• These tour are fully escorted by American Tour Leader/Guide, Ruth Shilling. You will be in expert hands! Ruth has led 70+ tours of Egypt since 1999. See her book about The Tomb of Queen Nefertari, as well as her many other books. More about Ruth at ruthshilling.com

• SMALL GROUPS: Limited to 10, 12 or 16 Travelers (however, Private Tailor-made Tours can be 4-50 persons)

• a FULL DAY on the Giza Plateau – all 3 Giza Pyramids, mortuary temples, Valley Temple, Sphinx, and other special places

• Private 2-hour visit with just our group inside the Great Pyramid of Giza (most tours)

• New sites at Saqqara – go underneath the Step Pyramid, visit the newly opened Southern Tomb, the Serapeum, the Pyramid of Unas (earliest Pyramid Texts), lots of tombs, and other pyramids, too!

• Karnak Open Air Museum with the Red Chapel and White Chapel during our FULL DAY at Karnak. See the newly restored Hypostyle Hall, visit the powerful goddess Sekhmet, see the Hatshepsut suite, and so much more others never get to see

• Tomb of Ramesses V&VI in the Valley of the Kings

• Amarna, Beni Hasan Tombs, Pyramid of Meidum (12-day and 18-day Nov 2025 tours)

• Abydos Temples, Dendera Hathor Temple (12, 16, and 18-day tours)

• Silsila, Esna Temple, Abu Simbel, Medinet Habu Temple, Luxor Museum (16 and 18-day tours)

• Our own private dahabiya Nile cruise boat enables us to visit sites that are not accessible to the large cruise boats. We move at our own pace and truly relish the peacefulness and beauty of this renowned river. A dahabiya (also spelled “dahabeya”) is a large sailboat with 5-12 guest cabins, a full crew, specially prepared meals, and all the amenities, including wifi. Our tours usually include 4 nights on the dahabiya.