Grand Egypt Tour
Africa: Egypt
From a Nile river cruise on a historic Fallucca to visiting the world-famous pyramids and the temples of Aswan and Luxor, then ending with diving/snorkeling the infamous Blue Hole in the Red Sea, this trip takes in all that Egypt has to offer.
$3,370
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Day 1: Arrive in Egypt
Your tour representative will meet and assist you in Cairo international airport to transfer to the hotel.
Day 2: Giza Pyramids – Sakkara and Memphis
After breakfast, you’ll meet our licensed tour guide in your hotel at 8 am. You will be transferred to the Memphis museum to see the colossi of king Ramses the 2nd and the ruins of this ancient capital of Egypt. Next, you will be transferred to Sakkara to see the steps pyramid and the oldest funerary complex surrounding it. You will have a lunch break on the way to Giza, and there is a short stop at one of the papyrus factories to see in person how the ancient Egyptians used to manufacture it. You will then travel to the Giza plateau to see the famous three pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, Mycerinus, and afterward, the great sphinx. The last stop in the tour will be on your way back to the hotel, where you will stop at another factory of flowers and oil extracts and then move to the train station and overnight on the train on the way to Aswan.
Day 3: Aswan
Your local representative will meet you at the train station upon arrival and check you into your Nile cruise (tour to visit the Philae temple, and then back to the cruise and overnight). Then, finally, you will sail down the Nile on the way to Comombu.
Day 4: Edfu – Comombu Temples
In the morning, we will visit the dual temple of Sobek and Haroeris in Comombu. Then we will drive to Edfu to see the most well-preserved temple in all of Egypt — dedicated to Horus, the Falcon God, and then back to the cruise sailing the Nile on the way to Luxor.
Day 5: Luxor (west bank)
After breakfast, we will have the East Bank of Luxor tour, visiting the Luxor and Karnak Temples. Overnight in Luxor hotel.
Day 6: Luxor (east bank)
We will visit the West Bank of Luxor: Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and Colossi of Memnon. After that, you will have a free evening at your leisure, and overnight we will travel by train back to Cairo.
Day 7: Cairo City Tour
After breakfast, you will meet our licensed tour guide in your hotel and drive to the citadel of Saladin to see the ancient walls and towers dating back to 1171 AD and the famous mosque of Mohamed Ali, the most famous mosque in the Cairo skyline. Then you will move to the religious community (old Cairo) to see the Hanging church, the ruins of the Roman fortress, the synagogue of Ben Ezra, and Amr Ibn EL-AAS mosque, the first mosque in Egypt built in 642 AD. After lunch, we’ll move to the Egyptian museum to see the fabulous collection of king TUT and much more from millennia of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Then you will have free evening and overnight in Cairo.
Day 8: Cairo – Dahab
Early morning you will be transferred to the bus station to voyage to Dahab. You will arrive to check in and explore this unique Red Sea Bedouin community.
Day 9: Dahab – Dive the “Blue Hole”
You will visit the best site in Dahab, where you can swim or snorkel in the famous Blue Hole. Then you will go back to the hotel and have a free afternoon. At night, we will drive to Moses Mountain and climb to the peak until we reach it at sunrise.
Day 10: Moses Mountain – St. Catherine’s Monastery
After witnessing the biblical sunrise, we will descend the mountain and visit St. Catherine’s Monastery. Then you will have free afternoon rest and overnight in Dahab.
Day 11: Ras Abu-Galoum
After an early morning drive towards the north, you’ll take a 2-hour camel ride to Ras Abu-Galoum. Here you will marvel at the coral reefs while swimming and/or snorkeling with a return camel ride. Return to Dahab overnight.
Day 12: Back to Cairo
This morning we will catch the bus back to Cairo. Then we will arrive in Cairo and move to the hotel for check-in. In the evening, we’ll take you to the enjoyable Nile cruise dinner for an open buffet dinner accompanied by a folkloric Sufi (“whirling dervish”) and a belly-dancing show. Overnight in Cairo hotel.
Day 13: Depart Egypt
Farewell to Egypt today. Our tour ends after breakfast. You will be transferred to Cairo International Airport.
