Off the Beaten Track to the Treasures of Egypt

After enjoying a delicious wholesome breakfast at your hotel, your personal guide will take you to the Giza Plateau to start your journey by marveling at one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramids of Giza. Visit the iconic Sphinx and Valley Temple. After your pyramid visit, you’ll go for lunch at an authentic Egyptian restaurant and then head over to the New Grand Egyptian Museum, also known as the Giza Museum, which is an archaeological museum in Giza, Egypt, about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Giza pyramid complex. Return back to your hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Visits: Great Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).

You will explore Cairo, the city of a thousand minarets, by starting the tour with Al Darb Al Ahmar, the area south of Cairo's city walls; between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel, was initially the site of Fatimid and Ayyubid-era cemeteries. Under the prosperous reign of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad (between 1293 and 1341), the population of the city reached its peak and the area began to be developed in earnest. After that you will visit Salah El Din Citadel, the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali, then proceed to Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrasa which is considered Stylistically the most compact and unified of all Cairo monuments. Then, you will visit the Mosque of Ahmed Ibn Tulun; this mosque is cosnidered to be the third large mosque built in Egypt. It is characterized by its spacious hall (saha), its unique spiral minaret and a large collection of gypsum decoration.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Visits: Cairo, Al Darb Al Ahmar neighbourhood, Salah El Din Citadel, the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali, Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrasa, Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque.

You will have an early departure to be driven from Cairo to Fayoum, 60 km from Cairo. You will visit Lake Qaroun and then proceed to the National park of Wadi Rayan where we visit the Water Falls, Gabal Al Modawara and the Wales Cemetery. Enjoy a picnic Lunch. Later, you will head to El Minya and upon arrival, you will be transfered to Grand Aton El Minya hotel for check-in.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Visits: Fayoum, Lake Qaroun, National park of Wadi Rayan, Fayoum Water Falls, Gabal Al Modawara, Wales Cemetery, El Minya.

You will visit the necropolis of Tuna El Gabal, which includes many important elements such as the crypts of baboons and Ibis that actually represent the god Thoth, the tomb of Isadora, the tomb of the priest Pet-osiers, the old water wheel and the boundary stele of the city of the Aton. Proceed to Al Ashmunien, the ancient city of Hermopolis, where you will visit the open museum with the two colossal baboon statues and the ruins of the basilica church with its Rose granite columns. Then, proceed to the site of Beni Hasan, eastern bank of the Nile. There you will visit the unique rock-cut tombs with its scenes depicting local and regional life during the Middle Kingdom. Many of these have scenes of wrestling and military training.

Overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Visits: El Minya, The Necropolis of Tuna El Gabal, Al Ashmunien, Beni Hasan.

After breakfast, you will be driven to Tell Al Amarna, the capital of Akhnaton, where you will explore the city, the northern and the southern tombs, the ruins of the palace and temples and finally the royal tomb. Then, you will go to Assuit city to visit Al Muharraq Monastery, 48 kilometers north of Assiut. The Holy Family stayed there for 6 months and 10 days, the longest period spent at any single site, and then you will head to Meir Village which was the functioning cemetery for Cusae, located in Egypt, approximately thirty to forty miles north of the city of Assuit. Meir functioned as an Old Kingdom-Middle Kingdom (6th-12th Dynasty) cemetery for the nomarchs of the fourteenth Nome of Upper Egypt. Below the hillside of the rock-cut tombs lies a cemetery that is specifically for the more common folk. The rock-cut tombs only functioned for nomarchs of the city of Cusae, which was a cult center for the Egyptian deity Hathor.

Overnight at Sohag.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Visits: Tell Al Amarna, Assuit city, Al Muharraq Monastery, Meir Village.

You will visit Fortress Shonet El Zebeeb, the first building in the history, then you visit the temple of Seti the first. It is considered the most beautiful temple in Egypt. The temple was built by Seti I and was finished by his son Ramesses II after his father's death. It contains the best-coloured high Reliefs in Egypt and Abydos King List, showing the cartouche name of many dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from the first, Narmer or Menes, until Ramses himself. Then, after enjoy a lovely lunch, you will be driven to the complex of Dandara temple where you will visit Hatour Temple, the goddess of love, music and dancing. You will have the chance to explore the Temple Elements, the decorated ceiling with its beautiful colored astronomical drawings, the replica of the Egyptian Zodiac and the crypts. After your visit, you will travel to Luxor.

Overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Visits: Abydos, Fortress Shonet El Zebeeb, Temple of Seti the First, Complex of Dandara Temple, Hatour Temple, Temple Elements, Luxor.

After breakfast, you will be transferred from your hotel by an air-conditioned vehicle to board your 5-star Nile cruise to check in. After lunch on board, enjoy a visit to the impressive Karnak Temples and Luxor Temple. Lastly, enjoy dinner.

Overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Visits: Luxor Temple, Karnak Temple.

After breakfast on your Nile cruise, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings, then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut approximately in the 15th century BC. Proceeding to the Colossi of Memnon. After lunch, you will sail to Edfu enjoying a leisurely dinner on board.

Overnight in aboard your Nile cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Visits: Valley of the Kings,Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon, Edfu.

After breakfast on Nile Cruise, visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo to see the unique Temple of Sobek, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god. Lunch on board. Continue sailing to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board you deluxe Nile Cruise.

Overnight in on board your Nile Cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Visits: Horus Temple, Kom Ombo, Temple of Sobek.

After breakfast on Nile cruise, enjoy a day’s sightseeing in Aswan. Start with the High Dam and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk, then on to the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor. Enjoy dinner.

Overnight in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Visits: High Dam, Philae Temple, Unfinished Obelisk.

Disembark from your cruise after breakfast, then transfer to Aswan airport for flight back to Cairo. Upon arrival you will be transferred to your hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast.

After breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure.

Meals: Breakfast.

Throughout the trip, your guide has the right to unpredictable weather conditions, impassable wadis concern constitutions of other passengers, vehicle breakdowns, etc. switch the route in the interest of your own safety if he sees fit. We therefore ask for your understanding as we can not guarantee the exact compliance with the order of the trip, according to tender. Goal of the team and our agency, but it is all the program points to achieve.