cairo

• Day 1 (arrival):
  Arrival to Cairo airport, our representative will assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage will greet you. From the airport you will be transferred by our private A/C car to your hotel. Check in your hotel and overnight in Cairo.
  Day 2 (Pyramids tour):
  After breakfast start our visit to The pyramids of Giza (the great pyramid of king Cheops, and see the Sphinx). Egyptian Lunch in a country side restaurant. Visit The pyramids of Sakkara ( The visual presentation of Sakkara, the step pyramid of king Djoser, the museum of Imhotep).Visit Memphis the very first capital city of Egypt (the statue of king Ramses the second-16 meters high, the alabaster sphinx of Queen Hatshepsut).
  Attend the sound and light show at Giza area (optional).Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.
  Day 3 (Cairo city tour):
  After breakfast at your hotel; Start our tour to the Egyptian museum (more than 120,000 pieces from ancient Egypt, plus the amazing collection of King Tutankhamen from the 18th dynasty new kingdom). Visit Coptic Cairo (the church of saint sergius the very first church built in Egypt, the synagogue of Bn Izra, and the so called Hanging up church). Lunch in a tourist restaurant by the river Nile. Visit Islamic Cairo-the Citadel of Saladin, the alabaster mosque of Mohammed Ali, and the mosque of Amr Ibn El-aas the very first mosque built in Egypt. See Khan El-Khalili bazaar (where you can see Al-Azhar mosque, and the very unique Islamic ancient streets and complex). Transfer to the train station for your sleeper train to Aswan. Dinner on board of your sleeper train.
  Day 4 (Aswan sightseeing):
  Breakfast on board of your sleeper train. Arrive Aswan to start our visit to the High dam (was built in 1960 to control the annual flood of the Nile, and arrange agriculture process). Visit the Unfinished obelisk (a huge obelisk dating back to the 18th dynasty that was lift unfinished). Check in our hotel for Lunch (not included). After noon take a motor boat to the temple of Philae. Take a felucca ride around elephantine Island sail past the Agha Khan mausoleum, and Kitchener’s Island. Back to your hotel.
  Day 5 (Tour to Abu Simbel & Felucca):
  Breakfast at your hotel.
  An early start for an optional tour to Abusimbel.
  Transfer to your Nile Cruise, check into Cruise for Lunch, after which you will sail towards Kom Ombo. Dinner on board of your cruise ship. Overnight on board.
  Day 6 Sailing (kom ombo & Edfu):
  Breakfast on board of your cruise ship. Visit the unusual Greco Roman double temple of Kom Ombo . Visit by a horse carriage to the temple of Edfu (dedicated to the falcon god Hours, and the second largest temple in Egypt. Lunch and Dinner on board of your cruise.
  Day 7 (Luxor east):
  Breakfast on board of your cruise ship. Visit Luxor temple (was built by the kings of the middle and the new kingdom). Lunch on board of our cruise ship. After noon start our tour to visit the Karnak temples (the largest complex of temples in Egypt originally attached to Luxor temple by an avenue of sphinxes). Dinner on board of your cruise ship. Overnight on board.
  Day 8 (Luxor West/Hurghada):
  After breakfast, disembark your Nile cruise. An early morning start as you cross over to the West Bank of Luxor. You come from sun, sand and rugged mountainside you enter. The Valley of the Kings (home of 65 tombs of the kings of 18th to 22nddynasties). The modern looking temple of Queen Hatshepsut (she ruled over Egypt for 19 years as a king). The colossi of Memnon (originally belong to king Amenhotep the 3rd). Afternoon Transfer to Hurghada in our Tourist A/C van with the guide (4 hours drive). Chick in your Hotel in Hurghada. Dinner in your hotel in Hurghada.
  Day 9 (Hurghada):
  Free time at leisure.
  Optional tours: Diving in the Red Sea Coral bay, and/or snorkeling in Giftoun Island with three stops.
  Day 10 (Hurghada):
  (Breakfast-Dinner): Free time at leisure. Optional tours: city tour or submarine tour
  Day 11 (Hurghada/Cairo):
  (Breakfast-Dinner): Free time at leisure.
  Optional tours: Desert Safari with Jeep or Beach buggy with Bedouin Dinner and Dance show.
  Day 12 (Hurghada/Cairo):
  Breakfast at your hotel in Hurghada. Transfer to Cairo in our Tourist A/C van (6 hours drive). Check in your Cairo Hotel, and Overnight
  Day 13 (Cairo/Alexandria):
  Breakfast at your Hotel in Cairo. Start our tour to Alexandria. Drive to the Montazah palace and Gardens (We will drive by the Bibliotheca of Alexandria with the possibility to stop for a photo). See the Montazah palace and Gardens (317 acres of huge trees and flowers). Drive to the Catacombs (three levels of tombs under the ground dating back to the Greek period 200 years B.C., Tegran tomb. The Caracalla, very beautiful artifacts from Greco Roman time). Drive to pompai’s pillar( The huge red granite Pillar of 25 meters height of emperor Deghldianos) from outside . Drive to the Amphitheatre. See the Amphitheatre (the Ptolemaic Amphitheatre, the sauna spots, and the ancient gymnasium).
  Drive to a seafood restaurant for lunch. Lunch time. Drive to the Faros Island to see the fortress of Qaitbay. See the Fort of Qaitbay outside view (the place of the ancient lighthouse, the fortress of Sultan Qaitbay dating back to the Mamluki Islamic period, and the aquarium).
  Day 14 (Departure):
  Breakfast at the hotel.
  Our representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities.