18-Day Egypt Explorer
Embark on an extraordinary journey through Egypt’s historical and natural wonders. Start in Cairo, exploring iconic landmarks like the Great Pyramids and Sphinx. Visit Alexandria’s ancient treasures, then venture into the serene oases of Siwa, Bahariya, and Dakhla to witness WWII sites, natural springs, and the White Desert's surreal beauty. Discover Luxor's timeless temples and the mysteries of the Valley of the Kings. Sail the Nile on a luxurious cruise, stopping at Kom Ombo, Edfu, and Aswan to explore temples and monuments. Conclude with Cairo’s rich heritage, including the Egyptian Museum and Memphis, and enjoy leisure days to absorb this once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
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RESERVAR AHORA Reservar AhoraArrive in Cairo Airport. Our representative will meet and assist you through the formalities, and then you will be transferred to your hotel and meet your tour leader who will brief you about the tour package Free evening, overnight at your hotel. "Dinner cruise with Belly Dancing & Sufi Dancing show" Optional tour for $37 USD P/P
After breakfast, our friendly guide will accompany you to the awe-inspiring Great Pyramids and Mycerinus (Menkaure) and Sphinx in Giza. The pyramids are part of a huge mortuary temple complex whose purpose was to keep the Pharaohs alive in the afterlife, Then to Sakkara to see the unique step pyramid of Zoser. This pyramid is the unique prototype for Old Kingdom Pyramids, overnight at your hotel
After breakfast you will head to Alexandria, arrive in Alexandria & you will be transferred to your hotel, after that you will start exploring Alexandria by visiting the Catacombs, Pompey's Pillar, the New Library, Quitbai Citadel & Elmontazah Gardens, overnight at your hotel
After breakfast, we will head to Siwa Oasis, we will arrive to Alamein. There we will visit the WWII Museum and the war memorial. (Lunch en route) Moving on, we pass by Marsa Matruh. Upon reaching Siwa, we tour the old Siwan village of Shali, Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
After breakfast we visit Cleopatra’s Spring, Mountain of the Dead, Alexander the Great Temple (Temple of the Oracle), (lunch in restaurant) and take a donkey- drawn cart for a tour around the city before heading off road 17-km to the Great Sand Sea, where we rest at the hot spring of Bir Wahid, We bathe, have dinner and relax while looking at the stars, overnight at your hotel.
After breakfast we head off road on a 450-km journey to Bahariya Oasis. We pass by Bahrein, Nawemisa and Sitra Oases. Lunch en route, we pass through magnificent sand dunes of the Great Sand Sea. Upon reaching Bahariya oasis, we check in our hotel, after dinner we go off road to bathe in the hot spring under the stars, overnight at your hotel
After breakfast, we tour the city; visit the temple of Alexander the great, the tombs of the nobles, the golden mummies and the English mountain. Lunch en route, you will visit the Black Desert & the Crystal Mountain on the way to the White Desert, on reaching the White Desert 160-km on/off road, we start exploring the formations, the wind carved sculptors that resemble both human and animal faces. We explore the formations that resemble the surface of a different planet, enjoy the barbeque dinner and overnight Camping in the White Desert.
After breakfast you will head to Dakhla Oasis, arrive in Dakhla and have lunch. Step back centuries as you visit the spellbinding medieval village of Al-Qasr. Walk the narrow alleys threading among the mud-brick structures. Be sure to take note of the four/five-story Ottoman houses with their wooden-grill windows and lintels carved with verses from the Koran. Visit the 12th century mosque. Two miles beyond Al-Qasr is the El-Muzawwaka burial site, with its 1st and 2nd century tombs. Time permitting; you will visit Balat Village with its Pharaonic mastabas dating to the 6th Dynasty, overnight at your hotel.
Prehistoric paintings of giraffes and antelopes decorate the sides of strangely-shaped rock formations along the 125 mile road between Dakhla and Kharga oases. Have lunch before touring the area. Visit the museum which houses an excellent collection of regional artifacts from various eras. A mile out of town is the temple of Hibis, built by the Persian emperor Darius in the 6th century BC and dedicated to God Amun. A mile farther is the fascinating necropolis of Bagawat, a Coptic Christian burial ground dating to the 4th century. Its mud-brick mausoleums cover many hills and some of the domes are decorated with frescoes of biblical scenes. Tour the Temple of Ghuwaytah built during the Ptolemeic era for the Triad of Amun, Mut & Khonsu, overnight at your hotel.
After breakfast you will head to Luxor (approximately four hours), stopping at one of the Roman sites: either Qasr Al-Zayyan or the Roman fortress of Al-Deir along the way, arrive in Luxor and you will be transferred to your hotel for check in, and then you will tour the East Bank of Luxor. There you will experience the massive Karnak temple and the historic Luxor temple; Karnak temple is actually a gigantic temple complex which is over 3500 years old that dedicated the greatly powerful Ram Headed God Amun, Luxor temple is an important temple in that it was dedicated to 3 Gods; Amun. His wife Mut and their son Khons, overnight on the at your hotel.
After breakfast, tour the West Bank of Luxor. Start your tour off with the world famous Valley of the Kings where you can enter some of the incredible tombs of the New Kingdom Pharaohs, like King Tutankhamen, then onto the Temple of Hatshepsut (Deir al-Bahri), and finish with the great Colossi of Memnon, the last remains of Amenophis III's temple, sail to Kom Ombo & Edfu, overnight on the cruise
Enjoy traveling up the fertile bank of the Nile to visit Edfu and Kom-Ombo Temples; The city of Edfu contains the famous Temple of Horus. The 2000 year old Temple was dedicated to the Son of Osiris, Horus the Falcon Headed God. Kom Ombo is a Dual Greco-Roman Egyptian Temple dedicated to the Evil Crocodile god Sobek and the Good Falcon god Haroeris, which stands overseeing the Nile and had sacred crocodiles kept as pets. Continue up the river Nile to Aswan, overnight on the cruise.
Arrive in Aswan, our representative will meet and transfer you to the Nile Cruise, after that you will do a morning tour of the famous High Dam of Aswan. Next you will visit the romantic Temple of Philae and the Unfinished Obelisk. The Philae Temple is a majestic Greco-Roman Egyptian temple dedicated to the goddess Isis, the goddess of love, overnight on your cruise.
Early in the morning at 03:30am you will head to Abu Simbel by private A/C mini van to visit the two massive temples of Ramsis II and then head back to Aswan, you will have a room booked in a hotel in Aswan to fresh up and rest before taking the seating first class train to Cairo
Arrive in Cairo in the morning, you will be transferred to your hotel, and then you will visit the Egyptian Museum, these houses more than 10,000 relics of ancient Egypt. There you can see the famous Tutankhamen Gallery and The Royal Mummies. A tour of the old city where you will see Coptic Cairo, the Hanging Church, the cave church, Islamic Cairo, Saladin Citadel, Mohammed Ali Mosque, the old Cairo bazaar (Khan El Khalili) and El Fishawy Coffee Shop, overnight at your hotel.
After breakfast you will visit another ancient Egyptian sights; start this day with Memphis the Oldest Capital of Egypt and then to Dahsure where you will explore the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid, overnight at your hotel.
Free day at your leisure, overnight at your hotel
After breakfast the trip will end in Cairo where it began. Transfer to the airport. Take your memories and adventure with you on the flight home.