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9 Nights, 10 Days
Daily Tour
1 person
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Day 1: Arrival to Cairo.
Day 2: Visit the Cairo Egyptian Museum or the Grand Egyptian Museum (Upon Opening).
Day 3: Visit the Pyramids of Giza.
Day 4: Fly to Luxor, check in your Nile cruise, visit Karnak and Luxor temples.
Day 5: Visit the West Bank of Luxor including the Valley of Kings, and Hatshepsut Temple.
Day 6: Sailing to the temples of Edfu and Kom Ombo.
Day 7: Visit Philae Temple and the Unfinished Obelisk.
Day 8: Fly to Abu Simbel Temple, then back to Cairo.
Day 9: Saqqara and Design your Day
Day 10: Departure.
Arrive at Cairo Airport. Meet our representative who will provide you a smooth assist to go through the security area, luggage claim and customs. Then, he will escort you to your hotel and giving a brief about the next day.
After breakfast, meet your Egyptologist who will escort you to visit one of the world’s most important collections of ancient Egyptian artifacts, the Egyptian Cairo Museum. It lies in the center of Tahrir Square, the spot where the two famous modern revolutions started, the 25th of January "Arab Spring" and the 2013 revolutions.
Or visit the Grand Egyptian Museum (Upon Opening) which includes; the Victory Column of King Merenptah, the Solar Boat of King Khufu, the Hanging Obelisk, 10 Statues of King Senusert, King Ramses II Statue, Grand Staircase, Grand Atrium, and more. In the same site, you will enjoy watching (if still running) the virtual show of the child king Tutankhamun. Moreover, you will enjoy the unbeatable panoramic view for the pyramids from the end way of the Grand Staircase. (B,L)
Meet your Egyptologist in the morning to start turning your lifetime dream to reality with the visit to the Giza Pyramids, the only still surviving wonder of the Old Seven Wonders of the World. Enjoy your Camel Ride in the desert to have an amazing view for the pyramids from a distance. Then, stand in front of the Sphinx, combines a body of a lion and the head of human. (B,L)
Be ready early in the morning to fly to the city of Luxor where you start your journey back to the biggest open air museum in the whole world. You start by visiting the Temple of Karnak, which is around 247 acres making it the largest religious complex in the world. It is dedicated to the god Amon-Re, the most famous god during the New Kingdom.
Next, proceed to visit the Luxor Temple built by Amenhotep III and completed by Ramses II.
Check in at your cruise & overnight. (B, L, D)
After breakfast on board, enjoy an early visit to the West Bank of Luxor including the Valley of the Kings, including the tomb of the child king Tutankhamun where you will have the chance to stand in front of his Mummy. Also, your tour will include access to the tomb of Ramses VI and the Highlight of the day Tomb of Seti I, the most colorful tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Visit the temple of Hatshepsut, one of the most famous and powerful women kings in Egyptian history. Enjoy a quick photo stop by the colossi of Memnon. Then, back to your Nile cruise and enjoy lunch on board.
After lunch, start sailing to Edfu. (B, L, D)
After breakfast, start your visit to the temple of the falcon god Horus at Edfu, the most intact temple in ancient Egypt, built between 237-157 BC. Afterwards, sailing to the temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the crocodile god-Sobek- and the falcon god, Her Wer. In your way out of the temple, enjoy a quick visit to the Crocodile Mummification Museum. Back to the Cruise and continue sailing to Aswan. (B, L, D)
After breakfast on-board, enjoy your visit to the Quarry of Granite where the unfinished Obelisk still there. If it was fully finished, was supposed to be the largest ever obelisk in the whole world. Afterwards, take a magical motor-boat ride to the Island of Philae and the temple of Isis, one of the temples which were saved by the UNESCO after being under water for a long time. The temple marks both the end of the Ancient Egyptian Religion and the last Ancient Egyptian Text carved the year 394 AD. After finishing your tour, return back to Aswan, have lunch on-board and end up your day on a felucca sailboat ride down the Nile. (B, L, D)
After breakfast on-board, check out from your Nile cruise and take an early flight to the two temples of Abu Simbel temple on the southern borders of Egypt. You will be dazzled by these rock-cut temples which were saved by the UNESCO after being under water for a long time. Both temples are dedicated to the Royal Couple, Ramses II and his wife Nefertari. Afterwards, fly back to Cairo. (B)
Meet your Egyptologist at your hotel to start your remarkable tour to Saqqara. It is around 30 minutes driving south of Giza Pyramids. While driving to the site, enjoy your eyes with countryside life and the green crops on both sides of the road. Saqqara is famous for the oldest pyramid ever built, the Step Pyramid of King Zoser, built 200 years earlier than the Giza Pyramids. Moreover, you will have the chance to have access to some of the non-royal tombs built for the noblemen and enjoy your eyes with the non-repeated scenes of the daily life activities, fishing, fowling, farming, market scenes. Close your eyes and these scenes will take you back to around 2300-2400 BC and imagine the life of the ancient Egyptians back then.
After lunch in a local restaurant you will enjoy the last part of Egypt's Tour where you select one of different optional tours. You can easily choose either the Local Market Khan Al-khalili, Islamic Tour, Civilization Museum or Coptic Cairo (Any of these optional tours should be selected before the arrival to Cairo to make easy for our team to take care of the logistics)
After breakfast, our representative will escort you to Cairo Airport Terminal to travel back home missing every single moment you had in Egypt and filled with all good memories about the land of the pharaohs. (B)
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