Itinerary:
Day 1:
Upon arrival at Aswan airport you will find our airport representative to meet and assist you to finish all the procedures easily and smoothly and after that meet your qualified tour guide who will take you to check in your cruise ship relaxing for a while later follow you tour guide to the sightseeing of Aswan you can see the high Dam the National project for modern Egypt to prevent the risk of Nile flood every year built in 1960 by the President Nasser. After that take a motor boat to Philae island you will visit the Isis temple built in the second century B.C in that temple you can see the mixture between the Pharaohs’ art and the Greeks art in one place finally visit the granite quarry where you can see the magnificent unfinished obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut left in the quarry later back to the cruise ship to have you lunch.
(L, D)
Day 2:
Very early in the morning, about 4am your tour guide will take you in air conditioned private vehicle to Abu Simbel, it will take about 3 hours’ drive to get to the temple built by king Ramses the second in 1250 B.C to memorize his victory against his enemies dedicated to god Amon Ra king of gods in ancient times, after that see the small temple built as a gift to queen Nefertari and then start driving back to the cruise ship and start sailing on the river Nile before the sunset you will arrive Kom Ombo the guide take you to visit that temple dedicated to two gods in the same time Sobek the crocodile headed man and Horus the falcon headed man that temple memorize an ancient legend representing the good and evil battle after that back to the cruise ship and restart sailing again.
(B, L, D)
Day 3:
once you arrive Edfu town you will take a horse carriage to have a look at that town before arriving to Edfu temple and then visit Edfu temple the most completed temple of Egypt dedicated to god Horus a falcon headed man built during the reign of king Ptolemy 3rd after that back to the cruise ship to restart sailing to Luxor . About 5pm you will be in Luxor, there you will visit amazing temple in Luxor called Luxor temple built by king Ramses the second and Ament hotep the third dedicated to god Amon Ra and his triad after that back to the cruise ship.
(B, L, D)
Day 4:
After having your breakfast and checking out from the cruise ship start your tour by visiting Valley of the kings where you can go inside three tombs with the same ticket about 63 pharaohs decided to dig into the mountain to cut their tombs to prevent them from the robbery after go to see the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut temple at El Deir el Bahary three levels with a unique features memorize her stories about her divinity and her ships sent to Somalia for trade after that go to see the two wonderful legendary giant Statues of Memnon built by king Amen hotep the third flanking the entrance of a missing temple later go have your lunch and then visit the most famous temple of Egypt Karnak temple dedicated to king of gods Amon Ra and his triad , each new king of Egypt had to build a part for it hopping the satisfaction of the gods Karnak temple is not just one temple it is a group of 20 temples most of them dedicated to Amon Ra after that take your sleeping train to Cairo.
(B, L, D)
Day 5:
Upon arrival in Cairo you will meet your tour guide in Cairo who will take you to see the Egyptian museum housing more than 120,000 masterpiece representing the pharaohs’ art and see the amazing treasure of the golden Pharaoh Tutankhamen discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 after that move to Coptic Cairo to see the hanging church built on the top of a tower left from the destroyed Roman fortress and then go to see the crypt church where the Holy family stopped there for some months during their journey to Egypt and then see the Jewish temple Ben Ezra synagogue has a lot of floral and geometric patterns reflect the influence of the Coptic and the Islamic art in it finally and after having your lunch go to see the castle of king Saladin dates back to the twelve century after that see the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali pasha ruled Egypt in 1805 and then go to check in the hotel in Cairo.
(B, L)
Day 6:
After having your breakfast in the hotel your tour guide take you to Giza pyramids to see the great pyramids of Egypt one of the seven wonders of ancient world representing one the mysteries of ancient Egyptian civilization and then move to the panoramic area to see the perfect view of the three pyramids together and then move to the sphinx the gigantic statue of Egypt a man headed a lion cut into one block of limestone as a guardian protecting the pyramids after that you will have your lunch in a local restaurant with overlooking at pyramids and then move to the see the first capital for Egypt Memphis built in 3200 B.C by king Narmer the one who united upper and lower Egypt. Later see Sakkara pyramids where you can see the step pyramid the oldest and the first pyramid
of Egypt built by king Zoser in 2800 B.C to be as an extraordinary tomb for an extraordinary king treated by his people as a god finally go inside Teti pyramid to see the details of hieroglyphics the language of ancient Egypt and then go inside the Mastaba of the vizier Kagemni having a lot of scenes representing the daily life of ancient Egypt and then come back to your hotel.
(B, L)
Day 7
After having your breakfast in the hotel check out and meet our airport representative who will take you to Cairo international airport to take your flight back home.
(B)
Tour duration: 7 days
Meet up point: Aswan airport
End point : Cairo airport
Availability: tour runs everyday
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