7 Day Tours Packaged Cairo to Luxor, Aswan and Alexandra

Day 1:  Tour to Giza Pyramids ,Sphinx,Memphis & Sakkara Pyramid

Breakfast. then around 8:00 am pickup from your hotel by private A/C Vehicle to Start your full day visiting Giza Pyramids the Great Pyramids – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx – a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren.

Then Continue your Giza Tour  to Sakkara  where it`s  27-Km Southwest of Cairo. Including a visit to the Step Pyramids of Sakkara (The first proper Pyramids built for the king Zoser, it is considered evolution of the Pyramid from the simple Mastaba to the Pyramid in its known form)

Followed by a visit to Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt where Colossal Statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx.

Then Stop for lunch at local restaurant Based on full meal for each But Beverages is not included

Day2:tour to Alexandria

MyEgyTours representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo, and then transfer to enjoy amazing day trip to Alexandria. First visit Pompay’s Pillar. It was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian at the end of the 4th century. Originally from the temple of the Serapis, it was once a magnificent structure rivaling the Soma and the Caesarean. Then you drive to visit the Catacombs which are the largest Roman Cemetery consisting of three levels cut in the rock. Lunch at local restaurant in Alexandria, and then we proceed to see the Qaitbay Citadel which was built on the site of the ancient pharaohs (lighthouse) of Alexandria then to Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Finally you will drive back to your hotel.

Day 3: tour to  Egyptian Museum Old Cairo and Bazaar 

Start at 9:00 AM with Egyptian Museum where you visit King Tutankhamen hall of treasures and see his Golden Mask, Continue your day tour to Visit Old Cairo where you visit The Citadel,The Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo, Visit the Holy Cave that located at Abu Sergha Church it is the place where the Holy Family stayed during their holy trip to Cairo .End your day tour by a visit to Khan Khalili Bazaar l.Lunch is included in between visits at the Local deluxe restaurant

Day 4: Flying from Cairo to Luxor or Aswan by flight

Nile Cruise to LUXOR / ASWAN

– Meet and assist at Luxor Airport
– Transfer to embark Nile Cruise before lunch.
– Embarkation before lunch.
– Lunch on board.
– Visit East Bank (Karnak and Luxor Temples).
– Dinner on board.
– Overnight in Luxor.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Valley of the Kings and Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

– Breakfast on board.
– Visit West Bank — Valley of the Kings and Temple of Queen Hatshepsut ( El-Deir El-Bahari ).
– Sail to Edfu via Esna.
– Lunch on board.
– Afternoon tea.
– Dinner on board.
– Overnight in Edfu.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Visit The temple of Kom Ombo

The temple and the associated settlement site located 40 K.m north of Aswan, the temple was dedicated to the deities Sobek and Horus  and date mainly to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (332 B.b -395 A.c)

Day 6: Aswan

Visits of Aswan including the Temple of Philae and a tour by Felucca around Elephantine, the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk

Phiala temple:
Built to honor the goddess Isis, this was the last temple built in the classical Egyptian style. Construction began around 690 BC, and it was one of the last outposts where the goddess was worshipped.

The High dam:
Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan. The dam is fed by the River Nile and the reservoir forms Lake Nasser. Construction for the project began in 1960 and was completed in 1968. It was officially inaugurated in 1971.

The Unfinished Obelisk :
Aswan was the source of ancient Egypt’s finest granite, used to make statues and embellish temples, pyramids, and obelisks. The large unfinished obelisk in the Northern Quarries has provided valuable insight into how these monuments were created, although the full construction process is still not entirely clear. Three sides of the shaft, nearly 42m long, were completed except for the inscriptions. At 1168 tonnes, the completed obelisk would have been the single heaviest piece of stone the Egyptians ever fashioned.

Day 7: Visit Abu Simbel

Breakfast & Lunch onboard the cruise.

Visit Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel temples:

The two temples of Ramses the second and the Queen Nefertari were carved out of the Mountain on the west bank of the Nile between 1274 and 1244 B.c, The Great Temple was dedicated to Ramses the second, Ra-Harakhty, Amun Ra, and Ptah, with 4 Colossal statues, The second temple was dedicated to The Queen Nefertari and Goddess Hathor,the two temples were dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt on higher ground, The preservation of the two temples of Abu Simbel must Rank as the greatest Achievement of the Unesco

Return by flight to Cairo

What’s included:

1-Pick up services from Cairo Airport and return.
2-All transfers by a Private air-conditioned vehicle.
3-Private English-speaking Egyptologist guide.
4-Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites.
5-Bottled water during your trip.
6-Lunch meal at good quality local restaurant in Cairo.
7-Shopping tours in Cairo.
8-All Service charges and taxes.

What’s excluded:

1-Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary.
2-Entry visa to Egypt.
3-Tipping.