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Day 1: Arrival Cairo
Our representative
welcomes you at Cairo
International Airport
and assists you through
the immigration. Then
transfer to your hotel
in Cairo for overnight.
Day 2: Giza Pyramids
– Egyptian Museum –
Train to Luxor (B)
After breakfast, enjoy a
trip to the Great
Pyramids of Cheops,
Chefren and Mykerinus,
the Sphinx and the
Valley Temple. Back in
Cairo visit the Egyptian
Museum where you can see
fascinating pharaonic
artifacts. Transfer to
railway station to take
first class seating
train to Luxor.
Day 3: Luxor (B, D)
Arrive Luxor train
station, where our
representative meets and
transfers you to the
hotel for check in.
After that enjoy an
excursion to the Valley
of the Kings, the Temple
of Hatshepsut, the
powerful Egyptian queen,
and the Colossi of
Memnon. Then visit the
splendid Luxor Temple
and Karnak Temples.
Overnight Luxor hotel.
Day 4: Aswan (B)
After breakfast transfer
by air-conditioned
vehicle to Aswan, where
you will be met and
taken to your hotel for
check-in. See the High
Dam and the Unfinished
Obelisk,
then on to the beautiful
Temple of Philae, which
is dedicated to the
goddesses Isis and
Hathor. Sail and move
around Elephantine
Island by a felucca
boat. Return to Aswan
hotel for overnight.
Day 5: Abu Simbel (B,
D)
Trip by coach in the
south to the western
bank of Lake Nasser to
visit the impressive
Temples of Ramses II and
queen Nerfertari at Abu
Simbel. Return to Aswan
railway station for
departure to Cairo by
first class seating
train, dinner and
overnight.
Day 6: Back to Cairo
(B)
You will be met and
assisted at Giza train
station then transferred
to your hotel. Overnight
in Cairo. Optional tour
to the ancient capital
Memphis and Saqqara is
possible.
Day 7: Free day Cairo
(B)
Free day in Cairo or
optional trip to
Alexandria where you can
see Qaitbay Fort from
the 15th century, and
the Montazah Palace,
combining Turkish and
Florentine architectural
styles. Other important
sites are the new
Alexandria Library and
the Roman catacombs.
Return to Cairo hotel
for overnight.
Day 8: Departure
Cairo (B)
Breakfast, transfer to
Cairo International
Airport for departure.
Legend
B = Breakfast
L = Lunch D
= Dinner |
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