Last day and we are all in the hotel reception. Everyone’s luggage is packed. I have paid the bill. We are waiting on our guide and the minibus. We are starting the day at Egypt’s most iconic structures, the Giza Plateau. But before we get there we are stopping for an Egyptian breakfast at a […]

Our flight out of Luxor was delayed so we only landed in Cairo around 12:45 in the morning. Our booked driver was waiting enthusiastically, and I must say here that all the drivers/pickups I booked for this tour were fantastic, keeping in touch via WhatsApp and asking for pics for easy identification. Very good service. […]

Our last day in Luxor, and nowhere better to finish than Karnak, the massive temple complex to Amun Ra, his consort Mut and their son Khonsu. Built over a period of close to 2000 years, Karnak is the largest temple complex in the world. Our day’s adventure began with a boat ride from our hotel […]

Up at 4:30. Why? You may well ask. One of our party – the oldest member – had decided another bucket-list item was the hot-air balloon ride. This meant I was up at 4:30 to make sure he was collected for the dawn trip. Once he was safely collected by the balloon team, I must […]

The wind was blowing in the wrong direction this morning. Why was that a problem? Well, it meant the hot-air balloons all landed on the wrong side of the river and all the minibuses in Luxor were busy rescuing the various passengers. This meant by the time we got to the Valley of the Kings, […]

Breakfast done, it was into the minibus once more. Today we were going to have a look at a handful of the so-called Tombs of the Nobles. Although there are over 400 tombs across this ancient hillside, we would only visit about half a dozen of them. We arrived at the parking area and were […]

An early breakfast and then all in the minibus as we start our first day of West Bank exploration, begining in the south of the necropolis with the Valley of the Queens. Although there are over a hundred tombs in the Valley of the Queens and its side wadis, there are only three that are […]

Nothing better than waking up in Luxor. I had an early breakfast and then went in search of one of our old friends, our regular river taxi captain. One to say Hello! and two, to organise a taxi for me. Allowing everyone else to sleep in and recover from the previous day’s exertions, I was […]

October 2025, a new tour and a new group of people; three from South Africa, two from the UK and one from Australia, and me, of course. Our decision to meet up the day before the tour started proved to be a wise one as international arrivals happen throughout the day and it would have […]