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Our next pilgrimage is currently being planned – to Egypt in February 2027. 

Current tentative plans are as follows, but a full brochure will appear soon.

Details

  •      Friday 26th February – Friday 5th March 2027
  •      International Flights via BA from Heathrow
  •      3 nights in Cairo
  •      4 nights Nile River cruise
  •      Internal return flight via Egypt Air from Cairo/Luxor and Aswan/Cairo

Accommodation

  •      Cairo at the Radison Blue Hotel on a half board basis (bed, breakfast and evening meal)
  •      Nile River cruise aboard the Cruise Ship/ Sonesta Moon Goddess (or similar) – all cabins with panoramic windows. 5 star full board (bed, breakfast, lunch and evening meal)

Itinerary

Brief highlights include:

  •     From Cairo – The Pyramids, the Great Pyramid of Giza and the iconic Sphinx. Memphis, Saqqara, Step Pyramid of Djoser, the new Cairo Museum (which houses the Mask of Tutankamun), and the Pharaonic Village.

Internal flight to Luxor

  •     From the Nile cruise ship – Luxor and Karnak, the Karnak Temple complex, Edfu, and the Temple of Horus, Kom Ombo, the shared temple of the gods, Sobek and Haroreis, Aswan, The island of Agilkia, the Temple of Philae, the Elephantine Island by Felucca, the Agha Khan Mausoleum.

Return internal flight to Cairo

A few hours to further explore Cairo before our return flight to Heathrow.

Costs and full details will appear soon. Contact paul@maranatha.co.uk We look forward to welcoming you on this very special trip

Paul & Linda Snell

About us

Rev Paul Snell is a United Reformed Minister who has served for 22 years in local churches and for 15 years as a hospital chaplain, including 5 years part time as an Evangelism Enabler and communications Officer for the South West Synod of the URC. He retired in December 2024 as County Ecumenical Officer for Churches Together in Devon. Linda is a retired practice nurse. We are parents to 3 children and Grandma and Gramps to 6 grandchildren. We live in mid Devon and are part of an active local parish church so have had wide ecumenical involvement including 15 years in a lively Baptist Church in Plymouth. We love travelling and spend time in our motorhome each year, travelling in the UK and Europe. We also love sharing places that we love, which are particularly linked with our Christian faith and have travelled to the Holy Land, leading pilgrimages since 1990. Paul spent 3 months on sabbatical there in 1993, researching and writing about reconciliation. Because of the sad situation of conflict since October 2023, we have been unable to return there and the current war with Iran has made travel to Israel even more unlikely in the immediate future. In October 2024, we led a group trip to Greece – In the Steps of St Paul and in October 2025 we travelled to Turkey visiting the Seven Churches of Revelation. We travel through the services of Maranatha Tours, a UK company with whom Paul has worked for over 35 years, and who have huge experience of living and travelling in the Middle East and beyond. We also use the land services of NET (Near East Travel), who have similar great experience and professionalism in all they provide.