Description
Schedule:
Daily Tour
Tour Highlights:
Cairo
The Egyptian Museum, Giza Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the Valley Temple
The library of Alexandria, Qaitbey Citadel, Stanley Bridge
The Valley of Kings, Colossi of Memnon, Deir El Bahari temple, Karnak Complex, Luxor Temple
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: The Pyramids & Egyptian Museum 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.
Finally, our team will move you back to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.
Day Three: 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 start your tour 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 Four: Luxor Day Tour
After your breakfast in Cairo Hotel, our team will pick you up to Cairo Airport to take your plane to Luxor. When you arrive at Luxor Airport, you will find your tour guide waiting you to start your tour in the west and east banks of Luxor.
Firstly, you will discover the Valley of Kings, housing 62 tombs of kings of the New Kingdom.
After that, Colossi of Memnon, the funerary temple of king Amenhotep III. Also, you will move to El Deir El Bahari temple or Queen Hatshepsut temple to more about this great queen.
Then you will be moved to the east bank of Luxor to 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.
Finally, our team will transfer you to your hotel in Luxor. Overnight in Luxor.
Day Five: Aswan Day Tour
After having your breakfast in Luxor Hotel, our Rep. will pick you up to Luxor train station to take your train to Aswan. When you arrive to Aswan train station, you will find your tour guide waiting for you to begin your tour in Aswan.
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.
Finally, you will be transferred to your hotel in Aswan. Overnight in Aswan.
Day Six: Back to Cairo
After breakfast, you will check out and be transferred to Aswan Airport to catch your plane to Cairo.
When you arrive at Cairo Airport you will find our Rep. waiting for you to transfer you to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.
You may enjoy an optional tour to Abu Simbel Temples to see those colossal temples built by King Ramses II. The first one was dedicated to King Ramses II as a god, while the second one was dedicated to Queen Nefertari and the goddess Hathor.
Day Seven: Departure Day
After having your breakfast, our Rep. will transfer you to International Cairo Airport to take your plane for departure.
Includes:
- Guide and Rep. fees
- Entrance fees
- Transportation by air-conditioned cars
- 4 Nights hotel accommodation in Cairo
- 1 Night hotel accommodation in Luxor
- 1 Night hotel accommodation in Aswan
- Domestic flights from Cairo to Luxor / Aswan to Cairo
- Train from Luxor to Aswan
- Bottled water
- service charges and taxes
Excludes:
- Visa Entry for Egypt. (We can provide you with your visa upon arrival at your request)
- International Flights
- Optional tours and activities
- Personal spending
- Tipping