Egypt · 7 days
Seven days in the Siwa Oasis, a palm-covered depression between the Great Sand Sea and the Libyan border, where you practise yoga at sunrise and float in salt lakes in the afternoon. This is a small-group wellness holiday built around the desert rather than a resort schedule: two yoga sessions most days, guided trips t…
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Egypt · 7 days · From EUR 2500
Seven days in the Siwa Oasis, a palm-covered depression between the Great Sand Sea and the Libyan border, where you practise yoga at sunrise and float in salt lakes in the afternoon. This is a small-group wellness holiday built around the desert rather than a resort schedule: two yoga sessions most days, guided trips to the salt lake and the sand dunes, and a desert safari by 4x4.
Siwa is not a beach destination. It is quiet, hot and far from Egypt's tourist trail, which is the point. You will sleep in a desert camp and in a local guesthouse, eat meals cooked on site, and spend evenings around a fire with no light pollution overhead. The salt lake float is the centrepiece: the water is dense enough that you lie back and stay there, and most people come out with muscles looser than any stretch class managed.
Expect about 90 minutes of yoga each morning and a shorter evening session on most days, with one rest day. No previous yoga experience is needed; classes suit beginners, though the heat makes them more demanding than a studio class at home. Bring loose cotton clothing, a sun hat, high-factor sunscreen and a refillable water bottle. Group sizes are kept small.
You will come home with a tan, a looser back and shoulders, and the rare experience of total quiet. Suited to solo travellers, couples and friends who want a week that is active without being a bootcamp.
Six nights' accommodation: five in a Siwa guesthouse, one in the desert campReturn transfers between Cairo and SiwaDaily yoga sessions as per the programme, led by an instructorGuided salt lake trip with floating and swimming4x4 desert safari and dune excursionMeals as specified in the programme, including the welcome dinner and desert camp dinnerDrinking water at the guesthouse and camp
International flights to and from EgyptEgyptian visa feesTravel insuranceMeals and drinks not listed in the programmePersonal spending, tips and souvenirsOptional activities and treatments not listedAirport transfers within Cairo, if required