EGYPT RETREAT · MARCH 2027

Where You'll Be Staying

We have chosen each of our stays with care — characterful, locally run places that keep us close to the land and its people. Every stay includes breakfast. Here is where the journey will hold you each night.

Cairo & Giza

5 – 7 MARCH · 2 NIGHTS

Blue Scarab Pyramids Hotel

The pyramids of Giza rising beyond the rooftops of the town — Photo: Caoimheen3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Our journey begins at the foot of the Sphinx — literally. Our guesthouse sits one minute's walk from the entrance to the Giza Plateau, with pyramid views from the rooftop. Wake on Day 1 with the pyramids outside your window.

YOUR ROOMCosy triple rooms, single or shared occupancy, breakfast included.

Guest room with a freestanding bath and window looking out to the pyramids at sunset — ROOM WITH PYRAMID VIEW

Spacious room with two beds and a view of the pyramids — SHARED ROOM

Rooftop terrace with tables facing the pyramids at sunset — ROOFTOP TERRACE

Hotel photos courtesy of Blue Scarab Pyramids Hotel.

Luxor (West Bank)

7 – 10 MARCH · 3 NIGHTS

Embrace Hotel

The sun setting over palms and fields on the West Bank of the Nile at Luxor — Photo: ianpudsey · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Our home on Luxor's quieter West Bank, among the villages and sugarcane fields near the Valley of the Kings. A garden, a pool for the warm afternoons, and famously warm-hearted staff. We cross the Nile each day to the temples — part of the rhythm of Luxor life.

YOUR ROOMTwin and double rooms with private bathrooms, breakfast included.

Please note: wifi is limited here — we treat this as part of the retreat's gentle unplugging.

Mud-brick guest room with an arched alcove and three single beds with woven throws — ROOM

Domed mud-brick buildings and a garden with outdoor seating beside green fields — GARDEN

Pool with sun loungers beneath palms and a domed building — POOL

Arched galleries rising around the central courtyard — COURTYARD

Hotel photos courtesy of Embrace Hotel.

Aswan

10 – 13 MARCH · 3 NIGHTS

Blue Lotus Nile Suites

Feluccas moored below a mosque on the Nile at Aswan in evening light — Photo: Güldem Üstün · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Nile views and a rooftop restaurant in the gentle south. Spacious, airy twin rooms, sunrise over the river, and a slower rhythm as we move into the Nubian chapter of our journey.

YOUR ROOMSpacious rooms, each with two beds and private bathroom, breakfast included.

Bright guest room with a balcony overlooking the Nile — ROOM

Rooftop restaurant tables overlooking the Nile and desert hills at sunset — ROOFTOP RESTAURANT

Fruit platter on a table with the Nile in the background — BREAKFAST

View over the Nile, its islands and an old mud-brick tower — THE VIEW

Hotel photos courtesy of Blue Lotus Nile Suites.

The Black & White Deserts

13 – 15 MARCH · 2 NIGHTS UNDER THE STARS

Private Desert Camp

White Desert chalk formations under a starry night sky — Photo: Ahmed Yousry Mahfouz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Two of the most magical nights of the journey: comfortable supported camping in the open desert — tents, mattresses, warm bedding and hot meals all provided by our desert crew, beneath a sky of ten thousand stars.

Bahariya Oasis

15 – 16 MARCH · 1 NIGHT

Oasis Lodge

Property being finalised

A village glimpsed through the dense palm groves of Bahariya Oasis — Photo: Neil Carey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A warm bed, a hot shower and a palm-garden evening between our desert nights and the road to Siwa.

Siwa Oasis

16 – 19 MARCH · 3 NIGHTS

Asfay Lodge

The mud-brick fortress town of Shali rising above Siwa Oasis — Photo: Michael Hermann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Our sanctuary in the far western desert: garden rooms with patios, sofas and space to breathe — and the lodge's own pool suite at the heart of our stay. Siwa is the deepest stillness of the journey, and our home here matches it.

YOUR ROOMGarden-view rooms with seating areas and private bathrooms; twin-share and single options; breakfast included.

Twin room beneath a domed brick ceiling with woven wall hangings — ROOM

Round pool beside mud-brick buildings with a desert mountain behind — GARDEN & POOL

Arched lounge lit at dusk behind a curving blue pool — LOUNGE

Private pool and lantern-lit courtyard of the pool suite at night — POOL SUITE

Hotel photos courtesy of Asfay Lodge.

Cairo Farewell

19 – 20 MARCH · FINAL NIGHT

Solis Pyramids View Hotel

The sun setting over the Nile and the Cairo skyline — Photo: Slyronit · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

One last night together for our farewell dinner and closing ceremony — with an on-site spa and traditional Turkish bath for anyone wanting a final unwind before flying home.

YOUR ROOMA mix of singles, twins and doubles, breakfast included.

Twin room with warm timber panelling — TWIN ROOM

Large shared room with hieroglyph-carved timber walls — SHARED ROOM

The pyramids of Giza rising above palm trees and greenery — THE VIEW

Hotel photos courtesy of Solis Pyramids View Hotel.

Final room allocations are shared before departure. Questions about rooms or twin-share pairing? Just ask — we'll make it easy.

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