11-Days Egyptian Desert & Ancient Lands Adventure

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival to Cairo - Check into Hotel
1 stop
1
Cairo
You’re in Egypt! As the Egyptians say, ahlan wa sahlan. Step off the plane, take a short walk, and you will see your tour manager holding up a signboard with your name written on it. From now onwards you will be in the careful hands of our company. Your tour manager will direct you through customs and immigrations then assist you with your luggage, after collecting your baggage transfer to your hotel. At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Have a great night rest, and the adventure begins when you wake up.
20 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Giza Pyramids - Sphinx - Sakkara
1 stop
2
Pyramids of Giza
After breakfast, your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up and start your tour. Drive to Giza and visit the Pyramids, See the Great Pyramid, the royal burial chamber and the Sphinx. Visit the recumbent statue of Ramses II and the 80-ton alabaster sphinx. Then a camel ride around the Pyramids. Continue to Sakkara to see the prototype of the Pyramids, the Step Pyramid, built for the 3rd Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser by the exalted architect “Imhotep”.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
The Grand Egyptian Museum - Citadel of Salah El Din - Moallaqa church - Ben Ezra Synagogue
3 stops
3
Grand Egyptian Muesum
After breakfast, visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses a magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities, especially the golden treasures of Tut Ankh Amun.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
4
Afternoon, you will proceed to Old Cairo to visit the Citadel of Salah El-Din, and the Mohammed Ali Mosque situated high above the city.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
5
The Hanging Church
Continue to visit the Church of Abu Serga, Moallaqa Church (Hanging Church) and Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish synagogue in Egypt. Lunch en route at a local restaurant.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Visit The Karnak & Temple of Luxor
2 stops
6
Temple of Karnak
Your journey will continue to visit the the magnificent Karnak Temple of Amun with its famous Hypostyle Hall and the 134 huge columns, the Statue of Ramses II, the Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut and the Sacred Lake. The key difference between Karnak and most of the other temples and sites in Egypt is the length of time over which it was developed and used. Construction of temples started in the Middle Kingdom and continued into Ptolemaic times. Approximately thirty pharaohs contributed to the buildings, enabling it to reach a size, complexity, and diversity not seen elsewhere. Few of the individual features of Karnak are unique, but the size and number of features are overwhelming. The deities represented range from some of the earliest worshipped to those worshipped much later in the history of the Ancient Egyptian culture.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
7
Luxor Temple
After The Karnak visit we continue by visiting The Luxor Temple which was built with sandstone from the Gebel el-Silsila area, which is located in South-Western Egypt. This sandstone is referred to as Nubian sandstone. It was used for the construction for monuments in Upper Egypt as well as in the course of past and current restoration works. Like other Egyptian structures, a common technique used was symbolism, or illusionism. At the Luxor Temple, the two obelisks (the smaller one closer to the west is now at the Place de la Concorde in Paris) flanking the entrance were not the same height, but they created the illusion that they were. With the layout of the temple they appear to be of equal height, but using illusionism, it enhances the relative distances hence making them look the same size to the wall behind it.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 5
The Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut Temple
3 stops
8
Valley of The Kings
Visit the West Bank (Thebes) where some of the richest treasures in the world exists, including the Tomb of Tut Ankh Amun (optional add on) and other royal tombs including Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings (3 Tombs), you will be able to visit some of these tombs.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
9
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. This beautiful monument to the reign of the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. Located beneath massive cliffs near the west bank of the Nile, the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, also known as Deir el Bahri, is dedicated to Amon-Ra, the sun god. Designed by an architect named Senemut, the temple is unique because it was designed like classical architecture. Note the lengthy, colonnaded terrace some of which are 97 ft high, pylons, courts, and hypostyle hall. Inside you'll see the sun court, chapel and sanctuary. Temple reliefs depict the tale of the divine birth of Hatshepsut and trade expeditions to the Land of Punt .
2 hours • Admission ticket included
10
Colossi of Memnon
Stop at the famed Colossi of Memnon, two 66ft, 1 thousand-ton statues of Amenhotep III. These colossal statues were known by the ancient Greeks to emit haunting voices at dawn. Though damaged by nature and ancient tourists, the statues are still impressive.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 6
Edfu - Kom Ombo Temple
2 stops
11
Temple of Horus
After breakfast, you will visit the Horus Temple of Edfu, one of the three beautiful temples of the Ptolemaic Period.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
12
Kom Ombo
visit the Sobek Temple, dedicated to the two gods, which offers beautiful murals and reliefs.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Aswan - High Dam - Philae Temple
2 stops
13
Aswan High Dam
After breakfast, you will visit the High Dam.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
14
Philae Timple
Then visit the Granite Quarries and the Philae Temple on the island of Agilka. That temple was dedicated to Isis, sister/wife of Osiris and patroness of the Ptolemaic rule. In the afternoon, you will visit the Elephantine Island and the Botanical Gardens on Kitchener Island and the Agha Khan Mausoleum.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 8
Aswan - Cairo - White desert
1 stop
15
White Desert
After breakfast fly back to Cairo, upon arrival, you will be met by your representative and transferred to visit The White Desert Later, visit the Crystal Mountain and spend the night in The White Desert Camp.
7 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 9
White desert - Bahariya Oasis
1 stop
16
Valley of the Whales (Wadi Al-Hitan)
After Breakfast, visit The Old town in Bahariya Oasis then continue to visit The Whales Valley and spend the night in Wadi Rayan camp
4 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 10
Wadi Rayan - Cairo
1 stop
17
Valley of the Whales (Wadi Al-Hitan)
After Breakfast, Start your day by visiting the Museum of the Wales Valley, The Magic Lake & Wadi Ryan. Later, Lunch at Tunisia village then transfer back to Cairo and spend the night in your hotel.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 11
Departure
1 stop
18
Cairo International Airport
Your trip ends today!! For those of you heading home today, you will be collected from the hotel this morning after breakfast, and transferred to Cairo airport for your flight home.
Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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