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Visit Luxor.

LUXOR, EGYPT • JULY 28th – AUGUST 4th, 2027   (HILTON RESORT & SPA)

VIEW THE SIX-MINUTE “ECLIPSE OF THE CENTURY”
FROM FIVE-STAR LUXURY ACCOMMODATIONS

CURRENTLY SOLD OUT — waitlist bookings are available. Inquire here.

Experience over six minutes of totality in Luxor, the heart of ancient Egypt — with cold beverages, ample shade, and air conditioning right at hand. You may watch the eclipse from either the Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa (slide show) or from the gardens at Sofitel Winter Palace Hotel (slide show), one of the world’s iconic travel destinations.

Along the way to totality, you can enrich your eclipse experience if you wish, with one of two educational options:

  • Dr. Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, the world’s leading authority on Egyptian archaeoastronomy, teaches about the vital role astronomy played in ancient Egypt’s cosmology and its rituals concerning death and the destiny of the soul. Immerse yourself in the ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY Lectures PROGRAM so you have an astronomer’s perspective on the structure and decoration of many of the Luxor region’s monuments.
  • Dr. Stephen Ressler, highly sought-after educator and civil engineering expert, shares an in-depth look at the Great and Meidum Pyramids, and key aspects of civil engineering that made a sophisticated Ancient Egyptian civilization possible. Join the ANCIENT ENGINEERING Lectures PROGRAM and gain insight into the science and design of structures that endure for millennia.

Plus, Insight Cruises offers you an optional program of excursions to a choice selection of the Luxor region’s monuments, temples, and tombs. We’ll be on the lookout for specific astronomical features while visiting other sites not tied to the sky yet still looming large in the world’s imagination. Luxor and Karnak temples, the Valleys of the Kings & Queens, the wondrous sites of Dendera, Abydos, Esna, Edfu, and more are on our excursion agenda.

If you’ve dreamed of visiting Egypt, please join us. You’ll love the eclipse experience! Gather unforgettable memories of the beauty of the Nile and gain appreciation of the imagination and ingenuity the ancient Egyptians used to build an astounding civilization.

OVERVIEW AND PRICING

Room pricing is $325 per person (pp), per night (seven nights minimum or just six nights if you sign up for our optional post-Luxor Nile River cruise). For a picture of the Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa room, please visit the HOTEL INFO tab. All meals are included (excluding breakfast on your day of arrival and lunch and dinner on your day of departure) — and are provided by our hotel. For those attending our CONFERENCE PROGRAM there is a $1,250 fee.

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NOTE: Program is subject to change.

OVERVIEW AND PRICING, continued

Add on our optional 5-day LUXOR TOURING PACKAGE: $2,050 for 17 separate site visits (four of which require “special access” permits); plus $100 for your professional/Egyptologists’ gratuities. The groups will be small (where necessary, as in visiting deeply buried sites, no more than a dozen or so people) with one professional/Egyptologist tour guide per group. The $2,050 includes all entrance fees — some quite substantial for the unique access we will provide — as well as “gifts” for official gatekeepers, are included.

The seven (7) one-hour cocktail-parties package (includes an open bar) is an additional $245 pp. Add’l pp fees: taxes and fees ($365), Non-refundable Booking Service Fee ($175), tour leaders gratuities ($70), and hotel gratuities (for the maid and dining room staff, $25 per day). Limited number of upgrades to Nile View are available for an additinoal $75 pp, per day. All prices and fees are detailed on the PRICING & TERMS tab. Use our PRICING CALCULATOR for a quick price quote.

DON’T MISS OUR OPTIONAL post-Luxor CRUISE TO CAIRO
OR, consider our 1-, 2-, or 3-day OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS in CAIRO (before or after this event).

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