Flights

Internal flights ( Hurghada-Cairo)

Others

Meet-and-assist services upon arrival and departure All sightseeing tours in Cairo, Luxor, Abu Simbel, Aswan, Alexandria and including all entrance fees, and transfers sleeper train to Aswan Portage when needed All service charges and taxes

Meals

breakfast in all hotels

Transport

All transfers by a private modern air-conditioned vehicle.

Guide

Egyptologist guide.

Hygieneprotocol

Before Tour: All passengers traveling to Egypt MUST have a negative PCR test with QR code or Accepted Vaccination certificate with QR. A Health Declaration form should be available on all the international flights and filled by the Passengers before boarding the flight (at the departure airport) and delivered to The Quarantine Authorities upon arrival. During Tour: Wearing face masks is mandatory. We will provide face masks & hand sanitizers to tourists and their companions. All staff members are trained and educated on symptoms and necessary preventive measures related to COVID-19. The temperature of staff members is checked daily. Tourist groups shall not exceed 25 people (until further notice). Tour guides must wear face masks and use wireless microphones inside museums. Headphones are sterilized after each use. Disinfection of archaeological sites and museums is carried out daily. Physical distancing is maintained during visits to museums and archaeological sites. The maximum number of visitors allowed inside museums and indoor archaeological sites is: Two hundred visitors per hour in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and 100 visitors per hour in other museums. 10 - 15 visitors inside any pyramid or tomb (depending on its dimensions). At accommodation: Guests will have their temperatures checked daily. Luggage is disinfected before check-in. Floor signs are placed on maintaining physical distancing. Electronic payment is encouraged. The room capacity is two adults + 2 children (less than 12 years old). Personal Protection Kits (containing personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, and hand sanitizers) are provided in rooms for each guest. Rooms and bathrooms are adequately ventilated and disinfected daily.

Accommodation

Accommodation in Cairo at a 5-star hotel, including breakfast Accommodation in Alexandria at a 5-star hotel, including breakfast Accommodation in Luxor at a 5-star hotel, including breakfast Accommodation in Aswan at a 5-star hotel, with breakfast, included Accommodation in Hurghada at a 5-star hotel, with breakfast, included

Not included:

Optional

Cairo – The Citadel Cairo – Coptic Museum Cairo – Islamic Art Museum Cairo – Downtown Cairo Tour Cairo – Half Day Pyramids Adventure Cairo – Islamic Cairo in Depth Tour Cairo – Saqqara, and Memphis Luxor – Valley of the Queens Luxor – Tombs of Nobles Luxor – Medinat Habu Temple Luxor – Ramasseum Temple

Others

International Airfare Gratuities/Tipping (Recommended). Meals except where indicated Drinks and any personal expenses Entry visa to Egypt Entrance fees to the burial chambers of the pyramids. Camel ride around the pyramids area. Optional activities not included as part of the itinerary

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Day 1 Arrival
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arrival

Our representative will meet and assist you when you arrive at Cairo International Airport. He will help you handle all your procedures through passport control, customs formalities, and in the luggage area. Following this, you will be driven to your 5-star hotel in a private air-conditioned vehicle for drop-off.
Day 2 Pyramids And Museum Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Pyramids And Museum Tour

This morning after breakfast, you’ll see some of the world’s most iconic sights. You’ll visit Giza’s Pyramids and Sphinx – instantly familiar yet retaining a mystique and power; getting close to these incredible pharaonic tombs is amazing. Explore these structures that have stood tall for 4,500 years, and for an additional charge, you may be able to go inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu (or Cheops), although occasionally it may be closed to visitors. Please note that you’ll be required to walk around the Pyramids complex. It can boil in the summer, so be prepared for little shade, pack appropriate clothing for sun protection, and carry lots of water. Afterward, make your way to the Egyptian Museum (optional), home to one of the world’s significant collections of antiquities. Wander the museum’s treasure-filled halls, and check out the Mummies Hall (optional) for a close encounter with some of the country’s most important queens and pharaohs. Later in the evening, meet your leader and travel to Giza station, where you will board a sleeper train to Aswan (approximately 13 hours). Bedding and air-conditioning are provided.
Day 3 Aswan Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Aswan Tour

The Nile, Elephantine Island, and white-sailed feluccas: welcome to Aswan, Egypt’s southernmost city. Its easy-going charm is due in no small part to its large Nubian population. Today is free, so take the opportunity to see such Aswan sites as the unfinished obelisk or the High Dam. The Nubian Bazaar is a must, while the excellent Nubian Museum is on many visitors’ lists. Highly recommended is the beautiful Temple of Isis (the Goddess of health, marriage, and wisdom), which was rescued from the rising waters of the Nile and relocated to Philae Island. It’s a marvel of decorative pylons featuring some of Egypt’s finest carvings – definitely one of the real gems of Upper Egypt. The waterfront promenade, or Aswan’s ‘corniche,’ runs alongside one of Nile’s most appealing stretches and is the perfect place to stop for a mint tea. Watch the waterfront come alive at dusk, with families out strolling, socializing, and relaxing along the corniche.
Day 4 Free (Optional Tour To Abu Simbel)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Free (Optional Tour To Abu Simbel)

Today perhaps head out of Aswan and visit stunning Abu Simbel this morning. This is one of Egypt’s most memorable sights, with the four gargantuan statues of Ramses guarding the Great Temple. Please note this optional activity has a very early start (but it’s worth it) – departure will be between 5 am and 6 am. You can get there by flying or renting a minivan with a group and leaving very early (flights do not operate daily). The journey by land is 3 hours each way. It’s best to visit at sunrise to avoid the heat. The rest of the day is free for you to make your discoveries. A popular afternoon option in Aswan is a sailboat ride around the islands in a traditional felucca, stopping off at the botanical gardens on Kitchener’s Island. Alternatively, take a camel ride to the Monastery of St Simeon, an abandoned 7th-century fortress monastery in the desert on the Nile’s west bank. Your tour leader will be on hand to help you arrange any excursions. Alternatively, you may prefer to relax and take in the beauty of the Nile or do some shopping in the friendly bazaar.
Day 5 Nubian Home Stay
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Nubian Home Stay

This morning you’ll board a felucca, an iconic traditional Egyptian sailboat board for a morning sail until lunch. After lunch aboard the felucca, arrive at a Nubian homestay on the West Bank of the Nile. Explore the Nubian way of life here by walking through the countryside and agricultural fields to reach the homestay. The tranquility of the location is indescribable. The house is in the Nubian style, with a sandy courtyard in the middle where the family gathers for meals, and to the sides are the rooms where they sleep. These are also the rooms that you’ll be staying in for the night. Get into the swing of Egyptian life by lending a hand in the kitchen to help cook dinner or maybe kick around a football in the courtyard with the kids. There are few better ways to understand a country and its people than with a local homestay.
Day 6 Nile Felucca
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Nile Felucca

Board a felucca and spend a day on the river, watching rural Egyptian daily life play out on the banks, then spend a night under the stars. Your Nubian sailing crew provides all the meals, which are hearty and delicious. Being a traditional wooden boat with broad canvas sails, your Felucca offers shade and protection from the elements. However, there is no cabin or enclosed section. NULLtheless, watching the sun setting across the Nile in the evening is a sight you won’t forget. This is the absolute highlight of the trip for many.

Notes: Conditions will be essential during your Felucca trip. You will indeed have a memorable adventure if you are prepared for this. You’ll sleep outside on the deck of the Felucca on a mattress. While blankets are provided, a sleeping sheet is recommended. During the colder months (October to March), temperatures can get as low as five °C at night, so a sleeping bag is highly recommended. Depending on winds and currents, slight alterations may have to be made to the Nile itinerary throughout the year. As the Felucca is a sailing craft without any outboard engine, we won’t travel very far if there’s no wind.

Our Felucca does have a shared bathroom facility on board.
Day 7 Luxor East Bank
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Luxor East Bank

After farewells to the felucca crew, take a private van to Luxor (approximately 3.5 hours). Today you’ll visit the Intrepid Foundation’s local project ACE (Animal Care in Egypt). It’s a great chance to see the holistic approach the project takes toward animal welfare and to raise awareness among the locals. You’ll also explore the magnificent Karnak Temple, perhaps the most impressive of all the ancient Pharoahs’ monumental works. Karnak is one of the world’s most celebrated temple complexes, a house of the gods built over 200 years. Your guided tour of this vast temple of impressive pylons, obelisks, and chapels will reveal its finest sections, such as the Avenue of Sphinxes and the Great Temple of Amun. The rest of the day will be free to relax, shop in the bazaar (open until quite late), or perhaps experience the atmosphere of a local teahouse.
Day 8 Luxor West Bank
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Luxor West Bank

Rise early this morning and head into the Valley of the Kings. Buried under the arid hills, here are over 60 tombs of pharaohs, many richly decorated with reliefs and paintings. With your leader, explore this sprawling and spectacular place where the pharaohs of the New Kingdom (16th to 11th century BC) were secretly interred for all eternity and where discoveries are still being made. Your group leader will explain the history and legends of these remarkable people, their funerary rites, and the significance of the many paintings and hieroglyphics still well preserved in the deepest tombs. You will visit three of the most intriguing royal tombs and then continue to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, a stunning colonnaded building set against high cliffs that create a spectacular natural amphitheater. One of Egypt’s most fabulous queens, she built this temple to prove her importance among her ancestors.
Day 9 Hurghada
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hurghada

Today you farewell the Nile and drive east to the beachside town of Hurghada (approximately 5 hours). The green Nile Valley is soon left behind as you enter the barren Eastern Desert. Passing through rocky hills, the glittering waters of the Red Sea soon come into view, and the rugged bulk of the Sinai Peninsula looms through the haze on the opposite shore. A vibrant beach resort, Hurghada is by no means a typical ‘adventure destination.’ After checking in to your hotel, take a walking tour with the leader to get your bearings, and check out some local restaurants and eateries.
Day 10 Hurghada
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hurghada

Transfer to the Hurghada Marina and climb aboard your boat for a trip out to Giftun Island, part of the Red Sea National Parks, where you’ll spend a relaxing day on the stunning white beach of Madhya. While here, you can take a snorkeling excursion by boat to one of the most magnificent reefs in the Red Sea – fine reef walls, lovely fan corals, and colorful fish – and explore the extraordinary ecosystem. Your snorkeling gear is provided. After a buffet lunch in one of Mahmya’s open-air sea-view restaurants, there a plenty of activities to choose from, such as volleyball, soccer, or simply lazing on the beach. After a great day, you’ll return to Hurghada in the late afternoon and return to the hotel.
Day 11 Cairo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cairo

Check out of your hotel this morning and then catch a flight back up to Cairo (approximately 1 hour). On your return to Cairo, visit the Islamic parts of the city and the frenetic backstreets of the local bazaar (Khan el-Khalili) with your trip leader. A labyrinth of narrow streets and passageways, Khan is one of the biggest and oldest markets in the world. The ‘Khan,’ sprawling around an old area known as Al-Azhar, is a quintessentially Cairo experience – a warren of alleys with stalls serving up a succession of intoxicating scenes. It retains a distinctly medieval feel. You might explore the gold market, ‘Perfume Street,’ and the spice market, where heady aromas hang like a thick blanket of Damascene cloth (which can be purchased next door in the cloth market).
Day 12 Alexandria
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Alexandria

Jump in a private van today and drive following the ‘desert road’ to the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria (approximately 3 hours). Egypt’s second-largest city and main port, locals call this vibrant city the Bride of the Mediterranean Sea. On arrival in Alexandria, take an orientation walking tour with your leader. The Greek architect Dinocrates built Alexandria in 331 BC under the orders of Alexander the Great. The city, immortalizing Alexander’s name, quickly flourished into a prominent cultural, intellectual, political, and economic metropolis. It was the renowned capital of Ancient Egypt’s last royal dynasty, the Ptolemies, and the site of the Pharos. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, this lighthouse acted as a beacon, guiding sailors away from this notoriously treacherous stretch of coastline. Take some time to stroll along the Corniche and take in some fresh Mediterranean air. Alexandria is not to miss at night, with the whole city lighting up.
Day 13 Al Alamein
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Al Alamein

Today you’ll head back to a more recent period in Egyptian history with a visit to El Alamein and the war museum there. El Alamein sits on the Mediterranean Sea, 106 kilometers west of Alexandria, which was essential in significant World War II battles. The area was a turning point in the North African campaign, where the Allies held out against, and eventually pushed back and defeated, the Afrika Korps of Rommel. The importance of El Alamein was highlighted by Winston Churchill, who said, “Before Alamein, we never had a victory. After Alamein, we never had a defeat.” The area contains several memorials from the countries that lost soldiers here – Greece, South Africa, Australia, and Italy – as well as a war cemetery that’s home to the graves and names of the thousands who lost their lives from places as diverse as Britain, India, Melanesia, Malaysia, and New Zealand. Discover the story of what unfolded here in the museum, and then return to Alexandria. The city is also known for its seafood, so don’t forget to feast on fresh fish while you’re here.

Optional Activities
Day 14 Alexandria City Tour -Cairo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Alexandria City Tour -Cairo

This morning, head underground and delve into the mysteries of the Kom ash-Shuqqafa catacombs. This Roman burial site is the largest in Egypt and was discovered accidentally by a hapless donkey. The crypts are 20 meters last minute below street level, and what probably began as a small family tomb grew into a labyrinth of chambers that could accommodate more than 300 bodies. Murals and reliefs inside show how Alexandria was a place where Egyptian and Greek funerary myths coexisted. Stop by the strikingly modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina, inspired by the original great library of Alexandria and built to hold over 8 million books. Your last included visit today is el Morsi Abu El Abbas Mosque, the largest in the city. In any free time, perhaps take the opportunity to see the Citadel of Qaitbay, a fortress overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, where the famous lighthouse once stood. You’ll then leave Alexandria and return to Cairo (approximately 5 hours), arriving around 4 pm. The afternoon is yours to spend as you please. Take the chance to visit Khan Khalili for some last-minute shopping in the evening. Then maybe gather together your fellow travelers for a celebratory kebab, kofta, or sheesha as this Egypt exploration ends.
Day 15 Final Departure
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Final Departure

After breakfast at your hotel, you will check out and be driven to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.

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Arrival

Pyramids And Museum Tour

Aswan Tour

Free (Optional Tour To Abu Simbel)

Nubian Home Stay

Nile Felucca

Luxor East Bank

Luxor West Bank

Hurghada

Hurghada

Cairo

Alexandria

Al Alamein

Alexandria City Tour -Cairo

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