Ultimate Luxury Egypt Tour in 10 Days

Day One: Arrive Cairo

When you arrive at International Cairo Airport, you will find Egypt Light Tours Rep. waiting for you holding our sign. He will meet and assist at the airport. Then he will accompany you with an A/C car to your hotel in Cairo or Giza. Overnight in Cairo.

Day Two: Cairo Day Tour

After your breakfast meal, you will find Egypt Light Tours tour guide waiting for you to start your tour in Cairo.

Firstly, you will go-ahead to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to see the collection reflecting the art and civilization of the ancient Egyptians ranging from prehistory to Greco-Roman times. Also, you will enjoy the gold and treasures of the Yuya and Tuya collection.

After that, you will be moved to Giza Plateau, where you will be amazed by the three pyramids of Kings Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos. Your tour guide will tell you about the secrets of these great pyramids. Additionally, you will see the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple.

Also, you will be able to have a horse or camel ride for an hour and enjoy the sunset view in Giza Plateau. You will enjoy taking fabulous photos.

In the evening, you will be able to purchase an optional activity. You may attend the Sound & Light Show at Giza Plateau.

Finally, our team will move you back to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Day Three: Aswan

After your breakfast in the hotel in Cairo, our team will transfer you to Cairo Airport to take your plane to Aswan. When you arrive at Aswan Airport, you will find our team waiting for you to transfer you to your hotel in Aswan. Overnight in Aswan.

Day Four: Aswan

After you have your breakfast, you will visit the High Dam, built between 1960 and 1970 to control the Nile flooding that used to happen every year during summer.

After that, you will go ahead to Philae Temple, the temple of the goddess Isis.

Then you will move to the Nile Cruise to sail to Kom Ombo to visit Kom Ombo Temple. This temple is shared by two gods, Sobek god (the crocodile) and Horus god (falcon).

Finally, you will be transferred to the Nile Cruise to sail to Edfu. Overnight in Edfu.

Day Five: Edfu Temple

After breakfast, you will visit Edfu temple, the Temple of falcon god (Horus).

Finally, you will move back to the Nile Cruise to sail to Luxor. Overnight in Luxor.

Day Six: The West Bank of Luxor City

After breakfast, you will go-ahead to the west bank of Luxor city to discover the Valley of Kings, housing 62 tombs of kings of the New Kingdom. Also, you will have the opportunity to visit the intact tomb of the young king (Tutankhamun). It will be an optional tour. This tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in November 1922. In this tomb, you will find the king’s mummified corpse.

After that, Colossi of Memnon, the funerary temple of king Amenhotep III.

Finally, you will move to El Deir El Bahari temple or Queen Hatshepsut temple to more about this great queen.

Finally, you will move back to the Nile Cruise. Overnight in Luxor.

Day Seven: The East Bank of Luxor City

After breakfast, you will disembark from the cruise. Then your tour guide will accompany you to visit the east bank of Luxor City. You will visit the two temples of the god Amun-Ra (Karnak Complex and Luxor Temple). Also, you will see the amazing avenue of rams linking between those two temples.

After finishing your tour, our team will accompany you to Luxor Airport to take your plane to Cairo. When you arrive at Cairo Airport, you will find our team waiting for you to transfer you to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Day Eight: Alexandria Day Tour

After having your breakfast, you will find our tour guide waiting for you to pick you up from your hotel in Cairo to go ahead to Alexandria.

Your tour in Alex will start by visiting the library of Alexandria. It houses 8 million books. You will be able to visit its open court and free museums. Then you will move to visit Qaitbey Citadel, built where the Lighthouse of Alexandria that considered as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

You may enjoy an optional tour to St. Mark Church considered the first church in Egypt and Africa.

Finlay, you will be able to visit Stanley Bridge, the modern landmark of modern Alexandria, and enjoy taking fabulous photos there.

Then our team will transfer you to Cairo hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

Note: Alexandria Library is closed on Fridays and every public holiday. If you want to enter the reading area, you will have to buy an extra ticket.

Day Nine: Cairo Day Tour

After your breakfast, our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo to go ahead to Saqqara to visit King Djoser’s complex to see the first stone building in history and the first pyramid in the ancient Egyptian civilization (the Step pyramid).

After that, you will move to Memphis site. Memphis was the first capital of united Egypt and the capital of ancient Egypt during the Old Kingdom. It was founded by King Menes in 3200 BC. Also, you will visit Memphis Museum to see the great statue of King Ramses II and the second biggest sphinx in Egypt (the sphinx of Queen Hatshepsut).

Then you will go to Dahshur. There will see one of the tries of the ancient Egyptians to reach to the complete pyramid (the Bent Pyramid) and the first compete pyramid in the ancient Egyptian civilization (the Red Pyramid). Both of them belong to King Sneferu of the 4^th dynasty.

Finally, our team will drive you back to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Day Ten: Departure Day

After having your breakfast, our Rep. will transfer you to International Cairo Airport to take your plane for departure.

Includes:

• Visa Entry for Egypt
• Guide and Rep. fees
• Entrance fees
• Transportation by air-conditioned cars
• 5 Nights hotel accommodation in Cairo
• 3 Nights Nile Cruise accommodation
• 1 Night hotel accommodation in Aswan
• Domestic flights from Cairo to Aswan / Luxor to Cairo
• Bottled water
• service charges and taxes

Excludes:            

• International Flights
• Optional tours and activities
• Personal spending
• Tipping