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Cultural and adventure Egypt tours to see the Pyramids and luxury Dahabeya sailboats in Egypt. Enjoy landscapes, and peruse the monuments and villages in Luxor and Aswan with beach holiday on the Red Sea
You will be met at Cairo International Airport (arrival procedures) by Memphis Tours representative, who will accompany you to your hotel for check-in and a free welcome drink. There you will be introduced to your tour leader for the trip, who will explain what to expect on your visit. Your tour leader will be your point of contact throughout the whole trip, and will give you details of how to contact him at any time whilst in Egypt under the care of Memphis Tours. Throughout your holiday, in addition to the tour leader you will meet a variety of English-speaking tour guides, who have been chosen for their expertise on each of the areas you are visiting. After check-in you are free to spend the rest of the day/evening at your leisure.
Welcome Drink
After breakfast, your guide will collect you for a full day visiting the famous pyramids in the area. We begin with Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, which is the first pyramid built in Egypt and was designed by Imhotep. It is at Saqqara where the first spells for the Pharaoh's afterlife were found. Whilst there, you will also see Teti's pyramid and several ancient tombs. After Saqqara you will travel to Memphis, the ancient Capital of Egypt, to visit the colossal statue of Ramesses II. From Memphis you drive to the famous Giza Plateau to visit the only remaining wonder from the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Great Pyramid of Khufu (called Cheops by the Ancient Greeks). Also on the plateau are the pyramids of Khafre (Chephren) and the smaller one of Menkaure (Mykerinos). The plateau is as famous for the mysterious structure 'the Sphinx' as it is for the pyramids, where you will visit the Valley Temple. Your visit to Giza will include enough time to do the optional visit to the Solar Boat, which was the vessel used to carry the Pharaoh’s mummy across the Nile, before being buried at the foot of the pyramid for use in his afterlife. After Giza, you will be transferred back to your hotel for a peaceful overnight stay in Cairo.
Breakfast + Lunch
Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel in Cairo before being accompanied by your private expert tour guide to the world-renowned Egyptian Museum in Cairo that was built in neo-classical style and designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. The museum's vast collection of over 120,000 artifacts ranges from pre-dynastic era, through the Pharaonic era to the Greco-Roman period of Egypt. Amongst the most famous items which you may see are the funerary treasures of the child King Tutankhamun, the colossal statues of the heretic king, Akhenaten, and the only surviving image of Khufu, creator of Egypt's Great Pyramid. Visiting the museum is a great introduction to learning about the ancient Egyptian civilization, including their famous art of mummification. Then you will visit the Citadel of Saladin, named after the Kurdish Muslim who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria and who was noted for his chivalry. The Citadel is overlooked by the Muqattam Hills and includes the Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque which was built in Turkish style and, very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey, its minarets can be seen from any part of old Cairo. Your tour then takes you to the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo, including some of the early religious monuments of the city such as the Hanging Church. This basilica church was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon and became the center of the Christian Church of Egypt. You will visit also the famous Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, major souk in the Islamic district of Cairo, and the bazaar district is one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike. Then you will be transferred to your hotel for free time at leisure and overnight stay
Breakfast + Lunch
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then you will be transferred to Cairo airport to fly to Aswan, where you will be met by Memphis Tours Representative who will transfer you to embark your Dahabiya cruise in Aswan for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a luxuriously cruise “Dahabiyya”. Overnight, the ship moors on the Nile banks of Aswan
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Today you will visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971) and the Old Dam (completed in 1902). You will also visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam’s construction. Sail on the way to Kom Ombo Overnight moored nearby Kom Ombo.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Morning sail to Kom Ombo to see the Ptolemaic Temple (Kom Ombo Temple) dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning sun. Overnight moored beside a Nile island.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
This morning you will sail to Edfu to visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu. Overnight moored beside an island.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Today will be a leisurely day. After breakfast, commence sailing to Esna, and passing Esna Lock, where your Dahabiya moors overnight beside a Nile Island.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
This morning you will visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak, with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing 28th Dynasty Luxor Temple. Overnight moored in Luxor.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Excursion to the West Bank to visit the great burial places of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, Medinet Habu Temple and the Colossi of Memnon. Overnight moored in Luxor.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Breakfast aboard the Dahabiya followed by disembarkation and from there you will be transferred to Hurghada on the Red Sea Egypt ( About 4 hours drive) for check-in with free time at leisure and enjoy a varied nightlife.
Breakfast
After breakfast, your day at leisure, to relax, swim soak up the sun or take another optional excursion to attend the amazing Arabian Night to “Alf Leila We Leila” that is a highlight for most visitors to Hurghada, a fantastic experience to see the local customs and traditions of Egyptian, the belly dancer, the horse show and the Sound and Light Show at AlF Leila Wa Leila in the tradition of those at the Great Pyramids, Karnak Temple and Abu Simbel.make up your night of Arabian entertainment. The Sound and Light Show is followed by a Pharaonic horse show where acrobatics on horseback and general horsemanship is displayed. The third and final show is an oriental belly dancer and Tanura, Dervishes Dance at the end of the evening you will be transferred back to your Hurghada hotel.
Breakfast
After breakfast, your day at leisure, to relax, swim soak up the sun or take another optional excursion on afternoon time you will be taken for a wonderful Bedouin Safari trip in Hurghada to know about Bedouins life and tradition , with camel ride in Hurghada desert and you will enjoy amazing sunset view with barbeque dinner and Bedouin show and folkloric dance – later you will be transferred back to your hotel for overnight stay in Hurghada
Breakfast
After breakfast, your day at leisure, or join our optional excursion in the morning time. We will be met by our REP. at the hotel lobby and transfer to the jetty to board a boat for a fantastic snorkeling trip in the Red sea with desert island relaxation, lunch will be served aboard the boat with mineral water, soft drinks, coffee and tea and then you will be back at the jetty, where you will be met by our REP. who will transfer you to the hotel. The balance of the afternoon is at leisure. Free evening time, stay nightlife is hoping in this resort hamlet, so enjoy a night out to dance and have fun.
Breakfast
After breakfast you will be met by our REP. who will transfer you to Hurghada airport for the flight to Cairo, where you will take your flight back home
Breakfast
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| May to Sept | Oct to April | |
| Double | $ 2399 | $ 3100 |
| Single | $ 3900 | $ 5100 |