12 Days / 11 Nights(Cairo, Alexandria & Nile Cruise) – Code TTNE12-1

Start your day with breakfast at the hotel before being picked up at 8:00 am for your Giza Full Day Tour. During the tour, you will have the opportunity to visit the Great Pyramids Of Giza – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerinos and explore the Valley Temple, which is the place where the Priests mummified the dead body of king Chephren, the owner of the second pyramid at Giza Plateau.

Additionally, you will be able to have a close-up look at the Sphinx, the legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of king Chephren. Following the Giza visit, the tour continues to Sakkara, which is located only 27 km southwest of Cairo.

Second visit will be to The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is located in Giza, Egypt, and it houses archaeological artifacts from thousands of years of human civilization in Egypt. These artifacts span from the predynastic period to the Greco-Roman era (c. 3100 BCE to 400 CE), providing a comprehensive insight into Egypt’s rich history. 

The museum’s collection is sourced from various cultural institutions in Egypt, including the Egyptian Museum, which was established in 1858 and is situated in downtown Cairo. A notable highlight of the Egyptian Museum’s collection is the cache of items unearthed in the tomb of King Tutankhamun, which will be prominently showcased in the new museum. 

Occupying an impressive 120-acre (50-hectare) plot of land, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) holds the distinction of being the largest archaeological museum in the world.

At the conclusion of the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel for an overnight stay in Cairo.

We will take you in a full day tour to visit the historical places which are located in Cairo including

Saqqara step pyramid.

The Pyramid of Djoser, known as the Step Pyramid, is an archaeological landmark in the Saqqara Necropolis, northwest of the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt. It was built during the 27th century BC to bury the pharaoh Djoser; it was built for him by his vizier Imhotep. The architect and physician Imhotep was the primary architect of the vast funerary complex in the pyramid’s courtyard and the surrounding ceremonial structures.

Memphis (Mit Rahina)

Memphis (or Men-Nefer) (Greek: Μέμφις) was an ancient Egyptian city and the ancient capital of Inb-Hajj, the first of the Lower Egyptian nomes known as mḥw (North). Its ruins are located near the modern city of Mit Rahina, 20 km (12 mi) south of Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt.

Dahshour Pyramids.

Dahshur is one of the tourist areas that visitors come to from all over the world because of its many ancient Egyptian monuments. The Pharaoh of Egypt, Sneferu, chose the Dahshur rocky plateau to build his tomb, to rival the tomb of his father, Djoser, the owner of the Saqqara Step Pyramid.

These are the most beautiful and historical sightseeing in Cairo.

The tour starts at 07:00 am with pickup from your hotel in either Cairo or Giza by an Emo Tours guide, and you will be transferred by a private A/C vehicle to Alexandria, which is 220 kilometers away from Cairo. 

Upon arrival in Alexandria around 10 am, you will begin your day tour by visiting the Roman Theater. This theater features marble seats for up to 800 spectators, galleries, a section of mosaic flooring, and a pleasure garden surrounded by Roman villas and baths. 

Next, you will explore the Catacomb of Kom El-Shoqafa, which consists of tombs on three levels. It also contains the Tri-cilium where relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast the dead, as well as a center with reliefs of bearded serpents. Inside, there are 2nd-century AD statues of Sobek and Anubis wearing Roman armor. 

Following the catacombs, you will visit the Alexandria Library. Please note that the library is closed on Fridays, so you will be able to take photos from outside. Additionally, your tour will include a visit to the Qaitbay Citadel and El Mursi Abu Elabas. 

The tour will conclude with drop off at your hotel in Cairo, and you can expect to return to Cairo around 19:00 pm.

Your full day tour will start at 8:00 am with a pickup from your hotel in Cairo or Giza by our tour guide. 

The first stop will be the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities

The oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East, which houses the largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities in the world. The museum’s extensive collection spans from the Predynastic Period to the Greco-Roman Era, and the architect of the building, Marcel Dourgnon, was selected through an international competition in 1895. 

Next, you will visit The Citadel of Cairo.

Explore The Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha. The Citadel of Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin) is an iconic monument in Islamic Cairo, known for its impressive defensive fortresses dating to the Middle Ages. The strategic location on the Muqattam Hills provides a formidable defensive position and offers an unrestricted panoramic view of Cairo. Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi ordered the construction of the fortress over the Muqattam Hills in 1176 AD, although it was not completed during his lifetime. 

Afterward, you will visit Old Cairo, also known as Christian Coptic Cairo.

which is one of the most important locations visited by the Holy Family. The district is known for the spiritual impact of the Holy Family’s presence, and you will have the opportunity to visit and enter the Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, the hanging church, and the old Jewish synagogue – Ben Ezra Synagogue. 

Once the tour is finished, our guide will transfer you back to your hotel.

Check out from your hotel in Cairo, Then our driver will escort you to Cairo airport to take your flight to Luxor.

Upon arrival in Luxor airport, Get a smooth and comfortable pickup when you meet your tour guide waiting for you outside of the exit gate. Go directly to start your tour to visit the highlights of the East bank of Luxor which include.

The Temple of Karnak

This temple is considered as the biggest temple in the planet as it was built over 245 acres and many of the Egyptian Pharaohs shared their love to the triangle gods Amun with his wife Mut and their son Khonsu bu building their shrines and pylons there.

Huge amount of information that you will hear from your tour guide and so many interesting stories about the legends of this temple. 

The Luxor Museum

That will be our next stop where you will see vast collection with a very organized presentation of the beautiful masterpieces from different eras of the old Egyptian temples and tombs.

The Mummification Museum

Definitely you heard a lot about the secrets of the mummification processes of the dead bodies of the old Egyptians kings and nobles. Now you will see it live and you will enjoy watching the tools and the materials such as Oils and Salts, that have been used in this process from A to Z.

The Temple of Luxor is our last sightseeing  

This temple was mainly used for the new pharaohs have been crowned and to proved their right to be the legal king of the kingdom. Many kings built their own shrines in this temple such as Tutankhamun. Luxor temple at night is very charming especially during the sunset and highly recommended to visit during this time of the day.

After finishing your day tour, You will be transferred to your Nile cruise to check and to get your cabin to relax after a beautiful start.

Meals included: Lunch and dinner on board

After breakfast on board, Your tour guide will pick you up from the Nile cruise to visit the highlights of the west bank of Luxor including.

Valley of the kings

There is the Valley of the Kings, which was the final residence of the great kings who were buried with their valuables, which were unfortunately stolen in successive eras.

The royal tombs still contained many secrets and writings that accompanied the pharaoh on his last journey to the underworld to be sanctified after his death.

The tombs of the Valley of the Kings were decorated with amazing writings and drawings in colors that are still in very good condition.

It contained many rooms that were designated for storing things and tools that the pharaoh would need in eternal life, as well as the burial chamber that was designated for the coffin and mummy of the pharaoh.

Hatshepsut Temple

The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut is located on the outskirts of the Green Valley, behind which lies the Western Desert. The temple was built in the heart of the mountain and consists of three floors, each floor representing a period of Queen Hatshepsut’s rule over Egypt.

The temple was built on the ruins of the temple of King Mentuhotep II the Great, who united the northern and southern parts of the Egyptian kingdom under the rule of one pharaoh.

Current excavations are still revealing many beautiful monuments and tombs, as well as the famous cache found next to this temple, which contained many mummies of the pharaohs of the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties. This cache was found by the Abdul Rasoul family, famous for excavating antiquities.

Colossi of Memnon

You will meet the famous two huge statues for the pharaoh Amenhotep III in the way to the Valley of the kings. 

In this area, there was a great temple belong to this great pharaoh but unfortunately was destroyed because of an earthquake took place in Egypt.

A very nice place to take amazing and memorable photos 

After finishing your day tour, You will be transferred back to your Nile cruise to have your lunch and dinner on board and to get ready to enjoy the sailing time towards Edfu city.

Enjoy your breakfast on board with a great scenery to the River Nile. After breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up from your Nile cruise to visit the temple of Horus in Edfu.

The Temple of Edfu, or the Temple of Horus, is the second largest temple in ancient Egypt, after the Temple of Karnak, located in the city of Edfu in Upper Egypt on the west bank of the Nile. The temple was dedicated to the main god Horus, who was identified as Apollo according to the Greek interpretation. It is one of the best preserved shrines in Egypt.

The temple was built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information about the language, mythology and religion of the Hellenistic period in Egypt.

Then back to the Nile cruise to have your lunch on board and start again the sailing towards Kom Ombo city to visit the temple of God Sobek

This temple was built during the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor, but its decoration was not completed until the Roman era, during the reign of Emperor Tiberius. We also see in this temple the same characteristics that we find in other Ptolemaic Egyptian temples in terms of design, architecture and decoration.

However, this temple has a special feature that resulted from the local worship in the place, as people worshipped two local gods, Sobek and Horus with the falcon head. Despite the difference in origin and character of these two gods, they lived side by side for many centuries without mixing or combining with each other.

After finishing your day tour, You will be transferred back to your Nile Cruise and have your dinner on board.

Early morning at 5 AM, Your tour guide will make sure that you have your breakfast box from the reception as it will be prepared for you before you travel to Abu Simbel.

Enjoy a smooth and comfortable journey from Aswan to Abu Simbel to enjoy visiting one of the most great temples in Egypt

Abu Simbel Temples

Abu Simbel temple is an archaeological site located on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 290 km southwest of Aswan. It is one of the “Nubian Monuments,” a UNESCO World Heritage Site, extending from the river from Abu Simbel to Philae (near Aswan).

The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountains during the reign of King Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a permanent monument to him and Queen Nefertari, commemorating his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. However, in 1960, the entire complex was relocated to an artificial hill made of a dome structure, above the reservoir of the Aswan High Dam.

After finishing your visit, You will be transferred back to Aswan and will be dropped off at your Nile Cruise to enjoy your lunch on board.

After having your breakfast. You will make the check out process from the Nile cruise, Then your tour guide will pick you up to visit the famous highlight of Aswan city including.

Temple of Philae.

Considered as one of the most beautiful Ptolemaic temples and is located on Agilkia Island. It is one of the most famous temples that UNESCO saved from drowning after the construction of the High Dam, which flooded many places with water after its construction.

Philae Temple was located before its rescue on Philae Island, which was drowned after the construction of the High Dam. The name Philae means (beloved) in ancient Greek. The temple was dedicated to the worship of the goddess Isis, the protective goddess, and inside the temple there are some buildings dedicated to the worship of the goddess Hathor, the goddess of music.

The High Dam.

It was built by the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser that aimed to control the Nile floods that used to come annually and drown many agricultural lands. The High Dam is considered one of the facilities of great benefit because of the control it achieved in the Nile waters, so that Egypt became an agricultural country with different types throughout the year, and it also protected Egypt from the dangers of flooding.

The unfinished obelisk.

It is located in an ancient quarry used by the Pharaohs to extract very hard flint stones to build giant and strong temples that are not affected by the factors of time. There is the obelisk that was not completed due to some technical defects and the impossibility of its use, and it was intended for Queen Hatshepsut. This obelisk was supposed to be in the Karnak Temple, but it was left as it was, giving us a good idea and telling us that the Egyptian obelisks were cut from a single stone block.

After finishing your tour, You will be transferred to Aswan airport to take your flight back to Cairo.

Upon arrival in Cairo airport, Our driver will escort you to your hotel in Cairo to check in.

Travel to a day tour to El Fayoum starting with a 7:00 AM pickup from your hotel in Cairo. The drive from Cairo to El Fayoum duration takes around 2 hours.

Upon arrival, switch to a 4×4 vehicle to begin the tour by visiting the picturesque Tunis Village in Fayoum. Tunis Village, also known as ‘izbat Tunis, is situated in the oasis of Fayoum and offers a breathtaking view of a large saltwater lake and the desert on the opposite side.

Next, explore the ancient Qarun Lake, one of the oldest natural lakes globally and the third-largest in Egypt, also known as Lake Old Maurice. Proceed to Wadi El Rayan and its magnificent waterfalls, which are considered the largest in Egypt, for a captivating experience.

Continue the journey to the renowned Whales Valley, Wadi Al-Hitan, in the Western Desert of Egypt, famous for its invaluable fossil remains of the earliest suborder of whales, Archaeoceti. Engage in sandboarding and revel in the beauty of the Sand Dunes and Magic Lake, making it one of the most favored destinations in Egypt.

With luck, catch glimpses of desert wildlife such as the slender-horned gazelle in the area. Add to the tour a visit to Wadi El Rayan Lake, where you can marvel at a magnificent waterfall before heading back to your hotel in Cairo.

Check out from your hotel in Cairo, Then our driver will pick you up from your hotel and you will be transferred to Cairo international airport to take your final flight back home with all the best wishes for a safe return to your country