Description
Day 1: Arrive in Cairo and transfer to the hotel
Day 2: visit Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, and Memphis
Day 3: visit Cairo museum and Saladdin citadel - Luxor by train
Day 4: Arrive Luxor – visit Karnak and Luxor temples
Day 5: Visit West bank of Luxor
Day 6: Travel to Aswan – visit Edfu and Kom Ombo temples
Day 7: Abu Simbel temple -Aswan – Cairo by train
Day 8: Arrive Cairo – Sakkara & Dahshur
Day 9: Final Departure
Includes
- 2 night’s accommodation in a Cairo hotel based on bed and breakfast
- 2 night’s accommodation in a Luxor hotel based on bed and breakfast
- 1 night’s accommodation in Aswan hotel based on bed and breakfast
- 2 night’s in an overnight train sleeper train
- 1 night’s accommodation in a Cairo hotel based on bed and breakfast
- All relevant transfers
- Entrance fees for all sites mentioned in the package
- English speaking Egyptologist guides at all mentioned visits
- Private air conditioned vehicles for all transportation
- Luggage handling at airports and hotels
- Assistance upon arrival and at departure
- All applicable taxes
Excludes
- Entry Visa
- Tipping
- Any personal costs (laundry, mini-bar, telephone, etc.)
Tour highlights
- Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, and Memphis,
- Egyptian Museum and Saladin Citadel
- Karnak and Luxor Temples
- Valley of kings and Hatshepsut temple
- Edfu and Kom Ombo temples,
- Philae Temple and the Granite quarry
- Abu Simbel temple
- Pyramids of Dahshur and Sakkara
Tour Timeline
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1Day 1 : : Arrive Cairo and transfer to hotel
Our representative will be waiting for you at the airport and will help you through airport formalities then escort you to outside the airport where our touristic vehicle will be waiting for you and transfer you to your hotel, check in, our rep will confirm with you all timing and details of your next part of the tour, overnight at hotel.
Meals Included, None -
2Day 2 : : Visit Pyramids of Giza , Sphinx and Memphis
After breakfast at the hotel begin the day with one of the real highlights of any visit to Egypt, a visit to the three pyramids of Giza. While once located in remote desert, they now touch the suburbs of modern Cairo. No matter how many photos or documentaries you have seen, your first glimpse of these marvels of the ancient world will take your breath away. A qualified Egyptologist will be able to expertly explain the facts and myths behind these three mammoth works of art. You will also visit the mysterious Sphinx with its lion’s body and man’s face.
If time permitting there might be the chance to see inside one of the pyramids, take a ride around the pyramids on camel back! (NB. Extra entrance fees apply to all of these sites/activities)
From here you will be taken to the town of Mit Rahina (Memphis) the first capital of unified Upper and Lower Egypt, the main visit is Memphis museum which houses many large artifacts as well as the Colossi of Ramses II, all displayed in a wonderful garden. lunch (optional) on the way, At the end of this interesting day back to your Cairo hotel. Overnight at the hotel
Meals: Breakfast -
3Day 3 : : Visit Cairo museum and Saladin citadel - Luxor by train
After breakfast tour guide will meet you and take you on a full-day tour of Cairo. First of all, you will be taken to the Egyptian Museum. With over 10,000 pieces from every period of Egyptian history, including the treasures from the tomb of Toya, the display can be a bit daunting. Tour guide will direct you to the most important and magnificent items. There is also plenty of free time for you to explore on your own.
a quick break for lunch (optional) and you will then be taken to the Citadel of Saladin, built on the highest point to protect Cairo, from the crusaders, houses 3 mosques (the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, the Al-Nasir Muhammad Qala'un Mosque, and the Mosque of Suleyman Pasha), 4 museums (Al-Gawhara Palace Museum, the Carriage Museum, the Egyptian Military Museum, and the Egyptian Police Museum), fortifications, walkways, and a cafeteria. Once the tour is completed you will be taken to Egyptian Railway Station for an overnight sleeper train to Luxor comfortable twin-share bunk-bed compartments with lockable doors, dinner will be provided on board
Meals :Breakfast and dinner -
4Day 4 : : Arrive Luxor – visit Karnak and Luxor temples
upon arrival at Luxor Railway Station, our representative will assist you with your luggage and then transfer you, in our air-conditioned vehicle, to your hotel in Luxor. later your guide will meet you and then take you on a tour of Luxor’s famous temples: Karnak, Marvel at the immense columns, Hypostyle Hall, as well as getting to see various obelisks, statues, more columns, and various artifacts that were primarily dedicated to the god Amun, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu. Next, you will visit the smaller, in size but not in spectacle, Luxor Temple. Mainly added to by Ramses II it is now missing one of its obelisks, which can be seen in the Place de la Concorde in Paris: swapped for a clock (in the Mohammed Ali Mosque at Saladin’s Citadel) which has never worked. This temple also boasts many columns, statues, and various artifacts. Once this tour is complete you will be driven back to your Luxor hotel, though you may wish to take one of our optional excursions.
Meals, Breakfast on train -
5Day 5 : : Visit West bank of Luxor
Time to travel by bus through west bank of Luxor, firstly Be amazed at the mammoth eighteen-miter high Colossi of Memnon, which are all that remain of an ancient temple. Visit Valley of the kings and experience the magnificent decoration and design of the tombs of the Pharaohs from new kingdom pharaohs time, visiting 3 tombs included in your ticket and king Tut Ankh Amoun tomb is optional with extra ticket. Then visit the impressive Funerary Temple of the most powerful woman in ancient Egypt Queen Hatshepsut which a massive three terraces emanating from the mountain behind it, in which the Queen commemorates her work and commercial relations with other countries.
After this, you will be driven back to your hotel, where you have the option to either relax for the rest of the day or take one of our optional extras.
Meals: breakfast -
6Day 6 : : Travel to Aswan – visit Edfu and Kom Ombo temples
After breakfast, checking out of the hotel, drive about 7 to 8 hours to Aswan by our air-conditioned vehicle, stopping along the way to visit two of Egypt’s famous temples. The first stop is at Edfu to visit the Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved temples in the whole country. Dedicated to the god Horus, it was built between 237BC and 57BC, during the Greek Period on the top of remains of previous temples that had been built here. The reliefs on the walls tell the story of Horus taking out his revenge on Seth, for the murder of his father Osiris, and give a fantastic insight into ancient Egyptian religion. An enormous 10-foot tall statue of Horus, the falcon god, stands at the entrance of the main temple building.
The second stop allows you to visit the unusual temple of Kom Ombo, which is very unusual as it is dedicated to two gods: Sobek and Haroeris It is built symmetrically, with two entrances, two sanctuaries, and a clear division that separates the temple into one half Sobek and one half Haroeris. It is a Ptolemaic temple, built between the reigns of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy XII, the temple built with sandstone from the nearby Gebel El Silsila quarries. the visit included entrance to the mummified crocodile’s museum .
From here you will continue on to Aswan, where your guide will assist you with check-in at your hotel, overnight at the hotel in Aswan
Meals : Breakfast -
7Day 7 : : Abu Simbel temple -Aswan – Cairo by train
This morning you will have a very early start, to visit the site of Abu Simbel. Situated approximately 285 kilometres south of Aswan, including crossing the Tropic of Cancer, these two world-famous temples are absolutely amazing. Built by Ramses II in honor of himself and his favorite wife Nefertari, these rock-cut temples were moved, in 1968, to escape the encroaching waters of the newly formed Lake Nasser. After your visit here you will be driven back to Aswan, stopping along the way to visit the Aswan High Dam, which created the world’s largest fresh-water lake. You will then be taken on a short motorboat trip to Agilkia Island, home of the Temples of Philae since their previous location was flooded due to the creation of Lake Nasser. Once the tour is completed you will be taken to Aswan Railway Station to board your evening train (sleeper train) back to Cairo: the journey takes, on average, about 14 hours.
Meals: Breakfast and dinner on the train -
8Day 8 : : arrive Cairo and visit Sakkara , Dahshur Pyramids
Once you have arrived at Railway Station our staff will take you on the short drive back to Sakkara, but this time to see the northern side of this enormous site. Where pyramid building in Egypt first began. The Step Pyramid of Saqqara is magnificent evidence of the early architecture of the pharaohs and the Old Kingdom's most amazing treasures. In recent years, Saqqara has become headline-grabbing archaeological news as more discoveries are made during ongoing archaeological work here.The most recent finds of the funerary tomb of Queen Nearit - wife of 6th Dynasty Pharaoh Teti - and 52 burial shafts with over 50 coffins are only the latest in a mind-boggling array of discoveries. For history fans, a day trip here is a must-do while in Cairo.
Lunch is optional and then drive to Dashur, First of all, you will get to visit the Red Pyramid, also known as the Northern Pyramid, believed to have been built by Pharaoh Snefru. It was the world’s first “true” pyramid, meaning it was designed as a smooth-sided structure, not converted from a step pyramid. Access into this pyramid is free, though it does mean negotiating a very steep interior slope: well worth it for the views inside! From here you will be taken the short distance to see Snefru’s famous “Bent Pyramid”, so named due to the change in angle that was forced upon the builders due to the pyramid being built on soft sand, which caused it to start subsiding. After this exciting day, you will be driving back to your hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast on Train -
9Day 9 : : Final Departure
Check out of the hotel, and our Rep will pick you up, transfer to the airport, assist you with travel procedures and fromalities for your flight home.