Routes of Egypt – 13 Nights/ 14 Days (Every Monday)

Enjoy a morning tour to the Egyptian Museum in Downtown Cairo; this historical building that was built to house thousands of Egyptian monuments from across the centuries. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant, then proceed to visit the 11^th Century Citadel of Salah Aldin, seat of the Egyptian Government for 700 years. Then you return back to Cairo and enjoy the evening on your own.

Overnight: Cairo

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy a tour to the magnificent Pyramids of Giza. Get closer to the Great Pyramid of King Cheops, only remaining wonder of the World’s ancient wonders, see the Pyramids of the Son, King Chephren, and the Grand Son King Mykerenos. Enjoy the exceptional engineering, take the best photos at the Panoramic View of the 3 Pyramids combined, and end the tour with the highlight of the day, the glorious Sphinx statue. Then you’ll grab lunch at a local cultural restaurant. In the afternoon, Visit Saqqara, where you get to see the Step Pyramid complex of king Zoser, 1^st pyramid & 1^st stone construction in history of mankind. Explore a 4380 years old tomb of a Nobleman, and step inside a Unique Pyramid with the famous Pyramid Texts. Then return back to the hotel.

Overnight: Cairo

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Early start to head towards Alexandria. (3 hours drive) to enjoy visiting the Bride of the Mediterranean Sea, the magical city of Alexandria, capital of Egypt during the Greek and Roman eras. Upon arrival, visit the Roman Catacombs tombs, which are the most preserved tombs in Alexandria, then visit the magnificent Library of Alexandria. Enjoy lunch at a local cultural restaurant by the Sea, then tour the and end your visit with the Greco-Roman Museum of Alexandria, where you travel in time to see the beauty of the Greco-Roman art that existed in Egypt for over 900 years.  Check-in at the hotel. In the evening, It’s time for a stroll around down town Alexandria & coffee among the locals at Delices cafe.

Overnight: Alexandria

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Check Out of the hotel after Breakfast to head to Alamein (2 hours drive) in order to visit the war museum and the Commonwealth cemetery from WWII. Then continue the drive to Marsa Matrouh (2 hours drive), to have a break and enjoy lunch at a Bedouin restaurant. Then We head south to Siwa (App. 3 hours and a half drive). Check in at a local cultural hotel.

Enjoy Dinner at the hotel, then an evening stroll in down town Siwa (Old Shaly) and an introduction about the Bedouins' life.

Overnight: Siwa Oasis

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After Breakfast, enjoy a visit to Mountain of the dead then a talk about the old Senousi village and the Bedouins heritage. Get close to  Cleopatra's eye. Then back to the hotel for lunch and then Visit to the Oracle temple of Alexander the great. For a magical Sunset watching with a cup of tea, We take you to Ain Fetnas. Then enjoy Dinner at the hotel.

Overnight: Siwa Oasis

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy Breakfast, then check out and start heading back to Cairo (9 hours drive in total). Stop at Marsa Matrouh for a toilet break at a hotel. Continue the drive to Wadi El natroun and visit one of its famous monasteries then grab Lunch at Wahet Omar. And head back to Cairo for the Night at a hotel at Cairo Airport.

Overnight: Cairo

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today We Check out of the hotel and head to Cairo airport to catch a morning flight to Luxor. (1 hour flight). Upon arrival in Luxor, we visit Karnak temples, which is the World’s largest Religious Complex, with 13 temples at one place. Continue your visit to its Twin, Luxor temple, where religious celebrations ran between the 2 of them. Then We embark the Nile Cruise to stay for 4 nights.

Overnight: Nile Cruise

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning visit to The Kings’ Valley where you get to visit 3 tombs for ancient Egyptian Kings who lived over 3800 years ago. It is where We found tomb of the Golden King Tutankhamun as well. Proceed to visit Queen Hatshepsut's temple unique rock cut temple, & take a photo of The colossus of Memnon on your way back to the Nile Cruise, and first experience of Sailing to Edfu via Esna lock.

Overnight: Nile Cruise

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today there will be a morning visit to Edfu temple of God Horus (The most preserved temple in the history of mankind), using a local shuttle bus, then get back to the Nile Cruise and enjoy Sailing to Kom-Ombo so you can have the visit to Kom-Ombo temple in the afternoon/ evening (10 minutes walking from the Cruise). The Temple that dates back to the Greek and Roman era in Egypt, with the unique scenes of the Feasts Calendar & the Surgical instruments. The Cruise then sails to Aswan, Heaven of Egypt in land of the south.

Overnight: Nile Cruise

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy Aswan tour to the High Dam, project of the 20^th century in Egypt and it’s protector from floods and famines, then wonder around the Pearl of Egypt, Philae temple, dedicated to Goddess Isis. In the afternoon, Enjoy a 1 hour Felucca (Traditional Sail Boat) in the Nile of Aswan.

Overnight: Nile Cruise

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy an over day trip to the 8^th wonder of the ancient world, Abu Simbel temples by road. It’s an early start to enjoy driving through the western desert of Egypt (nearly 3 hours and 30 minutes), to go for the Jewel in the desert, the 2 temples of Abu Simbel, built for Ramsis II and his wife the beautiful queen Nefertari. Upon returning back to Aswan, check in at the Movenpick hotel in Aswan for 1 night. In the evening, We take you for a unique experience, where a genuine Nubian man takes you for a tour with a motor boat down the Nile, to take you to his home Island called 'Elephantine Island'. He will take you for a tour on the Island, then his house, where you meet up with his family. Dinner will be ready for you to share with the beautiful family.

Overnight: Aswan

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Today you fly back to Cairo using a morning flight. Upon arrival in Cairo, we visit Old Cairo churches (The Hanging Church & St. Sergius Church). They are the oldest 2 standing churches standing in Egypt. Enjoy lunch, then visit The National Museum of Egyptian civilization where we have neatly preserved mummies of ancient Egyptian Kings & Queens. We then Transfer you to the hotel where you stay for 1 night.

Overnight: Cairo

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Transfer to Cairo airport for your Departure flight.

Meals: Breakfast