15 DAYS EGYPT TOUR PACKAGE FROM DOOR TO DOOR

UPON YOUR ARRIVAL AT CAIRO AIRPORT
YOU WILL BE MET BY OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE
WHO WILL ASSIST YOU THROUGHT IMMIGRATION AND PASSPORT CONTROL AND COLLECTING YOUR BAGGAGE
YOU WILL THEN BE TRANSFERRED TO YOUR HOTEL WHERE YOUR EGYPTOLOGYIST TOUR GUIDE WHO WILL ACCOMPANY YOU FOR THE DURATION OF THE TOUR TRANSFER TO YOUR HOTEL IN CAIRO OVERNIGHT IN CAIRO

GIZA PYRAMIDS AND SPHINX AND GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
THIS MORNING YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE ICONS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
YOUR EGYPTOLOGIST TOUR GUIDE WILL ACCOMPANY YOU TO THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA
THE PYRAMID OF KHAFRE THE PYRAMIDS OF MENKAURE AND THE GREAT SPHINX THIS MORNING WILL TAKEN AN AC PRIVATE VEHICLE
THEN WE WILL SEE THE BIGEST MUSEUM IN THE WORLD (GEM) WE SEE ALL COLECTIONS OF BOY KING TUT ANKH AMOUN
THEN DRIVE BACL TP YOUR HOTEL

WE PICKUP YOU FROM YOUR HOTEL 8AM TO VISIT SAKKARA PYRAMIDS OLDEST PYRAMID IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
AND MEMPHIS ( OLDEST CAPITAL ) IN THE WORLD
AND RED PYRAMI AND BENT PYRAMID

WE VISIT THIS DAY CITY TOUR OR OLD CAIRO
WE VISIT CITADEL OF SALAH EL DIN ( ITS CONSTRUCTED BY SALH EL DIN ON THE MOQTTAM HILLS IN 1183 AD
AS A DEFENCE AGAINST CRUSADER ARMIES KNOWN FOR ITS FRESH AIR AND SWEEPING VIEWS OF CAIRO IT IS NOW A PRESERVED HISTORIC SITE OF MOSQUES AND MUSEUMS
THEN
WE VISIT
MOSQUE OF MOHAMED ALI
THE MOSQUE OF MOHAMED ALI PASHA DESIGNED BY THE TURKISH ARCHITECT YOUSIF BOUSHNAQ WHO CAME TO CAIRO ESPECIALLY FROM ISTANBUL TO BUILD THE GREAT BUILDING
THE MOSQUE ALABASTER STRUCTURE STANDS IN BEAUTIFUL CONTRAST TO THE SANDSTONE CITY
THEN WE VISIT
COPTIC AREA
WE VISIT OLD CAIRO TO SEE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS SUCH AS THE HANGING CHURCH AND THE BEN EZRA SYNAGOGUE THE CAVE CHURCH ITS ONE OF THE OLDEST COPTIC CHURCHES IN WORLD AND HOLY FAMILY STAY IN 3 MONTHS
THEN WE VISIT
KHAN EL KHALILI BAZZAR ( MARKET)
CONTINUE TO THE KHAN EL KHALILI BAZZAR
ONE OF THE OLDEST BAZZAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST DISCOVER A MAZE OF ALLEYS YHAT HAVE BEEN AT THE CENTRE OF CAIRO TRADING ACTIVITIES SINCE THE 14 TH CENTURY
THEN DRIVE BACK TO YOUR HOTEL

WE PICKUP YOU FROM YOUR HOTEL AROUND 8 AM TO EL FAYOUM OASIS IN THE WESTERN DESERT THE DISTANCE IS 80 KM SOUTH WEST OF CAIRO THEN ONCE WE REACHE TO OASIS WE START OUR ADVENTURE BY TOYOTA LAND CRUIS 4*4
THEN WE VISIT TUNIS VILLAGE IN EL FAYOUM OASIS TO SEE HE THEY MADE THE POTERIES
THEN WE VISIT WATERFALLS AND MAGIC LAKE
THEN
WE VISIT WADI HITTAN ( VALLEY OF THE WHALES)
WADI HITTAN ( VALLEY OF THE WHALES) IS A PROTECTED AREA AND A NATURAL HERITAGE SITE ADDED IN 2005 BY THE UNESCO AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE
WADI HITTAN ALSO KNOWN FOR SCIENTISTS IN THE ZEUGLODEON VALLEY
HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN 1936
IT IS LOCATED 35 KM WEST OF THE WADI EL RYAN ( WATERFALLS) RIGHT DEEP INTO THE DESERT WESTERN IS IT AN AREA OF FOSSILS CONSIDERED AS AN OPEN MUSEUM DATES BACK TO 45 MILLION YEARS AGO AND CONTAINS PETRIFIED PRIMITIVE WHALES SKELETONS SHARK TEETH SHELLS AND ROOTS OF MANGROVES PRESERVED IN SOFT ROCKS
EVERYWHERE YOU GO HERE YOU FIND PETRIFIED SEA SHELL AND CORALS
THEN LUNCH AND DRIVE BACK TO CAIRO

BAHARIYA OASIS
THE WHITE DESERT
PICKUP FROM YOUR HOTEL 6 AM TO BAHARIYA OASIS ABOUT 350 KM EAST THIS JOURNEY TAKES ABOUT 4 HOURS THEN STOP IN HOTEL IN OASIS FOR LUNCH THEN START OUR TOUR BY 4*4 JEEP AND DRIVE TO EL HAIZE OASIS
THIS SMALL OASIS LATER ON DAY ONE EXPLORE THE WHITE DESERT NATIONAL PARK THE MOST WELL KNOWN DESERT DESTINATION IN EGYPT THE QUANTITY OF UNEARTHLY AND BEAUTIFUL WIND CARVED ROCK FORMATIONS SHAPED IN THE FORM OF GIANT MUSHROOMS OR PEBBLES IS UNEQUALLED BY ANY DESERT IN THE WORLD ARRIVE AT THE WHITE DESERT BY SUNSET AND OUR BEDOUIN STAFF WILL ARRANGE DINNER AND DESERT CAMPING

YOU WILL ENJOY BREAKFAST IN THE DESERT BEFORE DRIVING TO BAHARIYA OASIS ON THE WAY BACK VISIT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN BEFORE DRIVING TO THE QUARTZ CRYSTALS AT CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN AND THE ROCKY FORMATIONS IN THE VALLEY OF AGABAT TO GET SOME REST AND TAKE A SHOWER THEN DRIVE BACK CAIRO CHECK IN HOTEL AND AT NIGHT FLIGHT TO ASWAN AND LUXOR OR BY SLEPPING TRAIN ( OVER NIGHT)

TEMPLE OF PHILAE
AFTER BREAKFAST VISIT ASWAN ATTRACTIONS
PHILAE TEMPLE
BUILT TO HONOUR THE GODDESS ISIS THIS WAS THE LAST TEMPLE BUILT IN THE CLASSICAL EGYPTIAN STYLE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN AROUND 690 BC AND IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST OUTPOSTS WHERE THE GODDESS WAS WORSHIPPED
AND
VISIT AS WELL HIGH DAM OF ASWAN
IS A ROCK FILL DAM LOCATED AT THE NORTHERN BORDER BETWEEN EGYPT AND SUDAN
THE DAM IS FED BY THE RIVER NILE AND THE RESERVOIR FORMS LAKE NASSER CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PROJECT BEGAN IN 1960 AND WAS COMPLETED IN 1968 IT WAS OFFICIALLY INAURGURATED IN 1971
THEN WE VISIT
UNFINISHED OBELISK
THE UNIFINISHED OBELISK
ASWAN WAS THE SOURCE OF ANCIENT EGYPT FINEST GRANITE USED TO MAKE STATUES AND EMBELLISH TEMPLES AND PYRAMIDS AND OBELISKS THE LARGE UNIFINISHED OBELISK IN THE NORTHERN QUARRIES HAS PROVIDED VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO HOW THESE MONUMENTS WERE CREATED ALTHOUGH THE FULL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS IS STILL NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR
3 SIDES OF THE SHAFT NEARLY 42 M LONG WERE COMPLETED EXCEPT FOR THE INSCRIPTIONS AT 1168 TONNES THE COMPLETED OBELISK WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SINGLE HEAVIEST PIECE OF STONE THE EGYPTIANS OVER FASHIONED

ABU SIMBEL TRIP
AN EARLY PICKUP AROUND 4AM
FROM ASWAN TO ABU SIMBEL IT TAKES 3 HOURS DRIVING TO THE TEMPLES OF ABU SIMBEL BEFORE THE HEAT OF THE DAY
THE 2 TEMPLES WERE CARVED OUT OF THE MOUNTAINSIDE DURING THE REIGN OF PHARAOH RAMSESSES 2
IN THE 13 TH CENTUREY BC
ABU SIMBEL TEMPLE COMPLEX
UPON ARRIVAL AN EGYPTOLOGIST TOUR GUIDE WILL TELL YOU ALL ANOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST WHIMSICAL PHARAOHS IN EGYPTIAN HISTORY
MARVEL AT THE MAIN FACADE OF THE GREAT TEMPLE TO RAMESSES 2 AND ITS 4 STATUES OF THE PHARAOH SEATED ON HIS THRONE FOLLOWING HIS ADVEANCING AGE IN THEORY
THE MAIN TEMPLE IS DEDICATED TO GODDES AMON RA HORAKHTY AND PTAH BUT IN PRACTICE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF ITS BUILDER RAMSES THE GREAT
CONTINUE TO THE SMALLER TEMPLE OF RAMESSES CONSORT QUEEN NEFERTARI SITUATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE GREAT TEMPLE
ADMIRE THE PHARAOH AND HIS QUEEN
RE BOARD THE COACH AT 9 FOR THE RETURN TRANSFER TO ASWAN BEFORE LUNCH WILL BE SERVED IN ASWAN BEFORE YOUR DRIVE TO LUXOR
OVERNIGHT IN LUXOR

WE VISIT
VALLEY OF THE KINGS AND COLOSSI OF MEMNON AND TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT AT DEIR EL BAHARI
VALLEY OF THE KINGS
BREAKFAST THEN YOU WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY YOUR TOUR GUIDE
THEN WE VISIT VALLEY OF THE KINGS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF EGYPT RULERS FROM THE 18 TH OF 20 TH DYNASTY
IT IS HOME TO TOMBS INCLUDING THE GREAT PHARAOH RAMSES 2 AND BOY KING PHARAOH TUTANKHAMEN
HE TOMBS WERE WELL STOCKED WITH ALL THE MATERIAL GOODS A RULER MIGHT NEED IN THE NEXT WORLD MOST OF THE DECORATION INSIDE THE TOMBS STILL WELL PRESERVED
THEN WE VISIT
COLOSSI OF MEMNON
ITS 2 MASSIVE STONE STATUES OF KING AMENHOTEP 3
ARE THE ONLY REMAINS OF A COMPLETE MORTUARY TEMPLE
THE STATUES ARE MADE FROM BLOCKS OF QUARTIZE SANDSTONE WHICH EXIST IN CAIRO
THEN WE VISIT
TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT AT DEIR EL BAHARI
THE TEMPLE OF QUEEN HATSPSUT
IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND PRESERVED OF ALL OF THE TEMPLES OF ANCIENT EGYPT YOU CAN FIND AT LUXOR
THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT ON 3 LEVELS WITH 2 WIDE RAMPS IN A CENTRAL POSITION JOINING THE LEVELS TOGETHER RISING OUT OF THE DESERT PLAIN IN A SERIES OF TERRACES THE TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT MERGS WITH SHEER LIMESTONE CLIFFS OF THE EASTERN FACE OF THE THEBAN MOUNTAIN AS IF NATURE HERSELF HAD BUILT THIS EXTRAORDINARY MONUMENT

WE VISIT
TEMPLE OF KARNAK
NO SITE IN EGYPT IS MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN KARNAK IT IS THE LARGEST TEMPLE COMPLEX EVER BUILT BY MAN KIND AND REPRESENTS THE COMBINED ACHIEVEMENT OF MANY GENERATIONS OF ANCIENT BUILDERS AND PHARAOHS
THE TEMPLE OF KARNAK IS ACTUALLY 3 MAIN TEMPLES SMALLER ENCLOSED TEMPLES AND SEVERAL OUTER TEMPLES SITUATED ON 247 ACRES OF LAND
THEN WE VISIT
LUXOR TEMPLE
LUXOR TEMPLE WAS THE CENTRE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FESTIVEAL
THE FESTIVAL OF OPET BUILT LARGELY BY AMENHOTEP 3 AND RAMESES 2
THE TEMPLE PURPOSE WAS AS A SETTING FOR THE RITUALS OF THE FESTIVAL
THE FESTIVAL WAS TO RECONCILE THE HUMAN ASPECT OF THE RULER

ENJOY AND RELAXING IN CITY OF THE PEACE

ENJOY AND RELAXING IN CITY OF THE PEACE

CHECK OUT HOTEL IN DAGAB AND BACK TO CAIRO
THEN REACHED TO CAIRO
CHECK IN HOTEL

BREAKFAST IN CAIRO HOTEL AND CHECK OUT HOTEL AND PICK UP TO CAIRO AIRPORT