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Tour 8. Historical Egypt
 08 Days / 07 Nights

Day 1: Saturday 
Direct flight to Cairo, upon arrival to Cairo international airport, meets and assisted by your local ground handler English representative for visa procedures and required assistance.  Then you will be escorted to your selected Hotel via private deluxe air-conditioned coach where you will be welcome with refreshments. Check in and overnight .
Meal Plan: No meal

Day 2: Sunday  
After breakfast at the hotel, you will meet your guide in the lobby and depart to visit the famous pyramids of Giza, Sakkarah lunch at the famous Sakkarah country club.
After lunch visit Memphis
Return to the hotel and freshen up before returning to Giza to witness the fabulous Sound & Light Show.
Meal Plan: H/B 

The Pyramids of Giza: on the west of the Nile facing Cairo and on top of Giza plateau rise the three pyramids erected by Cheops, chephren and Mycerinus, guarded by the mythical statue with the body of a lion and a human head. The three Pyramids and the sphinx are considered one of the seven wonders of the world and the most important tourist site in Egypt. The great pyramid, built by king cheops (IV Dynasty), circa 2690 BC. The pyramid covers an area of 13 acres. Its height, originally 146m, has now become 137m, after the erosion of its summit. The total volume of its stones amounts to 2.5 million cubic meters. The ancient Egyptian's aim in building the pyramids was that they should serve as sepulchers for their Pharaohs to preserve their bodies, for they believed in resurrection and immortality.

The step Pyramid of Sakkarah: saqqara is the ancient site of Memphis city; hence it abounds in monuments, antiquities and tombs. It is the most ancient burial ground in ancient Egypt. It lies on a desert plateau, southwest of Cairo. Above rises the step-pyramid and mortuary compound, built by the engineer imhotep for king Zoser, the first of the III Dynasty pharaohs circa 2780 BC. The pyramid is composed of six receding Mastabas on top of other. The step-pyramid measures 123.5 by 107ms at the base and about 59ms in height. It is the first massive stone edifice known to history. The Saqqara Pyramid is considered an evolution in the concept of pyramids from the simple Mastaba to the pyramid in its present shape.

Day 3: Monday
After an early breakfast you catch a flight to Luxor and transfer to your selected hotel. Then visit the fabulous valley of the Queens before going to see the Valley of the Kings culminating in a visit to the tomb of Tutankhamen. Then it’s back to hotel for the night.
Meal Plan: B/B  

Valley of the Kings: dimensions considered, the Valley of the Kings is completely inferior as funerary complexes compared to the pyramids further north in Egypt. But the decorations here illustrate the thoughts and ideas, and the expectations for the afterworld to a degree that the pyramids do not. There are usually 30 – 40 open tombs, but the size varies a lot as well as the artistic level of the wall decorations. Most visitors will be satisfied with visiting 3 – 5 tombs, and a good experience is mostly decided by whether you can walk around a tomb by yourself or not.. 

Tutankhamen Tomb: no Tomb in the valley of the kings is more famous than this. On November 26,1922 was the unimportant and unknown pharaoh Tutankhamen pharaoh Tutankhamen (1361 – 1352 BCE) lifted up to world fame, when Howard carter and lord Carnarvon performed the official opening to the most original and complete of all king's graves in all of Egypt. The artwork and the expensive materials looted from all other graves, was still here. The Tomb constructors had managed to trick the thieves, the only time ever in the history of ancient Egypt. Practically all of moveable objects, and there were 1700 have been moved into museums. Mainly to the national museum in Cairo, but some also to Luxor museum. So what is left is actually very little.
Day 4: Tuesday
After the breakfast at the hotel, you will meet your guide in the lobby and depart to visit the East Bank: Luxor and Karnak Temples, back to the Hotel for overnight 
Meal Plan: B/B   

Karnak Temple: although most people coming out to Karnak only visit the temple of Amun, actually believing that it is named Karnak temple, there is more here. There are 03 main temple enclosures, with the temples of Mut and the Precinct of Mont in addition to Amun's inside the precinct of Amun are several more temples.
For the modern day visitor, it is clearly the temple of Amun which deserves most of the attention.

Luxor Temple: was started to be constructed around 1400 BCE by pharaoh Amenophis 3, who also depicted on the two Colossi of Memnon. Ramses 2 added large parts to the temple more than 100 years later. The fact that the temple of Luxor only has two major construction periods has contributed to a more coherent style and layout than what was the case with the temple of Amun at Karnak.

Day 5: Wednesday
After the breakfast, check out Hotel, departure by coach to Aswan to visit the High Dam, the Temple of Philae, the unfinished obelisk.
In the evening relax and enjoy a Felucca boat ride around the Elephantine Islands before returning to the hotel.
Meal Plan: B /B  

The High Dam: the world-famous High Dam was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. it is rising 7km south of the city. The High Dam, one of the biggest dams in the world, was erected to store the flood waters of the Nile whereby preventing the annual flooding which on occasions could submerge whole villages. The water is stored in Lake Nasser and then used to irrigate and reclaim new land and generate the electricity needed by industries.

 The unfinished obelisk: it is a huge obelisk incompletely carved, about 41m high and more than 1150 tons weight. It owes its importance to the fact that it shows the techniques the ancient Egyptians used in carving obelisks. There is the Fatimid cemetery which includes hundreds of tombs built of mud brick that dates back to the ninth century.

The Temple of Philae: this temple was dedicated to goddess Isis. It was over flooded by the Nile. Philae temple was dismantled and reassembled in a new site on Agilika Island, about 500 km from its former site on Philae Island

Day 6: Thursday
In the morning check out from the hotel, departure by convoy to Abs, upon arrival departure to see and explore the magnificent temples of ABS, Back to your selected Hotel for check in and short rest. Tonight, departure to attend the sound
and light show at ABS, back to the hotel ,dinner and overnight.
 Meal Plan: H/B    

Abu Simbel Temple: not only are the two temples at Abu Simbel among the most magnificent monuments in the world but their removal and reconstruction was an historic event in itself. When the temples (280 km from Aswan) were threatened by submersion in Lake Nasser, due to the construction of the high dam, the Egyptian Government secured the support of UNESCO and launched a world-wide appeal. During the salvage operation, which began in 1964 and continued until 1968, the two temples were dismantled and raised over 60m. up the sandstone cliff where they had been built more than 3,000 years before.  

Day 7: Friday
After breakfast, early flight direct or Via Aswan to Cairo, upon arrival, transfer to your selected hotel, check in and short
rest, you will meet your guide in the lobby and depart to visit the Egyptian museum of Antiquities followed by a tour at the famous bazaar of Khan el Khalili, lunch will be a very special restaurant located in the centre of
Khan el Khalili bazaar area, named after the novel price winner (Naguib Mahfouz) where he got his inspiration for his famous novels sitting in this location. A true traditional set up, that presents the local flavor and a rich selection of local starters and cuisine.
Back to the hotel and overnight.
Meal Plan: H/B 

 

Day 8: Saturday
After breakfast, check out of the hotel and meet your representative and driver in the lobby for your private transfer to Cairo airport to catch your flight back home.
Meal Plan: B   

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