Shifting Sands: Our Best Tours for Desert Excursions
Leave the well-trod tourist destinations behind, and join us on a desert sojourn. On visits to Morocco, Namibia, Egypt, Australia, Israel, Jordan, and the American Southwest, you’ll have opportunities to ride camels through the Sahara (as we do in Morocco, at top), come face to face with ancient rock-hewn temples, encounter Arizona’s wondrous Grand Canyon, and much more. Click on the tours below to reserve your next desert adventure today!
15 days
Egypt & the Eternal Nile
Post-Tour Extension: Jordan: Petra & Amman
Accompanied by an expert Egyptian guide, this singular small group journey through antiquity travels from vibrant Cairo and the Great Pyramids to Abu Simbel and the Upper Nile for a fascinating cruise on Lake Nasser. Then: a classic voyage along the Lower Nile from Aswan to Luxor before returning to Cairo.
From
$5,397
14 days
Moroccan Discovery
From the Imperial Cities to the Sahara
This land of dramatic contrasts invites us to encounter its ancient ruins and sacred mosques, endless desert and storied mountains, imposing kasbahs and spirited souks. As we travel from the imperial cities of Rabat, Fez, and Marrakech to the High Atlas and vast Sahara, we open our eyes, and hearts, to a truly foreign land, an age-old culture, and genuinely hospitable people.
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$5,979
11 days
National Parks of the Southwest
It’s a land of scenes epic in scope, from the immense Grand Canyon and the winding Colorado to the sandstone spires of Bryce and the red-rock cliffs and chasms of Zion. It’s the Southwest, which our small group celebrates at favorite national parks and preserves. And, wrote author Wallace Stegner, it’s America’s “best idea.”
From
$4,395
18 days
Southern Africa Odyssey
Post-Tour Extension: Kapama Private Game Reserve
It’s a small group journey of astonishing beauty and consummate adventure, one that captures the magnificence of four distinct nations. It’s nature’s showcase come to life: ocean and mountains, deserts and plains, waterfalls and wildlife extraordinaire. It’s Southern Africa, where diversity reigns and where visitors are welcomed as never before.
From
$8,154
