EGYPT HOLIDAY

Welcome to Cairo! Your tour begins when you are greeted by our representative. After you have collected your luggage, he will take you in your deluxe Private vehicle to your Cairo hotel.

Overnight: Hotel in Cairo

In the morning, after having your breakfast you will join your private professional Egyptologist tour guide to explore The Pyramids of Giza and The Great Sphinx: the most famous monuments of not only ancient Egypt but of the entire ancient world!

After lunch at a local restaurant, you will be taken to Sakkara to see the very first pyramid ever built; The Step Pyramid of Djoser, which was built to immortalize the great legacy of his king. You will also get the chance to see some fantastic mastabas Tombs.

After this, you will be taken on a guided tour to the open-air museum of Memphis, the first documented capital in the world built 3200 BC. The Colossus of Ramses II dominates the museum here. 

Meals: Breakfast (in your hotel), Lunch (will be served in local restaurant)

Overnight: Hotel in Cairo

After breakfast, you will check out and our representative will escort you to the airport for your flight to Aswan (approximately 1 hour).

Upon arrival you will be met by your Egyptologist Guide, who will start your full day tour with Aswan Monuments.

You will be driven to see The High Dam, the world's largest rock-filled dam, The Unfinished Obelisk, which is the largest Obelisk to be ever built by a man, and the Temple of Philae which was moved to the new island of Agilika after the waters of Lake Nasser flooded its original location on Philae.

Afterwards, take an AC modern Vehicle to Luxor (Approximately 3 hours) where you will have your overnight.

Meals: Breakfast (in your hotel), Lunch (will be served in local restaurant)

Overnight: Hotel in Luxor

After breakfast, you will start your full day tour to the West Bank of Luxor:

• The tombs of the New Kingdom Pharaohs are in the Valley of the Kings, which is an astounding location where 62 Pharaohs are buried. This was a secret place, where sentries guarded the entrance, as well as the tops of the hills to discourage tomb robbers.
• The magnificent Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahri, which is one of the most distinctive temples in all of Egypt. It was built of limestone, not sandstone like most of the other funerary temples of the New Kingdom period.
• The Colossi of Memnon, two gigantic statues figures of Amenhotep III were originally situated in front of his Mortuary temple, which seems to have been destroyed for unknown reasons. Each colossus is about 21 meters tall and represents King Amenhotep III seated on his throne.

Sail on the Nile River in a traditional felucca sailing boat to discover the beauty of Luxor. Relax with a drink as you soak up the scenery.

After lunch at a local restaurant, you will visit the magnificent Karnak Temple, which was, at its peak, the largest and most important religious complex in ancient Egypt. The most significant structure, and the largest religious building ever built, is the Temple of Amun-Ra, considered to be where that god lived on earth with his wife, Mut, and son, Khonsu, who also have temples at the site.

Then you will head to Luxor Temples, which was not built-in adoration to a god or to a god figure of the kings and pharaohs, but was built in dedication to the rejuvenation of kingship. Many kings might have had they crowning at the Temple of Luxor, whether crowned in reality or conceptually as in the case of Alexander the Great, who claimed he was crowned at Luxor although facts contradict appear that he had never traveled south of Memphis which is considered the modern city of Cairo.

Once your visit to these ancient Theban Temples is complete you will be driven back to Luxor airport for your flight back to Cairo, where our representative will take you to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast (in your hotel), Lunch (will be served in local restaurant)

Overnight: Hotel in Cairo

Breakfast at the hotel is followed by tour in The Egyptian Museum, which display a rare collection of 5000 years of art. Over 250,000 Genuine ancient Egyptian artifacts are presented. You will have the option to gaze at the wonders of King Tutankhamen, including his golden death mask; stare upon the mummies of some of Egypt's ancient pharaohs (optional).

Afterwards, you will be taken to the Citadel of Saladin, the fortress built between 1176 and 1183 AD, to protect Cairo from the Crusaders and rebuilt by Muhammad Ali Pasha, whose Mosque is a "must see". It’s a majestic work of art, constructed to be a replica of a blue mosque in Istanbul.

From here you will be taken on a tour of Cairo famous Churches, including: The Hanging Church and The Church of St. George the Martyr, 2 churches built into the walls of the Fort of Babylon and its remains could be Cairo's oldest structures; and The Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius), where, it is said, the Holy Family took shelter in a cave, with the church being erected here to commemorate this. This whole area is a world-famous destination for Pilgrims.

Before being driven back to your hotel you will have free shopping tour in some magical souvenir’s shops.

Meals: Breakfast (in your hotel), Lunch (will be served in local restaurant)

Overnight: Hotel in Cairo

Your final day starts with breakfast at the hotel followed by check-out. You will then be transferred to the airport for your final departure.

Meals: Breakfast (in your hotel)