12 Days Cairo, Alexandria, The Nile and Hurghada Travel

On the second day of your 12 days tour in Egypt, enjoy your amazing breakfast in the hotel and you will meet your Egyptologist guide at the hotel lobby to begin your adventure to the Giza pyramids & the Sphinx that was supposed to be resembling the son of Khufu, King Chephren, the owner of the 2nd greatest pyramid. You will get surprised during your tour to the Giza Pyramids as you are seeing the most magnificent of the seven man-made wonders of the ancient world that had been built 4500 years ago to endure the names of the great Pharaohs Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus who is the builder of the third greatest pyramid in Giza Necropolis which ends a great epoch of architectural brilliance. Enjoy your lunch in a very good local restaurant and overnight in your hotel in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

We will resume our trip by a deluxe a/c vehicle for about a 2-hour drive after you enjoy your breakfast,  heading to enjoy your day tour to Alexandria from Cairo on the Mediterranean Sea which was built by the Macedonian-origin ruler who was one of the most successful military commanders of the ancient world, Generally known as Alexander the Great during the Greco-Roman Era and used to be the most beautiful city in the whole world at that time and one of largest cities in Egypt. 

You will visit the Greco-Roman era sites and catacombs, the ruins of the Roman temple complex, Pompey's pillar, and the Citadel of Qaitbay, the huge defensive fortification built in the 15th century and it is located on the Mediterranean seacoast, where the famous lighthouse Pharos ( one of the seven man-made wonders of the world ) used to be, visit the modern Bibliotheca of Alexandria, is one of the most important cultural centers in Egypt, and have delicious fresh seafood at a very good quality restaurant then head to your hotel in Alexandria for overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After having your daily breakfast, transfer back to Cairo to resume your impressive Cairo day tours. we will transfer you to start the great Egyptian Museum tour in Cairo downtown presenting the largest and most bizarre collection of Egyptian antiquities all over the world and the only royal treasure that was found in a very good condition, the treasures of the golden pharaoh Tutankhamen that has been discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. The Egyptian Museum was built in 1898 by the efforts of the famous French scientist Auguste Mariette and it was officially opened in 1902. Delightful lunch in a good local restaurant will be served before heading to the train station to take the sleeping train heading to Aswan and overnight in your compartment.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast will be served aboard the train then you will get off at Aswan train station. Aswan is one of the most beautiful cities in Egypt, here you can see the Nile river with a different view and discover the great Egyptian history. Today we will have great Aswan day tours visiting the most interesting sites. Visit the Aswan High Dam built in 1960 to save Egypt from the floods occurring every year, then a visit to Philae Temple and its amazing scenes and inscriptions which have been saved for thousands of years to tell us about how much our ancestors were powerful and advanced. After that, you will be transferred to your hotel in Aswan for check-in and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, you will have an unforgettable experience visiting Abu Simbel Temples. The twin temples, constructed during the reign of Ramesses II, were carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century B.C, and during the 19th dynasty. They are monuments to the king and his queen Nefertari, and to celebrate his victory at the Battle of Kadesh, their huge external rock relief figures have become iconic. The complex was completely rescued in 1968 by the guidance of a Polish archaeologist upon a man-made mount. After this exciting trip, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Aswan and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Welcome to Luxor, the greatest open-air museum and the capital of the new kingdom golden age of Egypt's history! Enjoy your lovely breakfast at your hotel in Aswan you will be transferred to Luxor and start Luxor day tours by visiting the majestic Temple of Luxor, which is a large Ancient Egyptian temple located on the east bank of the Nile River which was built by King Amunhotep III in the 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom) and was completed by Ramesses II during the 19th Dynasty. Alternatively, the Luxor temple was dedicated to the renewal of sovereignty; most probably may have been where several Kings of Egypt were crowned in fact (as in the example of Alexander the Great who declared that he was crowned in Luxor, but still no real evidence that proves he traveled to the south of Memphis. After that, you will be transferred to your hotel in Luxor for check-in and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Take your breakfast at your hotel in Luxor then you will meet your licensed tour guide and personal driver to resume our Egypt Travel Packages and enjoy the East Bank of Luxor tour by visiting the fabulous Karnak temples, the best example of the grandeur in the history of Egypt. It was constructed from the beginning of the Middle Kingdom to the Greco-Roman Kingdom by many pharaohs. Also, you will start the west bank of Luxor tour, Hatshepsut Temple in Deir Al-Bahari is your first stop, Hatshepsut Temple was created out of limestone to memorialize the achievements of Queen Hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty and also as a funerary temple and shrine for Amun Ra. Valley of the Kings and Colossi of Memnon before moving to Hurghada by land for about 3 hours drive to overnight in your Hurghada hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Take your tasty breakfast, then you will experience your unusual Hurghada day tours with our trip underwater for two hours on board Sindbad Submarine to enjoy watching the different kinds of marine life and beautiful corals reefs, and colorful fish species on the Red Sea water, the single Middle Eastern submarine with a space of forty-four customers and has a team of two navigators will take us for a pleasant tour under the Seawater. It goes 22 meters deep below the sea level where you can see different kinds of marine life. It is not necessary to be scuba diver. When you finish you will be transferred back to the hotel in Hurghada.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

This is a free day in Hurghada! Enjoy your tasty breakfast at the hotel, and spend your day as you wish at leisure or you can experience one of our optional Hurghada day tours. Overnight in Hurghada.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After your breakfast, you are going to be transferred to Hurghada Airport to catch your flight to Cairo International Airport and have a lot of choices to do for the rest of the day. You can have a Cairo shopping tour at one of the oldest markets in the Middle East, Khan El Khalili Grand Bazaar which is the best place famous for the Islamic Cairo trips, or you can simply have a blissful Nile cruise dinner in Cairo aboard a sailing restaurant while enjoying a unique dance show, an interesting Coptic Cairo tour is available as well, and can be booked by the help of your personal tour manager. Overnight in Cairo hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will be transported to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.

We hope you enjoy our 12 Days Cairo, Alexandria, the Nile, and Hurghada Travel!

Meals: Breakfast