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, drive to Alamein, the site of a great battle during WW II, and visit the WW II Museum and Cemetery. Drive on to the beautiful bay of Marsa Matrouh on the Mediterranean Coast. Overnight in Marsa Matrouh.
Day 3
Drive to Siwa Oasis. Visit the old fortified town of Siwa, then see the ancient tombs in the Mountain of the Dead as well as the Temple of Amun which was dedicated to God Amon also called the oracle temple where Alexander the Great consulted the oracle. Overnight in Siwa.
Day 4
Enjoy an excursion to the springs of Siwa, and bath in the bubbling pool, Cleopatra's Bath. Overnight in Siwa.
Day 5
Drive to Bahariya oasis and overnight in Bahariya Oasis.
Day 6
Breakfast, enjoy your visits in Bahariya Oasis. Enjoy a tour around the old village 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. Then onto the 'Golden Valley of Mummies' from the Graeco-Roman period, then visit the Tombs of the Nobles. In the evening, visit the village and shops and overnight at Bahariya.
Day 7
Take off 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, the petrified wood and volcanic rocks in the Valley of Agabat. Camp in the mystical silence of the White Desert, watching the stars. Bedouin dinner and entertainment.
Day 8
Drive to Farafra Oasis where you can 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 move onto the lush Dakhla Oasis, surrounded by rose-colored cliffs. Overnight at Dakhla.
Day 9
Enjoy a trip to the Roman temple Deir El Hagar in its serene surroundings and the Roman burial ground Mezzawaqqah. Overnight at Dakhla.
Day 10
Move onto Kharga Oasis to visit Qasr el Labeka - a Roman fortress on the old caravan route, and the oasis' ethnic museum. Then visit the Roman Temple of Hibis as well as the early Christian cemetery with its chapels painted with murals at Bagawat, nearby. Overnight at Kharga.
Day 11
Breakfast, enjoy an excursion to the Temple of Nadura, a romantic Roman ruin in the desert. From there, move on to the Temple of Dush, dedicated to Isis and Serapis, and see Baris Oasis. Overnight at Kharga.
Day 12
Travel by road to Luxor. Upon arrival enjoy the East Bank to discover the magnificent Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 13
After breakfast cross the Nile to visit the Valleys of the Kings and Valley of the Queens, the Temple of Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. In the evening transfer to Luxor train station taking the sleeper train to Cairo.
Day 14
In the morning meet & assist at Giza train station and transfer to hotel and overnight in Cairo.
Day 15
Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.
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