Dear Lifetime Member,

This trip takes you somewhere you think you already know — and then surprises you, because it’s probably going to be much grander than you’ve ever expected.

Egypt: Queens of the Nile — a new NextTribe journey through one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited civilizations with a history spanning 5,000 years. Join us April 14–23, 2027 for 10 days in Cairo, Luxor, and sailing the Nile in our own private vessel.

You've seen images of the pyramids a thousand times. Way back in elementary school, and today on screensavers, in documentaries, in so many Instagram posts. And then you actually stand at the base of one, with a guide telling you things you never knew, or imagined. This is what bucket list travel is all about!

Egypt is the home of a woman who didn't just rule it, but spoke nine languages and outmaneuvered the men who ruled in Rome for decades. Yet most people know her only as a name in a Hollywood film—Cleopatra. We’ll not only get into her story, but stories of other Egyptian women—both from history and modern day—worth knowing.

This trip isn't about standing in the long shadow of the ancients. It's about spending time with the women who live there now. Women who run food businesses out of Cairo apartments. Women who weave in workshops along the Nile. Women who bake bread in rural kitchens and invite strangers in so she can show them how she lives. That version of Egypt doesn't make it onto screensavers.

🔺 The Pyramids of Giza — stand at the base and soak it all in. An animal-friendly camel photo with the pyramids as your backdrop is one tourist photo we encourage.

🛥️ Six nights aboard the Fatima — a traditional dahabiya carrying just 15 guests. The Nile unfolds at a pace that actually lets you experience it. This is the kind of vessel featured in Death on the Nile.

🍞 A rural Egyptian woman's home — we’ll bake bread, share a meal, hear her story. This is access most travelers never get.

🎨 Lunch on Soheil Island — hosted by a Nubian woman in her own home, with henna by a local female artist and conversations about traditions that most visitors never get close to.

⛪ Philae Temple — an island sanctuary dedicated to Isis, the Great Mother, still worshipped here.

🌍 Abu Simbel — the twin temples so extraordinary that when the Aswan Dam threatened to submerge them, the entire world pitched in to relocate them, block by carved block.

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💃 Women of Egypt Food Tour — local dishes at women-run restaurants and food stalls, with the stories of the entrepreneurs behind them. This is Cairo's culinary soul.

🧵 Women's weaving workshops and Fair Trade cooperatives — artisans running real businesses, not posing for photos.

This is a journey designed as a women-led, women-focused experience. Our Egyptologist guide is a woman. Our Cairo hotel is women-owned. The encounters we've woven through the itinerary aren't touristy performances. They're real.

Ancient Egyptian women held a social and legal status that would not be matched in Europe for another 3,000 years. They could own and sell property, initiate divorce, run businesses, work as scribes, serve as priests, and—in at least four documented cases—rule as pharaoh

We're working with local partners who understand what makes a NextTribe traveler tick: curious, adventurous, eager for authentic connection.

You'll arrive in Cairo and stay at Villa Belle Epoque, a women-owned boutique hotel in the leafy Maadi neighborhood.

The next day it’s Giza, where the Sphinx and the pyramids will move you in person in ways no documentary has prepared you for. Lunch with views of the pyramids, then a stop at the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Next, we’ll fly south to Luxor and board the Fatima. Six nights on a traditional wooden dahabiya with just 15 guests. You visit Karnak Temple, the West Bank—Valley of the Queens, Temple of Hatshepsut—and then a rural Egyptian woman's home. You learn to bake bread. You share a meal. You hear her story. You’ll probably have many questions.

The dahabiya sails south to Aswan. The Nile flows along as it has done for 5,000 years, and you witness it from the deck.

Your final day: Abu Simbel. The extraordinary twin temples. You fly there at dawn and fly back later that day.

And all the while, through out are days, there's the Nile itself. Slower than the modern world Timeless. Unforgettable.

Unlike many ancient civilizations, Egyptian women had legal equality with men, with rights to own property, divorce, and work in esteemed professions like medicine, law, and religion. Women were free to choose their husbands, and could divorce them. They could own property, travel freely, and had some choice over their profession.

As Lifetime Members, you’re the first to know about this new trip. Next week, we’ll notify other members that the trip is available. Then we’ll open bookings to the public.

We expect this anxiously awaited trip to sell fast, so if you’re interested, don’t hesitate! Save your spot for $500!

Jeannie Ralston, Co-founder and CEO

P.S. We’ve scheduled this trip so it doesn’t conflict with another one that might be on your bucket list. Our South Africa trip starts in Cape Town 4 days later!