Day 1
Memphis Tours representative will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport, and handle all your procedures through passport control, luggage area & customs formalities. Then you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2
Breakfast, enjoy an excursion to the Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus as well as the Sphinx and Valley Temple. Then visit the Egyptian Museum to see the vast pharaonic artifacts. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 3
Drive to Bahariya Oasis. Enjoy a tour around the old village of the oasis and see the groves of palms and fruit trees. Then a trip to the ruin on a hill, 'the English House' at sunset and enjoy the panoramic view. In the evening, visit the village and shops. Overnight at Bahariya.
Day 4
Move on to the White Desert, passing through the Black Desert and the Valley of El Haize with its hot spring. Stop off to see the quartz crystal at Crystal Mountain and the volcanic rocks in the Valley of Agabat. Camp in the mystical silence of the White Desert, watching the stars. Dinner with Bedouin entertainment.
Day 5
Travel to Farafra Oasis and enjoy a tour around this oasis to see the palm groves and hot springs as well as the old village with its traditional mud-brick houses, and local artist Badr's unique mud brick museum. Move onto the lush Dakhla Oasis surrounded by rose-colored cliffs. Overnight in Dakhla oasis.
Day 6
Trip around Dakhla Oasis, the last place in Egypt where the water wheels, driven by buffaloes, are constructed. Visit the Roman temple Deir El Hagar in its serene surroundings and the Roman burial ground Mezzawaqqah. Travel to Kharga Oasis, also famous for its hot springs. Visit Qasr el Labeka - a Roman fortress on the old caravan route. Overnight in Kharga oasis
Day 7
Visit the oasis' ethnic museum. Then see the Roman Temple of Hibis as well as the early Christian cemetery with its chapels painted with murals at Bagawat, nearby. Travel by road to Luxor and overnight.
Day 8
Sightseeing in Luxor to see the magnificent Luxor Temple and Karnak temple, then cross the Nile to visit the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Transfer to Luxor train station. Dinner & overnight on board.
Day 9
You will be met and assisted at Giza train station and transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 10
Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.
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