| Day 1 in
Cairo |
| Arrived at the airport of Cairo where our representative will accommodate you and assist in the various steps to follow. You will be then accompanied in the private car to your hotel, Night in hotel |
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| Day 2 in
Cairo |
Breakfast at hotel, Visit of Giza with the three large Pyramids: Khéops, Khéphren and Mykérinos; and the Sphinx, Lion with human head which incarnates the king or the god under an aspect avenger, then visit the solar boat.
Then visit of the necropolis of Sakkara with the famous pyramid with degrees of king Djoser, the royal pyramids, the funerary texts, the mastabas.... And to finish the day, visits of Memphis, a colossus of Ramses II out of alabaster of beautiful dimensions, night at hotel.
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| Day 3 in
Cairo |
| Breakfast at hotel, Visit Citadel of Saladin, with in its enclosure the mosque of Mohamed Ali, Also the Coptic district, this district is older than the city itself: it should be seen to have an idea of the atmosphere in which the first Christians in Egypt lived Coptic Churches, Coptic museum, church of Serge Saint. Stop by the visit of the Egyptian museum, Antiquities, founded in 1857 by the French Egyptologist August Mariette, who shelters more than 250.000 parts of which the fabulous treasure of Toutankhamon, night at hotel. |
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| Day 4 in
Cairo / Aswan |
Breakfast at hotel, Visit of Islamic Cairo with the visits of: the mosque of "Sultan Hassan" (1359), largest of Islamic architecture in Egypt; the Mosque of" El Rifaei", the tombs of some of the members of the royal family rest like "Khidewe Ismail" and his four wives of which the famous Genevieve,delecebs; as well as king" Farouk" etc...; the Mosque of" Ahmed Ibn Toulon" (878), most former who built; the Museum of Gayer Anderson, with the two houses of the Othman time bought by this English doctor. You will be able to see the collection of iniquities which it reported during its voyages throughout the world like India, Europe, China, Iran, Syria; the Maghreb etc...; the house of "Ibrahim El Sinnari" (1794), founded for the scientists of Napoleon.
In the evening you will be transfer by private car to Cairo station to catch the sleeper train to Aswan, dinner and night at train.
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| Day 5 in
Aswan |
| Breakfast at train, morning arrival to Aswan, meet by our representative and transfer to hotel & check-in, afternoon, Visit of the Temple of Philae, dedicated to the worship of the goddess Isis, then the granite quarry with the Unfinished Obelisk and finally the High Dam Nasser giving birth to the Lake Nasser, overnight at hotel. |
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| Day 6 in
Aswan |
| Breakfast at hotel, drive in direction of Abu Simbel (in convoy - around 3h drives), arrival to Abu Simbel, Visit of the impressive temples of Ramses II and his wife, Nefertari. These extraordinary works, cut with same cliff, were dismounted and transferred onto their current site in 1960 bus they were threatened of flood by the rise of water of the lake Nasser. They were rebuilt with identical on a factitious hill a little more towards the interior of the grounds, back to Aswan after visit (in convoy), Overnight at hotel. |
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| Day 7 in
Aswan |
| Breakfast at hotel, Check in on board of your felucca Boat and visit Elephantine Island and Kitchener, lunch on board, Navigation in direction of Kom Ombo, Dinner and overnight on board. |
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| Day 8 in
kom ombo / Luxor |
| Breakfast on board, Let you go to the wire water and open large your eyes: you will be the privileged witness of the daily life of the inhabitants of the villages,crew occupy of the meals and day before to your comfort, we alternate navigations and stroll in discovered Nubian islands. At the time of the stopovers, you will have occasion to meet the Nubians and to discover their lifestyle. We make course on the careers of Silsila which provided the sandstone of the temples to ancient time, Dinner and overnight on board. |
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| Day 9 in
kom ombo / Luxor |
Breakfast on board. Arrival at Kom Ombo end of your Nile cruise in Felucca and visit the splendid temple Greco-Roman, whose characteristic is to be dedicated to two divinities: Sobek (with head of crocodile) and Horus (with head of falcon). Take private car and go to Edfu (in convoy), Visit of the Temple of Edfu, the Holy City of Horus and the temple built in its honor. This temple with extravagant dimensions is best preserved of all Egypt.
Departure for Luxor in private car (in convoy), arrival to Luxor, installation to your hotel, overnight at hotel.
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| Day 10 in
Luxor |
| Breakfast at hotel, Discovered Valley of the Kings, where the majority of the Pharaons of XVIII to the XX dynasty were made bury and the Valley of the Queen, is the necropolis of the royal wives, of the girls, sometimes of wire of the kings of XIX and XX dynasties. Then continuation towards the two imposing Colossi of Memnon, last vestiges of the gigantic funerary temple of Amenhotep III which does not exist nowadays any more. And finally the visit of Deir el-Bahari the Temple of Hatshepsut, the funerary temple of Hatshepsut, dedicated to the Amon god, but also to the gods Anubis and Hathor. This temple thé bain is single and is distinguished from the other temples because it is partly dug in the rock of the mountain thébaine has which it leans, and rises on three terraces connected by approach ramps, Free afternoon, Night in hotel. |
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| Day 11 in
Luxor / Dandara / Abydos |
| Breakfast at hotel, travel by private car north Luxor to visit Dandara and Abydos, travel back to Luxor by private car, arrive, night at hotel. |
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| Day 12 in
Luxor / Cairo |
| Breakfast at hotel, Visit Temple of Karnack, dedicated to the main thing of the worship to the glory of the Amon god, but like many other Egyptian temples, other gods and goddesses were venerated there. It is the known religious site oldest in the world. And the Temple of Luxor, It was devoted to the dynastic god Amon under his two aspects of celestial Amon-Rê and ithyphallic divinity. The currently visible oldest parts go up in Amenhotep III and Ramses II, evening transfer by private car to Luxor station to catch the train back Cairo, dinner and night at train. |
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| Day 13 in
Cairo |
Breakfast at train, transfer by private car to your hotel at Cairo.
(optional ,iditing Khan El Khalili bazaars).night at hotel.
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| Day 14 in
Alexandria |
| Breakfast at hotel, Drive by private car to Alexandria (around 3h drives), Arrive; meet Your Professional English speaking Guide - to make tour in Alexandria. Visit of the amphitheatre Roman of Egyptian women el-Dick, released in 1963, pilot single of the many places of spectacles built in Alexandria. Continue to Qayetbay citadel, situated on the entrance to Alexandria's eastern harbor where the place was exact of the famous Lighthouse. Enjoy the Visit of famous library of Alexandria building with the futurist architecture (library and interesting archaeological museum), Lunch in local restaurant. Transfer to Cairo (road about 3 hours), Arrival Cairo, welcome .transfer to your hotel, night at hotel. |
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| Day 15 in
Cairo / Hurghada |
Breakfast at hotel, transfer by private car to Cairo airport to take your domestic flight to Hurghada, arrive and transfer to your hotel.
Free afternoon , night at hotel. |
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| Day 16 in
Hurghada |
| breakfast in hotel. Today a desert safari awaits you! Explore the colorful customs of the life of the Bedouin people and, of course, it wouldn’t be a true adventure without a camel ride! Relax and watch the sunset before feasting on a barbeque dinner served in a Bedouin tent. Overnight in Hurgada hotel |
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| Day 17 in
Hurghada |
| Breakfast at hotel. The day is free to enjoy the beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel. |
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| Day 18 in
Hurghada |
| Breakfast at hotel. The day is free to enjoy the beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel. |
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| Day 19 in
Hurghada |
| Breakfast at hotel. The day is free to enjoy the beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel. |
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| Day 20 in
Hurgada / Cairo |
| breakfast in hotel . free day . transfer to Hurghada airport to take domestic flight to Cairo , arrival Cairo , welcome . night in hotel. |
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| Day 21 in
Cairo |
| Breakfast at hotel. free day at Cairo (optional day trip to El-Fayoum), night at hotel. |
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| Day 22 in
Cairo |
| Breakfast at hotel. Transfer from the hotel to Cairo airport for final departure. |
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