13 Days Dahabya Abu Simble Tour

Day 1: 

Cairo: Arrival

Welcome to Cairo airport!  our representative will meet and assist you through immigration and customs formalities upon your arrival. He will then take you in our a/c vehicle to your hotel in Cairo. Hotel check-in and overnight.

Day 2

Cairo: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Egyptian Museum

Breakfast at the hotel is followed by a full-day tour. In the morning you will visit  the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx: the most famous monuments of the world.

In the afternoon you will be taken to the Egyptian Museum: where thousands of artifacts are awaiting your visit. At the end of this exciting day, you will be driven back to your hotel.

Day 3

Cairo

Breakfast at the hotel is followed by a day tour to Cairo famous Churches, including The Hanging Church and the Church of St. George the Martyr, 2 churches built into the walls of the Fort of Babylon and its remains could be Cairo’s oldest structures; and the Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius), where, it is said, the Holy Family took shelter in a cave, with the church being erected her to commemorate this. This whole area is a world-famous destination for Pilgrims. Drive back to your hotel and overnight.

Day 4

Cairo

After breakfast you will be taken to the Egyptian Museum: gaze at the wonders of King Tutankhamen, including his golden death mask; stare upon the mummies of some of Egypt’s ancient pharaohs (optional visit ); lose yourself in the many rooms and galleries, where thousands of artifacts are awaiting your visit. After lunch, you will be taken to visit Salah El din citadel, Ibn Tulun, and Sultan Hassan mosques. Drive back to your hotel and overnight.

Day 5

Aswan

Breakfast at hotel and check out, then you will be transferred to Cairo airport to board your domestic flight to Aswan, upon arrival our representative will meet and assist you at the airport then transfer you to your hotel. Afternoon you will enjoy a visit to Temple of Philae, moved to the island of Agilika after the waters of Lake Nasser flooded its original location. It is then back to Aswan to your hotel and overnight.

Day 6

Aswan / Abu Simble by flight 

After breakfast, our representative will transfer you to the airport for your flight to Abu Simbel where our representative will transfer you to the temple. You will have two hours gazing in amazement at these rock-cut temples built by Ramses II. You will visit the Temple of Ramses and the Temple of Nefertari ( photography is not allowed inside). Then you will be transferred back to Airport for the flight back to Aswan. Later, you will visit the Nubian Museum and overnight

Day 7

Aswan / Nile cruise

After breakfast, you will check out your hotel then visit Kalabsha Island to see the temple of Kalabsha, Beit el Wali & Kertassi temples. After this tour, you will be transferred to your cruise boat: your floating hotel for the next 4 days. Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 8

Nile Cruise: Kom Ombo And Edfu

Breakfast on board as the boat sails towards Kom Ombo, where you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo. Back to the boat for lunch while sailing to Edfu, where you will visit the Temple of Horus. Back to the boat before it departs Edfu to Esna. Luch on board while sailing through the Esna locks. Dinner will be served while heading to Luxor.

Day 9

Luxor / Hot air Balloon / Nile Cruise

The balloon ride is an optional tour that begins with a breakfast box then you will join the sunrise Balloon ride over the West Bank of Luxor followed by visiting the West Bank then visiting the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahri finishing with Deir El Medina tombs( nobles tombs).

Drive back to your Nile Cruise for lunch, dinner, and overnight on board.

Day 10

Luxor / Dendara and Abydous/ Hurghada

After breakfast, you will check out from the cruise and our representative will transfer you to visit the magnificent Karnak, Luxor Temples, and Luxor museum. Once finished you will drive for 3 hours to visit the city of Dendara to see the Temple of Dendera which was dedicated to the goddess Hathor, goddess of love and joy. Abydos, where the ancient Egyptians believed Osiris, lord of the underworld, was buried. 

At the end of these visits, you will continue to Hurghada. Once arrived Hurghada will check-in. Stay at leisure with opportunities for optional activities as snorkeling, diving, glass boat, fishing trips, safari, and lots of other water sports activities.

Day 11

Hurghada: Stay at Leisure

After breakfast, spend a full day for sunbathing, shopping, or taking some of the many activities available to you.

Day 12

Hurghada / Cairo by Car

Breakfast, you will check-out in the afternoon, and transferred back to Cairo in our air-conditioned vehicle. Once arrived ,you will check-in at the hotel and rest for the rest of the day.

Day 13

Cairo / Alexandria

Breakfast in hotel, transfer to Alexandria by followed by our air-conditioned vehicle for 2.5-hour drive. Check-in at your hotel upon arrival. Enjoy our trip which includes; a trip to the New Alexandria Library (Bibliotheca Alexandrina); the Alexandria National Museum, which houses almost 2000 artifacts that tell the story of the city; the Citadel of Qaitbay; ruins of the Alexandria Lighthouse; and the Roman Amphitheatre, which every town in the ancient Roman Empire had. Lunch will be supplied in the middle of this, and at the end of the day, you will check-in at Alexandria hotel.

Day 14

Alexandria / Alamein / Cairo

Check out after breakfast then you will be taken, in our air-conditioned vehicle, to El-Alamein where you will see the war cemetery and museum dedicated to the 2 battles fought here during World War II. Once this visit is completed you will be driven back to your Cairo hotel. Check-in Cairo Hotel. Free evening.

Day 15

Final Departure

Your final day starts with breakfast at the hotel followed by check-out. You will then be transferred to the airport for your final departure.