Egypt 8 Nights / 9 Days

Day 1 : Arrive Cairo

Arrive Cairo . You will be met by our Tours representative and transferred to your chosen hotel. & our representative will help you for a smooth check in. ( approx check in time 1400Hrs.  Day is at free . In the evening. Optional elegant dinner on board Nile cruise including folkloric show, belly dancer & music band  OR attend the Sound & Light show of Pyramids with dinner at local restaurant.

Day 2 : Cairo

Breakfast at hotel. Today visit full day Cairo City. This day you will start to discover one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx, the necropolis of Sakkara and the former capital, Memphis. With your own private qualified Egyptologist guide to lead the way on this private tour, he will provide a fascinating introduction to each of the three pyramids: Cheops, Khafre and Menakaure. You will have free time to enter one of the pyramids (additional cost), though your guide is not permitted to enter with you, or take a camel ride (additional cost).

After visiting the pyramids, you’ll continue across the plateau for a photo opportunity of the three pyramids rising from the sands, with the Cairo skyline in the background. A short drive to the city side of the plateau finds you standing at the feet of the Sphinx, for thousands of years the enigmatic symbol of Egypt. Also in Giza you may visit the Solar Boat Museum (optional), home to the remarkably well preserved funerary boat of Khufu. Then you will visit the fabulous Egyptian Museum, home to priceless antiquities; including – statues, reliefs, sarcophagi, and the King Tutankhamun’s treasures. After this marvelous visit, will stop to have your lunch at local restaurant before transfer to Khan El Khalili Bazar. Back to your hotel & overnight.

Day 3: Cairo

Breakfast at hotel Today visit Full day Alexandria Tour . This morning we start your journey by road to Alexandria. Arrival and start the visit with The Pompey’s Pillar is located on Alexandria ancient acropolis and was originally part of the temple Colonnade.

The Catacombs will be our next visit. The Catacombs known as Kom Al Shuqafa, merge both Roman, Greek, and Egyptian cultural points. The catacomb probably served as a funerary chapel. Continue to panoramic visit for the fort of Qaitbay from (outside), was established in 1477 AD by a Mamluk Sultan Ashraf Safi Al Din Qaitbay. It stands on the tip off Pharos Island where one of the Seven wonders of ancient world‚ Alexandria lighthouse once stood. The Fort was built by the ruins of Alexandria lighthouse and its, location offer a marvellous view of Alexandria.

Day 4: Cairo- Luxor

After Breakfast . Check out and get private transfer to Cairo Airport. Arrive Luxor, our representative will help you to finish airport procedure. Upon arrival in Luxor you will be transferred to start your trip East bank (Karnak temple was built by Ptolemy III, is a vast complex of several temples and is the most celebrated temple in Egypt by means of small avenue of sphinxes. Cruise departure time 1300Hrs.  View the Great Court, the magnificent Hypostyle hall with it 100 massive columns standing 23 metres high. Queen Hatshepsut granite obelisks and the sacred lake guarded by a giant granite scarab. Situated south of the Karnak temple is the Luxor temple, built by Amenophis III and Ramses II to host the festival of Opet).After your trip you will transferred to your Nile Cruise for check-in (12:00), enjoy your lunch on board and some time for relaxation. Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 5: Luxor- Edfu

After breakfast, this morning we start by visiting the magnificent West Bank famous for its royal tombs. Visit includes the Valley of the Kings, The temple of Queen Hatshepsut to see the bas-reliefs which illustrate her expedition to the land of Punt. Then visit the Colossi of Memnon .In the afternoon around (14:00) the cruise will sail to Edfu & visit Edfu temple. Dinner and overnight.

Day 6 : Edfu – Kom Combo

After breakfast, around 0800Hrs. direct sail to Kom Ombo. Visit Kom Ombo temple. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty.Then you will sail to Edfu & visit Edfu temple. Edfu was a settlement and cemetery site from around 3000 BC onward. It was the ‘home’ and cult centre of the falcon god Horus of Behdet (the ancient name for Edfu), although the Temple of Horus as it exists today is Ptolemaic. on the site of an earlier and smaller New Kingdom structure, the sandstone temple was completed some 180 years later by Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos, Cleopatra VII’s father. In conception and design it follows the general plan, scale, ornamentation and traditions of Pharaonic architecture, right down to the Egyptian attire worn by Greek pharaohs depicted in the temple’s reliefs. Then you will sail to Aswan & overnight

Day 7 : Aswan

After breakfast, Visit the High Dam this is the world largest rock-filled dam created to control the Nile. Aswan High Dam, Arabic Al-Sadd al-ʿĀlī, rockfill dam across the Nile River, at Aswān, Egypt, completed in 1970 (and formally inaugurated in January 1971) at a cost of about $1 billion. The dam, 364 feet (111 metres) high, with a crest length of 12,562 feet (3,830 metres) Then visit the Philae temple. One of Nubia’s most important monument sites, the Temples of Philae, 12 kilometers south of Aswan, was an ancient pilgrimage center for the cult of Isis and dazzled travelers with its power for centuries. This sacred site was venerated from the Pharaonic era up to the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods with each ruler adding their own stamp onto the stones here.Transfer back to the Nile cruise to take your Lunch. Dinner & overnight on board cruise in Aswan.

Day 8 : Aswan – Cairo

Disembarkation after breakfast (08:00) , You will be met by our representative and transferred to Aswan Airport to travel to Cairo. Arrive Cairo for any over night stay.

Day 9 :  Cairo- departure

Breakfast at Cairo . Free time . Private transfer to Airport and final departure at Airport.