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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.

In the evening you will enjoy a very fun and informative Sound & Light show with your tour guide to watch a great show that tells the heavenly story of the great ancient Egyptian civilization.

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 (Cairo hotel), Lunch (will be served in local restaurant)

Overnight: Hotel in Cairo

Your day starts with breakfast in your hotel followed by a drive, in your private air-conditioned vehicle, to The Pearl of the Mediterranean Sea Alexandria (approximately 2.5 hours’ drive). Your visit to this beautiful city, originally built by Alexander the Great, includes a trip to: 

The Catacombs (Kom el Shoqafa), where the early Christians buried. 

The Roman Amphitheatre, which every town in the ancient Roman Empire had.

Pompey's Pillar, the biggest memorial column in Egypt, made of red granite and standing about 28 metres high, with a base diameter of 2.7 meters.

The Citadel of Qaitbay, where about 1480 AD the Mameluke Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay fortified the site, which held the ruins of the Alexandria Lighthouse, and with successive improvements it now stands as a very prominent Citadel on the Mediterranean coastline.

At the end of the day, you will be driven to your chosen hotel for an overnight.

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

Overnight: Hotel in Alexandria

After having your breakfast, you will visit another popular site in Alexandria. The Trip Includes: 

The New Alexandria Library (Bibliotheca Alexandrina), inaugurated on October 16, 2002, with shelf space for eight million books, with the main reading room on eleven levels.

Alexandria National Museum, built in a former palace and now houses almost 2000 artefacts which tell the story of the city, including the recent finds from the sunken part of the city.

At the end of the day, you will be driven back to Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast (Alexandria 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 (1 hour). Upon arrival to Aswan Airport, you will be driven with your private Egyptologist guide to Abu Simbel City (3 hours drive). You will be taken to see the marvelous temples of Abu Simbel, which were originally carved out of a rocky mountainside by Ramses II. 

Drive back to Aswan. Check in at your hotel in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast (Cairo hotel), Lunch (will be served in Local Restaurant)

Overnight: Aswan Hotel

After Breakfast, you will check out from hotel and will be transferred to your Cruise boat: your floating hotel for your next 3 nights.

You will be driven to see The High Dam, the world's largest rock-filled dam, 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.

Meals: Breakfast (Aswan Hotel), Lunch & Dinner (On the Nile Cruise)

Overnight: Deluxe Nile Cruise

After Enjoying your breakfast, you will sail onward to Kom Ombo Temple, dedicated to the gods Horus and Sobek.

After the visit, you will be taken back to the boat for your lunch while it sails onward to Edfu, home of the best-preserved temple in Egypt: The Temple of Edfu or Temple of Horus, one of the most beautiful and preserved Temples in Egypt. Its origins likely date back to the Second Intermediate Period, but the actual Temple only dates back to Ptolemaic times. The construction work began during the reign of Ptolemy III (about 237 BC) and was finished during the reign of Ptolemy IV. Some other additions were made by other Ptolemaic Kings and the Roman Emperor Augustus. The temple's construction, in addition to its additions, inscriptions, and reliefs took about 180 years!

Afterward, you will be back to the Cruise for having your dinner while it sails to Luxor via Esna locks. As the Nile flows gently underneath you, dinner will be served.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (On the Nile Cruise)

Overnight: Deluxe Nile Cruise

After your breakfast on board, you will will be transferred to visit the magnificent monuments 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.

    After this visit to the Theban "City of the Dead", you will be taken back to your boat for your lunch, and relax.

    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (On the Nile Cruise)

    Overnight: Deluxe Nile Cruise

 You will have your final breakfast on the boat before you have to check out, then you will be driven with your Egyptologist tour guide to 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.

After the day tour ends, you will be driven, in our air-conditioned vehicle to Hurghada (3 hours’ drive), where you will check-in at your hotel upon arrival.

Meals: Breakfast (On the Nile Cruise), Dinner (Hurghada Hotel)

Overnight: Hurghada Hotel

A full day for sunbathing, exploring, shopping or taking up some of the many sports activities that Hurghada has to offer.

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner (Hurghada hotel)

Overnight: Hotel in Hurghada

Check out from Hurghada Hotel. Take your flight to Cairo (1 hour approximately). Visit some popular Cairo Monuments:

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).

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 souvenirs shops..

In the evening there is a farewell Nile Cruise dinner, which lasts for 2 hours, sailing on the Nile with Folkloric Shows and Belly Dancers. You will enjoy a colorful belly dancing show with a folklore band featuring the unforgettable Tannoura Spin.

Meals: Breakfast (Hurghada hotel), Lunch (will be served in local restaurant), Dinner (onboard Nile Cruise)

Overnight: Hotel in Cairo

After having your breakfast, you will go through most popular Islamic monuments in Cairo:

• Amr Ibn Al Aas Mosque, is the oldest Mosque in Egypt and in the whole Africa. It's mainly planned by the Islamic leader Amr Ibn El Aas, who introduced Islam to Egypt.

• Sultan Hasan Mosque, is the Truley finest example of Mamluk architecture which was established in the 14th Century and still stand in the heart of the Capital.

• Al Rifai Mosque, which located opposite to Sultan Hasan Mosque and was built in two phases.

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.

Meals: Breakfast (Cairo 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)