9-day tour to the highlights of Egypt from Cairo
Highlights
Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo
Locations Covered
Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo
architectural, archaeological, historical
Private Tour
9 Days
Easy
English
Description
Explore Cairo like never before on this 9-day trip to its most prominent landmarks of the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx. Board a cruise in Aswan and feel the ancient energy of the land of Egypt through its temples of Isis, Luxor, Philae and Karnak. Also, examine the artefacts at the Egyptian Museum and marvel at the Hieroglyphs of "Helicopter and the Submarine" in the Abydos Temple.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Cairo
- Get picked up from Cairo Airport and get transferred to your accommodation.
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Day 2: Pyramid of Djoser
- Visit the Djoser Pyramid an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis
- See Serapeum, a temple dedicated to the syncretic Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis, who combined aspects of Osiris and Apis in a humanized form that was accepted by the Ptolemaic Greeks of Alexandria,
- Explore, see the Dahshur Bent Pyramid, Red Pyramid and the Abu Gorab locality.
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Day 3: Giza Pyramid
- Get free time to enter the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx and the Egyptian Museum.
- Go on a Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor.
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Day 4: Kom Ombo - Edfu
- Transfer to your Nile Cruise Embarkation before lunch,
- Visit Philae Temple of Goddess Isis, sail to Kom Ombo and pay a visit to the Temple.
- Sail to Edfu for overnight stay. (Lunch, Dinner).
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Day 5: Edfu
- Visit Edfu, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with approximately sixty thousand people. Edfu is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell Edfu.
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Day 6: Luxor
- Visit the Valleys of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, is a valley in Egypt where, for nearly 500 years, rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom.
- Explore the Colossi of Memnon, two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned in Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
- And lastly, go to Queen Hatshepsut Temple, a mortuary temple built during Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt.
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Day 7: Luxor City
- Pay respects to the Karnak Temple Complex, which comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, towers, and other buildings near Luxor, Avenue of Sphinxes,
- Visit the Chapel of Amenhotep I and the Chapel of Sekhmet. Also, visit Luxor Temple.
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Day 8: Abydos Temple
- Explore the Abydos Temple with the Hieroglyphs of the "Helicopter and the Submarine". Osirieon with the pillars with the "Flower of Life" on it and Dendera Temple with the crypt. The temple was built by pharaoh Seti I. The temple is also notable for the Abydos graffiti, ancient Phoenician and Aramaic graffiti found on the temple walls.
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Day 9: Departure
- Departure from Cairo.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
| The Group Size and Price | |
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| 1 to 5 | /group |
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This is a private tour |
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