The first journey is believed to be made by Queen Hatshepsut to the land of "Punt" on the east coast of Africa (modern day Somalia or Eritrea), for the purpose of peace and tourism in 1480 B.C. (Goeldner and Ritchie, 2003). It is also considered as the first recorded cruise tour. The descriptions of this tour have been recorded on the walls of the Temple of Deit El Bahari at Luxor.
The land of Punt (also known as "land of God" or "God's land" ) was regarded as the land of plenty, with rich resources. It is now called as Ta Netjar.
In this tour, there were five ships and 210 men, who sailed from Egypt to Punt for the purpose of making trade relations. They traveled down the Nile across land to the Red Sea. The trip took about 25 days. They returned from Punt carrying vast wealth including ivory, ebony, gold, wild animals and plants, elephant tusks, leopard skins and incense etc.
Queen Hatshepsut became the first pharaoh (the title for the king of ancient Egypt) in about 1470 B.C. She reigned between 1473 B.C and 1458 B.C. and is considered as the longest reigning female pharaoh in Egypt.
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