Arrival to Cairo's airport. Then you will be met by our tour manager who will assist you through all the formalities. then you will be escorted to the hotel by an air-conditioned van. Overnight in the hotel.
Day 2
Meet with your Egyptologist tour guide at the lobby after breakfast to enjoy your tour visiting, The Pyramids of Giza, One of the seven wonders of the ancient world still remain awesome. At the foot of the Pyramids, lies the Sphinx, which was discovered in 1912. Continue your tour visiting Memphis, Egypt's first Capital until the end of the Kingdom. Close to Memphis, we drive to Sakkara, the City of the dead with the famous step Pyramid of Djosser. In the end of your tour you will be escorted back to the hotel for over night.
Day 3
Drive to Alexandria after breakfast by van to visit the Pompey's Pillar,made of Aswan rose granite. Then visit the Catacombs of Kom El-Shokafa and the Roman Amphitheater, which is built in the 1st century A.D. At the end of the tour you will be visiting the newly-opened Library of Alexandria, if you are interested.Return back to Cairo to Station for your Sleeper train to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board train.
Day 4
Breakfast on board train, Upon arrival at Aswan Station you will meet with our tour manager to transfer you to your hotel to check in and freshen up. Later you will be visiting the Philae Temple, the High Dam, and the Granite Quarries. Then you will escorted back to your hotel for overnight.
Day 5
Meet with your tour manager after breakfast to transfer you to Abu Simbel by an air-conditioned van. Upon arrival you will visit the Great temple hewn in rock with the four colossal seated status of the king in front of the entrance. After your tour you will be transfered back to your Deluxe Nile Cruise for embarkation. Later Sail on the Nile by felucca around Kitchener's Island. Overnight on Board.
Day 6
Early morning sail to Kom Ombo. Breakfast on board. Visit the Ptolemaic Temple shared by the two gods Sobek and Harories in Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu. Lunch on Board. Visit the Temple of Horus, Afternoon tea. Sail to Luxor. Dinner on board in Luxor.
Day 7
Breakfast on Board. Cross to the West Bank visit the Valley of the Kings and Queens, where tombs of 64 Pharaohs and 57 Queens have been discovered, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon facing the Nile. Lunch on board. Afternoon free at Leisure for your enjoyments.Afternoon tea. Dinner on board & Galabiya party. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 8
Disembarkation Cruise after breakfast. Meet with our tour manager in Luxor to transfer you to your hotel for a wash and freshen up. Later meeting with your Egyptologist tour guide at the lobby to start your tour visiting the Karnak Temple,is one of the greatest architectural achievements of antiquity. Then visit the Temple of Luxor, which was started by Amenhotep III and completed by Ramses II. Meeting with our local tour manager to transfer you to Luxor Station for your Sleepr train back to Cairo. Dinner and overnight on board train.
Day 9
Upon arrival at Cairo Station you will meet with your tour manager to transfer you to your hotel for check. Later meet with your Egyptologist tour guide at the lobby after breakfast to enjoy your tour visiting The Egyptian Museum, famous for its antiquities from Egypt's Pharaonic period. Continue your tour to Old Cairo, visiting the oldest part of Cairo to St.Sergious Church, where the Holy Family was hidden while they were in Egypt.Followed by visiting the oldest Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra. Visit the Medieval Citadel of Salah El- Din, which contains many structures. At the end of your tour visit Khan El Khalili Bazaar. Then you will be escorted back to the hotel for overnight.
Day 10
Breakfast at hotel. Then drive from Cairo to Bahariya Oasis(400 km). Lunch when get there. Then meet with your Safari jeep driver to start driving (120 Km) to the white Desert to Camp there. On your way there you will visit Crystal & Black Mountain, there are several spots to enjoy watching the beautifull shapes of lime stones . Dinner and overnight in Camp
Day 11
Breakfast in Camp. Then start visiting the white and black desert while on the way back to the hotel for lunch and freshen up. Then you will start your visiting the Museum of Bahariya, which contains 4 mummies from the newrediscovered. Then continue your tour visiting Banayouti Tombs, Pharaonic Tombs 26 Dynastey, among the scant remains of the Greaco-roman period. At the end it is worth visiting the small Temple of Alexander the Great, at Qasr El-Migysbah, apparently the only place were his cartouche and image were found in Egypt. In the end of your tour you will be escorted back to Cairo for over night.
Day 12
Meet with your tour manager after breakfast to assist you through checking out. Then you will be transfered to the airport for your international flight back.
