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13 Days
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Private
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Every Day
Description
Egypt where the civilizations were begun
| Program | Egypt Tour Packages 13 days Cairo, Nile Cruise, Hurghada and Bahria Oasis |
| Duration: | 12 Nights / 13 days |
| Destinations covered: | Cairo » Nile Cruise» Hurghada » Bahria Oasis |
(04 nights in Cairo – 03 nights Nile Cruise – 04 nights in Hurghada – 01-night desert camp)
Where ever you are in Egypt, there is an adventure to do.
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. Witness the richest place in the world the tomb of King Tut Ankh Amun and his treasures. Camp in the desert and count the stars in its clear Sky
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. Overnight in Cairo.
At the morning time we will take you from the hotel in Cairo by a private air-conditioned car to start a day trip from Cairo to
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.
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.
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 Churches in Old Cairo including:
The Hanging Church and the Church of St. George the Martyr, 2 churches built into the walls of the Fort of Babylon and its remains could be Cairo's oldest structures; and the Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius), where, the Holy Family took shelter in a cave, with the church being erected her to commemorate this. This whole area is a world-famous destination for Pilgrims.
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.
A new day starts with breakfast, and then you will be driven catch your flight 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:
The Unfinished Obelisk
The Unfinished Obelisk was supposed to be standing in front of Hatshepsut Temple but some cracks happened to it which leads Queen Hatshepsut to order her men to move it to Aswan and it is characterized with its majestic size.
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.
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.
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 Edfu.
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 Edfu, home of the best-preserved temple in Egypt: The Temple of Horus.
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 while the cruise boat crosses the Esna lock to the city of Esna and continue sailing to Luxor.
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.
After your visit to this superb temple, you will be taken back to the boat in plenty of time before it departs Edfu and sets sail for Esna. Once you reach Esna you will watch as it sails through the Esna locks. Once through the locks, the boat continues on its course towards Luxor, once the boat is moored you will visit the Temple of Luxor. Then return back to the cruise for dinner and overnight in Luxor.
The temple of Luxor
The Temple of Luxor was the center of the most important festivals and one of the best temples which you will visit. It’s one of the most important and famous ancient Egyptian temples, located in the city of Luxor, which is about 700 km from Cairo, it’s an important tourist destination for its monuments and its distinctive weather, which makes it a wonderful destination for tourists from all over the world.
After the visit, you will be taken back to the boat for your dinner while after dinner you can go out or you can rest in the cruise.
Sound and light show in Karnak
Enjoy Luxor Tours Watching Karnak Temple Sound and Light Show on the east bank illuminated at night with an audio-visual show that will explain how the temple was built and what life was like in Ancient Egypt. We will give you the chance to discover how life has been thousands of years ago? You will know about them through the splendid Sound and Light Show at the Karnak Temples.This spectacle will take about 75-minute first takes you around the temple grounds, and finally, the last act is played while you are seated along the Great Sacred Lake. The performance relates the history of Luxor as the capital of the ancient world.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, dinner
Your last breakfast on board followed by check out, and then you will be driven to see the Valley of the kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, The Colossi of Memnon, Karnak temples. Your visit includes:
The Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is a place where most of the important ancient pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried. It is considered a sacred place and it holds inside some souls of great Ancient Egyptians. Here we will visit 5 tombs ( 3 tombs by default ticket + Tut ankh Amun and Ramses VI)
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.
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.
Lunch will be served at a high-quality restaurant then proceed driving to your hotel in Hurghada by a private A/C car where you will check in as soon as arrival and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, 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
Start with a breakfast meal at the hotel then you will fly to Cairo where you will find one of our skillful tour guides waiting for you at Cairo Airport to witness:
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
The first museum of civilization in the Arab world, the NMEC will present a comprehensive view of Egyptian civilization from prehistory to the present day, taking a multidisciplinary thematic approach designed to highlight Egypt’s tangible and intangible heritage. A museum of a new kind, unknown so far in Egypt and the entire Middle East region, the NMEC’s main goal is to “share knowledge”, to connect with the surrounding Egyptian society and to offer international visitors a richer and deeper insight into the meaning of Egyptian culture through the ages
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.
National Police Museum
The National Police Museum is one of the museums in the Salah al-Din Citadel, located in its northern section. Its exhibitions display the history of Egypt’s police force.
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.
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.
Early morning your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo and transfer you to Bahariya Oasis about 360 km east Cairo this journey takes about 4 hours, Having lunch upon reaching Bahariya oasis. Then continue to visit the Black Desert and the natural hot spring of El Haize ( St.George Oasis ), then drive to see the quartz crystal at Crystal Mountain, and the rocky formations in the Valley of Agabat.
Continue driving to the White Desert National Park the most well-known desert destination in Egypt for a good reason. The quantity of unearthly and beautiful wind-carved rock formations shaped in the form of giant mushrooms or pebbles is unequalled in any desert in the world. Then Camp in the white desert or overnight at Farafra oasis hotel according to the possibility.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast at the campsite then drive to Bahariya Oasis to visit the golden mummy show room and nobles tombs ( 2 tombs ) from the 26th dynasty, that is a huge burial site at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt and the Tomb of Bannantiu in the Bahariya Oasis. Then you will enjoy climbing the Black Mountain. Enjoy your lunch at Bahariya oasis before driving back to 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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01 Welcome to Egypt02 Pyramids, Egyptian Museum and Coptic Cairo03 Tour to Aswan from Cairo by plane04 Tour to Abu Simbel and Kom Ombo Back to Your Nile Cruise05 Nile Cruise: Sailing (Edfu, Esna, and Luxor)06 Luxor day tour and drive to Hurghada07 Super safari trip Hurghada08 Discover Scuba Diving09 Utopia Island Snorkeling10 The National Museum of civilization, Citadel and Sultan Hassan11 Baharyia Oasis by car / White Desert Tour12 Bahariya Oasis Tour / Drive Back to Cairo13 Fly back home
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Includes
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Package Rate Includes:Arrival / departure assistance04 nights’ accommodation in Cairo on Bed and breakfast basis.03 nights’ accommodation in board of Nile Cruise on full board basis. (3 meals included).04 nights’ accommodation in Hurghada on All Inclusive basis.01 nights’ accommodation in desert camp 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 / Aswan / Hurghada / Cairo.
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Package Rate Excludes:International airfares.Egypt entry Visa.Tipping for guides, driver, Nile cruise crew, etc.Personal expenses (laundry, telephone calls, etc.
Starts from $ 2875
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