5-Day History and Architecture Tour Of Egypt from Cairo
Highlights
Cairo, Giza, Memphis, Saqqara, Luxor
Locations Covered
Cairo, Giza, Memphis, Saqqara, Luxor
shopping, archaeological, historical
Group Tour
5 Days
Easy
English
Description
See the tombs and pyramids left behind by the great Egyptian Empire with sites such as the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx, Colossi Statue of King Ramses II, Alabaster Sphinx, and Sakkara Pyramid. Travel to the monuments on the east and west bank of the Nile will also be on your tour. Learn about the Museum of Antiquities history, explore Coptic Area, and shop around the Khan El Khalili Bazaar.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Cairo
- Meet your guide upon arrival at Cairo airport. The representative will assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage will greet you. You will be transferred by a private A/C car to your hotel from the airport.
Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: N/A
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Day 2: Giza Pyramids - Memphis City - Sakkara Pyramids
- After breakfast at the hotel, around 8:30 am, pick up from your hotel to start your full-day tour with your Egyptologist guide.
- Visit the Giza Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built.
- Travel to the Sphinx - a massive funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren.
- Enjoy lunch at a local deluxe restaurant based on a full meal for each person, but beverages are not included.
- Proceed to the Sakkara Pyramids. See the earliest monumental stone tractor in Egypt, a stepped pyramid built for King Zoser (c. 2650 BC). This Pyramid is considered the first stone structure in the world.
- End your day with a visit to Memphis City, founded in 3100 B.C by King Mena and was the first Capital of Egypt in ancient Egypt.
- See the Colossi Statue of King Ramses the second and the Alabaster Sphinx, located in the middle of the garden area in Memphis City and then transfer you back to your hotel.
(Optional) 40 $ P.P Dinner Cruise including transportation, dinner, Belly Dancer, Tanura Show.
Overnight at your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch at a Local Restaurant
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Day 3: Luxor
- Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. At 3:30 am, transfer to the domestic airport to take your flight to Luxor.
- Upon arrival at Luxor, meet & assist the local representative in starting your full-day tour to the West Bank to visit the Valley of Kings-Deir El Bahari Temple-Colossi of Memnon and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
- Excursion to the Necropolis of Thebes, on the Eastern bank.
- Cross the Nile, drive to the Valley of Kings; visit the tombs of various Dynasties, The Temple of Deir El Bahari.
- On the return journey, stop at the Colossi of Memnon, two gigantic sitting statues representing Amenophis III facing the Nile. Visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
- On the East Bank, proceed by carriage or bus to Karnak, a series of temples built in different reigns.
- Start by the Avenue of Sphinxes and visit the Unfinished Propylon, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut, and Tuthmosis III, the temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake.
- 4:00 pm, transfer to your hotel in Luxor.
- Check-in and rest before going back to the East Bank to visit Luxor Temple.
- At 6:00 pm, pick up from your hotel to start your evening visit to Luxor Temple, where the lights at night inside an ancient Temple make for a unique atmosphere.
- Stop by the Luxor Temple to see its courtyard and the granite statues of Ramses the Great.
- 9:00 pm transfer you back to your hotel.
Overnight in Luxor
Meals: Breakfast
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Day 4: Luxor - Cairo
After breakfast at the hotel, around 6:00 am, transfer to Luxor airport to take your flight to Cairo.
Upon arrival in Cairo by 8:00 am, meet the local representative.
Depart in an A/C car to start your full-day tour by visiting the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. On display is a rare collection of 5000 years of art, the largest and most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewellery. It was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated.
Visit the Old part of Cairo, as Egypt was one of the first countries to embrace Christianity.
Explore the Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Berbara, Hanging Church, and the old Jewish Ben Ezra Synagogue.
End your day tour with a visit to Khan El Khalili Bazaar. Shops in this district are legendary for fine brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques, etc.
Around 5:00 pm, transfer to your hotel.
Overnight in Cairo
(Optional) 40 $ P.P Sound & Light Laser Show at Pyramids area
Overnight stay in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast
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Day 5: Cairo
Have breakfast at the hotel.
At 12:00 pm (noon), check out and as per your requested time, the representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities.
Meals: Breakfast
What's Included
What's Excluded
Know Before You Go
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
Adult | |
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1 to 10 | /person |
Child | |
1 to 10 | /person |
This is a group tour |