In a one week Egypt tour package see the splendors of the Pyramids and enchanting Nile River on board on a Nile Cruise. The Pyramids and Nile cruise holiday takes you through the main attractions in Cairo. Luxor and Aswan. Cairo Nile Cruise holiday is a best seller famous tour. This is one of the main Egypt classic tours where the sights of mysterious Egypt are incredible – the grand pyramids, the silent Sphinx, the majestic Nile and the powerful pharaohs. They are known to everyone, and not to visit them in your life will be a huge omission. In one week you will cover the main highlights of Egypt.
Cairo International airport
8 Days / 7 Nights
One week Egypt classic tour is a best seller Egypt tours Packages that covers main attractions in Cairo Luxor and Aswan. The tour is designed to give the tourists a comprehensive insight of the main sightseeing in these attractions. This tour is a cultural tour that includes the archaeological sites in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan. From the Pyramids of Giza onward with a Nile Cruise you can see the grand temples and tombs of Southern Egypt. Marvel the beautiful monuments of ancient Egypt and enjoy the modern sights. Entertainment on board the Nile Cruise adds to your experience
5 stars standard
| Per person in double | ||
| May-sept | 1250 US$ | |
|---|---|---|
| Oct- Apr | 1350 US$ |
Accommodation
Arrival to Cairo airport, meet Deluxe Travel representative. From the airport you will be transferred by a private A/C car to your hotel.
Full day Cairo tour to visit the Great Pyramids – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx – a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren. – Visit Memphis and sakkara – (optional tour) Sound and light show at Pyramids of Giza – Overnight in Cairo
Breakfast at hotel start your full day visiting the Egyptian Museum of antiquities. On display is a rare collection of 5000 years of art the largest 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 jewelry, as it was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated. Visit old Coptic Cairo or old Cairo with its many churches in the area and the Ben Ezra Synagogue. – Overnight in Cairo
Transfer to Cairo airport for flight to Aswan. Arrival, meet & assist by our representative & Check in at Nile Cruise. Excursion tour to visit, Philae Temple (The Temple of Isis is one of the greatest Temples in Egypt and it occupies about a quarter of the island. It is the main Temple on the island, with its huge, complete, pylons and beautiful scenes), High Dam (One of the most outstanding architectural achievements of the twentieth century. It was constructed to replace the old Aswan dam built in 1902. The High dam was constructed to protect Egypt from the floods as well as providing irrigation and electricity all over Egypt. It is 3600 meters long. Visitors can easily locate lake Nasser which is a huge water reservoir). Transfer to Nile Cruise
Sail to Kom Ombo. Visit the Kom-Ombo Temple (Located in Kom Ombo town, 45 km north of Aswan. It is built on a hillside overlooking the Nile. This temple was constructed in the Ptolemaic Roman era for the worship of god Haroeris and Sobek, the crocodile god. It is noted for relief engravings on its walls which show ancient surgical tools, bone saws and dentistry tools. Nearby there are three mummified crocodiles. They are now in Hathor’s chapel). Sail to Edfu. Overnight in Edfu
Breakfast. Visit the West Bank including: Valley of the Kings (Is a valley in Egypt where for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the kings and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt). The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile, across from Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis.), Colossi of Memnon (The two colossi are made of sandstone, which during ancient times was brought from Gabal El Silselah. Each colossus, including the pedestal and the crown, is about 21m tall and represents King Amenhotep III seating on his throne, wearing the Memes, or royal headdress, with the divine cobra protecting his forehead. On the sides of the colossi there is a representation of the Nile god Hapi, bending together the lotus and the papyrus plants, symbolizing the union of Upper and Lower Egypt) and Temple of Queen Hatshepsute (Hatshepsut was the fifth Pharaoh of the18th-dynasty who was one of the handful of female rulers in Ancient Egypt. Her reign was the longest of all the female pharaohs. Her funerary temple still stands as a tribute to her incredible rise to power). . Excursion tour to visit the Karnak Temple, which is a serious of temples, built in different reigns. Starting by the Avenue of Sphinxes visit the Unfinished Propylon, the Hypostyle Hall with it’s 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsute and Tutomosis III, the temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake.
Breakfast on board Nile Cruise and transfer to Luxor airport for flight to Cairo arrival to Cairo and transfer to your hotel for overnight
Breakfast at hotel and transfer to Cairo airport for final departure
