Spiritual Journey to Egypt – Ancient Egyptian Wisdom Meets Contemporary Spiritual Philosophy

Are you ready to dive into the pool of wisdom and beauty that is revealed through the people and artifacts of the Egyptian culture? Come explore the sacred land of Egypt with Dr. Tracy Brown. Discover ways Egyptian Queens, Kings, and Gods influence our beliefs and practices today. And, learn about the transfer of knowledge and power that transformed ancient Kemet into the Egypt we know now. With this tour limited to 18 people, you are guaranteed to grow and expand.

Imagine having the priceless experience of soaking up some of the most sacred ancient places on the planet privately as a small group with no other tourists around! Visit the Giza Plateau and stand between the paws of the Great Sphinx. Experience a sunrise meditation at Philae / Isis Temple. And go to the Great Pyramid for a private meditation inside the King’s Chamber! Plus, most days, we will do spiritual practice together as a way to enhance our growth individually and collectively.

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DAILY ITINERARY SUMMARY

Day 1, Wed, Nov 26^th: Arrive in Cairo
Arrive to Cairo Airport where you will be met by Travel Manager who will assist you through customs before transferring you to your luxury, 5-star accommodations at the Mena House Hotel. Bask in the exquisite beauty of the Mena House grounds and the Great Pyramids in view!

Day 2, Thurs, Nov 27^th: Opening Circle / Grand Egyptian Museum / Khan El Khalili / El Moez Street / Welcome Dinner
Our first site visit is the new Grand Egyptian Museum. The Grand Egyptian Museum features 20,000+ relics that have never been on display before. Additionally, there are several items belonging to King Tutankhamen that hadn’t been released since their original discovery in 1922. In total, this museum holds and displays over 100,000 different artifacts dating to a variety of periods in Egypt’s history making it the largest archaeological museum in the world. “It will be an event you’ll never ever forget for the rest of your life,” promised Mostafa Waziry, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Followed by a visit to Al-Muizz li-Din Allah Street is an eloquent witness for historical Cairo with the various monuments spread along both sides of the street. You can walk along with history when you walk in Al-Muizz Street – the most beautiful Islamic street in Cairo, Islamic monuments & mosques are on each side of the Street, there you can view El Hakem Mosque 1000 years ago.

In this same area, we visit the Khan El-Khalili Bazaar, one of the oldest shopping districts in the world. You’re transported back in time to an old Arab souk – it’s like going back to the time of Ali Baba and Aladdin. Merchants have been trading on this site since at least the 14th century. In 1384, an emir named Al Khalili built a great Khan here. Buyers visited the khan for the goods brought in on the merchant caravans, and the selling and bartering spread to the streets around. You’ll get to experience shop owners calling you to their stalls, the scent of spices, the hustle and bustle of trade, and the many beautiful objects that can be purchased will have you lost among alleys for hours. Put your haggling skills to the test when buying statuettes, silk pashminas, spices, souvenirs, silver jewelry, t-shirts, gallabiyahs, belly dancing costumes, or almost anything for that matter.

In the evening we enjoy our Welcome Dinner at one of the famous Egyptian local restaurants.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 3, Fri, Nov 28^th: Giza Plateau / Sphinx / Sakkara
In the very early morning, we start our special day with a PRIVATE visit to the Giza Plateau, when nobody else is there except our group. Listen closely as you awaken and dress for Sunrise at the Valley Temple of Chephren on the Giza Plateau. As you wake up, you will hear the incredible sounds of the entire city being called to prayer. Open your door and listen – Feel the energy of the spirits. We will then be off to discover some of the most awesome Wonders of the World to touch them and to feel them – The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of the Giza Plateau. We will pay particular attention to the Sphinx. Our guide, who is an encyclopedia of Egyptology, will give us detailed examinations of various controversial theories surrounding these amazing structures. We shall have our spiritual practice at the Great Sphinx – a meditation at sunrise!

Back to the hotel for an incredible breakfast buffet while still seeing the Pyramids in our view.

In the afternoon, we drive by luxury bus to Sakkara, where we visit the oldest pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, and its temple of sound and healing. Sakkara was masterminded by Imhotep, the high priest, vizier and architect to King Djoser during Dynasty III. This magnificent site includes other Old Kingdom tombs, among them those that hold the earliest known hieroglyphs, the Pyramid Texts that were the model for the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 4, Sat, Nov 29^th: Cairo / Aswan
After breakfast, we take our short flight to Aswan, the pearl of the Nile, and check in the luxurious, 5-star Historical Hotel Old Cataract where Agatha Christie wrote Death on the Nile. Get ready to be treated like queens and kings in the lap of luxury! Enjoy the best rooms in all of Egypt, the exquisite views of the Nile River, the spa, and lounging by the pool. Relax and soak up this property that’s second to none.

Meal Included: Breakfast

Day 5, Sun, Nov 30^th: Philae temple / Felucca ride / Nubian Market
At sunrise, we have a PRIVATE visit with the Goddess of Isis, to receive the blessings of the Great Mother at her beautiful island Temple at Philae. This isle represents a fusion of three great civilizations – Egyptian, Greek, and Roman. The presence of Isis is palpable in the inner sanctum, the Holy of Holies of her temple.

Back to hotel for another delicious, all you can eat, breakfast.

In the afternoon, you can enjoy a felucca ride around Elephantine Island. In the evening, you’ll have time to enjoy shopping at the colorful Nubian Market in the streets of Aswan.

Meal Included: Breakfast

Day 6, Mon, Dec 1^st: Sail to Kom Ombo / Kom Ombo Temple

Following breakfast, we check into the Deluxe Private Dahabeya Afandina. This is when we begin a luxurious trip down the Nile River on our private, luxurious sailing yacht – only our group, the crew, and master chefs.

We sail to Kom Ombo to visit the only dual temple in Egypt. This dramatic temple poised between the edge of the river and the encroaching desert sand was dedicated to two gods – Sobek the crocodile god of strength, fortitude, fertility and rebirth, and Horus the hawk-headed son of Isis and Osiris. The duality of light/ dark, yin/yang, conscious/unconscious is apparent in this ancient site. One of the most powerful places in Kom Ombo is the Seat of Neutrality, which is placed on the exact centerline between the parts of the temple that are dedicated to Horus/Sobek and Light/Dark.

We then continue sailing and dock overnight on an island near Kom Ombo.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 7, Tues, Dec 2^nd: Relaxing Sailing Day
Spend the entire day relaxing and sailing on The Nile from Edfu to Esna passing by the villages of the farmers & Fishermen and learn as you walk through these Villages about their daily life activities.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 8, Wed, Dec 3^rd: Sailing to Edfu / Edfu Temple
We sail the Nile all day until we arrive to visit Edfu and the Temple of Horus, one of the most beautifully preserved in Egypt. When you approach the temple complex, you become aware of its enormous dimensions, with a vast courtyard, a forest of towering columns and high ceilings. The side chambers of the Temple of Horus show the complexity of ancient rites; they include a healing chamber, a perfumery, and singers’ rooms.

One chamber, called the House of Life, stored all the sacred texts used in seasonal and daily rituals. Horus is associated with higher vision and clarity. The eye of Horus greatly relates to his myth and power. The left eye represents the lunar, the moon, the intuitive, the feminine energy. The right eye is connected to the solar, the masculine, the action, and the yang energy. Both are necessary for true power to exist.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 9, Thurs, Dec 4^th: Esna Lock / Luxor Temples
Enjoy breakfast while leisurely sailing to Esna to experience the countryside of Egypt. Relax. Relax. Relax. Cross Esna lock. Sail North towards Luxor.

In the evening, we visit Luxor Temple as it began under the reign of Amenhotep III. It was then added too by Ramses II and Nectanebo I.  It has an intact avenue of sphinxes in front of the Ramses II pylon.  The Kadesh Battle of Ramses II, against the Hittites, is detailed on the pylon walls. This is the only religious monument in the world that includes Pharaonic, Macedonian, Ptolemaic, Roman, Christian, and Islamic constructions.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 10, Fri, Dec 5^th – Dendara:
This morning we head to Dendera to visit the exquisite temple dedicated to Hathor, the goddess of abundance, love, and joy. The temple is built with a zodiacal ceiling that recalls the origins of Egypt. On the rooftop where Hathor priests and priestesses gathered for their celebrations thousands of years ago, we reconnect to our destinies.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner 

Day 11, Sat, Dec 6^th: West Bank
Early morning, we visit Deir el Bahari, the funerary temple of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut. We also visit the Necropolis of Thebes on the West Bank of the Nile. The West Bank where the Valley of Kings holds the tombs of the pharaohs that are inscribed with sacred transformative texts, including the books of knowing light and dark, the book of what is in the underworld, the book of caverns, and naming and taming the hours of the night. Here are the tombs of Tutankhamun, Ramses III and VII, Seti I, Thutmosis III, and then we visit the Valley of Queens and many others. We will also visit the Colossi of Memnon before returning for lunch.

Then in the evening we have time to explore Luxor’s market.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 12, Sun, Dec 7^th: Karnak temple / Luxor / Cairo
In the morning we visit the magnificent Karnak Temple. Karnak is the biggest temple complex in Egypt – and a very special place. It is dedicated to the Gods Amun and Mut. As you enter, you walk between a row of rams-headed sphinxes, which  originally connected Karnak with Luxor Temple two miles away. Take some time to visit the sacred lake of Karnak, ask for purification and place your intention in your mind’s eye into the lake.

Outside the main halls is a small chapel dedicated to Sekhmet where we have a private time with her, her consort Ptah and their son Nefertum. Sekhmet is the lioness Goddess of compassion and courage. She is associated with feminine fire and healing through destruction. She is a renowned healer and known for her magic and ability to hunt down an imbalance at its origin. In a potent private initiation, we will honor the Goddess and receive the gifts that she has to give each of us.

After breakfast, we take our short flight back to Cairo in the afternoon.

Upon arrival we check back into to the luxurious, 5-star Mena House Hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 13, Mon, Dec 8^th: Great Pyramid / King’s Chamber
In the morning, we will have a special private visit inside the Great Pyramid with a culminating initiation in the King’s chamber. Here, we unite our life story with the story of those who have come before us and those who will come after as we embrace the transformation that we have experienced.

Enjoy a Farwell Dinner and share your priceless Egyptian experience.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 14, Tues, Dec 9^th: Final Departure
We transfer to Cairo airport for final departure – taking all of our priceless experiences, connection, and transformation with us.

Meal Included: Breakfast

PRICING FOR 14-DAYS and 13-NIGHTS LAND PACKAGE:
Per person Double Occupancy: $7,489
No Single Supplement available for this tour due to limited number of cabins on private yacht.

There is a $889 nonrefundable deposit required to reserve your spot as tours are limited to small groups.

PAYMENT SCHEDULE AND CANCELLATION POLICY:
There is a $889 nonrefundable deposit required to reserve your spot as tours are limited to small groups.
Second installment of $1,100 due by October 1, 2024
Third installment of $1,200 due by January 1, 2024
Fourth installment of $1,200 due by March 1, 2025
Fifth installment of $1,200 due by May 1, 2025
Remaining balance of total tour costs due by July 1, 2025
NOTE: For those people signing up after September 1, 2024 a revised payment schedule will be worked out for you.

If cancelled outside of 120 days of tour date – full refund of total tour cost minus $889 nonrefundable deposit
If cancelled between 119 and 91 days – 50% of total tour cost is refundable minus $889 nonrefundable deposit
If cancelled within 90 days – No Refund

Trip Insurance (Cancellation/Interruption/Medical) highly recommended and medical insurance required for all international tours. Assistance with insurance and airfare are available through Spirit Tours.

NOTE: Your passport must be valid for 6 months from the date you arrive.

Note: Each traveler is responsible to adhere to local Pandemic Protocols, ie: wearing masks and social distancing where advised. It is the Traveler’s responsibility to have all the necessary documents, tests, and vaccinations completed prior to departure. Improper required travel documentation is typically not covered by travel insurance. Spirit Tours/Agency/Agent not liable for errors and omissions of approved/paid itinerary and held harmless for unforeseen travel complications as of result of Pandemics and Quarantines. Tour details are subject to change.