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Egypt by fire, stone, water and sand

Go down inside a pyramid, dive to a wartime wreck and walk a Bedouin trail. Blow glass, carve stone and sit at a loom. Choose an element, then how much nerve you bring. Every experience is arranged around your route, and nothing is promised until it is confirmed.

1 Choose an element

2 How much nerve do you bring?

Physically demanding or unnerving: steep, tight, deep, hot or remote.

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Sand and thread

Dunes and mountain trails, and the looms and needles of the people who live there.

  • A sand dune near 'Areg in the Siwa depression, on the edge of the Great Sand Sea.
    Thrill · Siwa Oasis

    The edge of the Great Sand Sea

    From Siwa into the dunes by four-wheel drive, a board down a slope, and dusk at a spring.

    72,000 km² of dunes between Egypt and Libya

    Nerve: BoldHalf day to sunset

    Open the layerswhat happens · what it asks · what we confirm

    What happens

    1. Leave Siwa with a local driver who reads the dunes.
    2. Crest the first ridges and see the sand sea open to the horizon.
    3. Try sandboarding down a slope you choose.
    4. End at a spring or a high dune as the light goes.

    What it asks of you

    A strong stomach on the dunes and tolerance of heat. The ride is rough; tell us of back or neck trouble.

    Before you go, we confirm

    • A licensed local driver and a vehicle in sound condition
    • That the route lies within the areas the UK government's travel advice excepts: Siwa and the Marsa Matruh–Siwa road are named; the open desert beyond is not
    • Any desert permit needed for the route
    • Water, shade and a safe return time
    The story and its sources
  • Granite cliffs beside a trail on Mount Catherine in South Sinai, with two walkers at their foot.
    Thrill · St Catherine, South Sinai

    A Sinai Trail day

    A day's walk in the high mountains with a Bedouin guide whose tribe knows the route.

    About 550 km of trail, run by Bedouin tribes (340 miles in the source)

    Nerve: BoldFull day

    Open the layerswhat happens · what it asks · what we confirm

    What happens

    1. Set out early from St Catherine with a guide from the tribe whose land you cross.
    2. Walk wadis and passes, with stops at gardens and springs your guide knows.
    3. Eat as the guide's family eats on the trail.
    4. Return before dark, or arrange a night out.

    What it asks of you

    A full day on rough ground, climbs at altitude, and heat or cold depending on the season.

    Before you go, we confirm

    • A registered guide from the tribe whose section you walk
    • That the section lies outside the area north of the St Catherine–Nuweiba road, where the UK government advises against all but essential travel
    • The section, its length and height gain
    • Season, water and a way down if the weather turns
    The story and its sources

How an experience earns a place here

  • A story, a skill or accessIf a marketplace already sells it as a ticket and there is nothing more to it, it is not here.
  • Licensed people, checked before you goDivers, drivers and guides are confirmed for your date. Every page lists what we confirm first.
  • Makers named when they agreeNo host appears here until they have agreed to be named. Every experience is a concept until then, and the page says so.

Handmade in Egypt

Take the craft home

A store for the glass, stone, lanterns and textiles made in these workshops is being prepared. Nothing is for sale yet.

Under constructionSee what it will carry

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Tell us which ones and where you will be. Concept · on request means we still confirm the host, the date and the terms with you before anything is booked.

Your Egypt, your pace

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Photography credits (13)

FischerFotos, CC BY-SA 4.0; Alaazzpov, CC BY-SA 4.0; Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0; Zezinho68, CC BY-SA 4.0; David Dennis from Scotts Valley, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Wikicomman, CC BY-SA 4.0; Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0; Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0; Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0; Mohamed kamal 1984, CC BY-SA 4.0; Ahmed Emad H, CC BY-SA 4.0; PMATAS, CC BY-SA 4.0; Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 4.0