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6 Days / 5 Nights
2 Nights in Cairo
1 Night in Luxor
2 Nights in Seat Train
Day 1:
- Arrive at Cairo Airport: Meet, assist through passport control formalities, luggage identification & transfer to your hotel.
- Check in at Hotel.
- Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2:
Breakfast. Then drive to the three famous Pyramids of Giza, erected by Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus, guarded by the mysterious Sphinx, which is a mythical statue with a body of a lion and a human head. The three Pyramids and the Sphinx are one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the most important tourist site in Egypt.
(Optional) Then full day tour to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, housing around 250,000 antique pieces. Covering the whole history of ancient Egypt, which extends over the past 5 thousand years, among these pieces the most magnificent treasures of the young King Tut Ankh Amon.
back to your hotel in Cairo. Transfers to the train station for your overnight Seat train to Luxor. . Overnight Seat train to Luxor.
Day 3:
Breakfast can be individually requested on train for about 3 USD. Arrival, meet & assist by our representatives and transfer to the hotel. (Optional) Visit the West Bank to see Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens and Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Colossi of Memnon.Excursion to the Necropolis of Thebes, on the Eastern bank. Crossing the Nile, drive to the Valley of Kings; visit the tombs of various Dynasties, The Temple of Deir El Bahari. On the return journey stop at the Colossi of Memnon which are two gigantic sitting statues representing Amenopis III facing the Nile. and visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. (Optional at Night) Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temples. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 4:
Breakfast. Free day. (Optional) Full Day Tour visiting East Bank: Karnak and Luxor Temple Excursion to the Luxor Temple to see its courtyard and the granite statues of Ramses the Great Proceed by carriage or bus to Karnak, 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 Hatchepsut and Tutomosis III, the temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. (Optional) Hot Balloon: Should you want to make your stay in Luxor an unforgettable. Drifting peacefully over the Valley of King, Valley of the Queens and the Mountain on the Nobles.
Transfer to the train station for your overnight Seat train to Cairo.
Day 5:
Breakfast can be individually requested on train for about 3 USD. Arrival, meet and assist by our representatives. Transfer to your hotel in Cairo.
(Optional) Departure from hotel to start your full day tour to the step Pyramids of Sakkara (The first proper Pyramids built for the king Zoser, it is considered evolution of the Pyramid from the simple Mastaba to the Pyramid in its known form) Followed by a visit to The Pyramids of Unas & Oser-Kaf the Mastaba. Tomb of Mereruka, Ti & Pta-Hotep (carved and painted tombs), Then Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt where Colossal Statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx. Then we visit The Old part of Cairo, as Egypt was one of the first countries to embrace Christianity. We visit The Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, The Hanging Church, and The Coptic Museum which has a large collection of Coptic arts and antiquities dating from 300-1000, and we will also visit The Old Jewish Synagogue Ben Ezra Synagogue. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 6: Breakfast at the hotel our representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities.
Program includes:
- n 2 nights hotel accommodation in Cairo on bed and breakfast basis.
- n 1 night hotel accommodation in Luxor on bed and breakfast basis
- n 2 night Seat train.
- n 1 half day tour in Cairo visiting Pyramids and Sphinx.
- n All transfers in Cairo and Luxor.
- n Tours and excursions are with A/C bus
- n The service of meet and assist at all your destinations.
- n Multilingual expert Egyptologist guide.
- n Pyramids and Sphinx tour include entrance fees.
- n Our prices include all taxes and services.
Not Included:
- n Any meals not stated on the itinerary.
- n Visas, tips, laundry and other items of a personal nature.
- n Any Optional tours.
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