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Trip |
5 | Excellent
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Duration | 6 days |
Price From | $ 890 |
Price Per Day | $ 148 |
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Trip Style | Group tour |
Lodging Level | Premium |
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Flights & Transport | Ground transport included |
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Meals Included | N/A |
Description |
Explore 2 full days in Cairo and 1 over day to Luxor by flight + 1 over day to Alexandria by car with transportation, sightseeing, domestic flights and private Egyptologist tour guide as per program's itinerary. |
Day 1: Cairo: Arrival
Welcome to Cairo! Your tour begins when you are greeted by our representative who will assist you through immigration and customs formalities. After you have collected your luggage he will then take you, in our deluxe vehicle, to your Cairo hotel.
Day 2: Cairo: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Sakkara, Memphis
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel is followed by a full day tour. In the morning you will be driven to see the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx: the most famous monuments of not only ancient Egypt but of the entire ancient world!.
After lunch, at a local restaurant, you will be taken to Sakkara to see the very first pyramid ever built; the Step Pyramid of Djoser. You will also get the chance to see some fantastic mastabas Tombs.
After this, you will be taken in guided to tour the open air museum of Memphis. The Colossus of Ramses II dominates the museum here. After this amazing trip through Egypt's pharaonic past, you will be driven back to your hotel.
Day 3: Cairo: Egyptian Museum, Citadel with Mohamed Ali Mosque, Old Cairo Churches, Khan Khalili Bazaar
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel is followed by another full day tour, but this time you will spend the forenoon at the Egyptian Museum: gaze at the wonders of King Tutankhamen, including his golden death mask.
After lunch, at a local restaurant, you will be taken to the Citadel of Saladin, the fortress built between 1176 and 1183 AD, to protect Cairo from the Crusaders and rebuilt by Muhammad Ali Pasha, whose mosque is a "must see".
From here you will be taken on a tour of Cairo famous Churches, including The Hanging Church and the Church of St. George the Martyr, 2 churches built into the walls of the Fort of Babylon and its remains could be Cairo's oldest structures; and the Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius), where, it is said, the Holy Family took shelter in a cave, with the church being erected her to commemorate this.
Before being driven back to your hotel you will have the opportunity to visit the old market of Cairo the Khan El-Khalili bazaar to test your haggling skills.
Day 4: Luxor: (Westbank: Kings Valley, Queens Valley, Hatshepsut Temple, Memnon Colossi) + (Eastbank: Karnak & Luxor Temples)
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
After breakfast, you will check out and our representative will escort you to the airport for your flight to Luxor.
Upon arrival you will be met by our representative who will start your full day tour with a trip to the West Bank of Luxor: the tombs of the New Kingdom Pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings; the tombs of princes in the Valley of the Queens; the magnificent temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahri finishing with the immense Colossi of Memnon.
After lunch, at a local restaurant, you will be taken to the magnificent Karnak and Luxor Temples.
Once your visit to these ancient Theban Temples is complete you will be driven back to Luxor airport for your flight back to Cairo, where our representative will take you to your hotel.
Day 5: Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Catacomb, Roman Amphitheatre, Qaitbay Citadel, Montazah Gardens
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Your day starts with breakfast in your hotel followed by a drive, in our air-conditioned vehicle, to Alexandria.
Your visit to this beautiful city, originally built by Alexander the Great, includes a trip to: the New Alexandria Library (Bibliotheca Alexandrina), inaugurated on October 16, 2002, with shelf space for eight million books, with the main reading room on eleven levels; then go deep into the catacombs (Kom el Shoqafa), where the early Christians were buried; the Roman Amphitheatre, which every town in the ancient Roman Empire had; the Citadel of Qaitbay, where about 1480 AD the Mameluke Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay fortified the site, which held the ruins of the Alexandria Lighthouse, and with successive improvements it now stands as a very prominent Citadel on the Mediterranean coastline and finally a visit to the Montazah Gardens, a private park where world leaders often meet, 150 acres of numerous trees, palms, and flowers which overlook many bays and beaches.
Lunch will be supplied at a local restaurant in the middle of this exciting tour, and at the end of the day you will have a tired, but fulfilled, drive back to Cairo.
Day 6: Cairo: Final Departure
Meals: Breakfast
Your final day starts with breakfast at the hotel followed by check-out. You will then be transferred to the airport for your final departure.