Egypt and the Nile Luxury Package (10 days)

There is no doubt that the Giza pyramids are on top of the bucket list of millions of people all over the world. Egypt tours gate will bring your dream to reality. Listen to your guide talking about the Egyptian Pharaohs, gods, goddesses and mythology and mummification. Your private Egyptologist guide will be happy to answer all your questions and explain all the history and the mystery of the pyramids. Learn about the process of mummification. You will have full time to do some included activities such as entry to the chambers and visiting the sun boat museum. Follow your guide steps to visit the Sphinx and the valley temple. After having lunch in a local restaurant, you will return to the hotel.

After having your breakfast in hotel, transfer to Cairo Airport for domestic flight to Luxor, visit during Luxor day tours the Karnak temple, the Valley of kings where you can enter Tut Ankh Amon tomb, the Valley of queens and the temple of queen Hatshbsut,

Drive north away to Dendra. Like some other temples, the temple of Hathor at Dendra was built during the Ptolemaic period. Hathor in the Egyptian mythology was the goddess of joy, love and motherhood. With your private guide, you will the temple one of the most well preserved among Egyptian religious complexes. 
Keep an eye on the very beautiful scenes such as the representation of the goddess Nut, and the zodiac on the top of the temple. You will admire the good carvings in the crypt at the rear part of the temple behind the sanctuary.
At the end of the tour, you will drive back to Luxor to visit Luxor temple.

Continue sailing during Aswan day tours, stop at Edfu temple, and later visit Kom Ombo. The Greek dedicated the temples to Horus at Edfu and another temple for both Horus (the falcon) and Sobek (the crocodile) in Kom Omb.

Leave the cruise with Your Egyptologist tour guide to visit highlights of Aswan. Your first stop will be at the temple of Philae. Philae temple is a picturesque landmark in Aswan. The temple that was dedicated to goddess Isis, is reached through a short motorboat ride. Then, visit the High dam in Aswan. The dam built between 1960- 1970. It provided the country with water storage for farming and development. Later, you will visit the unfinished obelisk and granite quarry. This obelisk is still lying in its original place because of the crack found. If it had ever been erected, this obelisk would have been the largest one of Ancient Egypt and would have reached a stunning height of 42 meters; it is nevertheless the largest known monolith of Ancient Egypt, and one of the largest in the world, with an estimated weight of 1,160 tons.

Check out from the Nile cruise and fly to Abu Simbel to visit the two temples of Ramses II. The village e known as Abu Simbel in Aswan has the two massive rock temples of Ramses II. Never miss the Chance if you have enough time to visit this great archeological site. A drive of 4 hours from Aswan and you will explore the big temple of Ramses II dedicated to Ra Hr Akhty. The smaller temple of his wife Nefertari was for Hathor. The temples are carved from the mountainside 1200 B.C. Enjoy the visit with your Egyptologist guide who will explain the history and relocation of the temple as well as the victory of the king in Kadesh battle. Enjoy the history of the two temples and the stories on the wall reliefs with your private tour guide. After the end of the tour, you will fly back to Cairo.

Enjoy an interesting visit to the Egyptian museum. You will be captivated by the most famous and largest art collection in the world. The treasures found in king Tut Ankh Amun tomb are the top attractions among the exhibits. Your private live guide will explain the highlights and give you the chance to have some private free time to explore more of the museum and you will visit the royal mummy. Then, you will visit the mosque of Sultan Hassan built in 1356. Finally go for an interesting visit to Khan El Khalili, the biggest and oldest market in Cairo. Follow your Egyptologist steps while walking through the narrow alleys and lames of the market. Feel the welcoming and warmth of the locals when sitting with your guide and having a drink at the oldest coffee shop in Cairo: EL FISHAWY (1710). Although the market was the best place for shopping and buying authentic Egyptian souvenirs, nowadays hardly you can find those but your guide will give you advice of what to do there. Ask your guide about the bargaining ways in the market for an interesting Cairo day tours.

The great experience of your package will go on to Sakkara. In this famous archeological site, you will explore the complex of the oldest of all the pyramids. The Step pyramid, which is 4800 years old. Your guide will accompany you inside one of the tombs dedicated to the nobles. Later, drive to Memphis. Enjoy exploring the ruins of the city in the open-air museum where the second largest Sphinx is on display. Stare with wide-open eyes at the colossus of Ramses II. This statue show how the art of sculpture reached the point of perfection at that time 1200 B.C Surely, your guide will explain the history of each piece on display. At the end of your impressive experience, drop off back to your hotel.

After having your breakfast in hotel, transfer to Cairo Airport for your final departure.