighboring site of Abusir with a causeway leading up from the ancient Nile river bed. See the majestic pink granite pillars with its black basalt floor in the temple to the east of a pyramid. Imagine high-level initiates doing sacred magic rites on the site. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Friday, November 11: B-D – On this auspicious day of 11.11.11, we have secured special permission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities for an hour private mediatation inside the Great Pyramid in the Kings Chamber confirmed for 1:30 a.m. Then, we have been granted permission to meditate between the paws of The Sphinx and in the sacred space of The Sphinx enclosure for 2 hours. Finally, we'll watch the sunrise on the Giza Plateau alone with our group while the Giza Plateau is closed to the public. We'll have breakfast upon our return and then have the day to sleep and to quietly integrate the energy. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. Note: Be sure to pack warm clothing for our time outside.

Saturday, November 12: B-D – Brunch at the hotel. Transfer to the airport for our 1-hour flight to Luxor. When we arrive in Luxor, we will be met by hospitality personnel and transferred to the 5-star resort where we will spend 2 nights. The resort is on a private island on the Nile. The grounds are spectacular with delightful gardens and gorgeous swimming pools teaming with birds. After we are settled, we will board our air conditioned coach and take a 1-hour drive to the Esna Temple. The town of Esna was built over the buried temple. Once found, it took 50 years to dig out the temple. Because it covered in sand for millennia, it was preserved and still has wonderful original color. The Christian zealots did not damage the Esna Temple as they did most other temples in Egypt in the 2nd Century AD. Here we’ll see goddesses seated on thrones with beautiful scenes of the populace giving offerings. There is a rare statue of lion-headed goddess Sekhmet in situ where initiates communicate with her as an oracle. Early return to the resort to enjoy the rest of the afternoon and evening. You’ll have time for a swim or to treat yourself to a massage at the spa. Exotic buffet dinner by at the poolside at the outdoor dining room.

Sunday, November 13: B-L-D – Buffet breakfast at the resort watching traditional feluccas glide on the Nile. We’ll take a day trip in our air conditioned coach across the lush farm land to the fantastic Temple of Seti I at Abydos where the images of the curious flying objects are found. Here we'll see the infamous Kings List. As well, there are rooms of exquisite frescos with gorgeous original color telling a story of a revived spirituality. We’ll also visit the ancient and mysterious Osirion where the several Flowers of Life are located. Box lunch while in transit to the Temple of Hathor at Dendera where the First Hypostyle Hall has been recently restored revealing curious star maps and strange half-animal half-human beings. At Dendera, there is an even more ancient temple below the ground. In the crypts, we’ll see odd ancient devices resembling light bulbs. We’ll pass by the village where the Nag Hamadi ancient scrolls were found in 1945 written in the voice of the divine feminine. Dinner at the resort. Sweet dreams on the shores of the Nile.

Monday, November 14: B-L-D – Buffet breakfast. Check out of the resort. Morning tour to the West Bank visiting the Valley of the Queens, beautifully colored Temple of Medinet Habu, and Deir el Medina, the workmen’s village with gorgeous frescos of musicians and dancing maidens. Upon our return, we’ll embark upon our 5-star cruise ship. After lunch on board, we’ll visit temples in the heart of Luxor on the Nile. First, we’ll visit the enormous Karnak Temple with rich history from multiple dynasties. Late afternoon visit to the Luxor Temple which Schwaller de Lubiz called the Temple of Man. Dinner and overnight on board docked in Luxor.

Tuesday, November 15: B-L-D – Buffet breakfast on board. Morning excursion in our air conditioned coach to the infamous tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Our second stop is the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut where we’ll see the exquisite colors in the temple and the newly excavated areas at the site. On the way back, we’ll stop briefly at the Colossi of Memnon, huge statues where there is said to be a stargate. We’ll return to the cruise ship for a late lunch and enjoy a leisurely afternoon. Tea will be served each day on the upper deck at 4:00. Exotic evening on board on the Nile. Dress-up in Egyptian galabeyas for an elegant dinner and our 'Come as You Were' party.
Option 1: Early morning hot air balloon ride over Luxor with spectacular views of the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Temples on the West Bank, lush fertile far land, and sunrise on the Nile.

Wednesday, November 16: B-L-D – Buffet breakfast on board. Set sail to Edfu. We will dock at Edfu and ride in charming horse-drawn carriages to visit the Temple of Horus. Lunch on board. Clear the locks at Esna. Leisurely afternoon sailing down the Nile. As the sun sets, we’ll see the spectacular Kom Ombo Temple appear majestically on the shores of the Nile. Visit the temple where priests and priestesses in training did initiations to conquer their fears. Continue sailing to Aswan. Nubian Traditional Dance Show on board after dinner.

Thursday, November 17: B-L-D – Buffet breakfast on board. Morning visit to the Temple of Isis nestled in a garden on the Island of Philae surrounded by Nile waters. Here the goddesses Isis and Hathor have their own temples. Lunch on board. Afternoon visit to the Botanical Gardens by felucca or motorboat. Being directly on the Nile is enchanting. We’ll see exotic plants and animals strolling in the gardens. Tea on board docked in Aswan. Dinner and Belly Dancing Show on board.

Friday, November 18: B-D – Buffet breakfast on board. Visit to Kalabsha Temple, a temple that was recovered from the flood waters of the Nile after the Aswan Dam was built. Relaxing afternoon by the pool. Dinner and overnight on board.

Sunday, November 20: B-D – Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Check out and transfer to airport for 1.5 hour flight from Aswan to Cairo. Check-in back at our 5-star hotel across from the pyramids. Afternoon visit to the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid at the ancient site of Dashour. View the Black Pyramid in the distance across the riverbed of the ancient Nile. We will have the opportunity to go inside the Red Pyramid with its corbelled ceiling and astonishing acoustic chambers. Sunset ride out on the desert beyond the pyramids on a horse or camel. Traditional Egyptian Dancing Horse Party and evening Bar-B-Q at the Sultan’s Tent where we ride. Overnight at the hotel.

Monday, November 21: B – Buffet breakfast. Checkout of hotel by noon. Our hospitality personnel will assist with transfers to the airport to meet international flights. The journey ends, the integration continues…