11-Day Ancient Egypt Tour

After eating breakfast in your hotel, we will pick you up to visit the Great Pyramids in the morning. These pyramids are known for their large tombs of pharaohs and beautiful artwork on the walls. Here we will also visit The Great Pyramid, (one of the original Seven Wonders of the World) most notably known for its sheer size and height, being the world's tallest man-man structure for nearly 4,000 years.

After the Great Pyramids we will have lunch in a local restaurant, and then head off for the Saqqara (Sakkara) pyramids. This was one of the main cemeteries just south of Memphis and is known for containing The Step Pyramid of King Djoser. We will then drive to Memphis and visit the Open Air Museum, which contains a limestone colossus of King Ramses the 2nd and a large alabaster sphinx.

After your breakfast at your hotel, we will pick you us and start you day with a tour by our English Egyptologist tour guide and visit The Egyptian Museum with the tour guide giving  helpful tidbits on the way. This is widely considered to be one of the most important museums in the world, as it houses Pharaonic monuments, including the gold mask belonging to King Tut and the statue of King Khufu. Here we will have the chance to visit the Mummies' Room, a room that houses 20 royal mummies including Egypt's first woman pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut. We will take lunch at a local restaurant, before continuing onto the Old Cairo area, so that we can visit the Citadel of Salah El-Din. This building was known for being a secure center for Saladin's new regime and protect from Crusaders. Finally we will take you to Khan El Khalili, known for being Egypt's most famous market.

After your hotel breakfast, we will transfer to the Cairo Airport and fly to Aswan. When we arrive, we will check in for our overnight Nile Cruise. The cruise will include lunch, and then we will visit the High Dam, the Temple of Philae, and the Unfinished Obelisk.  The High Dam was built to help protect Egypt from Nile flooding, at the time being controversial. The Temple of Philae (created to worship the goddess Isis) we will have to reach by motorboat, at it is on Agilika Island. We will finally visit the Unfinished Obelisk, which you will be allowed to walk on top of, thanks to wooden walkways. After this we will transfer you to your hotel.

Breakfast will be on the cruise and after we will (if desired) transfer to Abu Simbel in a private air-conditioned van and visit the temples there. These temples was built for Ramses II, serving as a display of power and wealth. The land the temples were originally built upon was called Meha. The first (and biggest) temple we will visit is dedicated to the famous Egyptian god Ra in his form Ra-Horakhty. The second temple was dedicated to the Egyptian Goddess and Ramses' wife, queen Nefertari. After lunch on the Nile, we will arrive to Koum Oumbo city and visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the gods Sobek and Haroeris, the ancient gods of the Nile and the sky. We will then get back on the cruise and have dinner while sailing to the city of Edfu. We will stay overnight on the cruise.

In the morning, the guide will take you to the Temple of Horus in Edu, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. Later in the afternoon, we will reach the east bank of Luxor, which contains the Karnak Temples Complex, one of the largest structures in history. The main building was build for Amun Ra, seen as the house for the god on earth. Later we will visit the Temple of Luxor, which was started in the 12th dynasty and completed by King Ramses II. Later in the night, an Egyptian folk-lore show will be presented on the cruise.

All Meals will be provided on the cruise today.

After breakfast on the cruise, we will check out of the Nile Cruise. We will then visit the West Bank of Luxor, which includes the iconic Valley of the Kings, a royal cemetery. We will then have lunch in Luxor and fly back to Cairo. After we will visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Deir El Bahari. At the end of the day we will visit the Colossi of Memnon, two enormous statues of an 18th Dynasty Pharaoh. After we will transferred you to Hurghada to your hotel.

Breakfast , Lunch And Dinner in Your Hotel in Hurghada.
Free Day at Hurghada into your hotel where you can enjoy the beach
(OPTIONAL: Snorkeling Trip at Giftun Island Hurghada):
-We will pick you up from your hotel for a fantastic snorkeling trip with desert island relaxation on the beautiful Red Sea, where we will do our snorkeling in different spots which are full of corals and magnificent colorful fish with a chance to swim with dolphins, enjoying the water sports activities on Giftun Island and the national park with open buffet lunch aboard the cruise then return back to the jetty and then transferred to your hotel.
All Inclusive

Breakfast , Lunch And Dinner in Your Hotel in Hurghada
Free Day at Hurghada into your hotel where you can enjoy the beach.
(OPTIONAL: Tours to Sindbad Submarine):
You will be picked up from your hotel for a fantastic underwater trip for two hours through SINDBAD SUBMARINE to discover the wonderful marine life of the Red Sea, the only submarine in the Middle East it carries 44 passengers and has a crew of two pilots take us for a wonderful trip underwater of the Red Sea. It descends to a depth up to 22 meters where you can see different kinds of coral reefs and colored fish. It is not necessary to be scuba divers in order to experience this.
All Inclusive

Breakfast at your hotel in Hurghada in the morning, then transfer from Hurghada to Cairo by plane. We will drop you off at your accommodation hotel in Cairo & spend overnight in Cairo.

Breakfast at your hotel and then check out. After this we will transfer you to Cairo Int Airport to fly back home.