The Land. The Legacy.
The Journey.
Egypt is not one country but eight cultural worlds layered along a single river. Kemet designs private, unhurried journeys through them — from the Pyramids of Giza and the temples of Luxor to a Nile cruise down to Aswan — each led by a licensed Egyptologist and shaped entirely around you.
Egypt is not one country. It is eight.
Most itineraries show you one Egypt — a pyramid, a temple, a photograph — and move on. We plan for the others: the Nubian south around Aswan, Coptic and Islamic Cairo, the Greco-Roman Mediterranean at Alexandria, the Bedouin deserts of Sinai, the palm-shaded oasis of Siwa and the coral coast of the Red Sea.
A single private journey can hold several of these worlds at once, led throughout by a licensed Egyptologist.
Discover the Eight Identities
The 8 Identities
Eight cultural worlds along one river — Pharaonic, Nubian, Coptic, Islamic and more.
Explore →Activities
Dawn balloons over Luxor, sunset feluccas at Aswan, Red Sea reefs and desert dunes.
Explore →Cuisine
From koshari and molokhia to kunafa — the everyday flavours of Egypt, properly guided.
Explore →Culture
The gods, hieroglyphs and living crafts behind the monuments you walk through.
Explore →Signature private journeys
Twenty-five private itineraries, from a half-day at the Sphinx to a fourteen-day grand tour taking in the Nile and the Red Sea. Every price shown is per person and genuinely all-inclusive — your own Egyptologist guide, all entrance fees, daily lunch and private air-conditioned transfers, with no hidden extras.
Egypt Icons & Nile Cruise
Our most complete journey: Cairo, Alexandria, a sleeper train south, and a three-night Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor — every layer of Egypt in one arc.
Egypt Highlights Deluxe
The headline acts of Egypt in seven days — the Egyptian Museum, Alexandria, the temples and tombs of Luxor, and the Pyramids of Giza.
From Pyramids to the Sea
A compact northern journey — the Egyptian Museum, Alexandria's Greco-Roman layers, the Pyramids of Giza and medieval Cairo.
Cairo to Luxor & Aswan
A fast, flight-included loop through Luxor and Aswan — Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Philae and the High Dam — out and back from Cairo.
Fayoum Oasis
Lake Qarun, the waterfalls and dunes of Wadi El Rayan, the fossil whales of Wadi Al-Hitan and the potters of Tunis village — Egypt's wild, green other half.
Giza & the Grand Museum
The Great Pyramid, the panorama of all three pyramids, the Valley Temple and Sphinx, then the vast new Grand Egyptian Museum beside them.
What every Kemet journey is
Every operator in Egypt uses the word luxury. These are the specifics behind ours — the things you can check, before you pay for anything.
A licensed Egyptologist, not a guide
Every journey is led by a guide licensed by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism with a degree in Egyptology. They are with you at the monuments, not waiting in the car park — and they are yours for the day, answering your questions rather than reciting to forty people.
Your party only
No shared coaches. No fixed departure dates. No strangers on your itinerary. If you are two people, the vehicle, the guide and the pace belong to two people.
Built around you, then written down
We design the itinerary from your interests and your dates — not from a catalogue page. You receive it in writing before anything is paid, and it changes as often as you want it to until it is right.
One price, itemised
The quote lists what is included and what is not, line by line, before you commit. Entrance fees, private air-conditioned transfers, your Egyptologist and lunch on touring days are inside the price — they are not add-ons revealed later.
Reachable while you travel
You have a direct line to the people who planned your journey for the whole time you are in Egypt — not a call centre, and not a number that stops answering after the deposit clears.
Time protected, not filled
A day with four sites crammed into it is a cheaper day to sell and a worse day to live. We plan around light, heat and crowds — the Valley of the Kings at opening, the Egyptian Museum when the coaches have gone — and we leave the afternoon alone.
Who this is for
- Travellers who would rather see four things properly than twelve badly
- Couples marking something — a honeymoon, an anniversary, a birthday that ends in a zero
- Families travelling across three generations, where pace and comfort decide whether it works
- Repeat visitors who have done the headline sites and want the ones nobody queues for
- Anyone for whom the difference between a good guide and a great one is the whole trip
Who it isn't for
- Anyone looking for the lowest price on a trip to Egypt — we are not the cheapest and do not try to be
- Coach tours, shared group departures and fixed itineraries sold by the seat
- Hostels, dormitories and hop-on backpacking routes
- Travellers who would rather organise the logistics themselves and value independence over service
- Trips built primarily around nightlife or a resort beach
On price, plainly
Kemet sits at the upper end of the Egyptian market and we are comfortable saying so. A private Egyptologist for a week costs what it costs; so does a car that is yours alone and a room that faces the river rather than the car park. What we will not do is quote low, then recover the difference through optional extras, shopping stops and an itinerary that quietly turns into a group. Every price on this site is a per-person starting point for a private journey, and the written quote that follows is the price you pay.
The questions that come before the itinerary
Almost nobody picks a journey first. They settle the month, the budget, the paperwork and the shape of the trip — and only then look at itineraries. Each of these is answered in full, plainly, and without asking you for anything.
When should we go?
Egypt month by month — heat, crowds, prices and festivals, with an honest verdict on each of the twelve.
Read the answer → The budgetWhat does it actually cost?
What a private, tailor-made journey costs per person per day, the five things that move the price, and where we sit.
Read the answer → The paperworkDo we need a visa?
Entry rules by nationality — visa on arrival, e-Visa or visa-free — with the fee, the permitted stay and the documents.
Read the answer → The choicesCruise or land tour?
The decisions people get stuck on — dahabiya or cruise ship, Luxor or Aswan, which Cairo museum. Verdict first.
Read the answer → The occasionWe're travelling for a reason
A proposal, a milestone birthday, a second visit, three generations travelling together — planned around the occasion.
Read the answer →Moments money can't usually buy
Early-access mornings, private charters and evenings arranged with a standing relationship — fifteen experiences that turn sightseeing into memory.
Hot-Air Balloon over Luxor
Drift above the Valley of the Kings as the sun rises over Thebes.
Sunrise at the Giza Pyramids
The plateau before it opens — silence, first light and 4,500 years.
Private Nile Dinner Cruise
A vessel reserved for your party alone as the city lights come on.
Red Sea Private Yacht Day
Ras Mohammed's coral walls from a charter that follows your day.
Nubian Village Experience
Hibiscus tea and henna in a family home above the river.
Five cities, five thousand years
Cairo
Two great museums & a medieval city Giza
The last ancient wonder standing
Luxor
Karnak & the Valley of the Kings
Aswan
Philae, feluccas & Nubian colour
Alexandria
Greco-Roman Egypt beside the sea
Hurghada
Island reefs & the beach coda
Sharm El Sheikh
Ras Mohammed & desert stars The Fayoum
Whale fossils & desert waterfallsReal journeys, real joy
Not stock photography — our own guests, at the moments Egypt became theirs. From first mornings at the Great Pyramid to a wedding on the plateau, these are the journeys we design.
When you come changes what you see
Egypt reads differently in February than in August, and a honeymoon is not a family fortnight. These are the moments and occasions worth planning around — each with its own itineraries, timing and practicalities.
Egypt in Winter
The perfect season — cool days, clear light and uncrowded monuments.
Explore In season nowChristmas & New Year in Egypt
Winter sun, empty desert mornings and New Year's Eve on the Nile.
Explore In season nowThe Abu Simbel Sun Festival
Twice a year, the sun reaches 60 metres into a mountain.
Explore In season nowHoneymoons in Egypt
Two people, five thousand years, and nobody else's schedule.
Explore In season nowRamadan in Egypt
The month Cairo comes alive after dark.
Explore In season nowSham El-Nessim & the Egyptian Spring
The oldest festival still celebrated on earth — and the country's kindest weather.
Explore In season nowThe Red Sea
The clearest warm water in the northern hemisphere — and the other half of an Egypt trip.
Explore In season nowEid al-Adha in Egypt
Four days when the whole country celebrates — and the monuments quietly empty.
ExploreThe eight worlds of Egypt
Each of the eight worlds has its own colour, symbol and set of experiences — and most can be combined within a single trip. Together they are the map we travel by, and the reason no two Kemet journeys look quite the same.
01 · Pharaonic
The deep current beneath everything — five thousand years of temples, tombs and gods along the Nile.
02 · Nubian
The bright south of Egypt — riverside villages of painted houses, drum rhythms and a living language older than Arabic.
03 · Coptic
Egypt's Christian heritage — desert monasteries, ancient churches and a liturgy still sung in the language of the pharaohs.
04 · Islamic
Medieval Cairo in stone — minarets and madrasas, the Citadel, and bazaars that have traded for a thousand years.
05 · Bedouin · Sinai
The desert peoples of Sinai and the Eastern Desert — campfire hospitality, star-deep skies and trails only locals know.
06 · Greco-Roman
Alexander's Mediterranean Egypt — Hellenistic cities, Roman ruins and the memory of the great Library.
07 · Siwan · Amazigh
Egypt's remote western oasis — Berber-rooted Siwa, salt lakes, palm groves and the oracle that once received Alexander.
08 · The Red Sea
Egypt's coral coast — warm clear water, reef walls and desert mountains meeting the sea at Hurghada and Marsa Alam.