This 7-day Egypt tour takes you on an unforgettable journey through the most iconic historical and cultural sites in Cairo, Aswan, and Luxor. Experience the mysteries of the Pyramids, the grandeur of the temples, and the magic of the Nile as you travel through Egypt’s ancient past with expert-guided tours. This itinerary is perfect for history lovers and first-time visitors who want to explore the best of ancient Egypt in a week.
Once you arrive in Egypt, our colleague will be expecting you inside Cairo International Airport to help you with the arrival procedures and take you by a private vehicle to your hotel for the stay and assist you with a quick and easy check-in, Overnight in Cairo hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel, in the morning we will take a panoramic tour of the Three Pyramids of Giza: Cheops, Chephren and Menkaure, the architectural complex considered the most important of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. We will admire the Great Sphinx with a human head attributed to King Chephren and the body of a lion and we will visit the Temple of Chephren and don’t forget to seize the opportunity to scout in the bazaars and to have a shopping tour to have a piece of Egypt in your hands. In the afternoon we will head towards the Citadel of Saladin, declared a World Heritage Site and which has the Mohamed Ali mosque or “Alabaster mosque”.
We will continue our visits today by visiting the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, where the treasures of Tutankhamen are located. Enjoy your Lunch in a local restaurant. Transfer to the hotel and accommodation.
Breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Cairo Airport to take a flight to Aswan, Arrival in Aswan; then transfer to the Cruise and boarding. Lunch on board. We will start with visits to the High Dam, considered the largest dam in the world at the time with a body of 3800 meters and 111 meters high, visit the Unfinished Obelisk with its height of 42 meters and weight of 1176 tons in the pink granite quarries and finally visit the Philae Temple or temple of the goddess ISIS, built in the Greek era and transfer to Agilkia Island to save it from the waters of the Nile after making the dam. After the visits we will take a felucca ride around the islands of Aswan. Have dinner and stay the night onboard in Aswan.
A great chance to visit the most excellent Egyptian temple built by Ramses II at Abu Simbel At 04:00 Am. Our representative will escort you by air conditioned vehicle to Abu Simbel, it is your lifetime tour once you delve into the history by visiting the Temple of Ramses II, be steeped in Pharaohs ancient grandeur while navigating the Temple of Nefertari, back to cruise, Sailing to Kom Ombo, lunch O/B, Visit to the temple dedicated to the gods Sobek and Haroeris or as known Temple of Kom Ombo. The temple is particularly notable for its relief of medicinal instruments.
The Temple is very unique and the only of its design in Egypt as it is dedicated for two gods with its triads to be the first and only temple to be designed like this especially that its designed in the Ptolemaic era, each part dedicated to different god with its triad, you will see Sobek with Hathor and Khonsu as a triad in the southern part and god Haroeris (Horus the Elder) along with Tasenetnofret and Panebtawy in the northern part. Next you will sail to Edfu. Have dinner and stay the night onboard.
Breakfast onboard, next you will visit Temple of Horus in Edfu. It is the best preserved temple in Egypt and the most important after Karnak. One of its most curious features is the lighting of the temple, with increasingly smaller rooms that prevented the passage of light gradually until reaching the dark sanctuary as the celling get down more and more and the floor elevate more and more, which receives light only from the axis, next move to Luxor your next visit will be to the Temple of Karnak or the Temples of Karnak, which is considered the largest complex of temples in the world and the Kings continued to build it for approx. 2000 years with its avenue of rams and its hall of 132 columns and reaches to the Temple of Luxor dedicated to the god Amun - Ra where the avenue of sphinxes stands out to connect between the two temples to build a road for god Amun Re in the Opet Festival, the Obelisk with more than 25 meters of height and the statues of Ramses II stands in front of its great Pylon. Have dinner and stay the night onboard in Luxor.
At the very early morning you will try a very unique thing you will find only in Luxor City, the Hot Air Balloon where you will enjoy both the sun rise from the sky and the whole Luxor City view, after landing move to your cruise ( Optional )for disembarkation after breakfast, then you will have a visit to the Valley of the Kings where the tombs of the kings of the New Kingdom are located when Thebes was the capital of Egypt and visit the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, the only great and peaceful queen ruled Egypt with powerful grip in Ancient times. Afterwards, we find the Colossi of Memnon, two seated colossi of Pharaoh Ramses II of which only fragments of the base and the 17-meter-high torso remain. Transfer to Luxor airport to board the flight to Cairo. Reception, assistance and transfer to the hotel. Stay your night in Cairo.
Breakfast at the hotel, check out and transfer to Cairo International Airport. You'll be dropped off in time for your flight or onward plans.
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