5 Days Christmas tour to Cairo and Luxor package

start your tour to the Saqqara site, where you will feel the history is getting closer to you once you see it. It’s time to experience seeing the valuable treasures on the sand of the Egyptian lands. you will see the Pyramid of King Djoser that is considered the oldest Pyramid in Egypt and the world.

 The pyramid’s body consists of six steps, like a ladder to immortality, looking to the sky.  You will also see the enchanting tombs and the deep and long passages carved from the rocks and embracing inscriptions of scenes representing life in the ancient history of Egypt. In addition to tombs very rich with many rooms and beautifully decorated with inscriptions. 

Now it’s time to discover the Giza pyramids: when you see it, you will find very huge and tall pyramids which are about to touch the sky. The pyramids consist of thousands of rocks weighing tons making you wonder how these constructions were built without modern technologies. You will see three massively huge pyramids, starting with the Khufu pyramid, descending to pyramid of Chephren, and finally the smallest pyramid of Menkaure. 

Now you will see the statue of Great Sphinx who is features with the characteristics of king Chephren face and a non-human body of a lion. Final site in the Giza Necropolis area is the valley temple which is huge temple with storing columns to be prepared for receiving the dead body of nobles and kings to be immortalized for the second world. 

Our third destination will be Memphis city to see the private suite to protect the tall and huge statue dedicated for king Ramses II showing all the details of carving it very carefully like alive human in front of your eyes. You will also see the smaller statue of Alabaster of great sphinx sparkling under the sun of Egypt. 

In the morning, get ready to be transferred to catch your flight to Luxor that will take one hour and half to arrive in Luxor city. The city of the treasures, after getting introduction about the city which is one of the most attractive sites in Egypt travel packages, you will visit the valley of the kings. 

When you see the valley, you will see dry and quite valley inside the heart of the mountain, but it’s holding the treasures and the secrets of great kings of the pharaohs and the pharaonic civilization. You will discover the tombs which is designated to embrace the bodies, secrets, possessions and treasures of them. You will be amazed by the beautiful, colourful and precise drawings and inscriptions on the walls of the tombs. 

Our next stop will be Hatshepsut temple: you will see massive temple with great huge columns and walls include stories telling it by the walls’ inscriptions, the stories are a bout strong queen ruled Egypt very powerfully and caused peace and prosperity for the country. 

Then we will move to the fascinating temple of Karnak huge complex where you feel like small ant while looking to the massive columns and statues guarding the secrets and the holiness of the heart of the temple. When you look to above, you will find the sun rays on the remains of the inscriptions of the temple creating a beautiful painting. It temple is recording history of different civilizations making it immortal. 

We now will walk to explore one of the most famous temples in the world, when you start walking in the entrance, you will see many statues and huge and tall obelisk sparkling under the sun rays of Luxor similar to the other obelisk that had been transferred to Paris. You will also amazed by the glorious temples of king Ramses II sitting to protect the temple and tell the history by its inscriptions.

In the early morning, get ready for your flight from Luxor airport to Cairo. Upon your arrival, you will be met by your private certified tour guide to start enchanting tour to Cairo land marks. You will pass by the great Nile river which is offering you the best Nile Cruise tours for relaxation and discovering the great history of ancient Egyptians. 

Once you get closer to the downtown, you will see a huge classic building with the pink colors embracing many precious treasures. Once you step inside it, you will see massive statues for Egyptian kings, golden coffins and possessions, their daily tools and pharaonic beautiful jewels. Step after step, you will be amazed with the pharaonic and historical pieces inside the Egyptian Museum. 

After seeing the Egyptian Museum, you will travel with age to another era to see the beautiful valuable church of Virgin Mary in Old Cairo area. Once you get into it, your eyes will see unbelievable beauty of Coptic architecture, vintage icons, colorful marble and the beautifully designated wooden ceilings like Noah’s ship. 

You tour guide will continue the tour with you to see Abu Serga Church by walking into a narrow old and fascinating vintage streets until reaching the holy church. This church has witnessed one of the oldest and holiest moments in the Christian history of receiving the holy family during their accommodation in Egypt. Once you see it, you will feel like the time has been stopped to discover its special beauty. 

Our tour will continue to see the Ben Ezra synagogue, you will see a different place which is not a church but according to historians belive : It was a church and the owner has turned it to be a synagaogue. This place has mixture of the Coptic and Jewish art and many valuable documents for the Jewish communities inside the Egyptian citizenship. 

Enjoy your calm and quite morning in Cairo with the best breakfast that gathers between the oriental and non-oriental items. You can be ready to prepare your bags to get ready for your final international flight. After checking out, if you have free time, seize the opportunity to add activities by coordinating with your team to enjoy every moment. Finally, enjoy transfer service to the airport