Package 5

THE BEST OF EGYPT (13 days ,12 nights)

Explore the best of Egypt's historical and tourist sites in one trip and in budget price with tour see the pyramids, Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Dahab ,st.catherine and more.

Tour itinerary

Day 1: Arrive to Egypt
Yours tours reprehensive will meet and assist you in Cairo international airport, over night in hotel
Day 2: Giza, Sakkara, Memphis:
After breakfast meet our tour guide (who has a valid license) in your hotel at 8 am, then you will be transferred to Memphis museum where you will see the colossi of king Ramses the 2nd and the ruins of this ancient capital of Egypt ,then to Sakkara to see the steps pyramid and the oldest funerary complex surrounding it .You will have a lunch break then on the way to Giza there is a short stop at one of the papyrus factories to see in front of your eyes how the ancient Egyptians used to manufacture it, then you will move to Giza plateau to see the famous three pyramids of Cheops, Chephren ,and Mycerinus, and afterwards, the great sphinx. The last stop in the tour will be in your way back to the hotel , you will stop at another factory of the flowers pure extracts and the plow oriental chaps glasses ., then move to the train station and overnight in the train.
Day3: ASWAN
YOUR TOUR local representative will meet you in the train station with a sign by the name of YOUR TOUR, check in your Nile cruise, transfer to visit phillea temple, the high dame and then back to the cruise and overnight. Finally, Sailing on the way to Comombu
Day 4: EDFu, COM- OMBu:
Morning visit to the dual temple of Sobek and Haroeris in Comombu, and then we drive to Edfu to visit the most well-preserved temple in all of Egypt -- dedicated to Horus, the Falcon God, and then back to the cruise sailing on the way to Luxor.
Day5: LUXOR (the east bank):
After breakfast visits the East Bank of Luxor, visiting:
Luxor Temple
Karnak Temple
Overnight in Luxor hotel.

Day 6: LUXOR (the west bank)
Visit the West Bank of Luxor:
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Queens
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Colossi of Memnon
Free evening at leisure and overnight we will travel by train back to Cairo.
Day 7: city tour:
After breakfast meet our tour guide (who has a valid license) in your hotel at 8am,drive to the citadel of Saladin to see the ancient walls and towers dates back to 1171 AD ,and the famous mosque of Mohamed Ali, the most famous mosque in Cairo sky line .Then you will move to the religious community (old Cairo ) to see the Hanging church ,the ruins of the roman fortress ,the synagogue of Ben Ezra ,and Amr Ibn EL-AAS mosque, the first mosque which was built in Egypt 642A.D.You will have a lunch break ,and then you will move to the Egyptian museum to see the fabulous collection of king TUT and much more from our ancient Egyptian antiquities. Finally, Free evening and overnight in Cairo.
Day 8: dahab:
Early morning, transfer to the bus station catch the bus to Dahab, arrive there and check in the hotel, free evening and overnight in DAHAB

Day9 : Dahab "Blue Hole"
Visit the best site in DAHAB where you can swim or snorkel in the BLUE HALLE, then back to the hotel and free afternoon. lately at night drive to Moses Mountain and start to climb to the peak till you reach it at sunrise.

Day 10: St. Catherine.
After sunrise, we descend the mountain and visit St. Catherine's Monastery. Free afternoon and. Overnight in Dahab.

Day 11: Ras Abu-Galoum
After an early morning drive towards the north, you will take a 2-hour camel ride to Ras Abu-Galoum. Here you will marvel at the coral reefs while swimming or snorkeling. Finally, Overnight in Dahab.

Day 12: back to Cairo
This morning, catch the bus back to Cairo. Arrive in Cairo, move to the hotel for check-in. In the evening, we'll take you to the interesting Nile cruise dinner for an open buffet dinner accompanied by a folkloric Sufi (“whirling dervish”) and belly-dancing show. Finally, Overnight in Cairo hotel.

Day 13: good buy Egypt
Farewell to Egypt today. Our tour ends after breakfast. Transfer to Cairo International Airport.
Farewell Egypt today. Our tour ends after breakfast. Transfer to Cairo International Airport.

INCLUSIONS:
• Meet & assist upon arrival.
• All transfers to/from airport & hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
Accommodations (3 nights in Cairo 2 nights in the Nile cruise, 1 night in Luxor hotel, and 3 nights in DAHAB)
• Tour guide.
.ALL train tickets (FIRST CLASS TRAIN)
• All service charges and taxes.

EXCLUSIONS
• International Airfare
• Egypt entry visa, for non -restricted nationalities you can buy it upon arrival before passport control. Visa Cost $ 15 = 11 Euro per person adult or child.
All entrance fees.
• Drinks and any personal expenses.
• Tipping
N.B: All of our tours can be customized to fit your time, budget, and interests.
Optional day-trip to Abu Simbel can be added to this program, upon request.
Additional accommodation nights can be arranged upon request.
For sleeper train you pay extra €80
for flight two ways you pay extra €109
Single travelers will be charged for an additional 20% as a single supplement.


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
         
 
 
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