8-tägige Reise an den Nil und nach Kairo zu Ostern

You will meet your private tour guide to begin your Egypt Easter trip after eating breakfast.

To visit the great Pyramid of Cheops, which is regarded as one of the seven wonders of the world and was constructed using more than 2.6 million rock pieces, each weighing 50 tons, you will be taken to the Giza Plateau. One of the most well-known kings in ancient Egypt was King Cheops. He succeeded Cheops as the second king in the fourth line and was the son of Sneferu, who held that position before Cheops. No other king has attained his level of fame.
You will then see People today perceive the middle pyramid as being larger than the Great Pyramid and smaller than the pyramid of Mycerinus, which is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the Giza Pyramid Complex. King Chephren wanted to build a pyramid bigger than his father's pyramid of Cheops, but because he honored his father, he decided to build a smaller one.

You will also view the great sphinx of Giza facts, a limestone statue of a sphinx in a reclining position. Sphinxes are mythological creatures with human-like heads and lion-like bodies. It is located on the Giza Plateau, on the western bank of the Nile, in Giza, Egypt, and faces directly from west to east. It was constructed by King Chephren to guard the pyramids from cemetery thieves so that they would believe a real God was defending them.

The Valley Temple, which served as King Chephren's funerary temple, is where we'll go next.

Then, before traveling to downtown Cairo, you will eat lunch at a top-notch neighborhood restaurant.

The world's biggest museum, the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, will be your next stop. It is home to more than 120,000 items and enormous sculptures, including the Golden King Tutankhamun and his priceless riches.

The Hanging Church, the most well-known location in Coptic Cairo, will then be seen by you as part of the tour of the ancient Coptic Cairo. The Church of the Virgin Mary is also known by its nickname, the Hanging Church. This name derives from the fact that it was constructed on top of a southern wall from a Roman fortification in Babylon that dates back to the fourth century BC.

Additionally, the holy family utilized the church of St. Sergius as a refuge during their run from the Roman soldiers and King Herod.

the Ben Ezra Synagogue, which is also said to be the location where Baby Moses' casket was discovered. It is regarded as a place of prayer for Jews.

Continue traveling with your tour guide to begin the Islamic Cairo tours, where you will spend time at the bustling Khan El Khalili Market, Egypt's most well-known old market and bazaar. Here, visitors may discover authentic Egyptian gifts.

In El Fishawy Cafe, one of the popular coffee shops in the El-Hussein Area, you may sip tea.

Finally, you will be taken back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, check out of the Cairo Pyramids Hotel. You will then be driven to Cairo International Airport, where a Cairo Top Tours representative will greet and help you before your departure to Luxor.

From Luxor Airport, your guide will transport you to your 5-star MS Royal Viking Nile Cruise.

Start your East Bank tour of the magnificent Luxor Temple, which is stunningly lighted at night, after eating lunch on board. Karnak Temple is the biggest temple ever built by a human being.

Lunch will be served outside of the ship.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

You will be given breakfast throughout your Nile cruise.

You will cross the Nile to see the two enormous statues of Amenhotep III known as the Colossi of Memnon, after which you will go to the Valley of the Kings, which contains the tombs of 62 New Kingdom pharaohs, including the fabled Ramesses II and the famed Tutankhamun. Continue your journey by seeing Hatshepsut's Temple, also known as El Deir El Bahary. The Pharaohs' palace was lavishly decorated with murals and packed with valuables they intended to enjoy in the afterlife.

Following lunch, you will cruise the Nile to Edfu while having supper, and spend the night there.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

You will be taking your breakfast on the Nile Cruise, then our representative will accompany you to visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic-era Temple dedicated to the falcon-headed God Horus, the temple of Edfu.

Then you will sail to Kom Ombo to visit the captivating Kom Ombo Temple, which is built on a traditional plan with entrance pylon, forecourt, hypostyle hall, and surrounding chambers leading to the sanctuary, an invisible division down the middle of the temple separates two doorways, corresponding forecourts, and colonnaded halls, leading to corresponding sanctuaries, one is dedicated to Horus, the other to Sobek.

After that, lunch will be served on board, then we will sail to Aswan.

Enjoy your dinner and spend the night on the Nile cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy your breakfast on the Nile cruise. After that your Egyptologist guide will accompany you to visit the High Dam, This great dam was built between 1960 and 1971 by the second president of Egypt his name Nasser, the High Dam increased Egypt's production of electric power, and the floods could be controlled and the water could be stored for later release over multiple years.

Then you will visit the magnificent Philae temple which is one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt, dedicated to Goddess Isis. It is an island-based temple complex, and it was located on Philae Island, but after the high dam was built, Philae Island became covered by water because of the flood. Then the government transferred the temple to another island called Agilika Island.
Then proceed to the Unfinished Obelisk The largest obelisk ever made by the ancient Egyptians during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut, Even today it is located exactly where it was once semi-carved in solid rock, in the granite quarries near the city of Aswan.

Then you will be heading back to the cruise and dinner will be served.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
 

After breakfast is served you will disembark from your Nile cruise. Our representative will transfer you to Aswan Airport for your flight back to Cairo.

Our representative will meet you upon arrival at Cairo International Airport where he will assist you and then will transfer you to your hotel.

You will be spending the night at the hotel in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast
 

After eating breakfast at the hotel on the final day of your Easter Egypt tours, you have the option of doing one of our Cairo Day Tours or enjoying some free time.

Your Cairo Top Tours agent will then transport you to Cairo International Airport in preparation for your return flight.

Dining: Breakfast