12 Tage Reise nach Kairo, Nilkreuzfahrt & Weiße Wüste

Our Egypt tour schedules begin at eight in the morning. In Giza or Cairo, hotel pickup Your tour guide will show you how to begin your full-day tour of Cairo at the Giza. You will visit the home of the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos. You will next go to the Valley Temple, where the monks mummified King Chephren's corpse. Additionally, you might be able to get a close-up look at The Sphinx, the fabled protector of a sizable burial complex who has the head of King Chephren and the body of a lion.

After that, visit 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.

Next, see the Red and Bent Pyramids of Dahshur. Situated approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Cairo on the West Bank of the Nile is a royal necropolis known as the Dahshur area. It is renowned for having multiple pyramids, two of which are among Egypt's oldest, biggest, and best preserved. 

Explore Memphis City, Egypt's historic capital. The history of this city dates back to 3100 B.C.  After the tour, visitors can explore King Cheops' solar boat, ride a quad bike across the vast desert, ride a camel around the Giza pyramids, or board a Felucca to sail down the Nile. However, each of these add-ons can be added at any time during the reservation process and will incur additional fees.

After breakfast in the morning, our representative will pick you up from your accommodation and take you on a tour of the most fascinating museum, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses artifacts from the Pharaonic era. The museum houses the collection, which spans 5000 years and is regarded as the largest and most valuable collection of Egyptian art in existence. 

The show includes a segment on Tutankhamun's treasure trove of gold, gems, and jewels, which was preserved in his tomb for over 3,500 years until its discovery in the 1920s. There are over two hundred fifty thousand amazing artifacts in the museum.

You will then proceed to lunch after that. Proceed on your journey to Khan El Khalili, the historic marketplace located in Cairo's Islamic district. Known for their exquisite antiquities, leather goods, brassware, copper, scents, silver, gold, and other goods, the stores in this area are well known. After that, a car will take you back to your accommodation.

One of our representatives will pick you up from your hotel after breakfast and take you to The Cairo Tower, a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo where you can learn more about Egypt. As of right now, it is Cairo's highest peak. For roughly fifty years, at 187 meters, it was the highest structure in Egypt and North Africa. From up there, one can see Cairo as a whole, the Nile, and the Saladin Citadel. From 1910 until 1971, it stood as the highest structure in Africa. Both the view and the experience are breathtaking.

After lunch at a nearby restaurant, visit the Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque inside the Salah El Din Citadel, which Salah al-Din constructed in 1183 AD as a defensive against Crusader forces. Today, it is a restored medieval site complete with museums and mosques.

Then take you back to your Cairo hotel.

We will pick you up in the hotel lobby in the morning and take you in an air-conditioned car to the magnificent Mohamed Ali Pasha palace, also referred to as "King Farouk's uncle." He gave the order to have it built with a blend of traditional Islamic architectural elements and European Rococo and Art Nouveau styles.

Then you'll pay them a visit. One of the official residences of Egypt's former ruling dynasty and royal family was the old Abdeen Palace in Cairo. Situated above Qasr el-Nil Street in eastern Downtown Cairo, it currently serves as one of the President of Egypt's official residences.

After that, you'll visit the Baron Palace, built by Belgian businessman Baron Edward Empain on Al-Oruba Street in Heliopolis, Cairo. Indian architectural design was used in the palace's construction.

The palace houses a collection of images, records, artwork, letters, and maps pertaining to the history of the Heliopolis region (which includes both Heliopolis and Al-Mataria) from a variety of historical periods.

You will be driven back to the hotel after the excursion is over and lunch will be served at a nearby restaurant.

The hotel offers breakfast in the morning. To make your Aswan day tours, you will be driven to Cairo International Airport. We begin our sightseeing tours at the Philae Temple and the Unfinished Obelisk as soon as we arrive in Aswan. Included are lunch, check-in, and transportation to the Nile cruise. Take a Felucca boat tour around Elephantine Island after lunch. In a cruise ship, dinner is served.

navigating the Kom Ombo in the morning. We will start our guided tour of the Kom Ombo temple after breakfast, which is dedicated to Sobek and Horus the Elder and includes two similar entrances, hypostyle halls, and sanctuaries. Oddly, it was dedicated to two different gods and constructed by the Ptolemies. Lunch and dinner are served on the cruise ship.

We board a horse-drawn carriage to travel to the Edfu temple following breakfast on the cruise ship. In all of Egypt, this temple is the second biggest and best kept in the country. Continue your journey so you can witness the Esna lock crossing of the Nile later on. 

Lunch and dinner are served on the cruise ship.
 

On board your cruise ship heading toward the Nile after breakfast. With the help of our tour guide, begin a private day trip to the Valley of the Kings, it is also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings and is located in the southern part of Egypt. The tombs are rock-cut tombs. 

Also you will visit the Temple of Medinet Habu, this was the seat of power for Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses III, one of the best pharaohs of Egypt throughout the new kingdom. Medinet Habu resembled a fortified town, with temples, palaces, chapels, and residential neighborhoods meant for monks and officers. 

Then you will visit Queen Hatshepsut's Temple, and the Memnon Colosseum. On your Nile cruise, return to Luxor after transferring to the cruise ship.

Following your final on-board open buffet breakfast, disembark from your Egypt Nile cruise ship. After that, we'll take you by car to the Luxor airport so you can take a flight to Cairo. When you arrive in Cairo, check into your hotel, unwind, and spend the night.

In a private, air-conditioned car, our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your Cairo hotel at six in the morning and drive you 350 kilometers west of Giza to the Bahariya Oasis. The journey takes about 4 hours. To see the Black Desert, after you reach Bahariya, change to a 44 and travel 40 kilometers through the desert. After that, the popular neighborhood eatery El Hez is a great place to swim and relax before or after lunch.

After 90 km, turn left to reach the White Desert, one of the most beautiful deserts in the world, and pass through the Agbata and Crystal deserts along with several mountains and sand dunes. Its beautiful white rocks resemble mushrooms, chickens, and bunnies, among other shapes. Return to Cairo by car.

On the last Egypt trips, you will have a sumptuous breakfast before our assistance comes to an end and you are driven back to the airport.