1st day
Arrive Cairo International airport,
meet and assist by our representatives. Transfer to hotel
for overnight.
2nd day
Breakfast. Start your full day visiting the Egyptian
museum of antiquities. On display is a rare collection
of 5000 years of art the largest most precious collection
of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including
an exhibit dedicated to the Tut- Ankh -Amon collection
of treasures, gold, and jewelry, as it was enclosed in his
tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when
his tomb was excavated. Visit the great pyramids -
Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal
ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx - a huge
funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the
face of king Chephren. Then visit Khan El Khalili Bazaars.
Shops in this district are legendary for fine brassware, copper,
perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques …etc. At the end
of the day we will transfer you back to your hotel.
Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.
3rd day
Breakfast. Start your full
day tour visiting Sakkara, cemetery for Memphis,
used continuously for 3,000 years. See the earliest monumental stone tractor
in Egypt, a stepped pyramid built for King Zoser
(c. 2650 BC). The renowned Citadel that was built by Saladin
in the 12th Century and was the seat of power for the following
700 years. On the premises is
the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali, one of the landmarks
in Cairo whose minaret can be seen from any part of the
city. The Mohammed Ali mosque was built in Turkish
style, very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey. (The tour
includes lunch without drink).
Overnight stay in Cairo.
4th day (Fayoum)
After breakfast, checkout and start your safari program.
We begin with a short drive from Cairo to the Ptolemaic
ruins in Kom Oshim in El Fayoum Oasis and visit
the Temple Quasar El Sagha. We then enjoy the Pharonic
sunset overlooking the vast expanse of Lake Qaroon.
Camp and overnight in Fayoum.
5th day
(Bahariya Oasis)
After an early morning breakfast, continue your trip up to
Bahariya Oasis. You will be camping next to a hot water
spring in the isolated oasis of Bir El Ghaba. Overnight
Bahariya.
6th day
(Siwa)
Today we head west to touch the edges of the grand Sahara
until you reach Siwa
Camp and overnight.
7th day
(Siwa)
A visit to the temple of Amun and the famous Dakrouny mountain,
and then enjoy swimming at Cleopatra's spring desert campground.
Camp and overnight in Siwa.
8th day
(Bahariya)
You will leave Siwa heading east until you reach Bahariya.
Camp and overnight in Bahariya.
9th day
(Farafra)
After an early morning swim in the spring you move to Farafra
through the black desert and white desert. When you arrive
at Farafra you will be camping next to a water source from
which you have a panoramic sunset view.
Camp and overnight Farafra.
10th day
(Dakhla)
Today you trek beautiful terrain until you reach Dakhla Oasis
where you explore all its sights, the Bashandy craft center
and The Ethnographic Museum.
Overnight Dakhla.
11th day
(Kharga)
You will proceed to Kharga Oasis, where you will visit
the Greco-Roman Temple as well as the Christian Necropolis
of al Bagawat.
Overnight in Camp in Kharga.
12th day
(Luxor)
Moving south, you will visit the Oasis of El Gaga then continue
to reach the river Nile in Luxor.
Overnight at hotel.
13th day
(Luxor)
Breakfast. Start your full day tour visiting (Valley of
Kings-Deir El Bahari Temple-Colossi of Memnon and the Temple
of Queen Hatshepsut).
Excursion to the Necropolis of Thebes, on the Eastern bank.
Crossing the Nile, drive to the Valley of Kings; visit the
tombs of various Dynasties, the Temple of Deir El Bahari.
On the return journey stop at the Colossi of Memnon which
are two gigantic sitting statues representing Amenopis III
facing the Nile. And visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
Overnight in Luxor.
14th day
Breakfast. start your full day visiting East Bank (Karnak
and Luxor Temple)
Excursion to the Luxor Temple to see its courtyard
and the granite statues of Ramses the Great
Proceed by carriage or bus to Karnak, which is a serious of
temples built in different reigns. Starting by the Avenue
of Sphinxes visit the Unfinished Propylon, the Hypostyle Hall
with it's 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatchepsut
and Tutomosis III, the temple of Amon adorned with
lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of
Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Transfer to Luxor
airport for your flight to Cairo. Arrival and transfer to
your hotel for Overnight in Cairo.
15th day
After breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport.
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