Luxury Package to Explore Egypt in 20 Days

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Upon your arrival at International Cairo Airport, you will find your Rep holding our company sign and waiting for assisting you at the airport, and then you will meet a professional tour guide, who will give you full attention from the first moment and accompany you with a private air-conditioned car to begin your tour in Cairo.

Day One: Arrival Day – The GEM & NMEC

• Firstly, you will move ahead to the Grand Egyptian Museum. In your tour in the GEM, you will see the Egyptian history ranging from the prehistory to the Greek-Roman period throughout 50,000 artifacts some of them never exhibited before; some of these collections from the new excavations of Saqqara, the whole collection of King Tut, and the second boat of King Khufu (Solar Boat) for the first time.
• Firstly, you will enter the Atrium to see the colossal statue of King Ramses II. Then you will move to the Grand Staircase surrounding impressive statues of the ancient Egyptian great kings.
• At the end of the Grand Staircase, you will find the exhibition halls, where the complete Tutankhamen’s Collection will be displayed. Besides, there are the other four exhibition halls containing collections reflecting ancient Egyptian history. In the Grand Egyptian Museum, you will enjoy a unique experience; you will be able to use the hololens technology allowing you to interact with the museum collections.
• After that, go ahead to Fustat city to visit one of the newest museums in Egypt, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization narrates in the main hall the achievements of the Egyptian civilization from prehistoric times to the present day.
• Then continue to the crown jewel of the museum, the Royal Mummies Hall, displaying 22 royal mummies unearthed from various tombs are preserved. Walk around leisurely in this room and look at kings and queens as Queen Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis III, and Ramses II resting in peace in their final home beside some of their funeral furniture for providing you with the feeling of strolling down the Valley of Kings where most of the mummies were originally resting.
• Also, there is a temporary exhibition about the history of four Egyptian Crafts through the Different Eras (pottery, textile, wood, and jewellery).
• Finally, our team will drive you back to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo

Day Two: Day Tour for Three Pharaonic Cities

• After having your breakfast meal, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo by a private air-conditioned car to start your tour.
• Start your day by visiting one of the most attractive pharaonic sightseeing in Egypt, Giza Necropolis to witness the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus. There, you will find a large number of pyramids and tombs dating back to the 4th dynasty, the old kingdom. Additionally, the only wonder of the seven wonders of the ancient world that is still standing today, the pyramid of king Cheops. Also, the tour will include passing by Princesses and Queens Pyramids.
• Then move to the valley temple of king Chefren. This temple was used during the purification of the mummy of the king and its mummification. Continue to the Great Sphinx with a lion body and human head. According to the Pharaonic beliefs; he is guarding this great necropolis.
• Take some time at Giza Plateau to visit the Papyrus Museum for shopping and enjoy taking fabulous photos with Giza Plateau views. You will be able to have a camel ride or go inside the great pyramid. It is an optional activity. You will pay extra fees for 20$ per person.
• Move to Saqqara, a major part of Memphis’s massive necropolis. In Saqqara, you will see one of the major archaeological sites in Egypt, the Complex of King Djoser, dating back to the third dynasty (around 2630 BC). This complex is considered the first complete stone construction in ancient Egyptian history, and it contains the oldest stone structure in the Pharaonic civilization, the step pyramid, built by the engineer Imhotep.
• Then you proceed to discover another kind of pharaonic pyramids like the King Teti pyramid of the sixth dynasty. Unlike Giza pyramids, these pyramids contain texts called the pyramids texts as a guide for the king in his pass to the afterlife. After that, go to the burial site of the most ancient Noble Egyptians dating back to the old and new kingdoms and visit Kagemni tomb to see the inscriptions showing daily life habits in ancient Egypt.
• Be a witness on the first capital of untied Egypt founded by King Narmer in 3100 BC, Memphis. Pay a visit to the Memphis Museum to see the colossal statue of Ramses II and the second biggest sphinx of Queen Hatshepsut.
• Finally, our team will drive you back to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Day Three: Cairo Highlights

• After having your breakfast meal, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo by a private air-conditioned car to start your tour.
• Pay a visit to the Egyptian Museum, overlooking Tahrir Square. The Khedive Abbas Hilmi II built this museum on 15 Nov.1902 to display over 250,000 genuine objects considered rare and precious collections of ancient Egyptian art in the world.
• Stroll among the halls to see the ancient Egyptian treasures as Tanis treasures and the treasures of Yuya and Tuya, which are indistinguishable from the royal collections.
• Then move ahead to the most famous fortress in Islamic Cairo, the Citadel of Saladin, built by Salah-El-Din Al-Ayoubi in the 12th Century to fortify Cairo against the Crusaders’ attacks. This citadel was the seat of the rule for 700 years.
• On the highest point inside the courtyard of the Citadel of Saladin, there is one of the most famous landmarks in Egypt, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali or Alabaster Mosque, designed in Turkish style by the Turkish architect Yousif Boushnaq who came especially from Istanbul to build this great mosque. This mosque distinguishes its beautiful decorations on its walls, its remarkable domes, and minarets.
• Finally, our team will drive you back to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight at Cairo.

Day Four: Continue Cairo Highlights

• After having your breakfast meal, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo by a private air-conditioned car to start your tour.
• Discover Al Rawda Island and visit its landmarks overlooking the Nile River as the Manial Palace Museum, where Prince Mohamed Ali Tawfik, a member of the family of Muhammad Ali Pasha, lived and dreamed of governing Egypt. This palace was designed by Prince Mohamed Ali himself as he mixed between European Art and Islamic architecture. The palace houses five main buildings surrounded by gardens containing rare plants.
• Move to the Nilometer, one of the most important Islamic water architecture in Cairo. This meter played a significant role in measuring the rise of the waters of the Nile for levying taxes on agricultural lands.
• Then you will move ahead to Moez St. to know why the Islamic Cairo city is called the city of 1000 minarets and explore its several buildings like mosques and sabils dating back to different Islamic periods (Fatimid, Ayyubid, and Ottoman).
• Then discover the magic of the Islamic Cairo in Khan El Khalili Bazaar and explore its vibrant, meandering, and treasure-filled alleys, and enjoy shopping in its bazaars.
• Finally, our team will transfer you to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight at Cairo.

Day Five: Alexandria Day Tour

• After having your breakfast meal, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo by a private air-conditioned car to go ahead to Alexandria.
• Start your tour in Alexandria by visiting the Catacomb dating back to the early Roman period. The Catacomb is the largest Roman Cemetery consisting of three levels cut in the rock depicting the mixture between the Pharaonic and Greco-Roman art in the decoration of the tombs. In the Catacomb, you will see corpses are buried in the sarcophagus, in shelves, and urns of ashes after cremation.
• After that, you will move to Pompey’s Pillar. These Pillars were constructed in honor of Emperor Diocletian at the end of the 4th century. Originally, this temple was dedicated to the god Serapis. On the site, your tour guide will tell you why they called it this name.
• End your day by exploring the modern Library of Alexandria, considered a cultural complex. It is the biggest library in the world as it contains 8 million books. There, you will enjoy taking amazing photos.
• Finally, our team will drive you back to your hotel in Alexandria. Overnight in Alexandria.

Day Six: Continue Alexandria Day Tour

• After having your breakfast meal, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Alexandria by a private air-conditioned car to start your tour.
• Pay a visit to Qaitbay Citadel, the Ottoman fortress built where the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, had existed on Pharos Island. It is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds, not only in Egypt but also along the Mediterranean Sea coast. There you will enjoy the Mediterranean Sea view.
• Then you will visit Al-Montazah Palace and its gardens, one of the most important palaces in Egypt dating back to the Muhammad Ali Pasha period. See the royal palaces of Haramlek and Salamlek and walk along the Montazah bridge, take a rest in the Tea Hall of King Farouk, and see the royal beaches of the queens. Enjoy the Mediterranean Sea views and take fabulous shots.
• At the end of this unique day, our team will drive you back to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Day Seven: Fayoum Day Tour

• After having your breakfast in your hotel in Cairo, your tour guide will pick you up by a private air-conditioned car to go ahead to Fayoum Oasis.
• Discover Wadi El-Rayan and enjoy the largest waterfalls in Egypt, dunes, and several kinds of rare birds and animals, as it is considered a nature reserve.
• Move ahead to Tunis Village to know the daily lifestyle of the Fayoum community and practice making the Fayoum pottery through visiting the pottery school.
• After having your lunch meal, you will go ahead to Gabal El-Medawara or Mudawara Mountain and enjoy its layered appearance is beautiful, with symmetry to the features drawing your gaze to it, and discover its magic lake.
• Finally, our team will back you to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Day Eight: Embarkation Nile Cruise

• After having your breakfast in Cairo hotel, our Rep will accompany you with a private air-conditioned car to International Cairo Airport to catch your flight to Luxor.
• When you arrive at Luxor Airport, you will find our team waiting for you and accompany you by a air-conditioned car to the Nile Cruise.
• After checking in the Nile Cruise, you will meet your tour guide. Overnight in Luxor.

Day Nine: The West Bank of Luxor

• After having your breakfast on the board of the Nile Cruise, your tour guide will pick you up by a private air-conditioned car to start your adventure in Luxor city.
• Start with the west bank of Luxor city, where you will discover the Valley of the Kings, where you will visit three royal tombs ranging from the 18th dynasty to the 20th dynasty. These tombs belong to great ancient Egyptian Kings and were carved deep into the desert rock and richly decorated for guiding the king in his journey in the afterlife.
• Move to the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. Queen Hatshepsut is considered the most powerful woman who ruled Egypt. The temple consists of three levels connected with a ramp. These three levels depict important events during the reign of Hatshepsut as the divine birth and the commercial expedition to Punt Land.
• On your way in the west bank of Luxor city, you will pass on the mortuary temple of King Amenhotep III and witness its colossus statues, the colossi of Memnon. Your tour guide will tell you about the legend of linking between these statues and the Greek mythical hero, Memnon.
• Finally, you will drive back to the Nile Cruise to sail to Esna. Overnight in Esna.

Day Ten: Edfu Temple Tour

• After having your breakfast on the board of the Nile Cruise, your tour guide will pick you up by a private air-conditioned car to Edfu.
• Take the horse carriage to Edfu to visit the most complete and well-preserved temple in Egypt, Edfu temple. Edfu temple is dedicated to the falcon god Horus. The depictions of this temple reflect some of the ancient Egyptian political events and religious beliefs as the legend of the conflict between Horus and Seth.
• Then you will move to the Nile Cruise to sail to Kom Ombo. Overnight in Kom Ombo.

Day Eleven: Kom Ombo Temple Tour

• After having your breakfast on the board of the Nile Cruise, your tour guide will pick you up by a private air-conditioned car to Kom Ombo.
• Touch down on the shores of Kom Ombo and walk through the town until arriving at Kom Ombo temple, the double temple. It is considered two identical temples dedicated to two gods, the god Horus (the falcon god) and Sobek (the crocodile god).
• Then you will back to the Nile Cruise to sail to Aswan. Overnight in Aswan.

Day Twelve: Aswan Day Tour

• After having your breakfast on the board of the Nile Cruise, your tour guide will pick you up by a private air-conditioned car to start your tour in Aswan.
• Firstly, you will enjoy sailing with a traditional felucca boat in the Nile River in Aswan while getting an explanation about the Nile River history from your private tour guide. Felucca is a wooden sailing boat that has large sails without a motor. The ancient Egyptians used this kind of boat to cruise along the Nile River for thousands of years. This private tour gives you time to lean back, relax, and soak up the atmosphere of the Nile River.
• Then you will move to see the Agha Khan Mausoleum. This mausoleum tells the story of the two most famous lovers in the last century, Mohammed Shah Aga Khan and his wife, Begum Om Habiba.
• Finally, our team will back you to the Nile Cruise. Overnight in Aswan.

Day Thirteen: Continue Aswan Day Tour

• After having your breakfast on the board of the Nile Cruise, your tour guide will pick you up by a private air-conditioned car to start a new adventure in Aswan.
• Start your tour in Aswan by visiting the High Dam, the engineering miracle of the 1960s. It was built to protect Egypt from annual floods of the Nile River by President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
• After that, sail with a motorboat to Agilkia Island, one of Aswan Island, to visit the temple of the goddess Isis, Philae Temple, and know how UNESCO saved it as this temple was flooded for six months each year after the building of the Aswan Dam. Enjoy the Nile River views of this site and take fabulous shots.
• Then move to the granite quarry to recognize the techniques used by the ancient Egyptians to cut and form their obelisks via the Unfinished Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut of the 18th dynasty still resting on its side in the site.
• Finally, you will back to the Nile Cruise to sail to Esna. Overnight in Esna.

Day Fourteen: The East Bank of Luxor

• After having your breakfast on the board of the Nile Cruise, your tour guide will pick you up by a private air-conditioned car to start your tour in the east bank of Luxor city.
• Begin your tour on the east bank of Luxor. Explore the route of the Opet feast of ancient Egypt.
• Start your tour with Karnak Complex, the largest temple religious complex dedicated to the triad of Thebes (Amun-Ra – Mut – Khonsu). In the ancient Egyptian language, this temple is called Ipet-isut means “the most sacred of places”.
• Then walk through the avenue of Sphinx, where the parade of the triad of Thebes passed from Karnak Complex to Luxor temple. This road is either headed with a human head or rams head. It is thought that the construction of the avenue started during the New Kingdom and was completed in the 30th Dynasty during the rule of King Nectanebo I.
• End your tour on the east bank of Luxor by visiting the Luxor temple originally built during the reign of Amenhotep III and completed by Ramses II. After entering the temple, you will find Abu Al-Haggag mosque was built on the ruins of a church, which were built inside the temple.
• Finally, you will back to the Nile Cruise. Overnight in Luxor.

Day Fifteen: Disembarkation

• After having your breakfast on the Nile Cruise, you will disembark from the Nile Cruise and find a private air-conditioned vehicle waiting for you to transfer you from Luxor to Hurghada.
• When you arrive at Hurghada, our team will help you to check in the Hurghada hotel. Overnight at Hurghada.

Day Sixteen: Hurghada

• After having your breakfast in the Hurghada hotel, you can enjoy a free day and relax in the Hurghada resort.
• Or you can purchase an optional tour. You may be able to visit one of the newest museums in Egypt, the Hurghada Museum. This museum displays the beauty and luxury in Egypt throughout history through exhibiting approximately 2000 pieces selected from museums and storehouses in Cairo.
• Among these objects, there are the statue of Queen Meret Amun the daughter of king Ramesses II and the portrait of Princess Fatma, daughter of Khedive Ismail. Overnight in Hurghada.

Day Seventeen: Hurghada

• After having your breakfast in the Hurghada hotel, you can enjoy a free day and relax in the Hurghada resort.
• Or you can purchase an optional tour. You may be able to take a Submarine and enjoy a unique and unforgettable adventure inside the Red Sea without getting wet for two hours. On 22 meters underwater, explore all kinds of marine life on the Red Sea’s as coral reefs and different beautiful colorful fishes through a glass window. Overnight in Hurghada.

Day Eighteen: Hurghada

• After having your breakfast in the Hurghada hotel, you can enjoy a free day and relax in the Hurghada resort.
• Or you can purchase an optional tour. Enjoy a snorkeling and diving experience in the Red Sea and see its coral reefs and rare kinds of fishes on Giftun Island and the national park.
• Overnight in Hurghada.

Day Nineteen: Hurghada

• After having your breakfast in the Hurghada hotel, you can enjoy a free day and relax in the Hurghada resort.
• Or you can purchase an optional tour. Enjoy a windsurfing experience in the Red Sea. Overnight in Hurghada. Or you can purchase an optional tour. Enjoy a windsurfing experience in the Red Sea. Overnight in Hurghada.

Day Twenty: Departure Day

• It is the last day of your journey in Egypt. After having your breakfast in the Hurghada hotel, our team will transfer you from Hurghada Airport to take your flight to Cairo.
• When you arrive at Cairo International Airport, you will take your plane for departure.