On Arrival, our Representative will greet you; he will wait you holding sign of Abou el Houl Tours. He will assist you through your Egypt entry visa process if required, then you will moved to your hotel.
Overnight in Cairo.
Firstly, you will be waiting by our expert to tour guide as you will be transferred by private air-conditioned car to begin your amazing day by visiting The Egyptian Museum, containing the world’s most extensive collection of pharonic antiquities where you can also feel the power of the beautiful artifacts and the magic of Ancient Egypt.
In total the museum exhibits some 150,000 artifacts which tell us 5 Thousands years of ancient civilization .The most famous masterpieces at the museum {Collection of King Tutankhamun –Queen Hatshepsut –King Akhenaten }
Then you will be amazed by visiting The Giza Pyramids as Giza plateau is the most important archeological site in the world because it houses The Great Pyramid one of ancient seven wonder as it was constructed around [2580 -2560 BC], The Great Sphinx the most recognizable construction in the history as it was sculptured from sand stone, shaping lion body with a face of king, built during king khafre reign.
The valley temple attributed to king Chephren as it was served for two functions Firstly the purification of the mummy before its burial, Secondly it was used for making the Mummification process of the king.
At the ending of this great tour you will be transferred in comfort to the train station {sleeper train}in order to travel to Aswan.
Overnight:” sleeper train to Aswan”.
Our licensed Egyptologist Tour guide will Join you to visit one of the visit The East Bank Of the Nile where is the centre of the town and the most popular temples as Karnak Temple & Luxor Temple.
Karnak Temple consists of many temples that were built over a number of years. You can see through your visit their The Hypostyle Hall, filled with 134 gigantic stone columns, The Great Court, Rameses the 3rd chapel, Thutmosis the 2nd Hall ,The Sacred Lake & Two Obelisks belongs to Queen Hatshepsut and king Thutmosis 1st .
Luxor Temple, That dates from around 1392 BC. It is close to the Nile laid out parallel to the river bank .This temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship as The Hypostyle Hall of the temple was converted into A Christian Church during the Christian Era.
After that we will visit the Birth ROOM, The Chapel of Alexander The Great, The Sanctuary, Pylon of Ramses the 2nd and Court of Ramses the 2nd.
The Colossi of Memnon Consisting of two massive monumental statues that represent King Amenhotep III, looking towards the Nile River.
After the ending of this great tour you will be transferred to your Cruise accommodation.
Overnight in Cruise
Your tour guide will be waiting for you at the cruise, ready to transfer you by private A/C vehicle to visit The WEST Bank “Great capital of Egypt during New kingdom”. So you will visit Valley Of The Kings as it’s rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaoh’s and powerful nobles.
It is also site of Royal burials since around 2100 BC & has 63 magnificent royal tombs where we can access to see the tombs with its wonderful wall paints.
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, is one of the most mortuary temples that appears in painted reliefs decorating the walls & columns. Its construction took 15 years of her reign.
Tombs Of Pharaoh’s as it’s considered the best preserved tombs to be found in the valley & had identical design description The Journey To Afterlife.
Necropolis Of Thebes which is the most popular archaeological site in Upper Egypt & you tour guide will take you on a brief trip around it.
The Next stop will be at the Temple Of Deir El Bahari, One of the most charachterisic temples in the whole of Egypt due to its design and decoration.
After the ending of this great tour you will be transferred to your Cruise accommodation by comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
Overnight in cruise.
Our licensed Egyptologist Tour guide will Join you to visit one of the most beautiful and preserved temples in Upper Egypt {Edfu Temple or Temple of god Horus}.It dates back to Ptolemaic era and its size reflects the relative prosperity of that time.
This temple dedicated to Falcon God Horus and Hathor of Dandera as it was the centre of several festivals sacred to Horus. Each year “Godess Hathour travelled south from her temple at Dendera to visit God Horus at Edfu” That was considered the sacred marriage.
Then back to the cruise to sails to Luxor, while you can enjoy the top decks amazing views of the Nile River.
Lastely, the cruise sails to Komombo Temple which dates to the Greco-Roman century and it is featured with its marvelous setting directly overlooking the Nile. This temple dedicated to 2 gods”God sobek & God Horus”
In the evening the cruise has a Galabya party.
Overnight in cruise.
Our Egyptologist tour guide will wait you to transfer you to begin your tour by a private A/C vehicle.
At the beginning, you will visit The High Dam of Aswan which is one of the most important achievements & symbol of the revolution era “1952”.Today it provides Egypt with water, electricity and secures the country from the risk of the destructive inundation of the Nile River.
THE NEXT STOP will be at Philae Temple that located on Philae Island, in the middle of the Nile River. The ancient Egyptians built a magnificent temple for the Goddess ISIS &it has a huge pylons decorated with beautiful scenes.
Then be taken to the ancient stone quarries to see the unfinished Obelisk.
After the ending of this great tour you will be transferred to your Cruise accommodation.
Overnight in Cruise
Open day at your leisure in Aswan.
After the ending of this great tour you will be transferred to Aswan train station to tevel to Cairo by sleeper train.
Overnight :sleeper train to Cairo.
Day 7 Option* Abu Simbel Temple Tour.
The two temples of this complex were built in the 13th century B.C during the reign of king Ramses 2nd.The temple has 6 Colossal statues on its facade {4 showing the powerful king Ramses the 2nd & 2 showing queen Nefertari}.
It consists of 2 huge temples {The Great temple & the small temple} both were carved into the mountain side.
In present times yearly at 21st of February and 22nd of October, the sun’s rays would find its way directly into the inner sanctuary.
These two dates are traditionally thought to correspond with the birthday & the coronation day of the pharaoh.
Your tour guide will be waiting for you at your hotel.
Firstly , you will be amazed by visiting Memphis which was the capital of ancient Egypt for several centuries and an important center for political administration & religion.
The remains of ancient Mempgis could be appear on the largest limestone statue of King Ramses the 2nd , our Egyptologist tour guide will reveal you the story of Memphis where Alexander the Great was crowned at the temple of god Ptah.
While our following stop will be at Saqqara,The most extensive archaeological site in Egypt where the Step Pyramid Of King Zoser is dominated. This site attracted a large number of royal & high burials.The Step Pyramid was the tomb of King Zoser and it is considered to be the earliest major stone structure erected in Egypt, surrounded by the tombs of his nobles and officials.
Tomb of Mereruka which features a unique paintings for the daily activities in ancient Egypt like {fishing, inspicting workmen for the goldsmith & necklaces}
Tomb of Kagemni , That was discovered in 1893 and its walls have an attractive scenes featuring{Dancing girls , Hunting in the marches and cattle crossing ford}
Pyramid of Teti the 1st”The ruler of the 6th dynasty”.
Mastaba of Ti as it is one of the best decorated examples of funerary architecture in Egypt.
Pyramid of Unas the last king of the 5th dynasty, it’s central chamber are covered with inscriptions called “The Pyramid Texts” the oldest known Egyptian religious texts.
Imhotep’s Museum which dedicated to the Egyptian architect Imhotep {the builder of the step pyramid of king Zoser}.
The serapeum houses the rock-cut underground burial chambers of the Apis bulls, The sacred bull of God Ptah. Twenty of these chambers are still contain the sarcophagus of the Apis bull mummy
Our last stop will be at Dahshur, home of the ever first complete Pyramid. The excavations of Dahshur revealed the remains of 7 Pyramids &Tomb complexes,2 of these Pyramids have been completely destroyed by times such as the Black Pyramid.
While the Red Pyramid & the Bent Pyramid are a massive evidence of the architectural development that lead to the construction of the Great Pyramid. Both were constructed by king Senfru{The Father of King Khufu}
The Bent Pyramidis called “The transitional Pyramid” because the angle of its sites changes due to an engineering crisis during construction.
The second Pyramid at the site is the Red Pyramid which was the first smooth sided pyramid ever constructed and also the 3rd largest pyramid after the Pyramids of Khufu & Khafre.
At the ending of this great tour you will be transferred to your accommodation by comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
Overnight in Cairo
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, then you will be transferred to Cairo Airport in time for your departure.