THE TOUR ITINERARY

Day 1 - Cairo

• Airport picking up:  

Our representative will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport, and handle all your procedures through passport control, luggage area and customs formalities.

• Hotel transfer:

 After that you will be transferred to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Enjoy Pyramids Cairo tomorrow where you are going to see one of the seven wonders all over the world overnight in a hotel.

Day 2 - Cairo

Breakfast.

Enjoy an excursion to the Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus.

Then visit the Sphinx and Valley Temple.

After that pay a visit to the Egyptian Museum, where you can see the collection of Tutankhamun among     other splendid pharaonic artifacts.

Overnight in Cairo.

Day 3 - Alexandria

Breakfast.

Drive to Alexandria, the second capital of Egypt,

Visiting Qaitbay Citadel, built in the 15th century by Sultan Qaitbay on the spot of Alexandria's ancient lighthouse.

Continue to the grand Montazah Palace, which combines Turkish and Florentine architectural styles.

Then move onto the new and much acclaimed Alexandria Library.

Also visit the Roman cemetery cut out of the rock, the Catacomb

Overnight in Alexandria.

Day 4 - Marsa-Matrouh

Breakfast

You will tour the Catacombs of Kom-el-Shokafa which depict an amalgam of ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman   deities.

Visit Pompey's Pillar and have lunch.

Then departing for Marsa-Matrouh, a pretty town on the coast of the Mediterranean.

Stop in Alamein to see The cemeteries, the small museum and the battle site.

Overnight in Marsa-Matrouh.

Day 5, 6 - Siwa

Breakfast

Depart for Siwa Oasis considered being the last frontier of Egypt. One of the most interesting places in all of Egypt,   Siwa is renowned for its beautiful scenery with thick groves of date palms and olive trees, and sulphuric water     springs. Siwa's inhabitants are ethnically distinct from the rest of Egypt. They are a nomadic, typical Bedouin   people.The town's center is dominated by the remains of the 13th century fortress of Shali.

Visit the rock tombs of Gebel al-Mawta (Mountain of the Dead). The most interesting is Si-Amun's with its beautiful   paintings.

A short drive from the town is the citadel of Aghurmi where you will see the remains of the 26th dynastic temple of   the Oracle; a site loved by Alexander the Great.

Overnight at the Hotel.

Day 7 - Bahariya

Breakfast

Depart through sand dunes to Bahariya Oasis. This is a long drive (approximately 6 hours) and you should arrive in time for lunch at a simple hotel.

In the afternoon visit the newly-opened exhibit of mummies discovered in 1999 by the famous Archaeologist Zahi Hawass. His find astonished the world because of the number of mummies found buried in one huge labyrinth of tombs.

Return to the Camp for your overnight.

Day 8 - Dakhla

Drive to Farafra Oasis where you can see the palm groves and hot springs.

Visit local artist Badr's unique mud brick museum as well as the old village of traditional mud brick houses.

Drive on to the lush Dakhla Oasis surrounded by rose-colored cliffs

Overnight in Dakhla.

Day 9 - Dakhla

Breakfast,

Early departure for the 190 mile trip to Dakhla Oasis (approximately four hours).

Check-in to the Hotel and have lunch.

Step back centuries as you visit the spellbinding medieval village of Al-Qasr.

Walk the narrow alleys threading among the mud-brick structures. Be sure to take note of the four/five-story Ottoman houses with their wooden-grill windows and lintels carved with verses from the Koran.  

Visit the 12th century mosque. Two miles beyond Al-Qasr is the El-Muzawwaka burial site with its 1st and 2nd century tombs, Time permitting visit (Balat Village) with its Pharaonic mastabas dating to the 6th Dynasty

Overnight Camping.

Day 10 - Kharga

Prehistoric paintings of giraffes and antelopes decorate the sides of strangely-shaped rock formations along the 125 mile road between Dakhla and Kharga oases.

Have lunch before touring the area.

Visit the museum which houses an excellent collection of regional artifacts from various eras.
A mile out of town is the temple of Hibis, built by the Persian emperor Darius in the 6th century BC and dedicated to God Amun.

A mile farther is the fascinating necropolis of Bagawat, a Coptic Christian burial ground dating to the 4th century. Its mud-brick mausoleums cover many hills and some of the domes are decorated with frescoes of biblical scenes.

Tour the Temple of Ghuwaytah built during the Ptolemeic era for the Triad of Amun, Mut & Khonsu

Overnight Camping.

Day 11 - Luxor

Head to Luxor (approximately four hours),

Stopping at one of the Roman sites: either Qasr Al-Zayyan or the Roman fortress of Al-Deir along the way

Overnight in Luxor.

Day 12 - Luxor

Breakfast

Start your full day tour visit The West Bank – (Valley of the Kings, Queens, Colossal of Memnon and Hatshepsut Temple),

Excursion to the Necropolis of Thebes, on the Eastern bank.

Crossing the Nile, drive to the Valley of Kings; visit the tombs of various Dynasties, The Temple of Deir El Bahari.

On the return journey, stop at the Colossi of Memnon which are two gigantic sitting statues representing Amenophis III facing the Nile.

Visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.

(Optional) Hot Balloon.

Should you want to make your stay in Luxor an unforgettable Drifting peacefully over the Valley of King, Valley of the Queens and the Mountain on the Nobles

Overnight in Luxor.

Day 13 - Luxor / Cairo

Breakfast

Visit the East Bank (Luxor & Karnak Temple) Excursion to the Luxor Temple to see its courtyard and the granite statues of Ramses the Great Proceed by carriage or bus to Karnak, which is a serious of temples, built in different reigns.

Starting by the Avenue of Sphinxes visit the Unfinished Propylon, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis III, the temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake.

(Optional) Sound & Light Laser Show at Karnak Temple.

Transfer to the train station to take the train on your way to Cairo,

Dinner and Overnight in The train.

Day 14 - Cairo

Our representative will meet & greet you at Cairo Train Station Then you will be transferred by an air-conditioned modern vehicle to your hotel.

(Optional) Departure from hotel to start your full day tour Visiting Sakkara, cemetery for Memphis, Sakkara is 27-Km Southwest of Cairo.

Including a visit to the Step Pyramids of Sakkara (The first proper Pyramids built for the king Zoser, it is considered evolution of the Pyramid from the simple Mastaba to the Pyramid in its known form)

Followed by a visit to The Pyramids of Unas & Oser-Kaf the Mastaba,

Tomb of Mereruka, Ti & Pta-Hotep (carved and painted tombs),

Then Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt where Colossal Statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx

Overnight in Cairo.

Day 15 - Departure from Cairo

Breakfast at the hotel

Our representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities.