15-Day Egypt Tour with Nile Cruise and Siwa, Bahariya, Kharga Oases

• Your tour manager will meet you, assist with the arrival procedures at Cairo International Airport, and escort you to your hotel in an exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour.

Overnight stay in Cairo.

Meals: Welcome drink

• After breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, meet your guide, who will accompany you to the Giza Plateau. Here, you will visit one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus, as well as the Sphinx. Then proceed to the Valley Temple facing the great statue. Enjoy lunch at a good-quality local restaurant. Afterwards, you will be transferred to the Egyptian Museum, a treasure house of the child king Tutankhamun. You will then proceed to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Continue to Islamic Cairo to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo's old bazaar, before returning to the hotel.

Overnight stay in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast and lunch

• Our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo and drive to Alamein, about 3 hours away. At El Alamein, you will visit the site of the great World War II battle, along with the World War II Museum and the Cemetery. Then drive on to the beautiful bay of Marsa Matrouh on the Mediterranean Coast before continuing to Siwa. The journey from Alamein to Siwa takes about 6 hours.

Dinner and overnight stay in Siwa.

Meals: Breakfast and dinner

• After breakfast, visit Shali, the Old City of Siwa. Then transfer to see the Alexander Temple at Aghurmi Village, dedicated to the god Amon of the 26th Dynasty, followed by a visit to the Amun Ra Temple at Um Ubeyda. After that, transfer to Cleopatra Spring (Ein Guba). Visit the Siwa House Museum, then continue to the tombs inside the Mountain of the Dead (Gabal El Maouta), where you will see interesting tombs such as S.I. Amon, MSW Isis, and the Crocodile Tomb. Afterwards, see the Dakrour Mountains. In the afternoon, transfer to enjoy the unique sunset view at Fitnas Island.

Overnight stay in Siwa.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• After breakfast, you will be transferred by 4x4 car to Bahariya on a 6-hour journey. Lunch will be served during your trip to Bahariya.

Dinner and overnight stay in Bahariya Oasis.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• After breakfast, enjoy local tours of the hilltop ruins of the English House. Then transfer to see the Museum of Golden Mummies, the Tombs of the Nobles, Alexander Temple, and the Temple of Ain Meffetla. Lunch will be served in Bahariya.
• Head to the White Desert, passing through the Black Desert and the Valley of El Haize with its famous spring. Stop to see the quartz crystal at Crystal Mountain and the rocky formations in the Valley of Agabat.

Dinner and overnight camping in the White Desert.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• Drive to Farafra Oasis, where you can enjoy Bir Setah hot springs and the local artist Badr's unique mud-brick museum. The distance from Farafra to Dakhla is approximately a 3-hour drive.
• Upon arrival, enjoy a trip to the Roman temple of Deir El Hagar in its serene surroundings and the Roman burial ground of Mezzawaqqa.
• Then pay a visit to the Islamic Village of Al Qasr, located approximately 35 km from Mut, which features the ruins of an Ayyubid mosque.

Overnight stay in Dakhla at Oasis Style Hut.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• After breakfast, proceed to Kharga Oasis to visit Qasr El Labkha, a Roman fortress located on the ancient caravan route, and the ethnic museum of the oasis. After that, visit the Roman Temple of Hibis and Nadura from the outside, as well as the early Christian cemetery at Bagawat, with its chapels painted with murals nearby. Proceed to the Temple of Dush, dedicated to Isis and Serapis.

Overnight camping in Kharga.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• After breakfast, you will be transferred by vehicle to Luxor on a 6-hour drive. Check in at your hotel and spend the night in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast

• After breakfast, you will be transferred from your hotel by an air-conditioned vehicle to board your 5-star Egypt Nile cruise and check in. After lunch on board, enjoy a visit to the impressive Karnak Temples and Luxor Temple.

Dinner and overnight on board the Nile cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• After breakfast on your Nile cruise, take an excursion to the royal cemetery of 62 Pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings, then continue to the mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, built by the architects of the New Kingdom pharaoh Hatshepsut in approximately the 15th century BC. Proceed to the Colossi of Memnon. After lunch, sail to Edfu and enjoy a leisurely dinner on board.

Overnight stay on board the Nile cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• After breakfast on the Nile cruise, visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo to see the unique Temple of Sobek, dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus, the falcon-headed god. Lunch will be served on board. Continue sailing to Aswan.

Dinner and overnight on board your deluxe Nile cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• After breakfast on the Nile cruise, enjoy sightseeing in Aswan. Start with the High Dam and the largest known ancient obelisk, the Unfinished Obelisk, located in the northern region of ancient Egypt's stone quarries.
• Then proceed to the beautiful Temple of Philae, dedicated to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor.

Dinner and overnight on board a deluxe Nile cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• Disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast, then transfer to Aswan Airport for your flight back to Cairo.
• Upon arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel for an overnight stay in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

• After breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.

Meals: Breakfast.