Current Tours
Unique Travel Adventures that Immerse, Enrich & Inspire
Browse some of our current tours & travel experiences. For all inquiries & to begin booking your travel experience, please use the form below.
Pyramids & Temples Alive with Abu Simbel
$4595 USD per person
Nov 22 – Dec 5, 2021, Feb 14 – 27, 2022 – SOLD OUT!
2023 Tour – COMING SOON
Our two-week grand tour of all the best sites — and best kept secrets — including a Nile cruise. Includes a fascinating overland trip to the great Temples of Abu Simbel – and an exquisite Nile cruise.
Ancient Greece Alive: 13 – Day Guided Tour of Athens, Crete and Santorini
$6,595 USD per person
SEP 9 – SEP 21, 2022
Embark on a Minoan odyssey with us… An enchanting, culture, cuisine and history-focused 13-day journey through Greece’s most dreamy destinations: Magnificent Athens, Magical Crete and Spectacular Santorini.
Treasures of Tutankhamun: 100th Anniversary Tour with Amarna
$5995 USD per person
Oct 29 – Nov 10, 2022
A once-in-a-lifetime trip that includes all the great pyramids and temples plus unique and special experiences: Amarna, Meidum, Kent Weeks, Barry Kemp, Old Winter Palace, Tut’s Tomb, special entrances and more.
Far From Ordinary – Not Your Average Egypt Tour
We welcome discerning travellers who LOVE History – and seek a more meaningful, enriched & well-organized tour experience.
At Ancient Egypt Alive, our expert-led tours are very special experiences for those who prefer enriched journeys alongside a small and cultured group of convivial travelers. We try to balance the right amount of learning, lectures and historical site guiding, with superb local dining, lovely hotels, spectacular experiences – and fastidious care each step of the journey.
Our Egypt Tour Partner, Your Journey Travel
Our partner in Egypt for the last decade has been Your Journey Travel, an award-winning Toronto-based agency run by veteran travel expert and Egyptophile Anna MacKay.
Known for her vast knowledge of adventure destinations, superb operations, and unmatched levels of traveller care, Anna MacKay ensures every exhilarating Egypt tour unfolds without a hitch – with lots of wonderful surprises along the way. Anna runs each tour with an eye for detail – and a huge heart for each and every traveller.
With more than three decades of top experience and an incredible track record, we are always in amazing hands with Anna.
Way back in 2010, Laura and Anna came together to develop a new concept for expert-led Egypt tours that focus more in-depth on history, learning and archaeology. The rest is history! It has been a tremendous ten-year adventure so far.
What Makes Our Tours Unique?
- Small Groups: no more than 20 people per trip
- Special Site Experiences: Get rare access to seldom seen tombs, temples, museums—and travel experiences
- Egypt Experts: Your tour will be guided by at least one, and often two or three experts to bring the history alive
- Lectures and Learning: For those with a thirst for learning, we generally include lectures along the way, to make the touring experience more vivid
- Special Guests: Many of our tours include special experiences with world authorities; You might be getting a first-hand look at an archaeology dig, or a special collections tour
- Solo-Traveler Friendly: On average 20-40% of our intrepid travelers are solo journeyers—and we do our best to assist with room match for those wishing to save the supplement.
- As a smaller, Canadian company, we are adored abroad—and often get preferred treatment abroad…You won’t be yet another booking in a great huge travel company. You will become our friend!
Ready to Book? Have Questions?
To book your reservation, use the form below to submit your questions or contact Anna MacKay at Your Journey Travel 1-800-978-0544. ([email protected])