5-Day Cairo and El Bahariya Oasis Tour with Ancient Highlights

• Meet your tour guide upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, where a representative will assist you with the arrival procedures and take you to your hotel. At the hotel, the tour manager will help with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm the pick-up times for each tour.

Enjoy welcome drinks.

Overnight in Cairo.

• Have breakfast and head to the Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world - the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) and the three small pyramids. You will continue to explore the rest of the Giza Plateau, including the sight of Khafre's (Kaphren) Pyramid, Khufu's son and the second-largest pyramid on the Giza site, the remains of the funerary temple, the Pyramid of Mankawra (Mykerinus), and three small pyramids.
• Proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion's body, which dates from the time of Chephren.
• Visit the Valley Temple, which belongs to the pyramids of Chephren. This temple definitely served two functions: first, it was used for the purification of the mummy of the king before burial; second, it was used for carrying out the mummification process of the king. After visiting the pyramids, continue across the plateau for a photo opportunity of the three pyramids rising from the sands, with the Cairo skyline in the background. Have lunch at a local restaurant.
• See the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt. It is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities dating back about 5,000 years of art and is considered the world's largest and most valuable collection of Egyptian art. More than 250,000 original artifacts are presented, with a representative amount on display while the rest are kept in storage, and the Egyptian Museum is filled with thousands of pharaonic artifacts, including the golden treasures of King Tutankhamun. Fascinating objects such as jewels, headdresses, alabaster vases, and toys from ancient Egypt are all on display. Many priceless statues and other artifacts that were kept in his tomb for more than 3,500 years before their discovery in 1922, when the tomb was excavated, can also be seen in the Egyptian Museum. It is one of the first stops on most people's itineraries when travelling to Egypt. This distinctive museum, which houses a vast store of priceless objects from earlier times to the Greco-Roman period, is well worth seeing.

Overnight in Cairo.
(Meals: breakfast, lunch)

• Have breakfast and depart from Cairo at 8 o'clock in the morning for El Bahariya Oasis (385 km; about a four-hour drive). Upon reaching Bahariya, start your tour of the city and have lunch.
• Visit the Temple of Alexander the Great, the Tombs of the Nobles, and the English Mountain.
• Join a camel caravan for one hour, and later have dinner. There is also the possibility of enjoying a bath in the hot waters of the spring.
• Head back to Cairo.

Overnight in Cairo.
(Meals: breakfast, lunch)

• Have breakfast at the hotel and enjoy a free day or go for a tour.

(Meal: breakfast)

• Have breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport for your onward destination.

(Meal: breakfast)