Itinerary A : Cairo - Baharia - Siwa - Alexandria.

Day 1. Fly with British Airways from Heathrow to Cairo Meet & Greet transfer to the hotel of your choice. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2. After breakfast, a full day tour starting with a visit to the impressive Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx. After lunch a visit to the world-renowned Egyptian Museum, home to a wealth of ancient exhibits including the must see Tutankhamun display. You will also see the imposing Citadel built on the outcrop of the Muqattam Hills during the reign of Salah al-Din (1176-1193) and the Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha, completed in 1857 with its high, slender, octagonal minarets and large dome. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 3. After breakfast, you will drive to El Fayoum Oasis, fed not from underground water like other oases in the Western Desert, but from the water of the Nile. From here you will visit the ancient remains of Kom Oshiem, where it is believed the Jews lived during the time of Moses. A visit to Fayoum Museum and also a lunch at Egypt's largest salt-water lake, Qaroun, will take place before continuing on to the Wadi El-Rayan waterfalls and then onto Baharia Oasis. Dinner and overnight in Baharia.

Day 4. After breakfast, the morning will begin with a journey to the Black Desert, with its volcanic shaped mountains and fine black powder darkening the land. Next, the Crystal Mountain, or more accurately a small mountain made of calcite before arriving at the White Desert, with its eerie landscape that has been compared to the Arctic wasteland. Drive back to Baharia Oasis, dinner and overnight.

Day 5. After breakfast, a real treat as you visit the Museum of the Golden Mummies. Only discovered in the nineties, the mummies are all different, representing individual men, women and children, each with a painted smile. After lunch and afternoon tour to explore the daily life activities of this Oasis and then dinner and overnight in Baharia.

Day 6. After breakfast, and off-road drive to the lush Siwa Oasis, famous for its dates and olives, with a lunch stop by Sitra Lake before arriving at Siwa late afternoon. There will be a visit to Shaly, the old city of Siwa and a stop at the House of Siwa Museum displaying traditional clothing, implements and the like. Dinner and overnight in Siwa.

Day 7. After breakfast, you will drive to Gebel al-Mawta, or also known as the 'The Mountain of the Dead', honeycombed with rock tombs dating back to Ptolemaic and Roman times. Not far from here are the ruins of the Temple of the Oracle, built sometime in the 6th century BC and dedicated to Amun, the ram-headed god of life. The Oracle was so famous and revered that in 524BC, the Persian warrior, Cambyses, dispatched an army 50,000 strong from Thebes to destroy it. The entire army never reached their destination and perished in the desert. Two centuries later, Alexander the Great made the journey to Amun, where the Oracle proclaimed him the new ruler of Egypt. After lunch, an off-road drive the Great Sand Sea and visit the Fossil Sea, a hot spring and the opportunity for a quick dip in the fresh water lake before driving back to Siwa, where you will dine and overnight.

Day 8. After breakfast, you will take the track through the palm groves to Cleopatra's Bath. Here, the natural water pours into a stone pool and makes a very popular bathing spot for the locals. It is then onwards to Abu Shuruf, the biggest spring in the Siwa Oasis, which is also home to a number of blind fish. After lunch, there is an afternoon drive to Kharmisa and the White Mountains, where at the sight of Maraki in 1995, a Greek archaeologist claimed to have discovered the tomb of Alexander the Great. Return to Siwa where you will dine and overnight.

Day 9. After breakfast, drive to Alexandria, with a lunch stop on the way. After you have checked-in at the hotel of your choice in Alexandria, you will visit, with its dominating position at the very end of the peninsula, the Citadel of Qaitbai was built in 1479 on the site, and most probably, from the remnants of the Lighthouse of Pharos. Then, a visit to the tranquil Montazah Palace and gardens, constructed in the 19th century and once the summer residence of King Farouk. Overnight in Alexandria

Day 10. After breakfast, the first visit is to the Catacombs of Kom El-Shoquafa. Discovered accidentally by a stumbling donkey in 1900, they consist of three tiers of eerie tombs and chambers cut out of the rock to a depth of 35m. Alex's tallest ancient structure is the Aswan granite column of Pompey's Pillar. Initially believed to originate from the time of Pompey (BC), this theory was later dismissed and its origins have been dated to the time of the Emperor Diocletian in 300AD. Another Roman discovery you will see is the Amphitheatre with its mosaic floor, columned stage and even seats showing their numbers. Overnight in Alexandria.

Day 11. After breakfast, check out of your hotel and transfer to Alexandria airport for your British Airways flight to Heathrow.

Desert Tour of Egypt Package includes : Return Economy flights with British Airways Heathrow to Cairo and Alex to Heathrow. 2 nights accommodation with breakfast at hotel of your choice in Cairo. 3 nights accommodation with Full Board in Baharia. 3 nights accommodation with Full Board in Siwa. 2 nights accommodation with breakfast at hotel of your choice in Alex. 1 lunch in Cairo. All sights and entrance fees as per itinerary including transportation and English speaking guide Airport transfers. Pyramids of Giza