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Highlights

Discover the new era of Egyptian historical sightseeing in Cairo. Visit and tour El Minya land of Akhenaten and the Royal Family Tomb of Akhenaten is the burial place of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, in the Royal Wadi in Amarna. Tour and visit Beni Hassan Tombs, Tuna EL Gabel and Tel El Amarna. Only through this tour, you can find the real historic treasures the Northern Tombs among which Ahmose tomb, Huya tomb and Mery-Re I tomb and the Southern Tombs among which, the tomb of Ay and tomb of Mahu. then continue to the most important tombs and temples in Luxor.

Itinerary

Arrival to Egypt Land of Pharaohs
  • Cairo

    Admission Ticket Free
    Upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport, our representatives will meet and assist you all through the formal procedures at Cairo International Airport. Same-day or next you will meet your Egyptologist guide who will explain your tour details, Show your activities, You can ask him about your dreams, of course, will get true. Our philosophy you are not our customer you are our friend, Feel like you are at home between your family.
  • Accommodations
    Superior: Cairo Pyramids hotel - Le Passage hotel Budget: Grand Pyramids hotel, Cataract Pyramids (as available)
Giza Pyramids & 3rd Dynasty Pyramids of Saqqara
  • Saqqara (Sakkara) Pyramids

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    After breakfast, your guide will pick you up from your hotel by a private A.C car to start an incredible day trip from Cairo to Sakkara. Move to visit: the Step Pyramid of Zoser the world's oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty for King Djoser. Drive to Sakkara the City of the dead with the famous step Pyramid of Zoser the greatest Pharaoh of the 3rd Dynasty 2650 BC,
  • Serapeum

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    known as the Apis bull tombs, where ancient mummify and bury bulls in vaulted tombs and sarcophagi with jewels, to worship gods such as Osiris, Apis, Ptah
  • Pyramids of Dahshour

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    12.00 optional tour to visit Dahshour, we see the newly reopened Bent and Red Pyramids, Located about 40 kilometers southwest of Cairo, the village of Dahshur marks the southern end of the vast pyramid field that begins at Giza. Excavations at Dahshur have revealed the remains of seven pyramids, as well as extensive tomb complexes built for queens and nobility from Memphis up until the 13th Dynasty in the Middle Kingdom. Drive to the Red and the Bent Pyramid (4th dynasty of the old Kingdom), the Pyramids of Giza & Sphinx will be an optional tour
  • Statue of Ramses II

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included
    After that, continue your day tour to Memphis or Statue of Ramses II which was founded by King Menes and was the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, it was considered to be a center of rule and culture for over 3000 years the first capital of Egypt, and see the Statue of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis. 30 minutes
  • Accommodations
    Superior: Cairo Pyramids hotel - Le Passage hotel Budget: Grand Pyramids hotel, Cataract Pyramids (as available)
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Cairo train to Al Minya - Beni Hassan
  • Beni Hassan

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    After breakfast in the morning, 07.30 am transferring to Giza railway station for first-class seat train to Minya, 11.00 am arrival Minya, meet your guide who will accompany you for Amarna tour The ride takes approximately 2 hours. After arrival El Minya your guide will waiting for you in Minya station, you will visit the place, where Akhenaton got his inspiration to built this city. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant in El Minya on your own.
  • Tell el-Amarna

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    The grand final in our Egypt tours to El Minya always has a place in Tel El Amarna. established by King Akhenaten at the end of the 13th century BC. The new capital was largely destroyed as the supporters of the cult of the god Amun never admitted that the worship of the new god, Aten, the god of the sun, Only here you can find the real historic treasures the Northern Tombs among which Ahmose tomb, Huya tomb, and Mery-Re I tomb and the Southern Tombs among which, the tomb of Ay and tomb of Mahu
  • Accommodations
    Overnight in Minya
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Tuna el-Gebel, El-Ashmunein, Train to Luxor
  • Tuna el-Gebel

    3 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    After breakfast, we will drive to Tuna El Gabal. There you will explore the famous Boundary Stelae of Akhenaten, that shows himself and his wife worshipping Aten, and a couple of interesting ancient tombs and explore the ruins of the ancient Hermopolis including the tomb of Petosiris, Ibis catacombs, Isadora tomb. 11.30 am transferring to the railway station for train to Luxor
  • Luxor

    Admission Ticket Free
    07.00 pm arrive Luxor then transfer to your hotel
  • Accommodations
    Overnight at Aracan Eatape Luxor hotel
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
the Valley of the Nobles & Ramesseum tour
  • Luxor

    Admission Ticket Free
    Begin with pickup at your Luxor hotel at a morning time that suits you best, then travel in a private vehicle and guide.
  • Valley of the Nobles

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    ancient Egypt’s nobles tombs, These tombs provide us with a wealth of information about life and religious beliefs in ancient Egypt. Their beauty also attests to the skill and creativity of the ancient Egyptian artisans, the majority of the tombs dating to the Golden Age of Thebes during the New Kingdom (1550 – 1080BC). The Noble's tombs are decorated with daily life scenes, funerals, and ideal afterlives of their owners. Explore the mortuary temple that was built by Pharaoh Ramesses II,
  • Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II)

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Proceed to visit the Ramesseum, the memorial temple of King Ramses II. The Ramesseum temple is famous for its 19 metre (62 feet) high seated statue and weighing more than 1000 tons of Ramses II (of which only fragments are left). The walls of the Ramesseum temple, which is only about half preserved, are decorated with reliefs, including scenes depicting the Battle of Kadesh, the Syrian wars, and the Festival of Amon Min. Move on to
  • Temple of Medinat Habu

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included
    The Temple is the best-preserved of the New Kingdom memorial temples. It is decorated with military scenes and texts illustrating the victories of the king in three wars. A royal palace was built at the south of the Temple open forecourt
  • Luxor

    Admission Ticket Free
    After finished, you will be transferred back to your Nile Cruise.
  • Accommodations
    Overnight at Aracan Eatape Luxor hotel
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
East Bank optional tour
  • Temple of Karnak

    3 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included
    After breakfast, you will join your tour guide to start an optional excursion to the East Bank of Luxor including: Karnak Temples the largest Temple in the World! The complex contains a group of Temples such as the Great Temple of Amon Ra, The Temple of Khonso, The Ipt Temple You will transfer to Check-in your 5* deluxe Nile Cruise to have your lunch and relax in the evening, you will be transferred to another gorgeous tourist site which attracts tourists from all over the world.
  • Luxor Temple

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Luxor Temple by Night Among the most terrific sightseeing that shouldn’t miss while being in Luxor is Luxor Temple and it is widely accepted that the best time to visit it is at night especially touring around the row of sphinxes in front of it which make you feel like being in a movie full of adventures. After visiting you can walk to your Nile Cruise for overnight.
  • Accommodations
    Overnight on 5* Superior Nile Cruise on full board
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Dinner
Valley of the Kings tour
  • Valley of the Kings

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    After breakfast, Pick you from the cruise, Your tour guide will escort you to visit the west bank of Luxor starting by a visit: Valley of The Kings Multiple tombs were lay hidden in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the tombs of nearly 70 pharaohs. The most important tombs there, are the tomb of Ramses III, the Tomb of Tutankhamun and many more. Then move to the visit the unique:
  • Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    built-in the 18th Egyptian Dynasty, Hatshepsut was the only female pharaoh in the history of Ancient Egypt. She came to power during the New Kingdom after the death of her father, Tuthmose I, a place called “Der Albahari in Egypt“. Continue west bank by visiting the:
  • Colossi of Memnon

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    These two gigantic, 59-foots tall statues are the first sight that greets visitors who take the ferry across from the East Bank. Memnon was set up by architect Amenhotep Ben Habo, the statues decorated the facade of the funerary temple,
  • Luxor

    Admission Ticket Free
    Transfer back to your Nile Cruise
  • Accommodations
    Overnight on 5* Superior Nile Cruise on full board
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Dinner
Sailing to Edfu Temple and Kom Ombo Temple
  • Temple of Horus

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    In the early morning, you will start sailing towards Edfu, a little ride by a horse carriage to be transferred to Edfu Temple. Upon your arrival, you will have a tour to Edfu Temple one of the most interesting temples that are located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu. located 60Km to the north of Aswan. It was the 2nd Nome of Upper Egypt and the center of the cult of a triad of Gods, which consisted of Horus of Behdet, Hathor Then, you will start sailing towards Kom Ombo. Upon your arrival, you will join your private tour guide to visit the unique:
  • Temple of Kom Ombo

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    a unique double temple that was also built during the Ptolemaic dynasty and it also has some additions that were added during the Roman period. The two temples were dedicated to the crocodile god “Sobek” and Hathor. Walking back to your Cruise to start sailing towards Aswan, overnight on the board of your Nile Cruise.
  • Accommodations
    Overnight on 5* Superior Nile Cruise on full board
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Dinner
Abu Simbel Temple optional tour Aswan
  • Abu Simbel Temple Complex

    7 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included
    After breakfast, you have the choice to visit an optional tour to Abu Simbel Temple Abu Simbel Temples is an optional excursion Now, it is your chance to visit the best, the largest, the most impressive temples of ancient Egypt. You will find two majestic temples there, one of them was dedicated to King Ramses II and he decided to make it a masterpiece so he attaches it to his birthday & his coronation days in what we call today “Sun Festival”. Drive back to Aswan,
  • Accommodations
    Overnight on 5* Superior Nile Cruise on full board
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Dinner
Aswan Sightseeing
  • Aswan High Dam

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    After breakfast, You will visit some of the best tourist attraction in the Nubian City “Aswan”, there is The High Dam It is a modern achievement by the Egyptians that was constructed with the financial support of the UNESCO to protect the ancient Egyptian monuments from the danger of the flood of the Nile
  • Unfinished Obelisk

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included
    the largest obelisk to be ever built by a man and it was actually built by Queen Hatshepsut Then, you will be back to your Nile Cruise to have your lunch and overnight on the board of your Nile Cruise.
  • Temple of Philae

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Optional excursion: Temple of Philae The home of a beautiful, magical temple dedicated to Isis, the Great Mother. At the temple, we perform special rites honoring the Divine Feminine and invoking her energies and blessings. The temple tells the story of the goddess Isis, the wife of Osiris, where the goddess symbolizes funeral rituals and the gift of life.
  • Aswan

    Admission Ticket Free
    06.00 pm Afternoon we board the sleeper train to Cairo. Note: upgrade your back to Cairo by flight with supplement.
  • Accommodations
    Overnight in Sleeper train (Two beds per cabin - Breakfast & Dinner)
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
    Dinner
Arrival Cairo and Old Cairo tour
  • Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary)

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    After breakfast, You join your guide with Old Cairo tour, will pick you up from Giza railway station by a private A.C car to start an incredible day trip from Cairo to Old Cairo area Start our day tour in Cairo by visiting: The Hanging Church considered the oldest church in Old Cairo, it dates back to about 1,700 years. It is distinguished by its prestige and glory. The same area just a little walking steps escort your guide to visit:
  • Synagogue Ben Ezra

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Ben Ezra Synagogue is the oldest Jewish temple in Cairo, dating from the 9th century AD. Like almost all of Egypt’s synagogues, it is simply a tourist attraction today following the departure of nearly all of Egypt’s significant Jewish community during the 1950s after the founding of Israel and the Free Officers’ Revolution, but this site still holds great importance in the contemporary history of Judaism
  • Cairo

    Admission Ticket Free
    Transfer to your hotel, check-in, and overnight
  • Accommodations
    Superior: Cairo Pyramids hotel - Le Passage hotel Budget: Grand Pyramids hotel, Cataract Pyramids (as available)
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Cairo Free day
  • Cairo

    Admission Ticket Free
    Free day Your guide will advise you about some of the optional excursions
  • Accommodations
    Superior: Cairo Pyramids hotel - Le Passage hotel Budget: Grand Pyramids hotel, Cataract Pyramids (as available)
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Fly Home Say Bye to Pharaohs
  • Cairo

    Admission Ticket Free
    After breakfast, you will transfer to Cairo International airport for your flight back Fly Home Say Bye to Pharaohs, Finish your 13 Days Amarna - Cairo, and Nile Cruise tour. Please ask for your free Shuttle bus from the hotel reception, It is only 5 min to the Airport from your hotel
  • Food And Drinks
    Breakfast

What's included

INCLUDED

Budget hotels: Grand Pyramids hotel, Oasis Pyramids hotel, Cataract Pyramids Resort or similar
All tours in Cairo or Nile Cruise are (Private Tours)
1 night Sleeper Train on Half Board
Superior hotels: Cairo Pyramids hotel, Mercure Pyramids, Le Passage Heliopolis
Lunch (4)
Dinner (5)
Breakfast (12)
4 nights in Cairo on BB
Sitting Train from Cairo - Amarna - Luxor
English-speaking guide (another language with supplement)
4 Nights on the board of our Deluxe Nile Cruise based on FB
1 night in Amarna 4* hotel on BB - sometimes 2 nights
Guide will accompany all sailing days on Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan
Our representative will Meet & Assist you at Cairo International Airport.
2 nights at Aracan Eatape Luxor hotel on Bed & Breakfast Basis.
Private Egyptologist guide during the whole of your trip.

NOT INCLUDED

Entry visa to Egypt
All entrance fees
Gratuities (recommended) Guide will advise you, keep small currency with you
All entrance fees of monuments
WIFI free in Hotels - Not available in Ship (No WIFI in Ship)
X-Mass & New Year 20% supplement 20 DEC to 7 Jan will charge on-spot before check in by Cairo guide
Entrance fees 50% for Students

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Additional information

Must Know
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Good To Know
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Guides are not allowed inside the tombs, so they will explain the history outside and inside is free time
The day-to-day itinerary is subject to change due to traffic-sailing time through Nile Cruises - vacations. Clients will see all monuments and places mentioned in the itinerary
English - Spanish guide any other language with supplement
Egypt has a lot of activities, Guide will advise some extra optional excursions covering rest of Egypt tours, Our optional excursions are just recommendations to help our costumers to see the most remarkable sightseeing. Which doesn't mean that we enforce them to pay extra money.
Private tour means Private guide & Vehicle Only for Viator costumers, 2-9 adult tour mean sharing two families same tours or transfers
TV shows not working in ship through sailing for weak signal also no WIFI in ship
The conditions and controls for the hotel stay in Corona are as follows: Health requirements - Providing a clinic and a doctor in the hotel, in coordination with the Ministry of Health - Ensure the quality of the personal protective equipment and sterilization materials used - Do not deal only with companies approved by the Ministry of Health and Population
Hotel controls - Determine a maximum occupancy rate of the hotel of 25%, including Day-Use, until the end of May - Operating at a maximum of 50% of the hotel's capacity from the beginning of next June - Not to hold any parties or weddings inside the hotel - Prohibition of all types of night activity at the hotel - Clean the rooms on a daily basis using the tools of the infection prevention vehicle, and follow the instructions of the Ministry of Health - Clean and sterilize all tangible points every hour in public places, and public toilets, using disinfectants decided by the Ministry of Health - Allocating a hotel floor in each spa for quarantine cases, confirmed cases, and suspected cases of coronavirus - Continue to conduct a quick test for workers at the tourist portals in coordination with the Ministry of Health
Guest controls - Install a sterilizer at the hotel entrance - The completion of the procedures for logging in to the guest electronically or with single-use pens - Sterilize the luggage of guests before arriving and leaving the hotel - Measuring the guests' temperatures when entering the facility each time - Providing hand sanitizer in the reception area and various facilities at all times - Cleansing all public areas regularly
Controls for hotel restaurants - Ban the completely open buffet service and rely on pre-defined lists A ban on serving hookahs - Measurement of temperatures for restaurant goers - Leave no less than 2 meters between dining tables - Keep a distance of 1 meter between each person and another with the table - Maximum 6 chairs for the large table for families - Dependence on single-use cutlery as much as possible - Place sterilizers and sterilization wipes on each table - Putting out educational instructions around the restaurant
Staff controls - Operating 50% of the workforce as a maximum - Carry out a quick examination of workers returning from vacation before receiving work - Workers in coastal cities get a vacation at least every 60 days - Commitment to measure their temperatures daily - There is housing for workers in the hotel, while providing isolation areas for the affected cases if they arise - Educating workers about all basic preventive measures against the emerging coronavirus

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