Visit Omdurman

Visit Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, where the Blue Nile and White Nile converge at Al-Mogran. Explore the National Museum of Sudan (home to ancient Nubian artifacts and royal pyramids), see the Presidential Palace (historic seat of government with colonial-era architecture), and stroll through Souq Arabi (a bustling traditional market offering spices, textiles, and local crafts).

Learn Modern Standard Arabic and its unique script

Marvel at Nubian pyramids, Nile deserts, and welcoming river villages of Sudan

More pyramids than all of Egypt.

Sacred mountain and pyramids, UNESCO-listed.

Reefs Cousteau chose for his underwater village, with hammerheads at Sha’ab Rumi and almost no other divers.

Kushite temples standing alone in the desert east of the Nile.

A Sudanese man returns from Europe to a village on the Nile and meets a stranger with a past; Salih's classic.