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11 nights / 12 days
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Private
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Every Day
Description
Egypt where the civilizations were begun
| Program | Egypt Luxury Tour Packages 12 days tour God Habi |
| Duration: | 11 Nights / 12 days |
| Destinations covered: | Cairo » Nile Cruise Luxor – Aswan » Cairo |
Experience the romanticism of Egypt in 12 days
(03 nights in Cairo » 07 nights Nile Cruise » 01 night in Luxor)
Take a perfect vacation and spend 12 days in Egypt on a tour to Cairo and Nile Cruise Round trip for 8 days among some of the most beautiful destinations with Egypt Tour Guide. Do not miss the opportunity and book the best 12 days in your life with the best prices and the best services.
Experience Egypt and feel like royalty only with Khaled Abbass Tour Guide
Itinerary
Welcome to Cairo. Your tour begins when you are greeted by our representative who will assist you through customs formalities. After you have collected your luggage, he will then take you, in our deluxe vehicle, to your Cairo hotel
After breakfast at your hotel we will meet in the lobby and start our unique day tour to the Pyramids of Giza
Giza Pyramids Complex
The three main pyramids of Giza (Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure) are sufficient enough to build a 2-meter-long wall and span 100,000 square kilometers around the globe along with the equator.
The Great Pyramid
The Great Pyramid of King Khufu is considered largely represents the spirit of ancient Egypt, King Khufu who built this Pyramid as a cemetery has left little information about his reign. Khufu ruled for about twenty-four years. Ironically, despite the enormity of his pyramid, the only statue of King Khufu himself is really small statue carved from ivory
Tomb of Queen Meres ankh III
Under the shadow of the Great Pyramid lies the mastaba of Queen Meresankh III, the wife of Khafra and granddaughter of Khufu. Both very large and exquisitely decorated, this is indeed a tomb worthy of her rank and fortunately also contains the best-preserved wall reliefs in the Eastern Cemetery.
Camel Ride
During our visit to the Pyramids, you will experience the transportation of the ancient and will enjoy a camel ride for almost 01 hour to get the best shots around the pyramids you just need to prepare your camera. We will move from the highest point at the Pyramids till we reach the lowest where the Sphinx is located as ancient pharaohs did.
The Magical Sphinx
Who among us when mentioning the name of the Sphinx does not think about this stone sculpture that carved in the form of the human head and lion body, which is located in the Giza plateau in Egypt the Sphinx is one of the oldest and the largest sculptures in the world, it’s about 73.5 meters long and 6 meters wide.
There have been many and different opinions about the symbol represented by the Sphinx, Old views said that it represents the wisdom of man and the strength of the lion together and these qualities were applicable to “King Khafre“.
After that, continue your day tour from Cairo to Pyramids by paying a visit to:
The Valley Temple
It was used as a place for the embalming process. This temple constructed definitely for two functions: First, it was used for the purification of the mummy before its burial. Second, it was used for making the Mummification process of the king.
The Grand Egyptian Museum
It has been announced that the GEM, which is home to the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities worldwide, will open in 2024. However, the museum's Great Hall and Grand Staircase, where the colossal statues are on display, are already accessible to the public. The museum is now partially open to receive limited group visits, and to hold some special events.
Overnight in Cairo
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
After breakfast, you will check out and our representative will escort you to the airport for your flight to Luxor. Upon arrival, you will be met and assisted by our representative who will transfer you to your Nile Cruise. After lunch, you will be taken to visit the magnificent Karnak and Luxor Temples. Karnak Temple
The Complex of Karnak Temples
Built over two millennia between the years of around 2200 and 360 BCE, Karnak is a massive Ancient Egyptian temple complex that was one of the country's most important places of worship under the rules of Hatshepsut, Seti I, Ramesses II and Ramesses III. As well as the dominating Temple of Amun-Ra, Karnak is also made up of smaller chapels and sanctuaries dedicated to other deities, as well as grand halls, docks, a sacred lake. and pylons - the monumental gateways that mark temple entrances.:
The Temple of Luxor
Luxor Temple, Ipet‑resyt “Southern Sanctuary” to the ancient Egyptians, was so called because of its location within ancient Thebes (modern Luxor). It is located around three kilometers to the south of Karnak Temple, to which it was once linked with a processional way bordered with sphinxes. The oldest evidence for this temple dates to the Eighteenth Dynasty (c.1550–1295 BC).
Karnak Temple Impressive Sound and Light Show Tour
Among the bewitching activities that you can enjoy in the miraculous city, “Luxor” is attending the breathtaking Sound and Light show which is arranged in Karnak temple Complex and it is considered an hour and half hour spectacular Hollywood style extravaganza. The site there recounts the great history of Thebes “The ancient Capital” as Karnak Temple was mainly constructed to honor the god Amun. The most interesting thing to do is to walk through that great temple at night and witness the real glory of ancient architecture.
Now our representative will take you back to your Nile Cruise in Luxor to finish your unforgettable day trip.
Overnight in Nile Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Hot air Balloon Ride
Early morning, Egypt Tours representative will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor to the West Bank to enjoy Egypt Hot Air Balloon. Transfer to marine enjoy soft drinks before you take the motor boat to the west bank, then you will be transferred to the take-off area where you are going to start your balloon ride in the sky of the biggest open-air museum Luxor. The "Balloon Ride" trip departs every day, however confirmation in advance is still highly recommended. The balloon ride takes 45 minutes then you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Anew day on board starts with breakfast which you will have on board, you will start your program with visiting the Mummification Museum and Luxor Museum where you will enjoy the great ancient Egyptian art and science of mummification.
Luxor Museum
One of the best displays of antiquities in Egypt is located at the Luxor Museum opened in 1975. Housed within a modern building, the collection is limited in the number of items, but they are beautifully displayed. There are numerous other antiquities of interest including a couple of very nice coffins. The museum also houses items from periods after the demise of pharaonic Egypt.
Mummification Museum
Mummification museum in Luxor (ancient Thebes), intended to provide an understanding of the process to preserve the body. The ancient Egyptians not only applied embalming to dead humans but also to many animals (Cats, dogs, crocodiles…. etc.). God Anubis (the Jackal) was the god of embalming and mummification.
At the end you will return back to your cruise for Lunch which will be served on board. Start sailing towards Edfu. Dinner will be served onboard and overnight.
Overnight in Nile Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
You can enjoy an early breakfast. Once the boat is moored you will visit the best-preserved temple in Egypt: The Temple of Horus. After your visit to this superb temple, you will be taken back to the boat for your lunch on board.
Edfu Temple
Edfu temple which was dedicated to Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris and its walls are really impressive with its inscriptions and pictures showing Horus having his revenge from Seth the brother of his father Osiris. It is the best preserved and most complete in Egypt temple and second largest after Karnak.
Enjoy sun bathing and tea time on the deck of the Cruise. Once a shore you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the gods Horus and Sobek. After this great visit you will return back to the cruise for your dinner being served as it sails majestically towards Aswan.
The temple of Sobek in Kom Ombo
The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple in the town of Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods.
After the visit, you will be taken back to the boat for your dinner while it sails onward to Aswan.
Overnight in Nile Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
At the morning, enjoy your breakfast on the cruise then you will join your tour guide to the enchanting “Abu Simbel Temple” which is known to be a true piece of art. The two temples were carved out of the mountainside in 1200 BC during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II the second and his wife Queen Nefertari.
All the carvings, artwork, wall paintings, statues are extremely beautiful and tell incredible stories about Ramses victories at the battle of Kadesh and honor many gods like Ra, Amon, and Ptah.
Abu Simbel Temples
Abu Simbel temple complex includes 2 individual temples that were built during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II. The great temple was built for the king himself to commemorate his coronation and his birthday and it has been built in a very impressive accurate way which makes the whole world await the Sun Festival that occurs only twice a year in the great temple of the Pharaoh to witness the miracle that occurs there. The smaller temple was built as a sign of love & appreciation from the king to his beloved queen Nefertari and she was the only wife of the king for whom he has built a temple.
After enjoying our great tour to these amazing temples, we will return back to the Cruise where we will have our lunch and then the rest of the day is yours. Dinner will be served later onboard and overnight.
Overnight in Nile Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
A new day starts with breakfast, and then you will enjoy your day tour to Aswan where your guide will take you to see the High Dam, the Temples of Philae, the unfinished Obelisk, check in your Nile cruise and have lunch and then visit The Nubian village and the Botanical Island. Your visit includes:
Aswan High Dam
At Aswan High Dam, you’ll hear from your tour guide the whole story of its construction and how it helped the Egyptians a lot to improve their economic and social state. Then, you’ll move to witness the miraculous:
Philae Temples
Philae Temple was constructed in 690 B.C and it had been relocated with the help of the UNESCO because it was in great danger from the High & Low Dams of Aswan. It was dedicated to goddess Isis.
The Nubian Village & The Botanical Island
Discover the colorful culture of Nubia, one of Africa's oldest civilizations, traveling by felucca sailboat or modern motorboat, you'll meet locals, visit a traditional house, drink tea, and have free time to explore villages independently while Kitchener’s Island, to the west of Elephantine Island, was given to Lord Horatio Kitchener in the 1890s when he was commander of the Egyptian army. Kitchener turned the entire island into the stunning Aswan Botanical Gardens, importing plants from the Far East, India and parts of Africa.
After the end of the tour, you will be driven to your 5 stars Nile Cruise where you will have your lunch meal and make your check in then the rest of the day is yours. Dinner will be served onboard and overnight in Aswan.
Overnight in Nile Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast you will be taken to enjoy the unique visit to the
The Nubian Museum
Opened in 1997, the Nubian Museum is a belated, but well-executed, tribute to the culture and influence of Nubia and the Nubian people on the history of Egypt. This ancient culture, every bit as old as that of Ancient Egypt, existed along the banks of the Nile for millennia in the areas we call southern Egypt and northern Sudan today.
After your tour finishes you will return back to the Cruise which sets sail. This time downstream, for Kom Ombo once again. This time you can visit the temple early in the morning (on your own) before the boat heads off to Edfu.
Overnight in Nile Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
You can enjoy an early breakfast, while the cruise boat crosses the Esna lock to the city of Esna and continues towards Luxor.
Overnight in Nile Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
In the beautiful morning from your Nile Cruise in Luxor, our tour guide will meet you to take you to enjoy a journey in the west bank of Luxor where you will visit:
The Valley of the Kings
The rulers of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt’s prosperous New Kingdom (c.1550–1069 BC) were buried in a desolate dry river valley across the river from the ancient city of Thebes (modern Luxor), hence its modern name of the Valley of the Kings. This moniker is not entirely accurate, however, since some members of the royal family aside from the king were buried here as well, as were a few non-royal, albeit very high-ranking, individuals.
The Tomb of King Tut Ankh Amun
The tomb of the Eighteenth Dynasty king Tutankhamun (c.1336–1327 BC) is world-famous because it is the only royal tomb from the Valley of the Kings that was discovered relatively intact. Its discovery in 1922 by Howard Carter made headlines worldwide, and continued to do so as the golden artifacts and other luxurious objects discovered in this tomb were being brought out.
The Tomb of King Ramses VI
This tomb was begun by King Ramesses V (c.1147–1143 BC) of the Twentieth Dynasty. Although it is uncertain whether he was ultimately buried here, it is clear that his uncle Ramesses VI (c.1143–1136 BC) enlarged the tomb and used it.
The Tomb of King Seti I
The tomb of Sety I is one of the longest, deepest, and most beautifully decorated tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Sety I (c.1294–1279 BC) was the second king of the Nineteenth Dynasty, and father of Ramesses II (the Great). His tomb, number 17 in the Valley of the Kings, is sometimes called “Belzoni’s tomb” after its discoverer.
The Tomb of King Merenptah
The second-largest tomb in the valley, Merenptah’s tomb has been open since antiquity and has its share of Greek and Coptic graffiti. Floods have damaged the lower part of the walls of the long tunnel-like tomb, but the upper parts have well-preserved reliefs. The corridors are decorated with the Book of the Dead, the Book of Gates and the Book of Amduat. Beyond a shaft is a false burial chamber with two pillars decorated with the Book of Gates.
The Tomb of King Ramses III
One of the most popular tombs in the valley, KV 11 is also one of the most interesting and best preserved. Originally started by Sethnakht (1186–1184 BC), the project was abandoned when workers hit the shaft of another tomb (KV10). Work resumed under Ramses III (1184–1153 BC), the last of Egypt’s warrior pharaohs, with the corridor turning to the right, then left. It continues deep (125m overall) into the mountain and opens into a magnificent eight-pillared burial chamber.
The Tomb of King Ramses IV
Originally intended to be much larger, KV 2 was cut short at 89m on the early death of the pharaoh (1147 BC) and a pillared hall was converted to be the burial chamber. The sarcophagus is in place with a magnificent goddess Nut filling the ceiling above it. Close to the entrance of the valley, this tomb was opened in antiquity and inhabited (there is Greek, Roman and Coptic graffiti), and used as a hotel by many 18th- and 19th-century visitors.
The Temple of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut (c.1473–1458 BC), the queen who became Pharaoh, built a magnificent temple at Deir al-Bahari, on the west back of Luxor. It lies directly across the Nile from Karnak Temple, the main sanctuary of the god Amun. Hatshepsut’s temple, Djeser-djeseru “the Holy of Holies” was designed by the chief steward of Amun, Senenmut.
The Colossi of Memnon
These two faceless colossi (the plural of colossus, which just means larger-than-life statue) are the first thing visitors see when they reach the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. This isn't surprising when you hear their dimensions: they tower 60 feet (18 m) above the plains and are estimated to weigh an enormous 720 tons each.
Your lunch will be served in a local restaurant before we go and check in at your hotel in Luxor for one night.
Overnight in Luxor Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel followed by check out and transfer to Luxor airport to catch you flight back to Cairo then we will have a marvelous day tour to the Egyptian Museum and the holy part of Cairo. After having Lunch and finishing our great day we will check in the hotel in Cairo once more.
The Egyptian Museum
Centrally located on the edge of Tahrir Square in Cairo, the Egyptian Museum is hard to miss on any tour of Cairo. Opening in 1902, it was purpose-built to house the antiquities of Ancient Egypt. The museum was founded in 1857 by French Egyptologist August Mariette.
Coptic Cairo: Coptic Cairo is unique area with Old Cairo that has a concentration of Christian churches and other sites that date from the centuries between the decline of the pharaonic religion and the arrival of Islam when Egypt had a Christian majority. Coptic Cairo is largely built around the fort of Babylon on upon the remains of its walls.
Saint Mercurius Church
Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo is a Coptic Orthodox church situated just to the north of the Babylon Fortress in Old Cairo among a group of important churches, and within the area known as the Abu Sayfayn Cloister is to be found three churches and a convent. One of these churches, dedicated to Saint Mercurius, and is the largest in the district of ancient Babylon. The church is named after St. Philopater Mercurius who is known as Abu Sayfayn ("double sworded").
Hanging Church
The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage. The church is approached by twenty-nine steps; early travelers to Cairo dubbed it "the Staircase Church".The land surface has risen by some six meters since the Roman period, so the Roman tower is mostly buried below ground, reducing the visual impact of the church's elevated position.
Church of the Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag)
The Church of the Holy Virgin in Babylon El-Darag was occupied from the 11th to the 15th centuries by several Coptic patriarchs, seven of whom were buried in the church. Pope Zacharias was one of them.
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria used to pray in the church before assuming papacy. According to tradition, the church was one of the resting places of the Holy Family during their sojourn in Egypt, as well as the location from which Peter sent his epistle. Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church
Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church is traditionally believed to have been built on the spot where the Holy Family, Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus Christ, rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. They may have lived here while Joseph worked at the fortress.
The church is of significant historical importance, and in fact, it is where many patriarchs of the Coptic Church were elected. The first to be elected here was Patriarch Isaac (681-692).
Moaiz ST & Khan Khaliili
Elmoaz Street the largest open-air museum for Islamic monuments in the world, and a unique heritage site that was added to The UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979. While Khan Khalili is One of the wonderful places in Cairo and the oldest market in the Middle East it’s a medieval-style mall.
Enjoy your lunch and it will be served at a local restaurant after the day tour. Then return to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.
Overnight in Cairo
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Breakfast at hotel. Check out and transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure.
Meals: Breakfast
Experience
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Highlights
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Day Activity01 Welcome to Egypt02 Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx – The Grand Egyptian Museum03 Fly to Luxor from Cairo (Karnak and Luxor Temples)04 Hot Air Balloon - Luxor Museum - The Mummification Museum05 Edfu & Kom Ombo Temples06 Abu Simbel from Aswan - Back to Your Nile Cruise07 High Dam – Philae Temples – Unfinished Obelisk – Nubia Village08 Nile Cruise: Nubian Museum09 Sailing day10 A day Tour to the Valley of the kings – Hatshepsut – Memnon Colossi11 Egyptian Museum – Coptic Cairo – Khan Elkhalili12 Fly back home
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Includes
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Arrival / departure assistance03 nights’ accommodation in a 5 stars luxury hotel in Cairo on Bed and breakfast basis.07 nights’ accommodation in board of a 5 stars luxury Nile Cruise on full board basis. (3 meals included).01 nights’ accommodation in a 5 stars luxury hotel in Luxor on Bed and breakfast basis.All transfers as per program by private and deluxe air-conditioned vehicle for all transportation.Private English speaking Egyptologist guides as per the itinerary. (Any language is available).Entrance fees for all sightseeing. And all applicable taxesMeals as mentioned in the itinerary.Domestic flight ticket Cairo / Luxor / Luxor /Cairo.
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International airfares.Egypt entry Visa.Tipping for guides, driver, Nile cruise crew, etc…Personal expenses (laundry, telephone calls, etc.
Starts from $ 3335
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