Elegance of the Pharaohs Egypt Tour 8 Days Cairo & Nile Cruise with Abu Simbel

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival

Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Upon arrival meet & Assist at airport after you finish your formalities you will be escorted to your hotel

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: "5 stars hotel in Cairo - standard room
Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa or Ramses Hilton or similar"


Day 2: pyramids of Giza & the Egyptian Museum & Old Cairo

Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Giza pyramids and sphinx- Not only the best places to visit in Egypt but is the best ancient monument you must see in your life. The great Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx probably the most famous ancient site in the world and the only one still exist from the Ancient Seven wonders of the world and your trip to Egypt not completed till you visit the Pyramids of Giza and even if you visited Egypt more than one time you should visit the Pyramids every time you be in Egypt, the pyramids and the Sphinx at the base of the Giza plateau, are the iconic image of Egypt don’t forget to take a photo in front of the Pyramids and Sphinx.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Egyptian Antiquities Museum, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or Museum of Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Coptic Cairo, Cairo Egypt
Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites

Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: "5 stars hotel in Cairo - standard room
Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa or Ramses Hilton or similar"


Day 3: Nile cruise from Luxor

Pass By: Cairo International Airport Road, Cairo Int'l Airport Rd, Sheraton Al Matar, El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
After breakfast at your hotel in Cairo you will fly to Luxor
 Upon arrival to Luxor you will start touring to the East Bank to visit the Karnak temple and Luxor temple.

Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE. In the Egyptian language it is known as ipet resyt, "the southern sanctuary"

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Karnak Temple is a vast temple complex in Luxor dedicated primarily to Amun and dating from as early as 2000 BC. It is an impressive sight, and second only to the Great Pyramids in popularity

Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: "5 stars Nile cruise
Nile Style Nile Cruise or Iberotel Crown Empress Nile Cruise or similar"


Day 4: Valley of the Kings and More

Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
"The Valley of Kings is the ancient burial ground of many of Egypt’s New Kingdom Pharaohs
A truly impressive site! There, you will find Tutankhamen’s tomb which was discovered almost intact in 1922 and the tomb of Ramses IV, among others. A ticket will allow you visiting 3 of the 63 tombs on site, except Tutankhamen’s tomb.

The tombs have suffered greatly from treasure hunters, floods in the past and in recent years, from mass tourism: carbon dioxide, friction and humidity taking photos with flash inside the tombs produced by the average of 2.8g of sweat left by each visitor have affected the reliefs and the pigments of the wall paintings. The ministry of Antiquities has installed dehumidifiers and glass screens in the worst-affected tombs and introduced a rotation system for opening tombs to the public while restoring others"

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut, King Valley Road,, Luxor Egypt
"The temple of the strong lady the frist lady of ancient Egypt her majesty Queen Hatshspsut.
This woman ruled Egypt for about 16 years she ruled after her brother -husband Tot-Mosis II,
She built this temple as funeral temple she used to rule Egypt as male king because it wasn’t allowed for a women to rule Egypt she married her brother to justify her right to the throne of Egypt.
More over queen Hatshpsut married her step son Tutmosis III and put him in the shadow for 16 years and when he became an adult he killed her and then he became the king of Egypt and as an act of revenge he destroyed everything related to this queen so when you visit her temple.
in the west bank you will find that he removed all her names from the walls.
The temple of Queen Hatsheput has unique style consist of 3 floors cut into the cliffs of the mountain of the Valley of the Kings, queen Hatshpsut was buried in the Valley of the Kings with the pharaohs
We discovered her mummy in the Egyptian Museum store rooms now it is displayed in the Mummy room"

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
The Colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned in Egypt during the Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years, they have stood in the Theban Necropolis, located west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor


Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: "5 stars Nile cruise
Nile Style Nile Cruise or Iberotel Crown Empress Nile Cruise or similar"

Day 5: Story telling Stones-temples on the Nile

Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo Egypt
The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple in the town of Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BC. ... The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world with Hathor and Khonsu

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Temple of Horus at Edfu, Edfu Egypt
This Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 and 57 BC, is one of the best-preserved ancient monuments in Egypt. Preserved by desert sand, which filled the place after the pagan cult was banned, the temple is dedicated to Horus, the avenging son of Isis and Osiris. With its roof intact, it is also one of the most atmospheric of ancient buildings.

Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: "5 stars Nile cruise
Nile Style Nile Cruise or Iberotel Crown Empress Nile Cruise or similar"

Day 6: Aswan & Abu Simble

Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel Egypt
The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples at Abu Simbel, a village in Nubia, Upper Egypt, near the border with Sudan. They are situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 km southwest of Aswan

Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
One of Nubia's most important monument sites, the Temples of Philae, 12 kilometers south of Aswan, was an ancient pilgrimage center for the cult of Isis and dazzled travelers with its power for centuries. This sacred site was venerated from the Pharaonic era up to the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods with each ruler adding their own stamp onto the stones here. Saved from a watery grave by UNESCO's rescue project, which transferred the monuments block by block from Philae Island to Agilika Island, today, the temples continue to work their charm on all who visit.

Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: "5 stars Nile cruise
Nile Style Nile Cruise or Iberotel Crown Empress Nile Cruise or similar"

Day 7: From Aswan to Cairo by flight

Pass By: Cairo International Airport Road, Cairo Int'l Airport Rd, Sheraton Al Matar, El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
In Cairo you will stay at four-season residence

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: "5 stars hotel in Cairo - standard room
Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa or Ramses Hilton or similar"


Day 8: final departure

Pass By: Cairo International Airport Road, Cairo Int'l Airport Rd, Sheraton Al Matar, El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
You will be escorted to the airport by our staff for final departure

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.