10 days 9 nights
Private
1-15
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Spend your holidays in Egypt. Visit the whole of Egypt with unforgettable tours. Overland packages in Egypt, covering Cairo, Abu Simbel, Aswan, Luxor, and Hurghada in 10 days. Discover the civilization of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids and Temples and enjoy diving or snorkeling in the Red Sea during your holiday. Overland package in Egypt.
Welcome to Cairo airport, upon your arrival at the airport, you will be met by our friendly representative and transferred to your hotel, then you will be checked in and our Tour Egypt Club Representative will get you briefed about tomorrow’s plan. Overnight in Cairo hotel.
Meals Plan: Welcome Drink
The Coptic Museum
This museum includes collections of ancient ankhs and Horus-like falcons, stone carvings from the era of the Mamluks, a 6th-century Coptic stone pulpit, and the 1,600-year-old Coptic book of the Psalms of David.
Then transfer to explore Khan El Khalili :
Cairo’s old bazaar. And it was the oldest place in ancient Egypt. Where you can take a walking tour in bazaars and you will find some precious souvenirs.
Then transfer to Cairo Station for your Sleeping Train to Aswan by car with air conditioning.
Overnight in Sleeping Train
Meals: Breakfast – Dinner
Arrive at Aswan and you will be picked up from the train station by our representative and transferred to your hotel to check-in.
In the afternoon, you will start your tour with your Egyptologist tour guide to visit
Temple of Philae
Built to honor the goddess Isis, this was the last temple built in the classical Egyptian style. Construction began around 690 BC, and it was one of the last outposts where the goddess was worshipped. The cult of Isis continued here until at least AD 550. The boat leaves you near the Kiosk of Nectanebo, the oldest part, and the entrance to the temple is marked by the 18m-high first pylon with reliefs of Ptolemy XII NeosDionysos smiting enemies.
Next step continue to visit: Aswan High Dam
Egypt’s modern example of construction on a monumental scale, the controversial Aswan High Dam, 13km south of Aswan, contains 18 times the amount of material used in the Great Pyramid of Khufu and created Lake Nasser, one of the world’s largest artificial lakes.
-After this tour you will be transferred to your hotel in Aswan
-Overnight in Aswan hotel
Meals Plan: Breakfast
After Breakfast at the hotel, start Abu Simbel Tour around 4:00 AM, It takes about a 3 hour and a half drive one way from Aswan to Abu Simbel by a private air-conditioned Car:
Enjoy the Great Abu Simbel Temple (optional )
The two Temples of Abu Simbel, with their unique style, are considered to be the masterpieces of ancient Egypt. They reflect the glory and grandeur of the new Kingdom. The Egyptian government and UNESCO decided to co-operate in order to save these temples from the flood. The Temple of Ramsses II was dedicated to the four universal gods Ptah, Re-Her-Akhtey, Amun-Re, and to Ramsses II himself. The great Abu Simbel temple is also called The Sun Temple of RamssessII.The Temple of Queen Nefertari is also Called Temple of Hathor who was the wife of the Sun God so in a symbolic way, the two Temples, that of Ramsses II and that of Nefertari, bring Ramesses II, Nefertari, Hathor and the Sun God together as one.
Then Drive back to Aswan.
overnight in Aswan hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast
After Breakfast, drive from your hotel in Aswan to Luxor around 3 hours and a half, then start Luxor tour to the west bank of the river and the ancient necropolis of Luxor, visit:
Luxor temple :
Largely built by the New Kingdom pharaohs Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BC) and Ramses II (1279–1213 BC), this temple is a strikingly graceful monument in the heart of the modern town. Also known as the Southern Sanctuary, its main function was during the annual Opet celebrations, when the statues of Amun, Mut and Khonsu were brought from Karnak, along the Avenue of Sphinxes, and reunited here during the inundation
Then proceed to witness Karnak Temple
Karnak is an extraordinary complex of sanctuaries, kiosks, pylons and obelisks dedicated to the Theban triad but also to the greater glory of pharaohs. The site covers more than 2 sq km; it’s large enough to contain about 10 cathedrals. At its heart is the Temple of Amun, the earthly ‘home’ of the local god. Built, added to, dismantled, restored, enlarged and decorated over nearly 1500 years, Karnak was the most important place of worship in Egypt during the New Kingdom.
-After this tour you will be transferred to your hotel in Luxor
Overnight in Luxor hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast
After enjoying the breakfast check out from hotel and then met by your personal guide who will accompany you by car with air conditioning to transfer to Luxor to visit:
Valley of the Kings:
The magnificence of the grandeur of architecture which was used for burial, there are many kings buried in this valley. You will visit 3 tombs excluding Tomb of King Tutankhamun.
Move on to enjoy the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
It was built by Queen Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmosis I, who ruled Egypt about 20 years during the 18th Dynasty (approximately from 1490 to 1469 B.C), the only pharaonic woman who reigned ancient Egypt.
On the way visit: Collossi of Memnon
The two faceless Colossi of Memnon, originally representing Pharaoh Amenhotep III, rising majestically about 18m from the plain, are the first monuments tourists see when they visit the west bank. These magnificent colossi, each cut from a single block of stone and weighing 1000 tonnes, sat at the eastern entrance to the funerary temple of Amenophis III, the largest on the west bank. Egyptologists are currently excavating the temple and their discoveries can be seen behind the colossi.
Then drive from Luxor to Hurghada by private air-conditioned Car, around 4 hours.
Overnight in Hurghada hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast
Breakfast, Free day in Hurghada, or enjoy optional Tours to practice some water sports such as diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, and fishing. Meanwhile, you can enjoy the wonderful scene of coral reef and the most beautiful and rare fish in Snorkeling Trip to Giftun Island or the Sindbad submarine to discover the beauty of the Red Sea.
Overnight in Hurghada hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Breakfast, Free day in Hurghada, or enjoy optional Tours to practice some water sports such as diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, and fishing. Meanwhile, you can enjoy the wonderful scene of coral reef and the most beautiful and rare fish in Snorkeling Trip to Giftun Island or the Sindbad submarine to discover the beauty of the Red Sea.
Overnight in Hurghada hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Breakfast, Free Time then, transfer to the bus station to take the first-class bus to Cairo around 6 hours, upon arrival in Cairo you will be met and assisted and transferred to your hotel
Overnight in Cairo hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred to Cairo airport for final departure, end of our Travel Services.
Meals Plan: Breakfast
