26 Days from Cairo to Khartoum: Day 23- 26: Karima, Meroë & Khartoum

Full Moon at Musawwarat es Sufra, November 14, 2017

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26-Day Cairo to Khartoum: Day 19-22: Wadi Halfa, Kerma & Karima

After having spent 18 days in Egypt, we crossed the border into Sudan (also known as North Sudan). Labelled as a state sponsor of terrorism and being subject to sanction by the US, Sudan is not a destination for the faint-hearted tourists. But the country, home to many ancient civilisations and land of contrast, is amazing. I have seen more pyramids in Sudan than in Egypt. Read more »

26 Days from Cairo to Khartoum: Day 14 – 19: Edfu, Aswan & Abu Simbel

Temple of Edfu

Abu Simbel

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26 Days from Cairo to Khartoum: Day 7 – 13 – Red Sea, Qena & Luxor

Temple of Hathor at sunset, Qena

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26 Days from Cairo to Khartoum: Day 1 – 6- Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said & Monastery of Saint Anthony

Monastery of Saint Anthony

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Egypt: Cairo October 19 – 21, 2016

Five young students showing me Islamic Cairo, October 21, 2017

Giza Pyramid, October 22, 2017

I visited Cairo and Luxor on my first visit to Egypt in 1979. On my second visit, I spent a couple of days in a resort in Hurguada, Red Sea and a day in Cairo after an organised tour to Morocco in the late 1990s. My two fleeting visits have only given me a taste of this ancient civilisation and I always want to return. I love travelling overland: a 26-day journey from Cairo to Khartoum with Dragoman is an ideal way to travel without hassles along the Nile River, the Red Sea and across the deserts. Read more »