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Cairo is the largest city in Africa and the capital of Egypt. The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir square, the jewel of Egyptian museums housing 120 thousand pieces of artifacts and treasures and the most important sightseeing are the pyramids of Giza which are one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Pyramid of Djoser is known as the step pyramid, which is considered as the most popular archaeological site in Saqqara.
Alexandria is the second largest city and largest port in Egypt. Its most important sightseeing is Catacomb of kom Skokafa and Pompey’s pillar.
Luxor and Aswan are worldwide cities of heritage:
Luxor has been characterized as the “world’s greatest open air museum”, it has magnificent temples and vibrant residential areas as Karnak and Luxor temples.
Aswan is known as the” land of gold ”as it was like a huge necropolis for noblemen and their treasures for thousands of years, also it has many important sightseeing like komombo and Edfu temples.
Inclusions:
- 3 nights in Cairo 5* hotel on BB
- 4 nights’ cruise on 5* deluxe Nile cruise as full board
- Meet, greet and assist services
- A professional guide full tour
- Sightseeing tour in Cairo & Alexandria including entrance fees
- All airport transfers
- 1 Lunch meal
Exclusions:
- All flight tickets (both Intl´ & domestic)
- Entry visa ( 25 $ ) p.p
- Tipping
- All beverage
- Personal expenses
Arrival to Cairo. Meet greet and assist then transfer to Hotel and check in.
Check-out after breakfast, start your tour by pickup from your hotel in Cairo to the Great Pyramids of Giza with our private highly experienced and well-qualified tour guide. Explore the most worldwide archaeological site on earth. Cheops, the great pyramid with a chance to go inside, Chephren and Mycerinus, take a panoramic photo with the three pyramids. Go to the great sphinx and the valley temple beside is an unforgettable tour then Khan El Khalili Bazaar.
Go to visit the Egyptian museum in tahrir square which displays a rare collection of 5000 years of art and 120000 genuine artifacts including the collection of grandparents of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun, Yuya and Thuya, as well as some treasures from the young pharaoh himself before being moved to the grand Egyptian museum among them is the golden mark of king Tutankhamun. Transfer back to your hotel then overnight.
An optional trip to Alexandria to visit the catacomb, the pompey´s pillar, lunch and citadel of Qeitbay once built on the foundations of the ancient Lighthouse then back to Cairo or choose from other tours on site and overnight in hotel (hyperlink to tour on site).
An early transfer to airport and fly to Luxor, meet greet and assist then transfer to Karnak temple precincts which cover 80 thousand square meters (about the area of Chicago's Millennium Park) and is constructed over two thousand years, pylons, ram-headed sphinxes, columns, colossi, chapels, shrines and obelisks, then transfer to 5* deluxe Nile cruise, check in, take lunch and visit Luxor temple which is the south palace of God Amun, once had two obelisks in front. Only one is still there while the second one is standing at the place de la Concorde in Paris transfer back to your booked cruise and overnight.
An optional tour for sound and light show in karnak is available .
After breakfast, visit the west bank, the remarkable valley of the kings. The tombs of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties, the famous Pharaohs, Rameses the great, Seti 1st, Tutankhamun, Thotmosis the 3rd, a guided tour to explore the afterlife of the ancient egyptian then go to the renowned temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir Bahari, a unique temple with own flair then a photo stop by the Colossi of Amenophis 3rd known as Memnon colossi, then take lunch on board and afternoon sailing to Edfu via Esna lock and overnight.
In the morning visit Edfu temple by horse carriage then sailing to kom ombo and visit the crocodile temple by sunset time and overnight in Aswan .
Visit Isis temple of Philae, the unfinished obelisk then the high dam which is is one of the greatest water projects on earth during the 20th century as the huge dam helping control one of the longest rivers on earth and overnight on Board.
An optional trip to the great temples of Abu Simbel (hyperlink to tour on site) then check out and transfer to Aswan airport and fly home via Cairo .
- Price per person as 8 person-group: 798 $
- Price per person as 7 person-group: 812 $
- Price per person as 6 person-group: 830 $
- Price per person as 5 person-group: 856 $
- Price per person as 4 person-group: 894 $
- Price per person as 3 person-group: 957 $
- Price per person as 2 person-group:1438 $
- Price per single person: 1799 $
NOTE : From 1st of june add 40 $ per person
