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
After breakfast, enjoy an excursion by a modern air-conditioned vehicle to the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus. Then the Sphinx and the Valley Temple. After that proceed to Memphis, the first capital in Egypt and Saqqara complex. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 3
After breakfast, travel by 4x4 vehicle to Bahariya Oasis. Walk around the old village of the oasis and see the groves of palms and fruit trees. Local tour to the hill top ruin ‘the English House’, the Temple of Alexander and the Golden Valley of Mummies. Overnight in Bahariya.
Day 4
Safari trip 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 and petrified wood in the Valley of Agabat. Upon arrival at the White Desert, tour to the amazing rock formations, watch the sunset, and camp under the stars in this paradise of tranquility. Bedouin dinner in the desert. Overnight in camp.
Day 5
Travel to Farafra Oasis and tour around to see the palm groves and hot springs, as well as the old village of traditional mud-brick houses, and local artist Badr's unique mud brick museum. Then tour to the lush Dakhla Oasis, surrounded by rose-colored cliffs. Overnight in Dakhla Oasis.
Day 6
Desert 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 on to Kharga Oasis, also famous for its hot springs. Visit Qasr el Labeka - a Roman fortress on the old caravan route. Overnight in Kharga.
Day 7
Travel by an air-conditioned vehicle to Luxor. Upon arrival pay a visit to Luxor Temple and Karnak Temples. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 8
After breakfast enjoy an excursion to Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 9
In the morning transfer to Luxor train station for departure to Aswan. Experience a day’s sightseeing in Aswan. Starting with the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk, then on to the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is dedicated to goddesses Isis and Hathor. Back to hotel and overnight in Aswan.
Day 10
Trip by coach to the impressive Temples of Ramsses II at Abu Simbel. Then return to Aswan railway station for departure to Cairo by first class sleeper train overnight.
Day 11
You will be met and assisted at Giza train station and transferred to your hotel. Free day and overnight in Cairo.
Day 12
Visit old Coptic Cairo where you can see the Hanging Church, where the nave is suspended from the old Babylon fortress; the Church of St. Barbara, the 4th century Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius & Bacchus), as well as the Jewish Synagogue. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.
Day 13
Breakfast, free day of leisure, optional dinner cruise can be offered upon request. overnight in Cairo.
Day 14
Breakfast, and transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.
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