EYE ON THE EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION | CAIRO - LUXOR - ASWAN 09 DAYS

DAY 01:- Arrival at airport, meets and assists through formalities, then transfer to your hotel for overnight. 

DAY 02:- After Breakfast, drive to the Pyramids of Giza. Cheops Pyramid, the largest of the three, was built in the 4th dynasty about 2690 BC, One of the seven wonders of the ancient world .In front of the pyramid of Chephren, there stands the Sphinx a lion with a Pharaoh’s head thought to be a portrait of the pharaoh Chephren.

Afternoon excursion to Old Cairo, the old Coptic churches and the oldest Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra. Continue your visit to the Egyptian Museum, famous for its antiquities from Egypt’s Pharaonic period, dates back some 50 centuries, and includes the fabulous treasures of King Tut Ankh-Amon. Later transfer back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 03 :- Leaving Cairo behind, we start a 350 km to Baharya Oasis. Upon arrival visit the temple of Alexander the great built during Alexander's lifetime and dedicated to Amun and Horus, in the afternoon, we explore the oasis which is surrounded by black hills made up of ferruginous quartzite and dolorite. Overnight in Baharya.

DAY 04 :- Visit Tombs of the nobles where Hundreds of mummies have already been excavated, and there are believed to be perhaps 10,000 in all, including nobles and kings. The cemetery dates to the Greco-Roman era, and is located very near Bawiti at the Bahariya Oasis, Some of the mummies found so far wore golden masks and had magnificent designs of ancient Egyptian gods on their chests indicate a mix of classic Roman and Egyptian styles. Then continue our tour to visit the English mountain located on a flat hill top near Bawiti is a fortification built by one Captain Williams during WW I in order to keep up with comings and goings of Libyan Senussi tribesmen.

DAY 05 :- Transfer to the airport for flight to Luxor. Arrival at Luxor then transfer to your Nile cruise, Embarkation on ship. Visit the stunning monuments of Luxor and Karnak, the greatest cities of Ancient Egypt. Overnight on the ship. All meals include.

DAY 06 :- Focus on west bank of the Nile to visit the Valley of the Kings and Deir El-Bahari, Queen Hatshepsut’s monumental rock-cut temple. Stop for pictures at the two Clossi of Memnon guarding the valley. Drive back to the ship .Sailing to Edfu .Overnight on the ship. All meals include.

DAY 07:-  Board horse-drawn carriages for a drive through Edfu to the temple of Horus with its menacing black stone statue of the Falcon god. Later, re-board your boat and sail to Kom Ombo to visit Sobek temple, then proceed sailing to Aswan. Overnight on the ship. All meals included.

DAY 08 :-  Arrival Aswan , After breakfast, enjoy an excursion to the Old Dam and the gigantic Aswan High Dam completed in 1970.Board a motor launch to the island of Philae to visit the temple of Isis. Also stop at the ancient granite quarries to see the famous Unfinished Obelisk. Overnight on the ship. All meals included.

DAY 09 :-  Disembarkation at Noon time, free at Leisure in Aswan, Late afternoon transfer to your hotel in Aswan Afternoon to airport for the final departure via Cairo.

Optional excursion to Abu Simbel. 

"The Temples of Abu Simbel, are amongst the most interesting Pharaonic Temples. Located close to the southern border with the Sudan, it is 280 km south of Aswan and consists of two, rock-cut Temples, which both date back to the reign of King Ramses II (1290- 1223 BC). Unfortunately these unique Temples suffered from the raising water of Lake Nasser while the High Dam was being built. Other countries, with the help of UNESCO, assisted Egypt to help save them the two Temples were cut in to many pieces, and then they were reconstructed again on a site 65m higher than the original location, and 200m back inland, to escape the rising water level. This great rescue operation began in June 1964 and finished in September 1968."