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Cairo, Assiut, Desert Eclipse Camp, Cairo
31 July – 9 August 2027 | 9 nights / 10 days
OVERVIEW
Begin in Cairo and travel south along the Nile to Assiut, where you will experience the Total Solar Eclipse on 2 August 2027 from an open desert setting (see description in important notes).
After the eclipse, leave the Nile Valley behind and head into Egypt’s Western Desert for two nights of glamping (glamorous camping!) beneath exceptionally dark skies. Continue to Star Camp among the White and Black Deserts before returning to Cairo for a final relaxed day.
This 10-day journey combines one of the longest total solar eclipses of the century with ancient Egypt, desert landscapes and nights beneath the stars, without turning the trip into a demanding desert expedition.
Once the eclipse has passed, we turn toward the desert: two nights of glamping, a night at Star Camp among the White and Black Deserts, and a final, easier stretch back in Cairo's leafy Maadi district before departure.
Note: Each night in the desert is spent at a private glamping camp, spacious tented suites with real beds, not basic canvas tents, and dinner served at the table under an open sky. In Assiut, the group's eclipse base is chosen for genuine comfort as much as for its view of totality.
Important information
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Important Information
Know Before You Go, Egypt, August 2027
Suneclipse location
Located on the desert edge near Assiut, almost directly on the path of totality, this SunEclipse site offers a longer totality duration than Luxor. The camp is fully equipped as a dedicated desert day camp with all facilities on site. The drive from the hotel to the camp takes approximately 1.5 hours.
Timing***
Duration of totality 6:23.4
Duration of entire eclipse 2:46.18.0
Partial eclipse begins- 11:34:14.0
Total eclipse begins – 12:55:32.2
Max eclipse - 12:58:44.0
Total eclipse ends – 13:01:55.6
Partial eclipse ends – 14:20:32.0
*** The times given are local times. They may shift by one hour depending on whether Egypt observes daylight saving time at that time.
After the eclipse, a desert lunch is served before the return transfer. This timing helps avoid the hottest part of the day, with desert temperatures typically more comfortable than in the Nile Valley.
For all bookings for the Solar Eclipse 2027 in Egypt, special payment and cancellation conditions apply.
PAYMENT TERMS
Upon receipt of the invoice, a deposit of 50% of the total price is due within 10 working days. The
booking is only confirmed once this deposit has been received. This deposit is non-refundable.
The remaining balance must be paid no later than 2 January 2027.
CANCELLATION POLICY
The following cancellation fees apply:
Cancellations before 1 January 2027: the deposit (50% of the total travel price) is forfeited and
non-refundable
Cancellations from 1 January 2027: 96% of the total travel price
FLIGHTS
Please note that international and domestic flights are not included in the quoted price. Airlines
typically release their flight schedules and fares approximately one year in advance; therefore, flights
for July–August 2027 will become available around September 2026.
Should you wish to receive an offer for international or domestic flights, we kindly ask you to complete
the flight request form on our website. Once flight options become available, we will prepare and
forward an offer for your review.
Please be aware that submitting the request form does not constitute a booking order. We will only
proceed with a flight reservation upon receiving your explicit written approval.
Furthermore, please note that flights are an external service provided solely by the airline, and Dabuka
does not have control over airline-related matters. Any delays, schedule changes, or baggage issues fall
under the responsibility of the operating carrier. We therefore recommend obtaining appropriate travel
insurance should you wish to be covered for such circumstances.
PERSONAL CONSULTATION
We are also happy to provide personal consultations by appointment to help you choose the observation
location that best suits your preferences and ensure an optimal eclipse experience.
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Trip Outline
- Trip Outline
Day 1 - 31 July 2027: Arrival in Cairo
Welcome to Egypt, and to the start of an extraordinary ten days.
After landing, you'll be met and transferred straight to your hotel in Cairo. Depending on when you arrive, take the evening to catch your first glimpse of the city's skyline, try your first Egyptian meal, or simply rest: the real journey begins tomorrow, when we head south down the Nile Valley toward one of the sky's rarest spectacles.
Overnight: Cairo BB
Day 2 - 1 August 2027: Cairo → Assiut
We leave Cairo behind and follow the Nile Valley south toward Assiut, watching the landscape shift from megacity to date-palm groves, water wheels and villages that have changed little in generations.
Assiut itself, ancient Lycopolis, once sacred to the jackal-god Wepwawet, is a city almost no foreign traveler sees, and all the more rewarding for it.
After settling into the hotel, the rest of the day is kept deliberately unhurried: a last check of cameras and eclipse glasses, and time to let the anticipation build. (Optional: if there is enough interest, we will try to arrange a charter flight Cairo–Assiut, saving a day on the road.)
Overnight: Assiut Alwatany Palace Hotel (BB)
Day 3 - 2 August 2027: TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
This is the day the entire journey has been building toward. Well before sunrise, we set off for our private desert camp, pitched directly on the line of totality and fully prepared in advance, shade structures, toilets, a full lunch and cold drinks all waiting for us on arrival.
We settle in early at a site chosen purely for its open horizon and elbow room, so there is nothing left to do but watch the sky.
Then, as the Moon slides fully across the Sun, the temperature drops, the light turns strange and metallic, and for around 6 minutes 23 seconds, among the longest totality anywhere on this eclipse's path, and longer than almost anyone in the group will ever witness again, the desert sky turns to night, with the Sun's pale corona blazing where the Sun itself should be.
Timing***
Duration of totality 6:23.4
Duration of entire eclipse 2:46.18.0
Partial eclipse begins- 11:34:14.0
Total eclipse begins – 12:55:32.2
Max eclipse - 12:58:44.0
Total eclipse ends – 13:01:55.6
Partial eclipse ends – 14:20:32.0
*** The times given are local times. They may shift by one hour depending on whether Egypt observes daylight saving time at that time.
Once the light returns and everyone has had a moment to take it in, we share a celebratory lunch out in the desert before heading back to Assiut.
Overnight: Assiut Alwatany Palace Hotel (B/D)
Day 4 - 3 August 2027: Assiut
A day with no fixed plan, deliberately so, after the intensity of eclipse day.
Sleep in, compare photos and stories with fellow travelers over breakfast, or choose one of several optional excursions: a stroll along Assiut's Nile corniche and old souq, or a half-day trip to the Coptic monastery of Deir al-Muharraq nearby, one of Egypt's oldest Christian pilgrimage sites.
Either way, today's pace is entirely yours to set.
Overnight: Assiut Alwatany Palace Hotel (BB)
Day 5 - 4 August 2027: Assiut → Desert
Today the Nile Valley gives way, almost abruptly, to open desert.
En route we stop at Djara Cave, a hidden chamber of stalactites and stalagmites first documented in 1873 and reached only by driving deep into the emptiness, before turning off-road toward our first DABUKA glamping camp, already pitched and waiting beneath an enormous sky.
Overnight: Glamping (FB)
Day 6 - 5 August 2026: Desert Experience
A full day with nowhere to be.
Walk the dunes at your own pace, chase the changing desert light with your camera, or simply sit with the silence, a rare thing in itself.
For most of the group, today also brings a first taste of real off-roading: bouncing and carving over the dunes in a 4x4, driven by guides who know this terrain by heart.
As the sun sets, the desert delivers its other headline act, a night sky so dark and dense with stars that it takes a moment for your eyes to adjust.
Overnight: Glamping (FB)
Day 7 - 6 August 2027: Desert → Star Camp
We push on into the White Desert, a dreamlike expanse of wind-sculpted chalk formations, mushrooms, towers, shapes that shift with every angle, that has earned it the nickname "the eighth wonder of the world."
En route toward Bahareya we pause in the Black Desert, its volcanic hills dusted in dark basalt, a striking contrast to the white chalk ahead. The day ends at Star Camp, another one-of-a-kind desert stay, where the evening once again belongs entirely to the stars.
Overnight: Star Camp Hotel (FB)
Day 8 - 7 August 2027: Desert → Cairo
Time to trade sand for city. Leaving the desert behind is always a strange feeling, from total silence and open horizon to Cairo's traffic, noise and energy in the space of a few hours.
We settle into Maadi, one of the capital's greenest and most laid-back neighborhoods, a gentle re-entry after days off the grid.
Overnight: Holiday Inn Maadi (BB)
Day 9 - 8 August 2027: Cairo
Egypt's greatest hits, saved for last. With a professional guide, we visit the Pyramids of Giza , the last standing Wonder of the Ancient World, and the Grand Egyptian Museum, home to the full Tutankhamun collection displayed together for the first time anywhere.
For anyone who wants more, additional sightseeing in Cairo can be arranged.
Overnight: Holiday Inn Maadi (BB)
Day 10 - 9 August 2027: Departure
Breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure or onward travel.
Ten days, one eclipse, and a set of memories that will easily outlast the tan lines.
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