• 8 Dinner (D)
• 16 Breakfast (B)
• 9 Lunch (L)

• Cairo: Visit Egypt’s most iconic ancient sites in one stop: the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, and the Valley Temple. Your Trip Manager will guide you around the plateau, sharing the stories behind how these monuments were built and what they meant to the people who created them. Think: pharaoh power to afterlife beliefs and the engineering that still impresses today. 
• Cairo: The world’s largest archaeological museum complex is no joke. You’ll find 100,000 artifacts here (including King Tut’s ENTIRE treasure collection). You don’t wanna miss this one…
• Aswan: Spend a few nights aboard a river cruise – with views out over the Nile and a sun deck on board. 
• Aswan: Sit back and chill as you drift down the famous river on a traditional felucca sailing boat   
• Kom Ombo: Explore this seriously cool double temple with a perfectly symmetrical layout. One side is dedicated to Sobek (the crocodile god), the other to Horus (the falcon god) — two temples in one, and twice the ancient intrigue.
• Luxor: Grab your camera and explore one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites. See the tomb of Tutankhamun from the outside (with the option to add on exploring it from the inside!) and many other Egyptian pharaohs. 
• Hurghada: Check out these towering Pharaoh statues. They’ve stood guard since 1350 BC, even surviving natural disasters. And apparently one even ‘sings’ in the wind. 
• Luxor: Get ready to see Luxor on two wheels. We’ll cruise past epic monuments and historic spots with stories that bring the place to life. The best bit? You’ll meet local youth communities along the way, so you can swap hellos, hear real stories, and ride away with more than just photos
• Hurghada: Buckle up for a 4×4 ride across open desert terrain, chasing big views and off-road thrills. You’ll visit a Bedouin settlement to learn about local life, then refuel with a barbecue lunch served up the traditional way. Sand, stories, and seriously good feeds.
• Cairo: Step into history with a visit to the 4th-century Monastery of St Anthony, set in a desert oasis that feels worlds away from everything. Ancient walls, quiet courtyards, and wide-open desert all around — peaceful, powerful, and seriously atmospheric.
• Amman: Explore Amman with a Local Guide, taking in the Citadel and Archaeological Museum before stepping inside the city’s ancient Amphitheatre and Folklore Museum. A solid intro to the layers, stories, and everyday rhythm of Jordan’s capital.
• Amman: Visit the TreadRight-supported Iraq Al-Amir Women’s Co-operative Society to see the work they are doing to make local women financially independent. Plus, you’ll enjoy a delicious lunch of local specialties. 
• Jerash: Get your Indiana Jones hat on and tour this ancient city. See the 2nd Century Hadrian’s Arch, Corinthian Columns at Temple of Artemis and the Oval Forum Colonnade.  
• Jerash: Sit down to a home-style Jordanian meal featuring dishes like maglouba, mansaf, kabsah, and imsakhan made with locally grown sumac, all served family-style. The restored stone house dates back to 1881 and once brought the local community together. Today, it’s a women-led social enterprise supporting local women and young people through food and community collaboration. Expect generous flavours, shared stories, and a setting rooted in heritage, empowerment, and connection.
• Dana Nature Reserve: Head out on an easy hike through the Dana Nature Reserve, following the Shaq Al-Reesh Trail for a few relaxed hours. Expect winding paths through rocky canyons, wide valley views, and plenty of chances to slow down and take it all in. Easygoing, scenic, and well worth the steps.
• Petra: Hike from Little Petra into Petra via the quieter backdoor route, following desert paths framed by sandstone cliffs and wide-open views. A slower, more scenic approach that builds the anticipation before stepping into the main site.
• Petra: It’s an archaeology treasure trove! Grab your camera and get to know the ‘rose city’: one of the seven Wonders of the World. 
• Wadi Rum: Settle in for a desert stay with proper comfort at Amber Camp. Think: spacious rooms with aircon, private bathrooms and your very own balcony for those mountain-and-sand views. Plus, there’s a sun terrace and garden space.
• Wadi Rum: Explore Wadi Rum by 4×4 on a two-hour Bedouin-led jeep ride, weaving through desert landscapes and stopping at places like Siq Um Tawaqi, ancient rock inscriptions, and iconic viewpoints along the way. Big spaces, deep history, and desert scenes that don’t need a filter.
• Dead Sea: We’ll stop at the Holiday Inn Dead Sea for lunch and time to float in the salty water. No swimming skills required — just lean back, relax, and enjoy one of the strangest, most relaxing dips out there.

Contiki

Meet your travel group over a welcome dinner at a local restaurant in Cairo. Share a meal and get to know the people you’ll be exploring Egypt and Jordan with.

Dining together offers a welcoming introduction to Cairo’s social atmosphere, where conversation often stretches long beyond the meal. It is a chance to settle in and make connections before the sightseeing begins.

Explore the Giza Plateau with your Trip Manager, taking in the Pyramids of Giza, Great Sphinx and Valley Temple. Hear how these monuments expressed royal power and beliefs about the afterlife.

Built more than four millennia ago, the pyramids remain extraordinary feats of engineering. The limestone Sphinx and nearby temple bring the ceremonial landscape into focus, making this more than a distant view of Egypt’s best-known silhouettes.

Visit the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Plateau for a close look at artefacts spanning ancient Egypt’s long history. Explore monumental displays and objects associated with pharaohs, craftspeople and daily life, including treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb.

The museum places familiar royal names alongside the artistry and beliefs of the civilisation they ruled. Seeing objects at this scale adds detail and human perspective to Egypt’s temples and pyramids.

Sail the Nile aboard a traditional wooden felucca in Aswan, watching the riverbanks and boats pass at an unhurried pace. This simple sailing craft offers an open-air view of the waterway that has shaped Egyptian life for millennia.

Feel the breeze off the river and look out towards Aswan’s islands and palm-lined shores. The experience reveals a quieter side of the Nile, distinct from the larger cruise vessel.

Cruise the Nile for three nights aboard a river vessel travelling from Aswan towards Luxor, with views of the water from its sun deck. Watch cultivated riverbanks give way to desert as towns and boats appear along the shore.

The Nile has connected settlements in Upper Egypt since antiquity. Travelling by water brings that geography into view, while time aboard offers space to take in the changing landscape between temple visits.

Explore the Temple of Kom Ombo beside the Nile, where a distinctive double layout honours two deities: crocodile-headed Sobek and falcon-headed Horus the Elder. Look closely at the mirrored courts and carved reliefs that give each side its own purpose.

Its riverside setting was closely tied to ancient life on the Nile. The temple’s unusual symmetry makes Egyptian religious traditions easier to picture in the spaces where worshippers once gathered.

Explore Luxor’s West Bank, visiting the Valley of the Kings and the terraced mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Stop at the Colossi of Memnon, two towering statues that once stood before the temple of Amenhotep III.

Across this ancient funerary landscape, tombs and monuments reveal how New Kingdom rulers prepared for the afterlife. Tutankhamun’s tomb can be seen from outside; entry to its interior is an optional add-on.

Cycle Luxor’s West Bank with local guides, passing historic sites and neighbourhoods at a pace that lets you take in the surroundings. Hear stories connected to the places along the route and meet members of local youth communities.

Beyond its celebrated monuments, the West Bank is a lived-in landscape of streets and everyday routines. Travelling by bike offers a more personal view of Luxor and opportunities for conversation that a vehicle journey might miss.

Ride by 4×4 across Egypt’s desert terrain on a jeep safari that includes a visit to a Bedouin settlement. Take in the open landscape, learn about local life and share a traditional barbecue lunch.

The experience brings together the desert’s scale and the hospitality of its communities. It is a chance to hear local perspectives while enjoying a meal in a setting far removed from the Nile Valley and Red Sea coast.

Visit the Monastery of St Anthony, a historic Christian complex set against the desert mountains near the Red Sea. Walk through its quiet surroundings and see a place associated with the beginnings of Christian monastic life.

Founded in the fourth century, the monastery reflects centuries of religious practice in an isolated landscape. If the church is closed for a religious holiday, the planned stop is replaced with a walk around town.

Get to know your Jordan travel group over dinner at a local restaurant in Amman. Share a table and conversation in the country’s busy capital, with time to exchange introductions.

A meal together offers a relaxed entry into Jordanian hospitality before exploring the country’s archaeological sites and desert landscapes. The focus is on the people around the table as much as the food: an easy way to make connections in a new city.

Explore Amman with a Local Guide, visiting the hilltop Citadel and Archaeological Museum and stepping inside the Roman Theatre and Folklore Museum. Hear how the capital’s ancient sites fit into the city around them.

Amman’s hills hold traces of successive civilisations, while the theatre remains a striking landmark in the lower city. Guided interpretation connects those visible layers with Jordanian traditions and the rhythm of the modern capital.

Visit the Iraq Al-Amir Women’s Co-operative Society near Amman for a hands-on local activity and lunch featuring Jordanian specialties. Meet the women behind the initiative and learn about work designed to support their financial independence.

This TreadRight-supported visit centres on skills, enterprise and community connection. Taking part offers an opportunity to engage with contemporary Jordanian life through the people who are shaping it, rather than viewing it only through historic landmarks.

Tour the ancient city of Jerash, walking among colonnaded streets and monuments including Hadrian’s Arch, the Oval Plaza and the Temple of Artemis. Look for the details that reveal the scale and civic ambition of this Roman-era city.

Jerash is one of Jordan’s most impressive archaeological sites. Its surviving columns, plazas and ceremonial spaces make it possible to picture public life here nearly two thousand years ago.

Share a home-style Jordanian lunch at Bait Al-Khairat in Jerash, with dishes that may include mansaf, maqluba and recipes seasoned with locally grown sumac. The meal is served family-style in a restored stone house dating from 1881.

Today, the house is home to a women-led social enterprise supporting local women and young people. Food, setting and shared stories make this a cultural encounter as well as a meal.

Walk the Shaq Al-Reesh Trail through Dana Nature Reserve, following winding paths between rocky canyon walls and open valley views. This easygoing hike gives you time to notice the changing shapes and colours of southern Jordan’s landscape.

Dana protects a varied natural area where highlands descend towards lower desert terrain. On foot, its rugged scenery feels immediate: a contrast to the country’s cities and archaeological sites, with plenty of room to pause and look around.

Share a Bedouin-style dinner at a camp near Little Petra, gathering around the table for local flavours in a desert setting. The meal is an opportunity to experience the communal side of Jordanian hospitality.

Little Petra lies within a landscape of sandstone cliffs and quiet desert paths. As daylight fades, the camp setting brings the surrounding terrain into focus, offering an evening shaped by conversation, food and the open sky.

Hike from Little Petra towards Petra by the quieter backdoor route, following desert paths framed by sandstone cliffs. Watch the rock colours shift and the landscape open into broad views as you approach the ancient city on foot.

This scenic route highlights the terrain surrounding Petra as well as the destination itself. Walking provides a sense of the site’s scale and setting that is easy to miss when arriving only through its main entrance.

Explore Petra’s archaeological site and get to know the sandstone city created by the Nabataeans. Take in its rock-cut facades and monumental spaces while appreciating the desert landscape that surrounds them.

Known for the warm hues that earned it the name “Rose City,” Petra was an important crossroads for ancient trade. Its surviving architecture shows how the Nabataeans worked with the cliffs, leaving a city that remains closely tied to its natural setting.

Explore Wadi Rum on a two-hour Bedouin-led jeep ride, crossing open desert and stopping at places such as Siq Um Tawaqi and ancient rock inscriptions. Viewpoints reveal the scale of the sandstone mountains and wide valleys.

Local hosts bring their knowledge of the landscape to a journey that combines scenery with traces of human history. Travelling by 4×4 allows you to reach several sites across this expansive desert in one guided experience.

Dine at a desert camp in Wadi Rum and spend the evening amid the stillness of Jordan’s sandstone wilderness. With camp facilities close at hand, there is time to take in the mountain-and-sand views beyond the tents.

As darkness settles, look out towards the desert night sky and listen to the quiet beyond the camp. The shared meal and distinctive setting make this more than an overnight stay.

Float in the Dead Sea during a resort stop that includes lunch and time in the water. Lean back and feel the unusual buoyancy created by its high salt concentration; swimming skills are not needed to enjoy the sensation.

Set in a deep valley, this shoreline offers a striking contrast to Jordan’s deserts and highlands. The experience is simple but distinctive: a chance to feel the water’s remarkable properties for yourself.

Choose an excursion to Abu Simbel to see the monumental rock-cut temples of Ramesses II and Queen Nefertari near Egypt’s southern border. Stand before the colossal seated figures guarding the larger temple and examine the carved interiors.

The temples were relocated in the twentieth century to protect them from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, adding a modern preservation story to their ancient one. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Step inside Tutankhamun’s tomb in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings, adding interior access to the included West Bank visit. See the burial space associated with the young pharaoh whose tomb was discovered in 1922.

The tomb’s discovery became one of archaeology’s best-known stories. Entering the chamber offers a more intimate view of that history than seeing its exterior alone. This optional entry is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Join a guided tour of Karnak and Luxor Temples on the Nile’s east bank. Walk among Karnak’s immense columns and explore Luxor Temple’s courtyards and monumental entrance while learning about their roles in ancient Thebes.

These temple complexes were centres of worship and royal ceremony, connected historically by a processional avenue. A guide helps bring their carved scenes and vast scale into focus. This optional tour is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Take an optional cruise on the Red Sea from Hurghada and see Egypt’s eastern coastline from the water. Enjoy open views of the sea and shore while spending time aboard rather than on the beach.

The Red Sea’s clear water and Hurghada’s coastal setting create a change of pace from the desert and archaeological sites elsewhere on the journey. This cruise is at additional cost and bookable on tour; specific stops or water activities are not specified.