The tour starts in Cairo where we tour the majestic Pyramids and Sphinx, and learn more about Egyptian history and ancient culture in the Egyptian Museum, home to a huge array of artefacts, statues, mummies, and of course, the famous Tutankhamum exhibit.

 

From Cairo, we enter the desert of the Sinai Peninsular and spend a night at a more basic hotel right at the foot of Mt. Sinai, next to the Greek orthodox St. Catherine's monastery which has a charming small chapel and a world-renowned collection of religious icons. You have the chance to climb Mt. Sinai and visit the monastery, before we head for the Red Sea to relax, swim and try some snorkelling at the Blue Hole, with its myriad coral, fish and sea-life.

 

The fast ferry from Taba to Aqaba brings us to Jordan, where we start our tour amid the stunning desert scenery of Wadi Rum with a jeep safari and comfortable overnight Bedouin camp.

 

Next we head to Petra, rightly one of the world's most famous ancient sites, where the Nabataean people carved their ancestral tombs into the beautifully coloured sandstone cliffs surrounding this inaccessible hidden city. In the evening, there is the chance to experience the Petra by Candlelight tour, when thousands of candles light up the Siq and Treasury.

 

From Petra, the scenic King's Highway takes us through small rural villages, across deep Wadis to Amman, with stops en-route to visit the crusader castle at Kerak, the Roman mosaics at Madaba, and to admire the views of the Jordan Valley and into Israel from Mt. Nebo.

 

Our last day's tour is spent swimming in the Dead Sea, and exploring the well preserved Roman ruins at Jerash. The tour finishes in Amman.

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We also have a range of diving holidays that take place in Dahab, Egypt.