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10 Days
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Every Day
Description
Egypt where the civilizations were begun
| Program | Egypt Tour Packages 10 days Prince Re Hotep |
| Duration: | 09 Nights / 10 days |
| Destinations covered: | Cairo » Luxor » Aswan » Luxor » Cairo |
(03 nights in Cairo » and 07 nights on Nile Cruise)
10 Days Egypt Travel Package Round Trip Nile Cruise and Pyramids
Give yourself the sort of holiday you deserve with our Round-Trip Nile Cruise and Pyramids package. Explore the attractions of Cairo and cruise the Nile in 10 days on one of Egypt’s tours in 2023. Enjoy a unique round trip and sailing experience on board Of Nile Cruise between Luxor and Aswan for 6 nights visiting Karnak Temple, Philae Temple, and many more. See the spectacular Pyramids in Cairo during this 10-day package tour in Egypt.
Experience Egypt and feel like royalty only with Khaled Abbass Tour Guide
Itinerary
Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport and then he will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour.
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, and then met by your personal guide who will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, which includes:
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, about three inches long. Afterward, head to visit:
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. Enjoy your lunch and it will be served at a local restaurant after that proceed to
The Egyptian Museum:
Where you can see a rare collection of artifacts that date back to 5000 years and Over 250,000 genuine monuments are presented, the Egyptian Museum also contains the most important artifacts that reflect the splendor of ancient Egyptian civilization. And finally we will enjoy free tour in
Khan El-Khalili.
Located in the heart of Islamic Cairo, near the Medieval walled city of the Saladin Citadel, the Khan el-Khalili market was built on the old burial site of the Fatimid Caliphs, who founded Cairo in the 10th century. Trading in the souk dates from the 14th century, but its elaborately-carved monumental gates and grid-like alleyways were constructed in the 16th century under Egypt's last powerful Mamluk ruler. At the end of the day, we will return back to your hotel overnight. Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
Check out from hotel in the early morning then transfer to Cairo Airport for your flight to Luxor where you will be met and assisted, then transferred by an air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to embark your Nile Cruise. Have your lunch on board before setting sail to Esna. Free time at leisure with afternoon tea on board the cruise ship. Dinner on board. Overnight aboard your cruise in Esna.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Breakfast on board while sailing to Edfu at the morning, then have a visit to Horus Temple in Edfu, the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt.
The Temple Of Horus
Built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC, the Temple of Horus at Edfu is generally regarded to be the best-preserved of the Ancient Egyptian sanctuaries. For 200 years, the structure was buried under almost 40 feet (12 meters) of desert sand and silt from the Nile, which incredibly helped to conserve it to near-perfection Back to the Nile cruise boat to continue sailing to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board with afternoon tea and Free time at leisure. Dinner on board with enjoying Egyptian Galabya party. Overnight aboard your cruise in Kom Ombo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Early sail to Aswan while enjoying your Breakfast on board. Then, you will be picked up to enjoy a day tour to the High Dam, the Granite Quarries and the Temple of Philae. Lunch will be served on board the Nile cruise our visit today includes
Philae Temples
This beautiful temple complex is one of the most picturesque in all of Egypt. It sits on Aglika Island just south of the old Aswan Dam and you must ride a water taxi to the island to get to theruins. The temple was moved to its current location following the construction of the High Dam, which threatened to submerge it permanently. The careful reconstruction at the current site carefully completed, painstakingly preserving the original appearance and layout of the complex and even landscaping the island to match its former location.
The High Dam
When construction began on the High Dam in 1960, it was the most heralded part of President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s effort to develop Egypt for all Egyptians. While the dam is certainly not the largest in the world, it is an impressive engineering feat nonetheless, over 360 feet tall and 12,500 feet across. The dam was completed in 1971 and the huge reservoir behind it, named for President Nasser, finished filling in 1979.
The Unfinished Obelisk
The Unfinished Obelisk is a rare opportunity to consider what this process might have been like and just how difficult it was to shape and carve the great stone blocks that make up Egypt’s many monuments. This huge obelisk would have stood 140 feet in height, the largest even in Egypt. It was to be carved from the Red Aswan granite that decorate many of Egypt’s greatest monument and for which the city is famous. This greatest of all of Egypt’s monoliths, however, was never finished. At a late stage in its formation, a flaw in the rock was discovered and it was abandoned.
Botanical Garden
Located on Kitchener’s Island, one of two islands in the Nile immediately adjacent to the city-center of Aswan, the Aswan Botanical Gardens offer a beautiful and unique escape from the city. The entirety of the island is landscaped with rare and exotic plants that were planted there by Lord Horatio Kitchener, who was gifted the island for his service as consul general of Egypt under British control. Lord Kitchener’s passion for horticulture was expressed through his conversion of the island given into a garden. The Egyptian government later reclaimed the island and it has been maintained as the Aswan Botanical Gardens. The only way to reach the island is by boat, either on one of the public ferries that run between Aswan, Elephantine Island, and Kitchener’s Island or by hiring a felucca.
The Nubian Village
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. Back to the cruise for dinner on board with Belly dance show and Egyptian folkloric show. Overnight aboard your cruise in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Breakfast on board your Nile cruise with free time at leisure in Aswan, and enjoy the tour to Abu Simbel Temples. It takes about 3 hours to drive from Aswan to Abu Simbel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Arrive at Abu Simbel, and see the impressive Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, which are dedicated to the four universal gods Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, and Ramesses II.
Abu Simbel Temples
This site south of Aswan along Lake Nasser’s shore is the most famous in all of Egypt after the Giza Pyramids. Built by the greatest of the pharaohs, Ramesses II, these huge rock-cut temples marked the southern boundary of the Egyptian Empire with Nubia at the peak of its power during the New Kingdom. They were meant to convey the power of Egypt’s rulers to anyone who laid eyes upon them.
The Great Temple
The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, in Nubia near Egypt’s southern border, is among the most awe-inspiring monuments of Egypt. It was cut into the living rock by King Ramesses II (the Great) of the Nineteenth Dynasty, around 1264 BC. The temple is most well known for the four imposing seated colossal statues that dominate its façade. One of these collapsed because of an ancient earthquake, and its fragments can still be seen on the ground.
The Small Temple
Another rock-cut temple to the north, known as the Small Temple, is dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Ramesses II’s Great Royal Wife, Queen Nefertari. On the façade of the Small Temple, her colossi are the same size as those of her husband, a very rare example of such display. Then return to your Nile Cruise in Aswan. Free time at leisure, then have your dinner on board and enjoy a Nubian Show. Overnight aboard your cruise in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Sail to Kom Ombo while having your breakfast on board, then enjoy a guided visit to the Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo.
Sobek And Horus Wr Temples
The temple is unique for its dedication to two different deities: the local crocodile-headed god Sobek, and the first "god of the Kingdom", the falcon-headed god Horus the Elder (also called Haroeris). This double dedication was deliberate. Not only is it architecturally duplicated, with two sets of courts, hypostyle halls and sanctuaries, the twin temple is symbolic of the local and Universalist themes that the two different deities represented. Back to the Nile Cruise to set sail to Edfu with lunch on board. Continue sailing to Esna, with afternoon tea on board. Dinner on board in Esna. Overnight aboard your cruise in Esna.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Luxor Nile Cruise Excursions Sail to Luxor with breakfast on board your Nile Cruise, then head out to enjoy a guided tour to the West bank of the River Nile in Luxor to visit Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, the powerful Egyptian queen, and the Colossi of Memnon.
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.
Hatshepsut Temple
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.
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. Back to the cruise with lunch, dinner on board. Overnight aboard your cruise in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Breakfast on board, then disembark your Nile cruise in Luxor and enjoy a guided tour to the East Bank of Luxor, visit the magnificent Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple.
Karnak Temple
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.
Luxor Temple
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). Lunch will be served in a good quality restaurant in Luxor. Later on, you will be transferred to Luxor Airport for your flight back to Cairo, where you will be met and assisted at the airport then escorted to your hotel nearby Cairo Airport. Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
Breakfast at the hotel with free time at your leisure, then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.
Experience
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Highlights
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Tour ItineraryDay 01 Arrival To EgyptDay 02 Cairo ( Pyramids , Museum And Khan Elkhalili)Day 03 Fly To Luxor - Nile Cruise Round TripDay 04 Edfu Temple - Sail To Kom OmboDay 05 Aswan Nile Cruise ToursDay 06 Abu Simple TemplesDay 07 Sail To Kom Ombo Temple - Sail To EsnaDay 08 Tour The City Of The DeadDay 09 Luxor Nile Cruise - Back To CairoDay 10 Fly Back Home
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Includes
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Tour Package includes:IncludeMeet and greet service by our representatives at airports.Assistance of our guest relations during your stay.All transfers to/from airporthotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle.Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo including daily breakfast.Accommodation for 6 nights onboard Nile Cruise on full board basis.Domestic flight Cairo/Luxor – Luxor/Cairo.All sightseeing tours in Cairo are private guided tours.All sightseeing tours on the cruise sharing cruise group.Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.English-speaking tour guide during your tours.Meals at hotel, cruise and during tours as mentioned in the itinerary.Bottled water during outings outside of hotel or cruise ship.All service charges and taxes
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Tour Package excludes:International Airfare.Entry visa to Egypt.Any optional tours.Personal spending.Tipping
Starts from $ 1735
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