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DESERT ADVENTURE PROGRAMMS |
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package 7
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The summary of the itinerary
Day 1arrival in Cairo with the rest of the day free at leisure
Day 2 Cairo Tour: visiting the pyramids of Giza and the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities
Day 3take the minivan to the Bahariya Oasis passing by the wonders of the Black Desert and spend the night in a camp in the desert
Day 4transfer to the hotel in the Bahariya Oasis and visit the Bahariya Museum, the ancient tombs of the Bahariya, and the temple of Alexander the Great
Day 5travel back to Cairo and at night take the sleeping train to Aswan
Day 6arrive in Aswan and embark the felucca sail around the Elephantine Island and then visit the High Dam and the Philae Temple
Day 7enjoy the day sailing in the felucca until we reach Kom Ombo at night
Day 8Visit the temple of Kom Ombo and then travel to Edfu by private minivan to visit the temple of Horus in Edfu and reach Luxor at night to spend the night there.
Day 9Visit the Karnak and the Luxor Temple overnight in Luxor
Day 10Visit the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon, and the Karnak Temple then transfer to Cairo in the sleeper train
Day 11arrive in Cairo and visit the Saqqara Necropolis, the Saladin Citadel, and the Khan El Khalili market. Check out and overnight in the hotel
Day 12final departure
The full itinerary of the Tour:
Day 1 : Cairo Upon arrival in Cairo, the guest will meet Egyptcal Tours representative who will be your best friend for the coming five days. We only deal with local highly educated and experienced company representatives who have fluent English and wonderful communication skills.
After the "meet and greet", the guest will be transferred to his hotel, his home away from home, using the best comfortable private air-conditioned minivan
The guest will check in the hotel in a few minutes to enable him/her to rest and refresh for an amazing tour of Cairo in the next day.
Overnight in the hotel
Day 2 : Cairo The guest will enjoy a delicious breakfast to energize his power for his tour in Cairo
After breakfast, you will meet up with your highly educated long experienced Egyptologist who will escort you for the rest of the day.
The first stop of the day will be at the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities hosting the largest collection of Pharaonic displays in the whole world including the startling treasures of King Tut Ankh Amun and the Royal mummies' hall. This is besides many other exhibitions form different Pharaonic periods.
Your tour of the Museum will be accompanied by the perfect illustration of different stages of the Egyptian history
Your first visit of the day will be to the Pyramids of Giza, the most popular monument in the whole world, built by the pharaohs from the period starting from 2590 BC to 2480 BC. You will have the chance to explore the wonders of the Great Pyramid, the largest Pyramid ever constructed in Egypt which was built by King Cheops in 2589 BC, and it is the only remaining item in the list of the Greek Old Seven wonders of the world. You will discover the beauty of the lion's body and the human headed sphinx, one of the largest monolith statues in history of mankind.
Your tour will be accompanied, all the time, with wonderful historical interpretation explaining the reasons behind building such massive structure.
Overnight in the hotel
Day 3 : Cairo Bahariya Oasis- White Desert After having the tasty breakfast in the hotel, it will be time to check out the hotel
The guest will take the comfortable private air-conditioned minivan heading towards the Bahariya Oasis, 365 kilometers to the South West of Cairo.
In the afternoon, escorted by your highly educated well experienced travel guide, you will start your visits using the comfy 4X4 jeep.
We then we continue our trip to the Bahariya Oasis, and on our way we visit the crystal mountain, one of the most famous attractions of the white desert.
This Egyptian Western desert wonder consists of large quartz naturally formed crystals inside many rocks and stones creating a startling magical scene.
We proceed afterwards to reach the Aqabat, or the difficult passage, which is an interesting section of the white desert hosting the famous twin peaks, the ideal landmark for all the travelers in the white desert.
Our last stop of the day is the most interesting as we visit the internationally famous White Desert, the most important attraction in the Western Desert of Egypt. Covering a surface area of around three thousand kilometers.
It consists of bizarre chalk white rock formations that were once the surface of a shallow sea that covered this area in prehistoric times.
The rocks create all sorts of shapes like mushrooms, animals, and strange looking sculptures. All this area has become a natural protected area during the last few years.
At the end of the day, we set up our camp in the desert to enjoy the magical atmosphere of the region, watch the stars, have an amazing barbeque party, and spend the night in our comfortable camp
Day 4: White Desert - Bahariya Oasis We leave our camp and head to the Bahariya Oasis
You can spend the rest of the day exploring the oasis on your own style, or you can go to the amazing optional tour of the Bahariya Oasis
The optional tour includes a visit will to the Tomb of Bannantiu, discovered by Ahmed Fakhry in 1938, which is a richly decorated tomb of a man who served both as a priest and a prophet during the 26th dynasty.
This tomb is carefully painted and colored with scenes of the afterlife with the Sun God Re starting his journey. Your next visit will be to the Temple of Alexander the Great built by the great Macedonian king and army leaders during his famous visit to Siwa in 331 BC. The ruins of this temple, discovered by Ahmed Fakhry, the most famous archeologist who excavated monuments in the Western Desert, contains two sandstones chapels with bas reliefs displaying Alexander presenting offers to the gods Horus and Amun Re
Your next stop of this interesting day exploring the wonders of the western desert will be at the Bahariya Museum which was established in 2005 ad it displays the local customs and traditions being practiced in the region.
Overnight in the hotel in the Bahariya Oasis
Day 5 : Bahariya Oasis Cairo Aswan After having breakfast in the hotel, we will check out to take the comfortable private minivan to go back to Cairo
In the evening we take the comfy sleeper train to Aswan
Dinner and overnight in the train
Day 6 : Aswan Arrive in Aswan in the morning and we check in our hotel in Aswan
We take a felucca, which is the traditional Egyptian wind sail boat, to go for a journey in the Nile touring around the Elephantine Island in a stylish romantic manner
In the afternoon we start our tour visiting one of the most beautiful temples constructed in Egypt, the Temple of Philae. This fabulous temple dedicated to the goddess Isis was constructed as one of the finest examples of the combined architecture of ancient Egyptians and the Greco-Romans styles. This temple, due to the construction of the High Dam was all covered with water until it was relocated in its present day location in the Agilika Island by the UNESCO project that took 8 years from 1972 to 1980 to be completed
Your next visit of the day will be to the High Dam, built by the former Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser in the 1960s to reserve the Nile Water that was lost every year in the artificial Nasser Lake.
The High Dam, that was viewed as an architectural miracle at the time, also generates a lot of the electricity consumed in Egypt
Overnight in the hotel in Aswan
Day 7 : Aswan Kom Ombo We check out hotel in Aswan and transfer by the comfortable minivan to start our Felucca trip
We embark our Felucca ship, which has remained, over hundreds of years, the main transportation of the people living by the Nile. We will sail down the Nile the way the Pharaohs did centuries ago.
It is amazing to enjoy the ride, and catch a nice cold breeze on a hot summer night and enjoy the wonderful Nile and Egyptian villages scenery. Although these Feluccas are the ancient mean of transportation, we have developed these boats to be most comfortable and secure for our guests to enjoy the ride
The Felucca will sail to Kom Ombo
Spend the night in the Felucca chatting and watching the sky.
Day 8 : Kom Ombo Luxor Lake Nasser Cruise After having the breakfast we prepare in the felucca you will have the chance to visit the amazing Temple Of Kom Ombo dedicated to two gods; Horus, the falcon god, and Sobek, the crocodile god.
The Greco-Roman temple is famous for its matchless location overlooking the Nile.
Construction work of the temple started in the 2nd century BC by Ptolemy VI and was completed during the reign of Ptolemy XII during the 1st century AD.
Afterwards, we disembark the Felucca and take the private minivan to reach Edfu
You will have the chance to visit to the Temple of Horus in Edfu.
This temple is the largest and best preserved Ptolemaic temple in Egypt.
The building work of the temple started during the reign of Ptolemy III in 237 BC and the construction continued until 80 BC. The temple includes wonderfully decorated walls and stone capitals.
At the end of the day we reach Luxor, check in the hotel, and overnight in the hotel
Day 9 : Luxor After having the wonderful breakfast in the hotel, we will start our tour of the day in the city of Luxor
You will start your visits in the afternoon by exploring the Karnak Temple, the largest religious Pharaonic structure ever built in the world.
The kings of the Pharaohs staring from the 11th dynasty (2055 1985 BC) began adding their mark, one after the other, to this huge complex of Pharaonic temples.
The Karnak temple includes the breathtaking hypostyle hall of the god Amun built by Ramses II in 1244 BC, the sacred lake of god Amun, and many more attractions.
Your next visit this evening will be to the Luxor Temple. Dedicated to the holy Thebian triad, the gods Amun, Mut, and Khonsu, it is one of the finest examples of the Pharaonic architecture. Although the construction work of the temple was mainly completed by Amenhotep III (1390 1352 BC) and Ramses II (1279 1213 BC), many kings who came afterwards have added their marks to this great complex including Alexander the Great.
The Luxor temple was buried under sand and dust for years until it was discovered in 1881.
Overnight in the hotel in Luxor
Day 10 : Luxor Cairo After a wonderful breakfast, you will start touring the wonders of the West Bank of Luxor.
Your first visit of the day will be the Valley of the Kings, the necropolis of the Pharaonic New Kingdom. Starting from 17th dynasty, the Pharaonic Kings tried to hide their royal tombs from robbers.
This was why they began to dig their tombs deep inside a Thebian mountain that has a natural pyramid structure
These tombs have the finest colored decorations with the famous tomb of Tut Ankh Amun discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 and may other royal tombs belonging to the kings of the 18th and the 19th dynasty.
Your next stop will be the amazing the mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. This temple was constructed by the 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut (1473 1458 BC) as a unique structure rising from the desert in the shape of imposing terraces. This temple was used as a monastery in the Christian era. This is why it is famous for the name "El Deir Al Bahry", or the Western Monastery.
Your last stop of the day will be at the gigantic Colossi of Memnon. These two 18 meters high statues are the only remaining items of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III. During the roman era, music was heard coming out of one of the statues that were attributed, by the Greeks, as the legendary figure of Memnon greeting his mother Eos in one of the Greek myths
Transfer to the Luxor train station to take the sleeper train going back to Cairo Dinner and overnight in the sleeper train
Day 11 : Cairo Arrive in Cairo in the morning to start your tour of the city
Your first stop, while being transferred in the most comfortable air-conditioned minivan, will be in the Saqqara complex, the necropolis of the third dynasty of the Pharaonic Old Kingdom.
This rich archeological site hosts a number of pyramids, with the startling step Pyramid of Djoser built in 2665 BC, which is the oldest proper pyramid ever built in Egypt and the most ancient rock structure built in the history of humankind. Saqqara also has many richly decorated tombs.
Your next visit will be to discover the Saladin Citadel, built by the great Ayoubid king and warrior, Salah El Dine Al Ayouby between 1176 and 1183 AD to protect Cairo and Egypt against the foreign attacks.
This citadel became the seat of the power in Egypt for a very long period afterwards.
The guest will have the chance to visit the startling Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque lactated inside the citadel. Mohamed Ali, who is considered the founder of Modern Egypt, decided to build this amazing mosque between 1830 and 1848 AD to look like the great mosques built by the Ottomans in Istanbul, like the famous Aya Sofia Mosque
Your last visit of the day will be to Khan El Khalili, the largest and most famous touristic market in the world. This bazar, built in 1382 during the Mamluk reign, is the best place to shop for Egyptian gifs and souvenirs to take home from Cairo.
Overnight in the hotel
Day 12 : Cairo Final departure After having the delicious breakfast, the guest will be transferred to the Cairo international airport for his final departure after a startling trip in Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan
Price includes:
Meals:
Cairo, Aswan and Luxor: breakfast
Tour in the oases: full board
3 nights hotel 3 * in Cairo
1 night tent in the white Desert
1 night hotel in Bahariya
Return, sleeping train, 1. Class
1 night hotel 3* in Aswan
1 night on board of the felucca
2 nights hotel 3* in Luxor
Camping equipment in the desert (tents, sleeping bags..) and Jeep
All transfers (private, in air conditioned minibus, with driver) & English speaking guide
All taxes
Entry fees for the sites
For the formalities and the safety of our customers, we inform the Ministry of the Egyptian Tourism of our programs.
Price excludes:
Entry visa of Egypt.
Personal expenses.
Beverage during meals.
International airfare.
Tips.
Entrance inside any of the Pyramids of Giza.
Visit the Mummies room in the Egyptian Museum.
Notes
Tours Packages in Egypt
Sightseeing is based on private basis and not joining other guests.
The Nile Cruise programs can be changed without prior notice due to navigational circumstances, Egyptcal tours is not liable to these changes.
Domestic flight Abu Simbel / Cairo could be via Aswan
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