Cairo, Egypt
On arrival you are met and assisted by Our-Rep through customs and immigration formalities . Transfer to your selected hotel.Â
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Cairo
After breakfast visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, housing the world’s greatest collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts, including the world-famous treasures of King Tut ankhamun. |
Cairo
Travel to Memphis and the legendary city of Menes, the King who united Upper and Lower Egypt. Continue to the necropolis of Sakkara to see the Step Pyramid of King Zoser. Visit the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus on the Giza Plateau — the Great Pyramid being the only survivor of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.†Just to the east you visit the legendary Sphinx. |
Cairo / Abu Simbel / Aswan
Fly to Aswan . You may continue your flight to Abu Simbel temples and view the four 65-foot figures of King Ramses II fronting his temple and his wife temple of Queen Nefetrari. Back to Aswan where you board the for your Nile cruise.
After lunch sail around the Aswan islands : Elephantine , botanical garden, Agha KHan Mausoleum in a felucca- boat (if weather permitting). |
Aswan / Kom Ombo / Edfu
After visiting the Aswan High Dam, Old Dam take a boat ride to the romantic and majestic Philae Temple on the Island of Agilika. Sail to Kom Ombo and visit the temple of the crocodile god Sobek and the sun god Haroeris. Cruise to Edfu. |
Edfu / Esna / Luxor
Visit the Temple of Horus, the best preserved Greco-Roman temple in Egypt.
Later, tour the Temple of Khnum at Esna. Passing the Esna locks to arrive Luxor . |
Luxor
Journey to the West Bank of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings, a vast City of the Dead, where magnificent tombs (including that of King Tut) were carved into the desert rocks. Rising out of the desert plain as a series of terraces, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Ancient Egypt’s first female pharaoh) merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. On the way back to the Nile River, pass the famed Colossi of Memnon, known in ancient Greek times for their haunting voices at dawn. |
Luxor / Cairo
After breakfast visit Luxor’s grand temples, beginning with the Temple of Luxor. Next, see the awe-inspiring Temple of Karnak, a huge complex more than 2,000 years in the making.
Return by flight to Cairo this afternoon. Arrive and overnight .i |
Cairo
Begin the day with a visit to the hilltop Citadel, a spectacular medieval fortress dating from the 12th century, where you discover the mosque and tomb of the Ottoman ruler Mohamed Ali. Later, we drive to Khan El Khalili old Bazaar for a nice walk and a chance for good bargins . |
Cairo
Board your international flight. |
