Day 1 in Cairo
Arrival at Cairo airport. After you clear
customs and collect your luggage, a our
representative will meet you and assist with the
transfer to your hotel.. Check in and overnight
at hotel in Cairo.
Day 2 in Cairo
Breakfast at hotel. Visit the Giza plateau with
the three major pyramids: Cheops, and Chefren
Mykerinos and the Sphinx, lion-headed human
embodying the king or the god as a vengeful.
Then visit the necropolis of Sakkara with the
famous pyramid of King Djoser degrees, the
pyramids royal funerary texts, the mastabas ....
And to finish the day visit Memphis, a colossus
of Ramses II in alabaster beautiful
dimensions.night in hotel
Day 3 in Cairo / Alexandria
Breakfast at hotel. Early the morning,Our
private A/C car and Private Tour guide will pick
up you at hotel and drive in direction of
Alexandria (approximately 3h of road).
This city built into 332 before JC by Greek
architect Dinocrates on order of Alexander the
Great. Visits of the fortress of Qayet bai
recently restored. Passage to the column of
Pumped, visits of the catacombs of Kom El
Shuqqaffa (Ir and II century. a. J. - C.) and
its hypogean on several levels, which are among
the most important Roman burials in Egypt. Lunch
in a local restaurant. Visits of the
amphitheatre Roman of Egyptian women el-Dick,
released in 1963, pilot single of the many
places of spectacles built in Alexandria. Then
Visit of the famous library of Alexandria
building with the futurist architecture (library
and interesting archaeological museum). Returnto
Cairo at the end of the visit. overnight at
hotel.
Day 4 in Cairo / Aswan
breakfast in hotel.Visit the Citadel of Saladin,
with his pregnant mosque of Mohamed Ali. Then
the Coptic district, this district is older than
the city itself must be seen to get an idea of
the atmosphere in which the early Christians
living in Egypt. Hanging Church & Ben-Ezra
Synagogue. Finish with a visit to the Museum of
Egyptian Antiquities, founded in 1857 by French
Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, which houses more
than 250,000 rooms including the fabulous
treasures of Tutankhamen.The night, transfer to
Train Station for catch the sleeper train in
direction of Aswan. Dinner and overnight in
train.
Day 5 in Aswan
Breakfast in train. Morning arrive to Aswan,
welcome by our representative and Visit of the
Temple of Philae, dedicated to the worship of
the goddess Isis, then the granite quarry with
the Unfinished Obelisk and finally the High Dam
Nasser giving birth to the Lake Nasser. Transfer
to your boat, installation in your cabin. Lunch
on board. Departure of the boat for Luxor.
Dinner on board followed by an oriental evening
(with oriental entertainment: Nubian dancer and
traditional music). Overnight on board.
Day 6 in kom ombo / Esna
Breakfast on board. Visit of the Temple of Kom
Ombo, the peculiarity of which is to be
dedicated to two divinities: Sobek (in head of
crocodile) and Horus (in head of hawk).
Navigation towards Edfu. Lunch on Board.
Departure in carriage for the visit of the
Temple of Edfu, the holy city of Horus and the
temple built in its honor. This temple in the
extravagant dimensions is the best preserved
wide Egypt. Navigation until Luxor. Dinner and
Overnight on board.
Day 7 in Esna / Sharm El-Sheikh
Breakfast on board. Discovery of the Valley of
Kings, where most of the Pharaohs of the XVIIIth
in the XXth dynasty were interred and the Valley
of the Queens, is the necropolis of the royal
wives, the girls, sometimes the sons) of kings
of the XIXth and XXth dynasties. Then
continuation towards two impressive Giants of
Memnon, last vestiges of the gigantic funeral
temple of Amenhotep III which does not exist any
more nowadays. And finally the visit of the
Temple of Hatshepsut, the funeral temple of
Hatshepsut, dedicated to the god Amon, but also
to the gods Anubis and Hathor. This Theban
temple is unique and distinguishes itself from
the other temples because it is partially dug in
the rock of the Theban Mountain in which it
leans, and amounts on three terraces connected
by slip roads. Check out room before noon.
Afternoon, transfer to domestic airport for
catch the flight to Sharm El Sheikh Flight
Luxor/Sharm El Sheikh. Arrive to Sharm El
Sheikh, welcome and transfer to your hotel.
Dinner and Overnight at hotel.
Day 9 in Sharm El-Sheikh
Breakfast at hotel. The day is free to enjoy the
beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 10 in Sharm El-Sheikh
Breakfast at hotel. The day is free to enjoy the
beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
(optional) St. Catherine village to visit famous
Monastery of Saint Catherine, which has been in
existence in the depths of the Sinai desert
since the sixth century. The Byzantine church
has been preserved here since its construction
in 542 AD. Moses Well can still be seen near the
monastery Church. After the visit of the
monastery, drive to Dahab village where lunch
will be served. Overnight at Sharm.
Day 11 in Sharm El-Sheikh
Breakfast at hotel. The day is free to enjoy the
beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 12 in Sharm El-Sheikh
Breakfast at hotel. The day is free to enjoy the
beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 13 in Sharm El-Sheikh / Cairo
Breakfast at hotel. Today we will be transferred
to the airport for your flight back to Cairo.
Flight Sharm El Sheikh/Cairo. Arrive to Cairo,
welcome by our representative and transfer to
your hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Day 14 in Cairo
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer from the hotel to
Cairo airport for final departure.
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