8 Day Cairo Alexandria Luxor Edfu Kom Ombo Aswan and Abu Simbel

When you arrive at Cairo International Airport, a person who speaks English will welcome you and assist you with any paperwork before driving you to your hotel for the night.

Meals Included

No meals

Hotel breakfast is available. Your first stop on your tour will be the Pyramids of Giza, also known as “Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure,” where the greatness of three pyramids has been captured in a limestone statue of the Sphinx that guards the entire area, where you will be met by our English Egyptologist tour guide. then make your way to a nearby eatery for lunch.

After that, you’ll proceed to Sakkara, where you’ll be quite excited to explore King Djoser’s Step Pyramid. King Djoser requested that his chief architect Imhotep design something unique so that the king may be buried, and that is how this pyramid got its start. As a result, the renowned architect constructs the Step pyramid, surprising the king because it was seen to be a new accomplishment at the time.

Finally, we will go to Memphis, where you can see the magnificent monuments built by King Ramses II at the Open Air Museum. You will return to your Cairo hotel for the night when your day tour is over.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Hotel breakfast is available. Your English-speaking tour guide will be waiting for you at the hotel to start your second day of sightseeing in Cairo. The best of our monuments are waiting for you, making your visit completely different and more enjoyable today. Start your journey to the Egyptian Museum, one of Egypt’s most significant museums and home to many famous king Tutankhamun monuments as well as other Pharaonic artifacts. After that, you will eat lunch at a local restaurant.

After lunch, you will be taken to Old Cairo, where you may visit the Citadel of Salah El-Din, which was crucial in defending Egypt for more than 700 years because it was regarded as the center of power.

Then head to Khan El-Khalili, one of Egypt’s oldest and most intriguing markets, which is also regarded as the Middle East’s most beautiful bazaar.

After finishing your day tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo overnight.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Breakfast followed by hotel check-out. Once at the hotel, our representative will pick you up and drive you to Cairo airport for your journey to Luxor.

Transfer to the West Bank of Luxor after landing at Luxor. Enter the tomb of King Tut Ankh Amun to begin your enchanted tour of Thebes, the sacred land, by discovering the wet bank of Luxor and the Valley of the Monarchs, which is thought to be the royal cemetery of the Theban kings and rulers of ancient Egypt.

next travel to Deir El Bahari to see Queen Hatshepsut Temple. Because it was entirely carved into the mountain, this temple is regarded as one of the most beautiful specimens of ancient Egyptian architecture.

You will see the Colossi of Memnon, which belonged to king Amenhotep III, at the conclusion of the journey. Lunch at a local restaurant.

Next, you’ll discover the East Bank of Luxor, which includes the Karnak Temple Complex, the biggest building ever constructed in human history. The main structure is that of the god Amun Ra since it was regarded as the house of the god on earth. The earlier construction dates back to the middle kingdom, but there are other records that mention the previous structures as being as old as the third dynasty.

The Temple of Luxor, which was started by one of the 12th dynasty monarchs and finished by the famous pharaoh Ramses II, will be the next place you go. Similar to Karnak, this temple was situated in the center of ancient Thebes and was devoted to the chief/principal god Amun Re. You will be taken to your hotel in Luxor for check-in and overnight when your day trip is over.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

After breakfast, check out of your hotel. Our tour guide will pick you up and take you on a full-day excursion to the Temple of Edfu, where you will see the magnificent temple devoted to Horus, which is often regarded as the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Seth was killed there by the falcon-headed god Horus as retaliation for the death of his father Osiris.

Travel to Kom Ombo City to see the Temple of Koum Oumbo, which is perched high above the Nile. Due to its dual entrances, which each honor a different deity—”Haroeris” with his falcon head and “Sobek” with his crocodile head—it stands apart from other temples. The crocodile-headed fertility god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus of ancient Egypt were the two gods in whose honor the Temple of Kom Ombo was constructed. Additionally, Kom Ombo is significant for its enormous sugar cane.

Arrive in Aswan, lunch at a local restaurant.

Tour High Dam and Philae Temple:

Explore the majestic city of Aswan, which includes The High Dam, which was built in 1960 AD to defend Egypt from the Nile flood by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Following that, you will enjoy motorboat travel along the Nile River to Agilika Island, where you will explore the Temple of Philae, an ancient structure constructed during the Greco-Roman era and devoted to the goddess Isis (mother of god Horus).

You will transfer to your hotel in Aswan at the conclusion of the day to check in and spend the night.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Check out and receive a breakfast box from your accommodation. Later, a private air-conditioned van will transport you to Abu Simbel. When Ay and Horemheb had rock-cut chapels hewn in the hills to the south, they first became aware of the original site, which was known as Meha in antiquity. This was during the 18th Dynasty.

When you get there, you’ll head over to the Ramses II-built Abu Simbel Temples. Ramesses II erected the first and largest temple, which was devoted to the revered deity Rahorakhty. The second, smaller temple was devoted to the monarch and his beautiful bride, Queen Nefertari.

You will drive to the Aswan airport to take your flight back to Cairo when your day tour is over. You’ll be met by one of our representatives when you land in Cairo, who will take you to your hotel where you can spend the night.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Breakfast at your Cairo hotel. After that, our Egyptologist tour guide will meet you and take you on a fantastic tour of Alexandria.

You will begin your tour of Alexandria by going into “The Alexandria Library,” one of the most important libraries in antiquity. It is the original location of the previous Pharaoh.

After that, you’ll be taken to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

You will continue after lunch to see The Roman Amphitheatre, which is one of the most well-known structures from the Greco-Roman era.

Pompey’s Pillar, built in 292 AD, is the next stop on your tour of Alexandria. The Sultan Qaitbay Citadel, one of Alexandria’s most well-known tourist attractions, will be your final stop before being moved.

When your day excursion is complete, we’ll take the drive back to Cairo. After arriving in Cairo, go to your hotel to spend the night.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

After breakfast, check out. We’ll send a person to pick you up. Transfer to the international airport in Cairo for your last flight.

Meals Included

Breakfast