13 Day Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, Abydos, Aswan and Abu Simbel

When you arrive at Cairo International Airport, a person who speaks English will welcome you and assist you with any paperwork before driving you to your hotel for the night.

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hotel breakfast service. The first stop on the first day of your journey will be the Pyramids of Giza, also known as Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. Here, greatness has been captured in three pyramids, and a Sphinx monument made of limestone guards the entire area. then make your way to a nearby eatery for lunch.

Following that, you will travel to Sakkara, where you will be thrilled to explore King Djoser’s Step Pyramid. monarch Djoser requested that his chief architect Imhotep design something unique so that the monarch may be buried, and that is how this pyramid got its start. As a result, the well-known Architect creates the Step pyramid, which surprised the king so much since it was considered to be a new achievement in this period.

Finally, we will head towards Memphis, where you can explore the magnificent monuments built by King Ramses II in the Open-Air Museum. You will return to your accommodation in Cairo for the night when your day tour is done.

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hotel breakfast service. At the hotel, our English-speaking guide will meet you and accompany you as you start your second day of sightseeing in Cairo. The best of our monuments are waiting for you, so your tour is entirely different and more exciting today. Start your journey to the Egyptian Museum, one of Egypt’s most significant museums and home to many famous monarchs Tutankhamun’s monuments as well as other Pharaonic artifacts. After that, you will eat lunch at a nearby restaurant.

After lunch, you’ll be taken to Old Cairo, where you may explore the Citadel of Salah El-Din, which played a crucial role in defending Egypt because it served as the country’s political capital for more than 700 years.

Then head to Khan El-Khalili, one of Egypt’s oldest and most fascinating markets and widely regarded as one of the region’s most picturesque bazaars.

You will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo for the night when your day tour is done.

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Breakfast is followed by hotel check-out. Once at the hotel, our representative will pick you up and drive you to the Cairo airport for your journey to Luxor.

Transfer to the West Bank of Luxor after landing at Luxor. Enter the tomb of King Tut Ankh Amun to begin your enchanted tour of Thebes, the sacred land, by discovering the wet bank of Luxor and the Valley of the Monarchs, which is thought to be the royal cemetery of the Theban monarchs and rulers of ancient Egypt.

next move to Deir El Bahari to see the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Because it was entirely carved into the mountain, this temple is regarded as one of the most beautiful specimens of ancient Egyptian architecture.

You will see the Colossi of Memnon, which belonged to King Amenhotep III, at the conclusion of the journey. Lunch at a local restaurant.

The most significant structures ever constructed in human history, including the Karnak Temple Complex, can be seen on Luxor’s East Bank. The principal building is that of the god Amun Ra, since it was considered the house of god on the earth, the earlier structure date back to the middle kingdom, but there are some references that refer to the earlier buildings as old as the 3rd dynasty.

The Temple of Luxor, which was started by one of the 12th dynasty monarchs and finished by the famous pharaoh Ramses II, will be the next place you go. Similar to Karnak, this temple was situated in the center of ancient Thebes and was devoted to the chief/principal god Amun Re. You will be taken to your hotel in Luxor for check-in and overnight when your day trip is over.

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After breakfast at your accommodation, your knowledgeable tour guide will take you up and drive you to the memorial temple of King Seti I in Abydos, constructed for the god Osiris of the afterlife and resurrection by Seti I and his son Ramses II. One of Egypt’s most magnificent religious buildings is the Abydos Temple. There are seven chapels dedicated to Horus, Isis, Osiris, Amon Re, Ptah, Seti I, and Re-Horakhty among the fine art reliefs that incorporate the Abydos Kings list (showing the cartouche containing the names of the pharaohs of Egypt from the first to the 19th dynasty). Discover the mysterious Osireion, which is supposed to be Osiris’ tomb, towards the back of the temple. After finishing, enjoy free time to discover the temple at leisure.

Visit Dendera Temple, one of Egypt’s best-preserved temple complexes, which is 99 km south of Abydos. Pepi I, a pharaoh, established the temple, which was maintained during the New Kingdom (1550–1080 BC). What was left in Egypt was from the Greco-Roman period. The Dendera Temple’s ceiling was recently cleaned in a delicate manner that removed centuries’ worth of black soot without damaging the original paint. As a result, the main hall of the Hathor temple’s amazing ceiling painting was revealed, revealing some of the most bright and colorful paintings from antiquity. Discover the widely known Dendera zodiac relief found during the Greco-Roman time in Egypt, crypts which were for keeping cult equipment, archives, and magical emblems for the temple’s protection, though the most important object kept in the crypts was a statue of the BA of Hathor, the Isis Birth House (Mammisi) raised by Nectanebo II and the temple sacred lake. On the rear outside wall of the temple, the scenes show the massive figure of Cleopatra VII and her son Julius Caesar, Caesarion. Then enjoy free time to discover the temple at leisure.

After finishing, you will be transferred back to the hotel & overnight Luxor.

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Early in the morning, a company-licensed tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive you by private air-conditioned vehicle to the West Bank of the Nile, where you will visit Medinat Habu, an archaeological site that is located opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt, on the West Bank of the River Nile close to the foot of the Theban Hills. Although there are additional buildings in the vicinity, the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III is the location’s most well-known landmark today. The 150-meter-long temple is of orthodox design and closely recalls Ramesses II’s mortuary temple (the Ramesseum). It is enclosed by a sizable mud brick enclosure that may have served as a fortification and is remarkably well maintained. The original entrance is through a middle, a fortified gatehouse that resembles an Asian stronghold. Jean-François Champollion, who visited the ruins in 1829 and first recognized the hieroglyphs making up Ramesses’ names and titles on the walls, came up with the name, at least in its French form, Rhamesséion.Its original name was Thebes-the-city which connects with the House of millions of years of Usermaatra-steepen under Amon’s realm. You will be able to tour additional temples within the Habu Temple, such as the 18th Dynasty Temple of Amun which was constructed by Queen Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. It has undergone many alterations and modifications over the years, partially in the 20th, 25th, 26th, 29th, and 30th Dynasties and the Greco-Roman period.

Continue your day tour to Deir el-Medina, also known as The Valley of the Worker. During the 18th to 20th dynasties of the New Kingdom period (about 1550–1080 BC), Deir el-Medina was a community in ancient Egypt where the craftsmen who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings lived. The paintings seem to be so new.

Visit Valley of the Queens to cap off your day of sightseeing. it is a location where the women of Pharaohs were interred in antiquity. Because many princes and princesses were interred there with various nobility members, it was referred to in antiquity as Ta-Set-Neferu, or “the place of the Children of the Pharaoh,” along with the queens of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties (1550–1070 BCE). Mortuary priests looked after the tombs of these people, performing daily rituals and offering prayers and offerings to the dead nobility. On the west bank of the Nile, across from Thebes (modern Luxor), the valley is situated next to the more well-known Valley of the Kings. Due to its relative remoteness and closeness to the capital, this desolate region in the western highlands was chosen. The 18th dynasty monarchs decided to be buried in rock-cut tombs to preserve it as much as they could from tomb robbers rather than construct pyramids as conventional burial chambers (perhaps due to their vulnerability to tomb thieves).

Lunch at one of our local restaurants and transfer back to your hotel.

Afternoon excursion to the Mummification Museum and the Luxor Museum

The Luxor Museum, which is situated in a very lovely location on the east bank of the Nile between Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple, will be the first museum you visit. Our tour guide will pick you up in an air-conditioned car to visit Luxor’s two outstanding museums. The Museum exhibits a wide variety of artifacts, including “Jewellery, Furniture, Statues, Stelae, and Pottery” from the Theban Temples and necropolis, particularly from the new kingdom.

Continue your exploration of ancient Egyptian history by visiting the Mummification Museum, which was established in 1997 and is situated on the east bank. The museum exhibits human and animal mummies as well as the tools and techniques that were employed in the mummification process. there are also examples of the kinds of artifacts that we might find there.

After finish your tour, you will transfer back to your hotel & overnight Luxor.

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After breakfast, check out of your hotel. Our tour guide will pick you up and take you on a full-day excursion to the Temple of Edfu, where you will see the magnificent temple devoted to Horus, which is often regarded as the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Seth was the target of the falcon-headed god Horus’s murderous retaliation for the death of his father Osiris.

Drive to Koum Oumbo City to see the Temple of Koum Oumbo, which is perched high above the Nile. Due to its dual entrances, which each honor a different deity—”Haroeris” with his falcon head and “Sobek” with his crocodile head—it stands apart from other temples. The crocodile-headed fertility god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus of ancient Egypt were the two gods in whose honor the Temple of Kom Ombo was constructed. Additionally, Kom Ombo is significant for its enormous sugarcane.

Arrive in Aswan, have lunch at a local restaurant, move into your hotel, and spend the night.

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After breakfast at your hotel, our tour guide will pick you up to begin your tour to the High Dam of Aswan, which was erected in the 1960s and was considered an engineering marvel at the time. The Dam, which is carved into the existing granite and provides irrigation and electricity for the entirety of Egypt, is 11,811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at the base, and 364 feet tall. It contains more material than was used to build the Great Pyramid of Cheops.

Continue on to the Unfinished Obelisk at the Aswan granite quarries, where most of the red granite used for historic temples and colossal structures originated. When a crack was found when the Unfinished Obelisk was being hewn from the rock, it still lies there.

Continue your journey to the majestic Philae Temple, which was built in honor of the goddess Isis, the island’s patron deity, and was painstakingly moved to its current location (about 500 meters from the original site) when the construction of the High Dam caused the surrounding Nile waters to rise. You will be escorted back to your hotel at the conclusion of your tour.

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Check out and receive a breakfast box from your accommodation. You will then be driven to Abu Simbel in a private A/C vehicle. When Ay and Horemheb had rock-cut chapels hewn in the hills to the south, they first became aware of the original site, which was known as Meha in prehistoric times. This was during the 18th Dynasty.

When you get there, you’ll head over to the Ramses II-built Abu Simbel Temples. Ramesses II erected the first and largest temple, which was devoted to the revered deity Rahorakhty. The second, smaller temple was devoted to the monarch and his beautiful bride, Queen Nefertari.

After finishing your day tour, you will drive to Aswan Airport to fly back to Cairo. Upon arrival at Cairo airport, you will meet our rep who will transfer you to your hotel & overnight in Cairo.

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Breakfast at your Cairo hotel. After that, our Egyptologist tour guide will meet you and take you on a lovely tour of Alexandria.

You will begin your tour of Alexandria by going into “The Alexandria Library,” one of the most important libraries in antiquity. It is the original location of the previous Pharaoh. You will be moved later to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

You will continue after lunch to see The Roman Amphitheatre, which is one of the most well-known structures from the Greco-Roman era.

Pompey’s Pillar, built in 292 AD, is the next stop on your tour of Alexandria. You will then be transferred to see Sultan Qaitbay Citadel, one of Alexandria’s most well-known tourist attractions, from the outside.

After finishing your day tour, we will drive back to Cairo. Arrive in Cairo and proceed to your hotel there for the overnight.

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Breakfast at the hotel. Then you will join your expert Egyptology guide to explore Dahshour with its two great pyramids the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid were constructed during the reign of the king Sneferu (2613-2589) BC Other monuments at Dahshur date to the 12th and 13th dynasties the White pyramid of Amenemhet II, the Black pyramid of Amenemhet III and the pyramid of Senusret III, their many tombs of the Nobles and Officials from different ages after the site visit a local authentic lunch will be served in an amazing outdoor restaurant surrounding with palm tree.

Next, go to Medium. This pyramid, which lies 65 kilometers south of Saqqqara, has a peculiar enchantment and is one of those places that formerly held a lot of secrets and still does. After visiting the site, go back to the hotel. The pyramid belonged to Sneferu (the first king of the 4th dynasty), whose name is referenced in graffiti from the New Kingdom.

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hotel breakfast service. You will then begin your tour of Cairo’s Islamic and Coptic neighborhoods. This visit is crucial because you will learn about Egypt’s glorious past. You will learn about both Islamic and Coptic histories.

You will go to the Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque, which is Cairo’s oldest still-standing and operational Islamic structure. Due to its prominence in the Islamic world, it also exists as a unique example of the time and architecture of the classical phase of Islam, or the ninth and tenth centuries.

Next, head to the Sultan Hassan Mosque, which is regarded as Cairo’s most aesthetically cohesive and compact structure. The structure was built in 1256 AD as a mosque and theological school for all sects of Sultan Hassan bin Mohammad bin Qala’oun. Then you will go to El Refa’i Mosque, which is situated across a pedestrian street from Sultan Hassan Mosque. Have lunch at one of the eateries around here.

After that, your Coptic Tour will start with the Hanging Church (also known as the Church of the Virgin Mary), which was incorporated within the Roman fortress’s Water Gate walls. Given that it was built somewhere in the fourth century, it may be the oldest Christian church in Egypt.

You will then go to the Church of St. Sergius (Abu Serga), which, according to history, is situated atop one of the locations where the Holy Family reportedly rested while fleeing from Herod. Following this walk leads to Egypt’s oldest synagogue, the Ben Ezra Synagogue, which was built in the ninth century. You’ll return to your accommodation once this great and unforgettable tour is over. Cairo staying overnight.

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Check out after breakfast. Our representative will pick you up. Transfer to Cairo international airport for final departure.

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