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Egypt Complete Tour
Tour Highlights
Description: 12 day-/ 11 nights tour
Itinerary in details:
Day 1: Arrival in Cairo Arrival at Cairo airport, assistance during entry visa formalities. Transfer and overnight in the hotel in Cairo.
Day 2: Visit of Cairo After breakfast, the excursion programme starts with the Egyptian Museum. Then you visit the Pyramides of Gizeh and the Sphinx. Night in the hotel in Cairo.
Day 3: Cairo - Bahariya Oases - White Desert In the morning we leave in the direction of the desert towards the Bahariya oasis. Lunch at Minamar Hotel. Excursion by Jeep 4x4 in the White Desert. On the way we pass through the Black Desert, Agabat and the Crystal Mountain. Barbeque dinner and night in tents in the desert.
Day 4: White Desert - Bahariya Oasis Return to the Bahariya oasis. Transfer to the hotel and lunch. Afternoon, time off or in option a local tour of the Bahariya oasis to visit the Roman tombs, the Museum of the Golden Mummies, Alexander the Great Temple and a source of hot water. Night in the hotel in Bahariya.
Day 5: Bahariya Oasis - Cairo - Aswan Departure to Cairo. After lunch, free afternoon. At the end of the day, transfer to the train station of Cairo and embarkation on the sleeping train to Aswan. Dining and overnight on board of the train.
Day 6: Aswan Breakfast on board of the train and arrival in Aswan. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon a pleasant navigation by felucca around the Elephantine Island. Night in the hotel in Aswan.
Day 7: Aswan - Kom Ombo In the morning, visit of the high Dam and the Philae Temple, dedicated to Isis Goddess. In the afternoon transfer to your felucca and navigation until Kom Ombo. Dining and overnight on board of the felucca.
Day 8: Kom Ombo - Luxor Breakfast on board of the felucca. Visit of Kom Ombo's Temple and transfer by private car towards Luxor passing through Edfu, where we visit the Edfu Temple. Night in the hotel to Luxor.
Day 9: Luxor Visits of the Karnak Temples and the Luxor Temple. Free afternoon in Luxor. Night in the hotel in Luxor.
Day 10: Luxor - Cairo Visit of the Theban Necropolis: the Kings' Valley, the Queen Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossuses of Memmon. Transfer to Luxor train station and return by sleeping train to Cairo. Dining and overnight on board the train.
Day 11: Cairo Breakfast on board of the train. Arrival in Cairo and visit of the Sakkarah necropolis. The visit leads us then towards the Islamic part of Cairo. The Citadel with its alabaster Mosque control in an impressive way the profile of the city. The evening, you will stroll in the famous bazaar of Khan El Khalili. Night in the hotel in Cairo.
Day 12: Departure from Cairo Transfer to the airport in Cairo and return flight.
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Meals:
Tour in the oases: full board § 3 nights hotel 3 * in Cairo § 1 night tent in the white Desert § 1 night hotel in Bahariya § Return, sleeping train, 1. classe § 1 night hotel 3* in Aswan § 1 night on bord of the felucca § 2 nights hotel 3* in Luxor § Camping equipment in the desert (tents, sleeping bags..) and Jeep § All transfers (private, in air conditioned minibus, with driver) & English speaking guide § All taxes § Entry fees for the sites § For the formalities and the safety of our customers, we inform the Ministry of the Egyptian Tourism of our programmes.
Price excludes:
§ Flights § Visa expenses (approx. 18 € on arrival) § Tips
Information:
§ This trip is private; it is possible to start at any time of the year.
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