Iconic Egypt Tour – Explore Cairo, Alexandria, Nile Cruise & Abu Simbel

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Iconic Egypt Tour – Explore Cairo, Alexandria, Nile Cruise & Abu Simbel

Duration: 11 days and 10 nights

Type: Small Group/Private

Tour Departs: Every Day

Destination:  Cairo , alexandria ,nile cruise , Aswan

Golden Travel: Five-Star Hotels and Nile Cruises
May/Sept

Single Room: 3,695$ Per Person for 2-4 People
2445$ Per Person for 5-7 People
2235$ Each Person for 8–10 People
2115$ Each Person October/April

3895$ per person for a single room
2-4 Individuals
$2565.00 Per Person for 5-7 People
2325$ Per Person for 8–10 People
2195$ each person

May/September Diamond Accommodations: Five Stars Ultra-Deluxe Hitles & Nile Cruise

4635$ per person for a single room
2-4 People $3065.00 Each Person 5-7 People
2865$ Each Person for 8–10 People
2765$ Individually October/April

4835$ Per Person for a Single Room for 2-4 Persons
3135$ Each Person for 5-7 People
2925$ Per Person for 8–10 People
2855$ each individual

Overview

Are you arranging a cultural vacation to Egypt? For an 11-day vacation of Egypt, choose the finest Egypt tours that include all the must-see locations and must-do activities. Your Egypt travel packages should include five-star hotels, a guide, domestic airfare, and a luxurious deluxe Nile cruise.

This famous Egypt trip itinerary begins in Cairo, where visitors can experience the enormous pyramids of Giza, which include camel rides, and the Sakkara pyramids, as well as Old Cairo and the Egyptian Museum. From Cairo, travelers may travel to Alexandria, which is on the Mediterranean, to view the city’s biggest tourist destinations.
Travel to Luxor, the World’s Largest Open-Air Museum, marvel at the historic temples and the Valley of the Kings, and then start your luxurious Nile cruise.

We guarantee daily departures and the best prices online for the famous Egypt tour. Take a cruise along the Nile toward Aswan, stopping at many impressive temples along the way. Visit the Temple of Philae. Travel south to the impressive temples of Abu Simbel, built by the Great Ramses. Return to Cairo by plane. Make your reservation now to save money.

Highlights

  • Examine Egypt's Must-See Attractions
  • See the Sphinx and the Giza Pyramids
  • See the Sakkara Tombs and Pyramids
  • See the Dahshur Pyramids
  • Go to the Museum of Egypt
  • Explore Cairo's historic churches.
  • Learn about Islamic Cairo
  • Take a Tour of Alexandria
  • Discover Alexandria's wonders.
  • Go to the Valley of the Kings.
  • See the Luxor and Karnak temples.
  • opulent Nile cruise with sightseeing
  • See the Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples
  • Go to the Museum of Crocodiles.
  • Find the temples in Philae.
  • Examine the Abu Simbel Temple.
  • Luxurious Nile Cruises for Individual Passengers Available adaptable

Itinerary

The team at Look at Egypt Tours will greet you upon arrival, help you with all the procedures, and then transport you to your hotel in Cairo, where you will spend the night.Get ready for the tour of iconic Egypt.

After breakfast at the hotel, begin your day's tour to the Pyramids of Giza with your Egyptologist guide. Three pyramids represent the city's glory, while a limestone figure of the Sphinx stands watch over the entire complex. As they were even in Roman times, the Great Sphinx and the Giza Pyramids are among the most visited tourist sites worldwide. The Pharaoh monarch of the 4th Dynasty was buried in each of these magnificent pyramids (however many people and scholars no longer accept this hypothesis). erected for King Khufu (c. 2589–2566 BC), the Great Pyramid of Giza was also erected for his son, Menkaure, and Khafre.
grandson. The largest and oldest of the three pyramids is Khufu's, and it will take another 3,800 years for a structure to rise higher than it. Despite dominating the plateau, the three pyramids are really flanked by several other structures. Take breathtaking pictures at the Panorama of the Pyramids before moving on to the Great Sphinx of Giza. It is the oldest since it was cut straight from the bedrock in the 4th Dynasty. Sphinxes from ancient Egypt symbolized the ruler as having the body of a lion, thereby displaying his might.

Even in ancient Egypt, the Great Sphinx has captivated the attention of adventurers and visitors for millennia. It emerged in the 18th Dynasty.
Known as Horemakhet, or "Horus in the Horizon," it was believed to be a manifestation of the sun deity. Beside the Sphinx, King Amenhotep II (c. 1427–1400 BC) erected a temple and dedicated it to this deity. The Dream Stela is a massive stela that Thutmose IV (c. 1400–1390 BC), his son, placed between its front paws and documented an amazing incident there.

Enjoy lunch at a nearby restaurant after your tour of the Giza Plateau. The largest Archaeological Museum in the world devoted to a single culture is the Grand Egyptian Museum. Next, go there. The King Tutankhamun tomb and tens of thousands of other rare and exceptional archeological artifacts were discovered in a new home at a museum situated on the Giza plateau.
One of the major national initiatives, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), is a wonderful contribution to both Egyptian and foreign cultural and media tourism. Given that it is one of the world's biggest archaeological and civilizational projects and the world's largest museum devoted only to the study of ancient Egypt, it serves as a testament to the breadth of Egyptian international collaboration. Return to your hotel after that.

NOTE: You will visit the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir if the Grand Egyptian Museum is not yet officially opened

After breakfast at your accommodation, take a full day excursion to some of Egypt's most famous treasures. Visit Sakkara, the Old Kingdom's Necropolis, which is home to the oldest Pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Zoser. You should also visit the Museum of Imhotep and some Nobel family tombs. Sakkara has recently seen a number of new discoveries, and there are still many to come. Next, travel to Dahshur to see King Senfru's two unique Pyramids, the Bent and the Red Pyramids. King Senfru is one of the few pharaohs to have built two Pyramids; he is the father of King Khufu, who built the Great Pyramid at Giza After that, go to Memphis, the oldest city in ancient Egypt, where you can visit the largest monument of King Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx. After lunch, you may go shopping before returning to your Cairo hotel.

A brand-new full-day trip to explore historic Cairo sites see the most well-known landmarks in Cairo, the Salah El Din Citadel and the Alabaster Mosque. Enjoy the expansive view of Cairo while learning about Islam and its history from your guide inside the well-known Muhammad Ali Mosque, which is home to the founder of modern Egypt. Next, see the historic Coptic churches. Visit the churches in Cairo that the Holy Family blessed on their flight to Egypt, including the Sergiouse and Hanging churches. You may also enter the Holy Family Cave, where Lord Jesus and His mother spent two months hiding from Roman soldiers. Finally, have lunch at the traditional eatery then proceed to the former Bazaar. return to your hotel for the night.

After your breakfast, you will check out of your hotel in Cairo and be transferred to the Cairo airport to take your Flight to Luxor. upon arrival, you’ll be met and transferred to embark on your luxury Nile Cruise one of the finest cruise ships on the Nile, you will stay full board for the coming four nights, and you will start your visits by exploring the Karnak Temple, the largest religious Pharaonic temple ever built in the world, then visit the Luxor temple as well with your private guide. Enjoy the evening onboard

The Valley of the monarchs, the necropolis of the Pharaonic New Kingdom, which houses the well-known tombs of the ancient Egyptian monarchs, will be your first stop of the day. The magnificent Hatshepsut temple will be your second destination. the Western Monastery, or El Deir Al Bahry, after the first female ruler of Egypt. During the Christian era, this temple served as a monastery. The enormous Colossi of Memnon will be your final destination of the day. The sole relics from Amenhotep III's temple are these two 18-meter-tall sculptures. When Rome was in existence, music was heard emerging from one of the sculptures that the Greeks credited to the Greek hero Aga Memnon. Returning to your cruise following your visit of the west bank of Luxor, lunch and dinner were served on board. Spend the night cruising the Nile.

You will have the opportunity to tour the Edfu Temple of Horus after breakfast. Egypt's best-preserved Ptolemaic temple is this one. Your next destination will be the magnificent Temple of Kom Ombo, which is devoted to the gods Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus, the falcon god. The temple was constructed over the course of around 800 years and features exquisitely carved stone capitals and walls. Along with enjoying the crocodile museum, you'll have fun traveling down the Nile to Aswan in the evening and taking in some entertainment on board.

Following your morning meal on your Nile cruise, Together with your guide and your own car, go to the Abu Simbel temples for three hours, and be ready to be astounded by the majesty of these two temples. Unquestionably, these two temples are among the most stunning structures in the world, with the Pyramids of Giza ranking first among Egypt's most popular tourist destinations. In the 1960s, the temples' relocation was a momentous occasion. When the High Dam was built, the temples were in danger of being submerged in Lake Nasser. With UNESCO's assistance, the Egyptian government made a global plea to preserve these enormous relics. They were effectively disassembled and moved to the original location where they had been erected, which was 60 meters above the cliff. The smaller temple honors Ramses II's favored wife, Queen Nefertari, while the larger, more well-known temple honors Ramses II. In the thirteenth century BC, Ramses II constructed both of them. Four enormous, sitting images of Ramses are depicted on the massive front of the Ramses II temple. The sculptures are each 67 feet high, and the facade is 119 feet broad by 100 feet high. The front entrance opens onto a 185-foot-long man-made rock cave that connects to a number of hallways and rooms inside the temple. The building of the Abu-Simbel temple is most notable for being orientated in a so that the sculptures of the four gods sitting at the end of the inner temple cave are illuminated twice a year by the morning sun's rays that stream through the cave. Following this trip, return to Aswan, enjoy lunch on your cruise, and then proceed to another famous site: the Temple of Philae, which honors the goddess Isis, also referred to as the mother Goddess. The temple is situated in a lovely environment and was moved by UNESCO to a new location when the construction of the Aswan Dam threatened the original location. After seeing the temple, which features a number of shrines and sanctuaries, return to your cruise ship, have supper, and spend the night there

Following breakfast, you will check out of your cruise and return by plane to Cairo, where you will be driven to your hotel for some downtime.

It's time to spend the entire day seeing Alexandria after breakfast at your hotel! It was founded by Alexander the Great. Cleopatra the Queen ruled over it. Famous names use Alexandria's birth and early history as a calling card. The Great Library of Alexandria and the enormous Pharos Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, may be found in this glittering jewel of a city, the Mediterranean. In more recent times, Alexandria was something of a bohemian bad boy, home to a glittering ensemble of writers, poets, and painters from the late 19th century until the 1950s. Greater than any other Egyptian metropolis, Alexandria boasts a romantic an outstanding atmosphere from bygone eras that history buffs shouldn't miss. After traveling for almost three hours, arrive and see the Catacomb Tomb, the Roman theater, and the Pompay Pillar. Next, go outdoors to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the library, and Fort Qaitbey. Finally, have lunch at a neighborhood eatery before returning to your accommodation in Cairo.

In accordance with the specifics of your flight, our representative will accompany you to the airport after breakfast for your last departure.

Includes / Excludes

Includes

  • Every Domestic Flight From Cairo to Luxor, Aswan, and Back
  • Six nights at a five-star Cairo B&B hotel
  • 4- A five-star luxurious stay Experienced Egyptologist Guide for Your Nile Cruise
  • Admission Charges for the Touring
  • All meals as specified in the itinerary
  • transportation in a private vehicle;
  • any applicable taxes.

Excludes

  • Tipping on foreign flights
  • any unspecified extras.

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Iconic Egypt Tour – Explore Cairo, Alexandria, Nile Cruise & Abu Simbel
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