14 Day Cairo Hurghada Nile Cruise Balloon and Abu Simbel

Your Egypt tour begins at your chosen hotel in Cairo. Upon arrival to Cairo Int. Airport, you will be met with our English-speaking representative who will help and assist you in all formalities. Transfer to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.

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Breakfast at the hotel. Then you will be met by our English Egyptologist tour guide to begin your first-day tour by visiting the Pyramids of Giza “Khufu, Khafre & Menkaure”, the place the greatness has been embodied in three pyramids with a limestone statue of Sphinx guarding the whole area. Then proceed to one of our local restaurant to have your lunch.

After that, you will proceed to the city of Sakkara, the place you will be so excited by exploring The Step Pyramid of king Djoser. This pyramid has a very great story when king Djoser asked his chief Architect Imhotep to create something different so that the king could be buried. As a result, the well-known Architect creates the Step pyramid, which surprised the king so much since it was considered to be a new achievement in this period. After finishing your day tour, you will transfer to your hotel in Cairo.

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Breakfast at hotel. Then our English speaking guide will meet you at the hotel to accompany you to begin your second day tour in Cairo. Your tour today is completely different and more excited, as the best of our monuments are awaiting you.

Start your tour with The Egyptian Museum, which is considered to be one of the most important museums in Egypt housing the Pharaonic monuments including those of the well-known king Tutankhamun. Lunch meal at one of our local restaurant.

After Lunch, you will be transferred to the Old Cairo area, the place you can visit the Citadel of Salah El-Din, which played a very important role in protecting Egypt, as it was considered the seat of power for more than 700 years.

Then proceed to one of the most interesting and old markets in Egypt, Khan El-Khalili, which consider one of the most wonderful bazaars in the Middle East. After finishing your day tour, you will transfer to your inn in Cairo.

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Breakfast at the hotel. Then you will start your tour to visit Islamic and Coptic Cairo. This tour is very important as you will discover the greatness of the history of Egypt. You will discover the Islamic records and the other Coptic ones.

You will visit Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque; it is the oldest intact, functioning Islamic monument in Cairo. It also survives as a rare example of the era and architecture of the classical period of Islam, i.e. the ninth and tenth centuries, for it was dominant in the Islamic world.

Then proceed to the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, which is considered stylistically the most compact and unified of all Cairo monuments. The building was constructed for Sultan Hassan bin Mohammad bin Qala’oun in 1256 AD as a mosque and religious school for all sects.

Then you will visit El Refa’i Mosque, which is separated from the mosque of Sultan Hassan by a pedestrian street. Take your lunch at one of our local restaurants.

After that, you will start your Coptic Tour, you will start with the Hanging Church, (The Church of the Virgin Mary), built into the walls of the Water Gate of the Roman fortress. It is possibly the oldest Christian church in Egypt, dating to around the 4th Century. Then you will visit the Church of St. Sergius, (Abu Serga), which legend has it is built atop one of the sites the place the Holy Family rested on their flight from Herod. Continuing on this path brings one first to the Ben Ezra Synagogue, which is Egypt’s oldest and dates to the 9th Century.

After finishing this wonderful and memorable tour, you will get back to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

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Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and check out, then we will transfer you to Cairo airport to fly to Hurghada. Upon arrival at Hurghada airport, you will transfer to your hotel and overnight in Hurghada.

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Breakfast at your hotel and a free day on your own.

Optional Excursion: Snorkeling Trip to Giftun Island: Breakfast & Snorkeling Trip at Giftun Island Hurghada: We will pick you up from your hotel for a fantastic snorkeling trip with desert island relaxation on the beautiful Red Sea, where we will do our snorkeling in different spots which are full of corals and magnificent colorful fish with a chance to swim with dolphins, enjoying the water sports activities on Giftun Island and the national park with open buffet lunch aboard the cruise then return back to the jetty and then transferred to your hotel.

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Breakfast at your hotel and a free day on your own.

Optional Excursion: Hurghada Sunset Desert Safari by Jeep 4×4: Breakfast at your hotel and then we will have a trip to Hurghada Sunset Desert Safari by Jeep 4×4):

You will be picked up from the hotel by Toyota Landcruiser 4×4 WD, then driven 35 km in the Eastern desert of Egypt to a Bedouin village for a tour to see their life, and traditions then you will ride a camel and witness the amazing sunset view with barbeque dinner, mineral water, and soft drinks included, watching stars by night while driving back from Bedouin village to your hotel.

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Breakfast at your hotel in Hurghada and check out, then we will transfer you to Luxor by a Private vehicle.

Upon arrival at Luxor, you will transfer to your hotel to relax and refresh. Evening Sound and Light Show at Karnak temple: Have you ever wondered what life have been thousands of years ago? You will know about them through the wonderful Sound and Light Show at the Karnak Temples, the greatest example of worship in history and was dedicated to the God Amon, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu. It was constructed from the start of the Middle Kingdom to the Greco-Roman Kingdom.

You will be transferred to see the Karnak Temples the place you will attend the spectacular Sound and Light production. This spectacle will take about 60-minute first takes you around the temple grounds, and in the end, the last act is played while you are seated along the Great Sacred Lake. The performance relates the history of Luxor as the capital of the ancient world. Transfer back to your Hotel & Overnight Luxor.

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We will pick you up from your hotel to go to the west bank to experience balloon riding, transfer to marine, and Enjoy soft drinks before you take the motor boat to the west bank, then you will be transferred to the take-off Area the place you are going to begin your balloon trip in the sky of the biggest open-air museum (Luxor). The balloon trip takes about 40 minutes before you land again.

Then you will meet your private tour guide with your breakfast box and start your magical tour in Thebes, the sacred land by exploring the west bank of Luxor including the Valley of the Kings, which considers the royal cemetery of the Theban kings and rulers of ancient Egypt, and the location the place our Pharaohs were buried.

Enter the tomb of King Tut Ankh Amun After that, you will proceed to visit Howard Carter’s house, and visit the home that once belonged to the man who discovered the tomb of King Tut.

Then proceed to visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari. This temple is considered one of the greatest examples of Architecture in ancient Egypt because it was totally carved inside the mountain.

At the end of the tour, you will visit Colossi of Memnon, which is belonging to king Amenhotep III. After that, you will transfer to your ship to check in & have your lunch. At night, an Egyptian folkloric show will be operated by the staff. Dinner will be served overnight in Luxor.

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Breakfast on Nile Cruise. Then you will discover the East bank of Luxor including the Karnak Temples Complex, which is the largest structure ever built in the history of mankind. The principal building is that of the god Amun Ra since it was considered the house of god on the earth, the earlier structure date back to the middle kingdom, but there are some references that refer to the earlier buildings as old as the 3rd dynasty.

Later on, you will proceed to visit the Temple of Luxor, which was built by one of the kings of the 12th dynasty and completed by the well know king Ramses II. This temple was located in the heart of ancient Thebes and, like Karnak, was dedicated to the main/chief god Amun Re.

At night, an Egyptian folkloric show will be operated by the staff. Dinner will be served overnight in Luxor.

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Breakfast on the cruise. Then the guide will take you on a mysterious trip to the land of secrets. This guided tour today begins by touring one of the greatest temples in Egypt, the Temple of Horus in Edfu, which is considered to be one of the most well-preserved temples in Egypt. After that, you will revert back to your ship. Lunch will be served on board during cruising to the city of Kom Ombo.

Afternoon, you will proceed to explore the Temple of Kom Ombo, the place the two gods Sobek & Haroeris were worshipped for a while. Get back to your ship and enjoy your lunch on the sun deck, watching the unique landscape of the great river Nile. On its banks, the ancient Egyptian civilization has been created and flourished.

After the tour, you will get back to your ship, relaxation, and refresh on board. Dinner meals will be served on board during cruising to the city of Aswan. Late evening arrives in Aswan and overnight.

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Breakfast will be served on board your ship. Later on, you will join your Egyptologist tour guide to discover the great city of Aswan, including The High Dam, which has been erected by the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1960 AD to protect Egypt from the Nile flood.

After that, you will enjoy sailing on the Nile River by motor boat to reach Agilika Island, where you will visit the Temple of Philae, which was erected during the Gaeco-Roman period and was dedicated to the goddess Isis (mother of god Horus).

Finally, you will be escorted to visit one of the marvelous sightseeing in Aswan, The Unfinished Obelisk, which was made out of red granite and was dedicated to the god Amun Ra. After finishing your day tour, you will get back to your ship.

Lunch will be served on board. Afternoon tea will be served on board. At night free at leisure. Dinner and overnight in Aswan.

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Breakfast box from your Nile cruise and check out. Later on, you will be transferred by a private A-C van to Abu Simbel. The original site was known as Meha in ancient times and was first documented in the 18th Dynasty when Ay and Horemheb had rock-cut chapels hewn in the hills to the south. Upon arrival, you will proceed to visit Abu Simbel Temples, which were built by king Ramses II. The first temple (the biggest one) was built by Ramesses II and was dedicated to the famous god Rahorakhty. While the second temple (the smaller one) was dedicated to the king himself and his beautiful wife queen Nefertari.

After finishing your day tour, you will drive back toward Aswan (distance takes approx. 03 hrs by car). Then we will transfer you to Aswan airport to fly back to Cairo. Upon arrival at the airport, you will be transferred to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.

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Check out after breakfast. Our representative will pick you up. Transfer to Cairo international airport for final departure.

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