12 Days Egypt itinerary to Cairo, Nile Cruise & White Desert

Starting our Egypt tour itineraries at 8:00 a.m. Hotel pickup in Cairo or Giza The Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos are located at the Giza, where your tour guide will show you how to start your full-day in Cairo day tours. The monks mummified King Chephren's dead body at the Valley Temple, which is where you will head next. You could also be able to see The Sphinx up close, a mythical guardian with a lion's body and king Chephren's head that guards a vast burial complex.

After that, travel to Sakkara, which is located about 27 kilometers southwest of Cairo. Visit the Step Pyramid (constructed for King Zoser), which is regarded as a key development in the evolution of the pyramids from the simple mastaba to its recognizable appearance.

Visit the Dahshur Pyramids next (Bent and Red Pyramids) A royal necropolis known as the Dahshur area is located on the West Bank of the Nile about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Cairo. It is well known for its several pyramids, two of which are among the earliest, largest, and best preserved in all of Egypt. They were built between 2613 and 2589 BCE.

Visit Memphis City, the historic capital of Egypt, to view the majestic Sphinx and the huge statue of Ramses II. This city has existed since the year 3100 B.C. (1 hr time Spent) Following the trip, guests have the option to ride a camel around the Giza pyramids, explore King Cheops' solar boat, ride a quad bike over the vast desert, or board a Felucca to sail on the Nile. All of these extras, though, can be put on at any point during the booking process and will cost more.

Our representative will pick you up from your lodging in the morning after breakfast to take you on a tour of the most fascinating museum, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which displays artifacts from the Pharaonic period. The collection, thought to be the largest and most priceless collection of Egyptian art in existence, spans 5000 years and is on display in the museum. A component of the show is devoted to Tutankhamun's wealth of gold, jewels, and gems, which was kept in his tomb for more than 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s. The museum is home to more than 250,000 astonishing artifacts.

Following that, you'll continue on to lunch. Continue your drive to Khan El Khalili, the city's old market, in the Islamic section of Cairo. The stores in this area are well known for their exquisite antiquities, leather, brassware, copper, scents, silver, gold, and other goods. Then, a vehicle will transport you back to your hotel.

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel by one of our representatives and taken to The Cairo Tower, a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, where you may learn more about Egypt. It is currently the highest peak in Cairo. It was the highest building in Egypt and North Africa for about 50 years, standing at 187 meters. The Saladin Citadel, the Nile, and the entirety of Cairo can all be seen from up there. It was the tallest building in Africa between 1910 and 1971. It is a beautiful view and an amazing experience.

Visit the Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque inside the Salah El Din Citadel, which Salah al-Din built in 1183 AD as a defensive against Crusader forces, after lunch at a nearby restaurant. It is now a reconstructed medieval site with mosques and museums.

then transport you back to your hotel in Cairo.

In the morning, our tour guide will meet you in the hotel lobby and drive you in an air-conditioned vehicle to the majestic Mohamed Ali Pasha palace, well known as "King Farouk's uncle." He ordered it to be constructed using a style that incorporated European Rococo and Art Nouveau alongside various traditional Islamic architectural features.

you'll visit there after that. For Egypt's former ruling dynasty and royal family, the old Abdeen Palace in Cairo was built as one of their official residences. In eastern Downtown Cairo, it is presently one of the official residences of the President of Egypt and is located above Qasr el-Nil Street.

Following that, you'll go to the Baron Palace, which was established on Al-Oruba Street in Heliopolis, Cairo, by Belgian businessman Baron Edward Empain. The palace was built in an Indian architectural style.

The palace features a collection of pictures, documents, works of art, maps, and letters relating to the history of Heliopolis' region (Heliopolis and Al-Mataria) from various historical eras.

Lunch will be provided at a nearby restaurant, and when the excursion is finished, you'll be driven back to the hotel.

Breakfast is provided in the morning at hotel. You will be driven to Cairo International Airport in order to catch your Aswan day tours. As soon as we land in Aswan, we start our sightseeing tours at the Philae Temple and the Unfinished Obelisk. Lunch, check-in, and transfer to the Nile cruise are included. After lunch, take a Felucca boat tour around Elephantine Island. Dinner is offered on a cruise ship.

Morning navigation on the Kom Ombo. After breakfast, we will begin our guided tour of the Kom Ombo temple. It was built by the Ptolemies and oddly dedicated to two different gods. On the cruise ship, meals are served for lunch and dinner.

After breakfast on the cruise ship, we start our journey to the Edfu temple using a horse-drawn carriage. The temple is the second largest and finest maintained in all of Egypt. Continue sailing so you may later watch the Esna lock crossing of the Nile in action. On the cruise ship, meals are served for lunch and dinner.

After breakfast on board your cruise ship towards the Nile. Start a private day trip to the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut's Temple, the Temple of Medinet Habu, and the Memnon Colosseum with the assistance of our tour guide. transfer to the cruise ship, then return to Luxor on your Nile cruise.

Disembark from your Egypt Nile cruise after your last open buffet breakfast on the ship. Then, we'll drive you to the airport in Luxor so you can catch a flight to Cairo. Once you get to Cairo, go to your hotel, relax, and stay the night.

Our tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo at 6:00 in the morning and take you 350 kilometers west of Giza to the Bahariya Oasis in a private, air-conditioned vehicle. It takes roughly 4 hours to travel. Switch to a 44 and go 40 kilometers through the desert after arriving in Bahariya to see the Black Desert.

After that, you can swim and unwind before or after lunch at the well-known neighborhood restaurant El Hez.

Continue on for another 90 km to the Agbata and Crystal deserts, as well as a number of mountains and sand dunes, and then turn left to the White Desert, one of the prettiest deserts in the entire world. Its stunning white rocks come in a variety of shapes, such as mushrooms, chickens, and bunnies. Drive back to Cairo.

On the final Egypt trips, you will enjoy a delicious breakfast before being driven back to the airport, when our assistance will come to an end.