In Rhythm With the Nile
An Arts, Music, and Cultural Immersion Journey
Aswan, Luxor, and El Gouna, Egypt
November 11-20
Discover Egypt...
This journey invites you into Egypt as a place of living culture shaped by river, desert, sound, movement, and community.
Rather than rushing from site to site, this experience is designed for immersion. You will move through Egypt slowly, guided by people who value relationship, context, and presence. Art, music, history, and daily life are experienced together, not separated.
This is travel for those who want to understand place through participation and shared experience...
Rather than rushing from site to site, this experience is designed for immersion. You will move through Egypt slowly, guided by people who value relationship, context, and presence. Art, music, history, and daily life are experienced together, not separated.
This is travel for those who want to understand place through participation and shared experience...
Why This Journey...
Many trips to Egypt emphasize monuments without rhythm and history without daily life.
This journey is for people who want to:
Many trips to Egypt emphasize monuments without rhythm and history without daily life.
This journey is for people who want to:
- Experience Egypt through music, art, and human connection
- Understand how ancient traditions continue to shape modern culture
- Travel with intention and curiosity rather than urgency
- Learn through observation, conversation, and presence
Retreat Agenda
Aswan | 2 Nights
Arrive 11, depart 13
Arrive 11, depart 13
Aswan | 2 Nights
Arrive 11, depart 13
Arrive 11, depart 13
Aswan
Begin in southern Egypt near the Nubian Village, where color, music, and river life offer a gentle introduction to the country’s pace and spirit. These first days help orient you to Egypt through daily rhythms, community life, and relationship to the Nile.
Nile Journey | 3 Nights
Arrive 13, depart 16
Arrive 13, depart 16
Nile Journey | 3 Nights
Arrive 13, depart 16
Arrive 13, depart 16
Sail the Nile
Sail from Aswan to Luxor aboard a traditional Nile boat. The river becomes both pathway and classroom as you visit temples, share meals, and spend time in conversation, music, and reflection. Moving by water allows history and landscape to unfold slowly and coherently.
Luxor | 3 Nights
Arrive 16, depart 19
Arrive 16, depart 19
Luxor | 3 Nights
Arrive 16, depart 19
Arrive 16, depart 19
Luxor
Spend extended time with temples and sacred sites, allowing space to understand story, symbolism, and place. Days are balanced between guided exploration and personal processing through conversation, journaling, movement, or quiet observation.
El Gouna | 2 Nights
Arrive 19, depart 21
Arrive 19, depart 21
El Gouna | 2 Nights
Arrive 19, depart 21
Arrive 19, depart 21
Gouna
End the journey by the Red Sea with time for rest and integration. These final days offer space to reflect, connect, and let the experience settle before returning home.
This journey is for...
Culture Lovers + Curious Travelers
LEAF community members and friends
People drawn to history, creativity, and lived experience
Those who value depth, context, and presence
WHAT IS INCLUDED:
Group Size and Intention:
This journey is intentionally intimate.
A small group allows for meaningful conversation, flexibility, deeper cultural engagement, and shared experience rather than passive observation.
Once the group is full, registration will close.
- All transportation and transfers within Egypt
- 2 meals a day
- All accomodations
- 11 days and 10 nights of curated travel
- Accommodations in Aswan, on the Nile, in Luxor, and in El Gouna
- Guided site visits and cultural experiences
- Group dialogue, reflection, and shared meals
- An intentionally small group for depth and connection
Group Size and Intention:
This journey is intentionally intimate.
A small group allows for meaningful conversation, flexibility, deeper cultural engagement, and shared experience rather than passive observation.
Once the group is full, registration will close.
Leadership and Cultural Guidance
This journey is guided by leaders rooted in creative practice, cross cultural experience, and embodied learning.
- Mo Jo HammoudA lifelong explorer and entrepreneur whose work is shaped by adventure and hospitality. As a retreat guide, Mo brings a calm, practical approach to movement, recovery, and nervous system regulation. Through his Sustainable Vitality Framework, participants learn how to support energy, longevity, and resilience in ways that are realistic, embodied, and integrated into daily life.
- Lisa ZahiyaOwner of Studio Zahiya and longtime LEAF Teaching Artist and now Egypt resident, she brings decades of experience in movement, music, and community based arts. Her work centers relationship, presence, and cultural respect, helping participants engage with place through the body and shared experience.
- Jennifer PickeringFounder of LEAF Global Arts and author of Live Life Like a Festival, brings a lifelong commitment to creative exchange, global culture, and gathering as a force for connection. Her leadership frames the journey as participatory, relational, and grounded in lived experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
This journey is for people with a deep curiosity about the world and a genuine desire to understand culture through lived experience.
It is for those who are interested in the arts, music, history, and everyday life of one of the world’s oldest civilizations, and who are equally interested in how those traditions continue to live, evolve, and express themselves in modern Egypt today.
This experience is especially suited for people who:
This journey is not about arriving with answers or opinions. It is about showing up with openness, humility, and a readiness to learn directly from the people, places, and rhythms of Egypt itself.
It is for those who are interested in the arts, music, history, and everyday life of one of the world’s oldest civilizations, and who are equally interested in how those traditions continue to live, evolve, and express themselves in modern Egypt today.
This experience is especially suited for people who:
- Want to engage with culture through relationship rather than observation
- Are drawn to art, music, movement, story, and place as ways of learning
- Value depth, context, and conversation over speed or spectacle
- Understand travel as an opportunity to listen, learn, and be changed
This journey is not about arriving with answers or opinions. It is about showing up with openness, humility, and a readiness to learn directly from the people, places, and rhythms of Egypt itself.
Yes, the Visa is $25 US and is purchased upon arrival
Yes, millions of tourists visit and enjoy Egypt every year. Egypt’s crime rate is much lower than the US and you will be in safe areas with experienced leaders and local guidance throughout.
Yes this retreat is for both men and women. Couples are welcome and can stay in a room together.
Yes. Each location includes space for rest, reflection, and personal exploration.
We will provide guidance for dress based on weather and culture. There are places you can wear what you like and places we will advise you to dress for both the heat, desert weather and culture.
Join Us
What is included:
- All transportation and transfers within Egypt
- 11 days and 10 nights of curated travel
- Accommodations in Aswan, on the Nile, in Luxor, and in El Gouna
- Guided site visits and cultural experiences
- Group dialogue, reflection, and shared meals
- An intentionally small group for depth and connection
$1500 deposit
Deposit is non-refundable however it is transferable or can be moved to another trip. Sales are final 60 days before the trip.
$3500 remainder paid in 4 payments of $875
Save Your Spot $3500 remainder paid in 4 payments of $875
Questions?
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