Undiscovered Nile tour

The Nile Valley in the Sudan abounds with the remains of superb ancient monuments. This tour will visit some of the most impressive. The two major centres of the Kushite Kingdom at Meroe and Jebel Barkal feature and finds from excavations of the sites visited during the tour are in the National Museum in Khartoum along with the extremely fine wall paintings from the cathedral at Faras, contemporary with the remains at Old Dongola. Explore ancient monuments constructed by the Pharaohs as they expanded their domain into Nubia and experience spectacular landscapes on a journey through remote desert to discover the traditions and churches of the old Christian kingdoms of the desert north.