Twosret

Description

This trip combines the highlights of Pharaonic Egypt. Treasures of Cairo Museum, Great Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, the magnificent temples of Thebes and tombs in the Valley of the Kings, but the adventure doesn’t end there. Magnificent tour to the oldest mummified crocodiles at the temple of Kom Ombo and the temple of the God Horus in Edfu. Philae Temple is considered the most one keeping its colours for centuries.

Highlights

The Pyramids of Giza

The Sphinx

The stepped pyramid in Saqqara

The Egyptian Museum

The Citadel

The Hanging Church

Khan el Khalili

The High Dam

Philae Temple

The Nubian Museum

Abu Simbel

Elephantine and Kitchener Island’s

Kom Ombo

Edfu

Karnak Temple

Luxor Temple

Valley of The Kings

Valley of the Queens

Hatshepsut’s Temple

Colossi of Memnon

Family friendly

Flexibility to customise your itinerary to your own preferences

What You Can Expect

Day 1:

At the airport, our representative will greet you and you will be comfortably transferred to your hotel.

Enjoy a free evening.

Overnight Cairo

Day 2:

The Great Pyramids of Giza Your expert guide will accompany you to the Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, and then to Saqqara to witness the first pyramid ever built. In 2648 BC – completed Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Overnight Cairo

Day 3:

Today you will explore the magnificent treasures of the Egyptian Museum — including Tutankamon fabulously famous Gold Mask.

Then your guide will take you to the city’s Islamic areas — including the Citadel of Saladdin and its Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali.

Next the city’s oldest area; Coptic Cairo awaits you. Here El-Muallaqa, the Hanging Church, was built into the walls of the Roman fortress of Babylon.

Finally, on to St Sergius — said to be a resting-place of the Holy Family.

Enjoy free time at Khan el-Khalili, the major souk in the Islamic bazaar district.

Transfer to the train station to travel to Aswan.

Overnight train.

Day 4:

Freshen up at your hotel before your guide takes you to Aswan’s famous High Dam.

In vivid contrast, take a short ferry across the Nile to the magnificent ancient Egyptian Philae Temple.

Feel free to explore Aswan’s renowned markets or visit the International Museum of Nubia.

Overnight Aswan

Day 5:

Morning tour to Abu Simbel.

Afternoon excursion on a traditional felucca to visit Elephantine and Kitchener Island’s.

The rest of the day is free.

Overnight Aswan.

Day 6:

Early departure from Aswan to Luxor in an air-conditioned vehicle. Break your journey at the ‘double’ Temple of Kom Ombo and in Edfu, the remarkably well-preserved Temple of Horus.

Arrive to Luxor on the east bank of the Nile and check into your hotel.

Overnight Luxor.

Day 7:

A free morning in Luxor, evocative site of the ancient city of Thebes and ‘the world’s greatest open-air museum’. This afternoon, enter the Karnak Temple Complex. Walk down the avenue of the ram-headed sphinxes that connect the Precinct of Mut, the Precinct of Amun-Re, and end the tour by visiting the Luxor Temple.

Enjoy a free evening.

Overnight Luxor.

Day 8:

An early morning start. Cross the Nile to the West Bank and enter the Necropolis, the Valleys of the Kings & Queens, Queen Hatshepsut’s Temple, and the Colossi of Memnon.

Transfer to the train station to travel to Cairo.

Overnight train.

Day 9:

Next morning arrival in Cairo, end of tour.

Includes

All taxes, fuel surcharges and service fees included

Breakfast included

Abu Simbel

5* hotel

Entrance fees are not included in the price of any tours: We do not charge in advance for site entrance fees to add flexibility to your program as you may choose to skip one or more sites depending upon your interests.