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10 Days
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Private
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Every Day
Description
Egypt where the civilizations were begun
| Program | Egypt Budget Tour Packages 10 days Cairo and Hurghada |
| Duration: | 09 Nights / 10 days |
| Destinations covered: | Cairo » Hurghada » Cairo |
(05 nights Cairo » 04 nights Hurghada)
Explore History of Cairo and magic of the Red Sea
Our 10-day tour of Cairo and Hurghada offers a mix of historical exploration and beach relaxation. The itinerary includes 5 nights in Cairo visiting the pyramids, museums, and other historical sites, finally 4 nights in Hurghada for water activities and leisure.
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 immigration and customs formalities. After you have collected your luggage, he will then take you, in our deluxe vehicle, to your Cairo hotel where you will meet your guide who will revise the tour plan with you.
Start your day tour to Giza Necropolis where our driver will pick up you from your hotel in Cairo or Giza and join our professional tour guide to witness the real magnificence ancient Egyptian attractions through visiting:
Memphis Open Air Museum
Memphis was the oldest capital of ancient Egypt, the first one that was founded after the unification of upper and Lower Egypt. The city was founded in the first dynasty (3100 BC).
The Step Pyramid of Saqqara
It’s called also step Pyramid of Zoser or Josser, due to the King Zoser who ordered his minister Imhotep to build it, this pyramid consists of six-layers, It’s height was about 197foot (60 meters). It is the first Pyramid ever built and it is the first largest scale stone building in the world.
Pyramid of Unas
The Pyramid of Unas is a smooth-sided pyramid built in the 24th century BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of the Fifth Dynasty.
Overnight in Cairo
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
At 09 am you will meet your tour Guide and start your day to the great Pyramids area 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 (Extra Ticket)
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.
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“.
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
The museum houses a collection of the most valuable Egyptian artifacts ever from various periods of the Egyptian civilization, from the Predynastic Period to Coptic Egypt, with an estimated total of over 100,000 artifacts, including at least 20,000 that will be displayed for the first time ever, including the complete King Tutankhamun collection comprising 5,398 pieces. The Tut collection is on display in a 7,500 m2 section of the museum. Rare pieces that have been restored will be displayed for the first time, such as the second solar ship of Khufu, the restoration of which cost $5 million, the collection of Queen Hetepheres (mother of King Khufu), and the collection of Yuya and Thuyu (parents of Queen Tiye).
Overnight in Cairo
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
After breakfast at your hotel we will meet in the lobby and start our unique day tour to
The Citadel of Cairo
The citadel of Saladin contains many monuments dating back to different Islamic eras, it was not only just a fortified castle that was used to defend the city but also many mosques and other purposes was in the citadel for 800 years.
Mohamed Ali Mosque was built on a rectangular area inside Salah al-Din Citadel, it’s divided into two parts
National Military Museum
This museum is the first of its kind to be devoted to the history of the Egyptian military through the ages. The museum was located in al-Haram Palace in 1949 in the Cairo Citadel in 1949.
Sultan Hassan & Elrefai Mosques
Mosque of Sultan Hassan is a primal example of the early Islamic Mamluk architecture between 1356 A.D and 1363 A.D. The Mosque is 150m in length and covering 7,906 sq m inland and its walls reach the height of 36 m.
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 Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Check out from your hotel in Luxor after breakfast, then transfer to Cairo airport to catch your flight to Hurghada. After you have collected your luggage, our guide will then take you, in our deluxe vehicle, to your Hurghada hotel. Day at leisure in Hurghada, enjoy swimming, snorkeling, diving, and different water sports as well as optional tours available on request, overnight in Hurghada.
Overnight in Hurghada Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Have breakfast then enjoy Desert Super Safari tour Hurghada Included Pick Up time from your hotel in Hurghada by Toyota 4x4 WD enjoy an adventurous experience across the desert. Enjoy Desert Safari excursions from El Gouna with different activities Jeep, Quad biking, Make a camel ride. with Barbeque dinner and soft drinks Our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Hurghada by Jeep 4x4, Enjoy Sunset Desert Safari4X4, and then you will be transferred to the eastern Egyptian desert to Enjoy the Magic of the Egyptian Desert
Visit the Bedouin Tribe and Ride Camel. The Camel Riding tour in the desert offers a natural adventure through the amazing painted deserts you have ever seen, visit the Bedouin and see their life
Quad Biking Trip. Enjoy Quad biking Trip with a Professional quad-bike guide for your assistance Bedouin Village Tour with Bedouin Tea
Spider buggy Ride Enjoy short Trip with Spider-Buggy Car and finally Barbeque dinner will be served once the sun goes down, and you will make your way back out of the desert.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
In the morning, one of our representatives will transfer you from your hotel to enjoy a one-day Scuba diving on the boat with your instructor, who will teach you about diving. You will try diving in the morning and another one in the afternoon at different sites.
The time you will spend diving in the water should be around 30 – 40 minute, The diving will start after the completion of a medical form that we will give you upon your arrival to ensure your suitability. Talk some amazing photographs of the varied landscapes of Hurghada.
Finally, it’s time to end your Scuba diving in Hurghada, our representative will transfer you to your hotel where the rest of the day will be yours.
Many wondered: I do not know diving so how can I dive? You can learn the diving with your guide and you didn’t need to be a swimmer, swimming is one thing and diving is another, but you must have the courage and the ability to experience diving exciting.
After finishing your amazing tour, you will return back to your hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We organize day snorkeling trip to Utopia Island from Hurghada. Experience the fascinating underwater world of the Red Sea on this full-day tour from Hurghada. Enjoy snorkeling among natural reefs and beautiful corals before enjoying the fantastic views of the colorful world of fish from a glass-bottomed boat.
Experience a fascinating snorkeling adventure in the Red Sea. After the pick-up at your hotel, you will head to the beautiful peninsula of Soma Bay, which will be your first snorkeling stop. Here there is also a pier, from which you will start the boat tour. Around Utopia Island are several natural reefs where you can enjoy snorkeling. Explore the unique underwater world and admire the countless colorful fish and beautiful corals.
After a few snorkeling stops you can relax with a delicious lunch onboard the boat and recharge your batteries. Afterwards, you will transfer to a glass-bottomed boat and spend memorable few hours admiring the underwater world of the Red Sea below your feet. For two hours you will have a direct view of the crystal-clear waters surrounding Utopia Island.
After finishing your amazing Red Sea adventure, you will return back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
At 09 am you will meet your tour Guide and start your day to the great Pyramids area which includes:
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 Old Churches
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.
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.
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.
Church of St. George (Cairo)
The Church of St. George is a Greek Orthodox Church within the Babylon Fortress in Coptic Cairo. It is part of the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of St George under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa. The church dates back to the 10th century (or earlier). The current structure was rebuilt following a 1904 fire, construction was finished in 1909. Since 2009, the monastery's hegumen has had the rank of bishop with title Bishop Babylonos ("Bishop of Babylon").
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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Budget 3 or 4 stars Accommodation in CairoBudget 3 or 4 stars Accommodation in HurghadaFree Wifi Internet
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Includes
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Arrival / departure assistance05 nights’ accommodation in Cairo on Bed and breakfast basis. The Gate Pyramid inn or similar04 nights’ accommodation in Hurghada on Bed and breakfast basis. La Casa Resort or similarAll 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.All applicable taxes are included.Meals as mentioned in the itinerary.Domestic flight ticket Cairo /Hurghada /Cairo.
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International airfares.Egypt entry Visa.Personal expenses (laundry, telephone calls, etc.Tipping for guides, driver, Nile cruise crew, etc…The Great Pyramid entry fees.Drinks on cruise board and during meals.Optional Tours
Starts from $ 1150
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