10 Days Egypt excursions

Day 1 Welcome to Cairo, Egypt (Around The Clock)

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   Cairo

   1 hour

   I will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures) and then he will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2 Cairo Day Tour (Giza Pyramids – Egyptian Museum)

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   Pyramids of Giza

   3 hours Admission ticket included

   I will pick you up from your hotel, to enjoy a pyramid tour of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus. The visit includes going inside the Great Pyramid. Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, which dates from the time of Chephren; the tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the pyramid of chefren.

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   The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

   3 hours Admission ticket included

   Then have your lunch at local restaurant and Move to visit the Egyptian Museum, which features artifacts from the Pharaonic period. The museum displays a rare collection of 5000 years of art which is considered the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to Tutankhamen collection of treasure, gold and jewelry which was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was discovered. Your visit includes the Mummies room Back to hotel.

3. 3

   Giza

   10 hours

   By the end of the day you will be escorted to Giza train station for departure to Aswan by Sleeper train, & Overnight while dinner is being served.

Day 3 Aswan Day Tour (High Dam – Unfinished Obelisk – Philae Temples)

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   Aswan High Dam

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   Arrive Aswan train station, meet & assist, start your Aswan Excursion and enjoy High dam, and how it is built till its opening in the 1970th

2. 2

   Temple of Philae

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   Move on to visit the majestic Philae Temple which was built on the honor of Goddess Isis the chief deity of the island.

3. 3

   Unfinished Obelisk

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   Then proceed to visit the Unfinished Obelisk which shows the techniques used by the ancient Egyptians to cut obelisks. Most probably this obelisk belongs to Queen Hatshepsut, one of the rulers of the 18th Dynasty and the royal wife of king Tuthmosis II. This queen was the owner of her Temple in the eastern bank of Luxor. Also there is an opinion said that it belongs to Queen Nefertiti.

Day 4 Abu Simbel Day Tour

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   Abu Simbel

   8 hours

   Breakfast at your hotel in Aswan. Then you will be transferred to start your trip to Abu Simbel Temples. It takes about a 3 hour and half drive one way from Aswan to Abu Simbel by a private air-conditioned vehicle Start your Abu Simbel Tour it is one of the massive rock temples, visit the Temple of Ramses II, proceed to visit the Temple of Queen Nefrtari (Hathor Temple), at the end of your tour drive back to your Hotel in Aswan.

Day 5 Kom Ombo – Edfu (Bus tour)

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   Kom Ombo

   2 hours

   Breakfast in your hotel, Drive to Kom Ombo, start your tour to visit Kom Ombo Temple dedicated to the God “Sobek” and Haroeris

2. 2

   Temple of Horus

   3 hours Admission ticket included

   Continue driving to visit the temple of Horus in Edfu which is the most complete temple and the second largest temple in all of Egypt. then continue your trip to Luxor.

Day 6 Luxor – Valley of the Kings – Hatshepsut Temple & Memnon

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   Valley of the Kings

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   Start Luxor City Tour through transferring to the west bank where you will visit the Valley of the Kings, the magnificence of the grandeur of architecture which was used for burial, there are many kings buried in this valley. The most known tombs are King Tutmosis I, Tutmosis III, Tut-Ankh-Amon, King Ramssess VI, King Mrenptah and AmonhotepII.

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   Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   Move on to visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by Queen Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmosis I, who ruled Egypt about 20 years during the 18th Dynasty (approximately 1490-1469 B.C), the only pharaonic woman who reigned ancient Egypt.

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   Colossi of Memnon

   You will pass by the colossi of Memnon which are remains of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III. Continue driving to the east bank of Luxor and back to your Hotel.

Day 7 Luxor Karnak and Luxor Temples

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   Temple of Karnak

   3 hours Admission ticket included

   Moving to visit Karnak Temples, the greatest example of worship in the history, dedicated to the God Amon, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu.

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   Luxor Temple

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   End your tour by visiting the Temple Of Luxor, it was built by Amenhotep III in 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom and it was completed by Ramesses II during the 19th Dynasty. Later you will be driven Back to your hotel in Luxor.

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   Luxor

   12 hours

   Enjoy your Luxor City Tour before you are driven to Luxor Train station and have the sleeper train back to Cairo. Dinner will be served on board and over night.

Day 8 Cairo Day Tour Saladin Citadel, Churches & Khan El-khalili

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   Cairo Citadel

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   After arrival to Cairo you will visit one of Cairo's most popular tourist attractions is Salah Aldin`s Citadel and the largest Ottoman mosque in the first half of the 19th century, Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali.

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   Coptic Cairo

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   After lunch, at a local restaurant, you will be taken on a tour of Cairo famous Churches, including: The Hanging Church and the Church of St. George the Martyr, 2 churches built into the walls of the Fort of Babylon and its remains could be Cairo's oldest structures; and the Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius), where, it is said, the Holy Family took shelter in a cave, with the church being erected her to commemorate this. This whole area is a world famous destination for Pilgrims.

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   Khan Al-Khalili

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   Before being driven back to your hotel you will have the opportunity to visit the old market of Cairo (Khan El-Khalili) to test your haggling skills.

Day 9 Cairo day Tour Sakkara , Memphis and Dahshur

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   Pyramids of Dahshour

   3 hours Admission ticket included

   I will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza, and drive you to the south to start your Great Pyramid Tour of Red Pyramid and Bent Pyramid at Dahshur, Dahshur is a famous royal necropolis in Egypt holds many famous Pyramids of king snefru. The site is about 40 km from Cairo.

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   Step Pyramid of Djoser

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   Move on to visit the Step Pyramid of Zoser, the world's oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty (around 2630 BC) for King Djoser.

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   Memphis and Sakkara

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   Then Proceed to have your lunch at local restaurant. After that transfer to Memphis which was founded by King Menes, and was the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, it was considered to be a center of rule and culture for over 3000 years the first capital of Egypt, and see the Statue of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis.

Day 10 Cairo final departure

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   Cairo Governorate

   Experience Cairo local life in a free city tour to the Cairo down town before you are picked up and dropped off to Cairo International Airport for final Departure.