03/09/2012
Discover Egypt
Discover Egypt We will take you in a Journey of a deep rooted civilization whose history goes back to more than five thousand years ago in such an Amazing opportunity to discover the treasures of the Ancient lands and the mysteries of the human miracles.
This Journey will lead you to such a serious study of Egyptology & Adventures trip to most of the Antiquity sites in Egypt & Middle East - you will love, enjoy and learn in every minute of your journey giving you a fascinating memory that will last with you forever.
Package Includes
05 nights accommodation in Cairo on Bed & Breakfast Basis.
02 nights accommodation in El Minya on Half Board Basis.
01 night accommodation in Sohag on Half Board Basis.
03 nights accommodation in Luxor on Half Board Basis.
04 nights accommodation on Nile Cruise on Full board.
01 night accommodation in Aswan on Bed & Breakfast Basis.
All sightseeing tours in Cairo, Luxor as per program itinerary.
All meals as per program itinerary.
Multilingual Egyptologist Guide
All transfers in Cairo / Luxor / Sharm El Shiekh via private A/C late model van
The Service of Meet & Assist by our Professional Assistants in all destinations
All prices include taxes.
Package Exclude
Entry Visa to Egypt
International flights
Sleeper train tickets Aswan/ Cairo
Any Extra meals and beverages
All personal expenses like laundry etc.
Tipping to Guide, Driver and company representatives etc..
Any Optional tours may require.
Itinerary
DAY 1
Cairo Int. Airport - Cairo ON
Arrive Cairo International Airport - Meet our English-speaking representative who will help and assist you at the airport - Drive to your hotel in Cairo - Check in, rest and refresh - At night, free at leisure by your own (Optional Sound & Light Show at Pyramids area can be offered upon request) - Overnight in Cairo. (No Meals)
DAY 2
Pyramids - Memphis - Saqqara
Breakfast at your hotel – Then you will be met with your Egyptologist tour guide at the lobby of your hotel – Leave the hotel and drive by private A-C van to Giza Plateau to visit The Great Pyramids, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world – After that you will drive to visit Memphis, which was the capital of ancient Egypt – Later on, you will be transferred to have your Lunch meal at a local restaurant – After Lunch you will proceed to Sakkara to visit The Step Pyramid of the well-known king Djoser – Time for shopping as you will visit Bazaars – Finally, you will return to your hotel – At night, free at leisure by your own (Optional Dinner cruise on board a deluxe Nile cruise in Cairo can be offered upon request) – Overnight in Cairo. (Breakfast & Lunch)
DAY 3
Dahshour Pyramids - Cairo City Tour & ON
Breakfast at your hotel - Enjoy your tour to visit Dahshour Pyramids of King Senefru (including the red & the bent pyramids) - Lunch during the tour at local restaurant - Then drive to visit Citadel of Salah El Dien - Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali – Later on, you will visit one of the most important Museums in the World The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities including a rare collections of more than 120 thousand pieces including the treasures of Tut Ankh Amon - Back to your Hotel in Cairo - At night, free at leisure by your own (Optional walking tour around El Mo'ez Street can be added upon request) - Overnight in Cairo. (Breakfast & Lunch)
DAY 4
FayoumOverday - Cairo ON
Wake up call at 06.00 AM - Breakfast at Hotel by 07.00 AM - 07.30 AM to be ready for pick up – Enjoy your tour to visit Hawara Pyramid of king Amenemhat III and view of the ruins of Labyrenth - Then proceed to Fayoum Oasis and have Lunch at Fayoum Lake – After Lunch you will proceed to visit Maidoum Pyramid of King Huni – Finally, you will drive back to Cairo – Arrive Cairo and transfer to your hotel – Overnight in Cairo. (Breakfast & Lunch)
DAY 5
Cairo - El Minya - Tell El Amarna& ON
Breakfast at your hotel - Early morning at 07.00 AM drive by A/C late model van to El Minya - Arrive El Minya - Enjoy your tour to visit Tell El Amarna "Akhetaton" which was the Capital city of 18th Dynasty during the reign of king Amenhotep IV "Akhenaton", the city built on a bay of Cliff on the east bank of the Nile as a center of the worship of the new religione during his reign - Enjoy your visit to the Royal tombs - North & South tombs that cover a large area - After you finish your tour - Transfer to your Hotel in El Minya - Dinner at Hotel - Overnight in El Minya (Breakfast & Dinner)
DAY 6
Tuna El Gebel - El Ashmonien - Beni Hassan &
Breakfast at Hotel - At 07.00AM Enjoy your tour to visit Tuna El Gebel located on the edge of the Western Desert, It is a large site functioned as the necropolis for the Ancient town Of Khnum Or Hermopolis - Enjoy visit the beautiful tomb of Petosiris "If Open" and the whole area - Continue yout tour to visit El Ashmonien "Hermopolis Magna", this town was of great importance as the cult Center Of Thoth "God Of Wisdom", healing and writing in the Graeco Roman Period as this city was the capital of 15th upper Egypt nome - You will enjoy visit the Open Air Museum containing blocks, statues and steal from the excavations at El Ashmonien - later you will drive to visit Beni Hassan where an important group of rock-cut tombs are carved into the high limestone cliffs on the West bak of the Nile - these tombs dated to the middle kingdom 11th & 12th Dynasties belonging to the provincial rulers - back to your Hotel - Dinner at Hotel - Overnight in El Minya ( Breakfast - Dinner )
DAY 7
El Minya - Sohag& ON
Breakfast at your Hotel - Drive by A/C van to Sohag crossing Assyit (Drive distance is about 260 KM) - Arrive Akhmim - Sohag - Transfer to your Hotel there - Enjoy your tour to visit The Open Air Museum in Akhmim, a beautiful colossal statue of the king’s daughter and consort, Meritamun, now re-erected in the center of the area which has become an open-air museum, several meters below the modern ground level. The statue of Meritamun was a spectacular discovery, although when it was found lying face-down before the temple gateway - After you finish your tour - Continue drive to the city of Sohag - transfer to your Hotel - Dinner at Hotel - Overnight in Sohag (Breakfast & Dinner)
DAY 8
Abydos - Dendarah - Luxor ON
Breakfast at Hotel – Drive to Abydos to visit the great temple of King Seti I at Abydos, this temple was built in Dynasty XIX by Seti I, but the decoration of the courtyards and first hypostyle hall was completed by his son Rameses II - Then proceed to visit the temple Ramses II located about 300m from Seti I’s temple at Abydos. On the western edge of the village of Beni Mansur, Rameses II built another temple for himself - After finishing your tour you will drive to Dendarah – Arrive Dendarah and be transferred to visit Temple of Hathor, which is largely a Ptolemaic structure but the site spans many periods from Early Dynastic through to Christian - Continue drive to Luxor - Arrive Luxor and transfer to your Hotel – Check in, rest and refresh at the hotel - Dinner & overnight in Luxor. (Breakfast & Dinner)
DAY 9
MadinetHabu - Deir El Madina - Ramesseum
Breakfast at your Hotel – After that you will join your professional tour guide to visit MadinetHabu temple of king Ramses III, which is a huge complex of stone and mud-brick ramparts on the West Bank of the Nile at Luxor. Situated at the southern end of the Theban necropolis - Then drive to visit Deir El Madinah Workmen's Village – Later on, you will be escorted to explore Luxor to visit Tombs of Nobles, Ramesseum Temple, Valley of the Queens - Back to your Hotel, rest and refresh - At night free at leisure by your own (Optional Sound and light show at Karnak temples can be added upon request) - Overnight in Luxor. (Breakfast & Dinner)
DAY 10
Luxor City Tour - Luxor ON
Breakfast at Hotel - Enjoy your tour discovering the city of Luxor to visit Luxor Museum & The Mummification Museum - Then enjoy a felucca ride to the Banana Island - Back to your Hotel for rest & refresh - At night Free at leisure by your own - Overnight in Luxor. (Breakfast & Dinner)
DAY 11
East Bank - Luxor ON
Breakfast & check out – Then our tour leader will transfer you via private A-C van to your Nile cruise ship – Embarkation before Lunch – Start your Nile cruise journey with Lunch on board – After Lunch you will join your professional tour guide to explore the east bank of Egypt by visiting Karnak temples, which is consider the biggest complex construction in the world covering an area of a hundred acres and it is more impressive for the first time visitor. Visit Temple of Luxor, which was constructed on the site of a small temple of god Amun which was built by one of the kings of the 12th dynasty. Later on, you will be transferred back to your ship – Enjoy the sunset on board – Dinner on board – At night, folkloric show on board your ship – Overnight in Luxor. (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
DAY 12
West Bank - Sail to Edfu& ON
Breakfast on board at 06.00 AM – Enjoy your tour today by visiting Valley of the kings, where the ancient Egyptian kings were buried – Enjoy your tour by visiting Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which considers as a wonderful example of the architecture in ancient Egypt as it was carved inside the mountain. Finish your tour in the west bank by visiting Colossi of Memnon, which are the only monument survived from the mortuary temple of King Amenhotep III – After that, you will be transferred back to your ship – Lunch meal on board will be reserved – Afternoon, free at leisure on board – Dinner on board during sailing to Edfu – At night, oriental show (Galabeya Party) – Overnight in Edfu. (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
DAY 13
Edfu Temple - Temple of KomOmbo - Aswan ON
Breakfast on board your Nile cruise – After that you will proceed to visit Temple of Horus in Edfu, which is consider the most well preserved temple and the only one we know it has been completed built from Sandstone blocks related back to the Ptolemaic period in Egypt – Back to your ship – Lunch on board during sailing to KomOmbo – Afternoon, you will join your professional tour guide to visit Temple of KomOmbo, which is one of the temples which were built during the Greco-Roman period and it was dedicated to two gods Sobek and Haroeris – Later on, you will be escorted to your Nile cruise – Enjoy the sunset on board – Dinner on board during sailing to Aswan – Overnight on board. (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
DAY 14
High Dam - Temple of Philae - Felucca ride
Breakfast on board at 07.00 AM - Enjoy your tour to Visit High Dam, which was built during the reign of the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1960 A.D to protect Egypt from the Nile flood – Then you will sail by motor boat to until reaching Temple of Philae, which was erected during the Greco-Roman period and was dedicated to goddess Isis "Mother of Horus" – Afternoon view of the Elephantine Island by Felucca (Sailing Boat) and view of Agha Khan Mausoleum – Back to your Nile Cruise – Free at leisure on board – Dinner & overnight on board. (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
DAY 15
Abu Simbel Temples - Aswan ON
Check out after breakfast - Early morning drive by A/C late model van to visit the great temple of King Ramses II at Abu Simble and the whole area - Drive back to Aswan - Arrive Aswan & transfer to your hotel - Check in, rest and refresh - At night free at leisure by your own (Optional Sound & Light Show at Philae temple can be added upon request) - Overnight in Aswan. (Breakfast)
DAY 16
Aswan City Tour - Train to Cairo
Breakfast at hotel - Enjoy your city tour to visit The Nubian Museum, where you will discover some pieces related to the Nubian life in Egypt – Then you will proceed to visit Temple of Kalabsha – Enjoy Camel ride to St. Simon Monastry – Explore The Nubian Village to know some habits & traditions of the Nubian lifestyle – After that, you will be transferred to Aswan train station to depart to Cairo via an A-C 1st class sleeper train – Dinner & overnight on board. (Breakfast & Dinner)
DAY 17
Free at Leisure - Cairo ON
Breakfast on board the train - Arrive Cairo train station and be met with our English-speaking representative who will transfer you via private A-C van to your hotel in Cairo - Check in, rest and refresh - Afternoon, free at leisure by your own (Optional tour to The Pharaonic Village can be added upon request) - Back to your hotel & overnight in Cairo. (Breakfast)
DAY 18
Cairo Int. Airport - Final Departure
Check out after breakfast - Then you will be met with our representative who will transfer you by private A-C van to Cairo International airport to fly home. (Breakfast)
