Day 1:
Welcome to land of
Pharaohs … you will be
met & assisted for the
transfer to your hotel
for overnight.
Overnight:Hotel in Pyramids Area
Hotel Category: 5*
Meals: X |
Day 2:
Visit to the Pyramids and
Sphinx at Giza Plateau.
Have time for lunch...try
Egyptian food..
Continuing to Saqqara, we can explore the
countless
tombs and temples at
this site and see Zhoser’s step
Pyramid.
Time for new type of trips,
will have a very interesting one
to Aswan by sleeper train.
Overnight:On board Sleeper train
Meals:Breakfast at hotel &
dinner on board train.
Day 3:
Arrival Aswan or
"Swente" as known in ancient
Egyptian times, check into your hotel.
A visit to the
High Dam & afternoon's highlight is a leisurely boat
trip to Agilika Island for a
guided tour of Philae Temple.
Enjoy free time for
shopping in the colorful souqs
or may be you would like to relax and
enjoy an amazing
sunset in Aswan.
Overnight: Nile Cruise sailing
ex. Aswan
Cruise Category: 5*
Meals: Breakfast on board train
Lunch & dinner on board cruise
Day 4:
Optional visit of the
massive rocks in Abu Simble
Temple. LADIES!! you might find
getting an Egyptian Tatto
of interest.
Overnight:
Cruise sailing ex. Aswan.
Cruise Category: 5*
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, &
dinner on board cruise
Day 5:
Relax, or just chill out in the sun on deck.
Overnight on board cruise.
Cruise Category: 5*
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
on board cruise
Day 6:
Disembarking in Kom Ombo, enjoy a guided
tour of Kom Ombo Temple.. Tonight,
will have a visit to the Temple of Luxor, spectacularly illuminated at night.
Overnight:Hotel in Luxor
Hotel Category: 5*
Meals: Breakfast on board cruise
Day 7:
An early morning
trip to Valley of the Kings. As
an option you can join a hot air ballooning excursion over ancient
"City Thebes".
Visit Memnon Colossi, the Valleys
of the Kings and Temple of Queen Hatchepsut.
Afternoon time; will visit the
Karnak temple.
Refresh before having the trip
back to Cairo, our tour has not
ended yet.. still having
more!!!!
Overnight:On board sleeper train
Meals:Breakfast at hotel in
Luxor & dinner on board train
Day 8:
Arrival Cairo,
check-in at your hotel .
Later
on, will visit the Egyptian
Museum, you might be
interested in knowing more about
the mummification story, you
have an option to visit the
mummies room.
Overnight:Hotel in Cairo
Hotel Category: 5*
Meals:Breakfast on board train
Day 9:
Starting an early
morning trip (almost by 7:00am), driving
North-west towards the Mediterranean coastline,
where the II World War famous cemeteries of
"El Alamein".
Over stop for a
light lunch in Marsa Matrouh
and we continue onward to Siwa Evening walk and
opportunity for dinner in a typical
"Siwan" style restaurant.
Overnight: Hotel in Siwa
Hotel Category: Standard
Meals: Breakfast at hotel in
Cairo & Lunch at a local
restaurant en-route.
Day 10:
Chill up !!! new
morning equals a new type of
tours!! having a leisurely bicycle ride through the verdant
date palm groves, visiting the local sights en-route.
First to start with is the
Temple of the Oracle, Cycling to Cleopatra Spring for a dip in the pool as the spring fed
warm water bubbles to the surface.
Afternoon
free at leisure or optional
sunset dinner, swim and campfire
at the ‘Great Saltwater Lake’.
Overnight: Hotel in Siwa
Hotel Category: Standard
Meals: Breakfast at hotel in
Siwa
Day 11:
A visit to Mountain of the Dead and explore Old Shali
"The old city abandoned in 1926 after 3 days of rain that literally melted the
mud brick city".
An enclosed muddle
of secrets,
corridors, homes, shops,
granaries and mosques are all
there to be explored.
Afternoon - Desert Safari through the massive sand dunes of the Great Sand Sea,
stop at an
amazing natural spring fed lake surrounded by miles of sandy desert,
visit the site of an ancient ocean abundant with marine fossils and at the hot spring of Bir Wahed,
you can enjoy swimming and have
a sunset dinner.
Overnight:Hotel in Siwa
Hotel Category:Standard
Meals:Breakfast at hotel in Siwa
& sunset dinner at "Bir Wahed
Spring"
Day 12:
An early start, we drive along the north
coast to Marsa Matrouh (Siwa – Marsa Matrouh
– Alexandria). Where you find a large Libyan/Berber population
distinctive in custom and dress,
a stop for lunch, swim in the Med. and have
time to explore the Libyan souq (when
/ if open) before driving onward
to Alexandria.
Overnight: Hotel in Alexandria
Hotel Category: 5*
Meals:Breakfast at hotel in Siwa
& lunch en-route
Day 13:
Time for relaxation, afternoon sightseeing of Montazzah Palace,
and Quait Bay Fortress.
Evening tram ride into downtown
Alex. for shopping.
Tonight will taste Alexandria
!!! dinner is "Alexandrian
Pies" or as we call it in Arabic
"Fteer Eskandrany"...believe
it... you will ask for the
recipes.
Overnight: Hotel in Alexandria
Hotel Category: 5*
Meals:Breakfast at hotel in
Alex. & dinner at a local rest.
Day 14:
Will start our
day by visiting the Catacombs of
Kom El Shokafa,
Pompeii’s Pillar, National Museum and a stop at the Library of Alexandria.
Sea food lunch & after lunch we
will drive back to Cairo.
Last day in Egypt.. you
might be interested in getting
some souvenirs from Khan El
Khalili Bazaar (optional).
Overnight: Hotel in Cairo
Hotel Category: 5*
Meals:Breakfat at hotel in Alex.
& lunch (sea food OR your
choice)
Day 15:
Check out & transfer to
airport for final departure ...
Meals: Breakf. at hotel in Cairo
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