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8 Day itinerary in Egypt, Africa

Best of Egypt by train

Explore Egypt in a unique way! See all the highlights this beautiful country has to offer! Immerse yourself in history, by visiting the magnificent pyramids, enjoy a cruise through High Dam & so much more!

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Overview

Physical Difficulty

Easy
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Recommended Age

Everyone

Operated in

English

GUIDANCE

On Some Day Trips

starting point

Cairo

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Meet local people

Culture & History

Nature & Wildlife

Start

Night

End

Highlights

1

Pyramids, Sphinx, Egyptian museum & Khan el Khalili

2

Alexandria sightseeing

3

Visit High Dam, Philae temple and unfinished Obelisk

4

Visit the West bank

Itinerary

High-end Accommodation expand_more

Day 1

place Arrival Cairo

Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, our representative welcomes you and assists you through the immigration process. Modern air-conditioned coaches take you to your hotel in Cairo. Your representative will ensure a smooth hotel check-in. Dinner in an oriental restaurant & optional tour of the Sound & Light Show by the Pyramids Back to the hotel & overnight in Cairo

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Barcelo Cairo Pyramids
Day 2

place Alexandria sightseeing – Cairo

Breakfast at hotel then check out and start a day tour to visit the Bombay’s’ pillars, Alexandrina Bibliotheca, Qaite Bay citadel from outside & Al Montazah Gardens Alexandrina Bibliotheca: The New Library of Alexandria, the New Bibliotheca Alexandrina is dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It is much more than a library as it contains 13 different departments. Besides, the New Library also hosts several institutions which is growing, and it is becoming the nerve center of many international and regional networks. Qaite bay Fort has been guarding the bay for centuries; at the end of the Cornish rises the crenellated walls of the Mameluk fortress built in 1480 on the site of the Alexandria lighthouse Pompeii Column and Kom el-Shuqafa Catacombs Thirty meters high and built from Aswan pink granite, the Pompeii Column is thought to have been a present from the people of Alexandria to Emperor Diocletian. Most of the remains found around the column can be been at the Greco-Roman Museum. At the top of the hill lies the entrance to the Kom al-Shuqafa Catacombs dating from the first and second centuries. They have been discovered by chance at the beginning of 20th, century. Montazah Gardens; is about 150-hectare park surrounding the palace of Khedive Abbas with its amazing architecture worth of Walt Disney. Visitors enjoy strolling in the gardens or swimming of the nice sandy beaches. Lunch can be served during the tour in an oriental / fish restaurant Drive back to Cairo, dinner at a restaurant & overnight at the hotel

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Barcelo Cairo Pyramids
Day 3

place Pyramids, Sphinx, Egyptian museum & Khan el Khalili

9:00 Breakfast we start a guided tour to visit one of the Seven Wonders the great Pyramids of Giza; (Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus) were reckoned by the Greeks to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. A single pyramid is built with 2.300.000 blocks, each weighing an average of two and a half tones. The Cheops Pyramid is more interesting, because its interior burial chambers are open for inspection by the public. Not far from the Pyramids is the Great Sphinx, which dates from the time of Chephren (2620 BC). Hewn from natural yellowish limestone and standing 65 feet-high and 187 feet-long, the statue combines the head of a Pharaoh with a lion's body. A quick visit to papyrus institute or a perfume shop can be arranged after the visit. Lunch can be served at an oriental restaurant and then drive to the Egyptian Museum for another unforgettable tour. Egyptian Museum: The present museum building was built in 1900, in the new classical style by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. The museum exhibited collections exceed 120,000 objects ranges from pre-historic era to the Greco Roman period. It has 107 halls, and the ground floor houses huge statues. After the visit of the Egyptian museum a short drive through the downtown will take you to Khan El Khalili bazaars, which is famous worldwide with its amazing narrow alleyways. The visitor can discover small restaurants and workaday cafes where Egyptians & non-Egyptians come to smoke water pipes and enjoy some of the traditional Egyptian drinks in the cafes scattered around the area. Free time at leisure till departure time to the station to board the sleeping train to Aswan. Dinner and Overnight in the sleeping train.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Sleeping train
Day 4

place Nile cruise

Embarkation followed by lunch Visit High Dam, Philae temple and unfinished Obelisk The High dam is an engineering miracle built in 1960 protecting Egypt from annual floods from the Nile, it contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The Dam is 11,811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at the base and 364 feet tall. Today it provides irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt and, together with the old Aswan Dam. Philae Temple was dismantled and reassembled (on Agilika Island about 550 meters from its original home on Philae Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project) in the wake of the High Dam. The temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its original site. Visit the unfinished Obelisk for 30 minutes it is the largest known ancient obelisk and is in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. Its creation was ordered by Hatshepsut (1508–1458 BC), possibly to complement what would later be known as the Lateran Obelisk (which was originally at Karnak and was later brought to the Lateran Palace in Rome, the obelisk's creators began to carve it directly out of bedrock, but cracks appeared in the granite and the project was abandoned. The bottom side of the obelisk is still attached to the bedrock. Dinner and overnight Nile cruise

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Nile Cruise
Day 5

place Aswan – Kom Ombo

Breakfast on board Free time at leisure Sail to Kom Ombo Visit Kom Ombo temple it was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period, the building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries, and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods, the texts and reliefs in the temple refer to cultic liturgies which were like those from that time. Sail to Edfu Dinner and overnight Nile cruise

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Nile Cruise
Day 6

place Edfu / Luxor

Breakfast on board Visit Edfu temple, it is one of the best-preserved shrines in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth, and religion during the Hellenistic period in Egypt, the Temple is nearly intact and a very good example of an ancient Egyptian temple. The Its archaeological significance and high state of preservation has made it a center for tourism in Egypt and a frequent stop for the many riverboats that cruise the Nile. Sail to Luxor Lunch on board Visit Karnak and Luxor temples Karnak temple cconstruction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom (around 2000–1700 BC) and continued into the Ptolemaic period (305–30 BC), although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom, the complex is a vast open site and includes the Karnak Open Air Museum. Luxor temple in the East bank it is a great temple complex in modern Luxor dedicated to Amun, a creator god often fused with the sun-god Ra into Amun-Ra, construction work on the temple began during the reign of Amenhotep III in the 14th century BC. Horemheb and Tutankhamun added columns, statues, and friezes, and Akhenaten had earlier obliterated his father's cartouches and installed a shrine to the Aten, However, the only major expansion effort took place under Ramses II some 100 years after the first stones were put in place Dinner and overnight Nile cruise

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Nile Cruise
Day 7

place Departure Luxor

Breakfast on board and disembarkation Visit the West bank (Valley of the kings, Temple of Hatshepsut, and Colossi of Memnon) Valley of the Kings, it is situated over 1,000 feet of limestone and other sedimentary rock, it is a long narrow defile just west of the Nile River in Upper Egypt. It was part of the ancient city of Thebes and was the burial site of almost all the kings (pharaohs) of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties (1539–1075 BCE), from Thutmose I to Ramses X. Located in the hills behind Dayr al-Baḥrī, the 62 known tombs exhibit variety both in plan and in decoration. In 1979 UNESCO designated the valley part of the World Heritage site of ancient Thebes. Hatshepsut temple it is a mortuary temple of Ancient Egypt built for the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Hatshepsut, who died in 1458 BC, the temple is located beneath the cliffs at Deir el-Bahari on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings. This mortuary temple is dedicated to Amun and Hatshepsut, It is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt. The colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned in Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Since 1350 BCE, they have stood in the Theban Necropolis, located west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor After the visit, transfer to Luxor train station to Cairo. Dinner and Overnight in the sleeping train.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • High-end Accommodation: Sleeping train
Day 8

place Arrival in Cairo and end of the trip

Upon arrival in Cairo, your trip comes to an end!

What’s Included

Accommodation expand_less

  • Barcelo Cairo Pyramids
  • Sleeping train
  • Nile Cruise

Meals expand_less

  • Breakfast (5)
  • Lunch (6)
  • Dinner (6)

Transport expand_less

  • Private transfers from / to airports in a/c vehicles as per the itinerary

Activities expand_less

  • Private full day guided tour to visit the Pyramids, Sphinx, the Egyptian museum & more
  • Private full day guided tour to visit Alexandria Library, Citadel, Catacomb and Montazah gardens
  • In Aswan - Philae Temple & High Dam & Unfinished Obelisk
  • While sailing - visit Edfu and Kom Ombo temples
  • In Luxor - The Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, the Colossi of Memnon on the West Bank

Extras expand_less

  • Meet & assist at Cairo Airport
  • I bottle of mineral water during the tours every day.

Not Included expand_less

  • Entry visa to Egypt
  • Personal Expenses
  • Entrance into any of the three Pyramids or the Mummies’ Room at the Egyptian Museum
  • Domestic airfares
  • Other Meals/Drinks

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