Welcome to Egypt & start of your holiday! Upon arrival at Cairo airport Our representative will be waiting for you inside the terminal before visa & immigration office and will be holding a sign with our company name “Rich Holidays“ help you obtain your visa, go through passport control and help you to get your luggage and finally guides you to the outside (exit) of the terminal where will you be met by your driver who will transfer your to your hotel, Overnight.
Meals: None
Today you will drive to Giza Plateau for a private guided tour of the pyramids of Giza including the pyramid of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, the Great Sphinx and Khafre’s Valley Temple by using shuttle bus, then Lunch will be served in one of the local restaurants, followed by a visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum where most of the fabulous treasures of the Pharaohs especially the treasure of Tutankhamun Amon is kept as well as the solar boat, then transfer back to your hotel.
Overnight at your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch
We’ll pick you up from your hotel and drive to the Citadel for a private guided tour of Salah al-Din’s 12th century fort: built to defend the city against Crusader attacks and the seat of government for almost 700 years. Visit the mosque of Muhammad Ali, it dates back to 19th century and enjoy a panoramic view of the city from the Citadel’s terrace, then the Lunch will be served in one of the local restaurants, followed by a visit to the old Coptic area including the Hanging Church, the Church of Sergius & Bachus and Ben Ezra Synagogue, then will transfer you to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar Which is located in the heart of Islamic Cairo, then transfer to your hotel.
Overnight at your hotel
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch
We’ll pick you up from your hotel and drive to Alexandria for private guided tours of its most famous sites.
We’ll start with Pompey’s Pillar: a 30-metre-high Roman triumphal column that overlooks the ruins of the once-glorious ancient city of Rhakotis - the settlement upon which Alexandria was built. Erected by the emperor Diocletian in AD 291, it was renamed by locals in memory of the great Roman general after his murder at the hands of Cleopatra’s brother.
Drive to the Catacombs of Kom al-Shokafa, not only one of the last major constructions dedicated to the religion of ancient Egypt but also its largest Greco-Roman burial site. Originally constructed as a private family crypt which would have contained a rotunda, triclinium (a formal dining room where mourners would pay their last respects) and principal tomb chamber, the following 3 centuries saw it develop into a vast necropolis holding more than 300 remains.
Take lunch before driving to Qaitbay’s Citadel for his 15th century fort, built on (and utilizing some its stones) the site of the ancient Pharos Lighthouse - one of the wonders of the ancient world.
Drive to Bibliotheca Alexandrina for the modern version of the Great Library of Alexandria, home to the world’s second largest reading room and four excellent museums (Antiquities, Manuscript, Sadat and History of Science), then,
Return to your Cairo hotel.
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch
In the morning, your driver will transfer you to Cairo airport to catch your flight to Aswan. Once you arrive in Aswan our driver in Aswan will pick you up from Aswan airport and head to do a private tour of the High Dam and the beautifully situated Temple of Philae: dedicated to the goddesses Isis and Hathor and relocated to the Island of Agilkia during construction of the High Dam in order to save it from the waters of the dam’s lake (Nasser). End your tour with a private guided tour of the Unfinished Obelisk for valuable insights into the work and skills of the ancient stonemasons. You will then transfer to your Nile cruise for check-in before lunch, enjoy dinner on board, and overnight on board.
Meals:Breakfast ▪ Lunch ▪ Dinner
Sail to Kom Ombo for a private guided tour of one of Egypt’s most beautifully situated temples. Located on a bend in the Nile where sacred crocodiles would bask in the sun, Kom Ombo Temple is unique in Egypt for being dedicated to two gods: the local crocodile god Sobek and Haroeris (Horus the elder).
Sail to Edfu for one of Egypt’s best-preserved complexes, the Temple of Horus at Edfu. This Ptolemaic temple (built between 237 and 57 BC) was the largest of the temples dedicated to the falcon-headed god and the center of several festivals dedicated to him.
Counting sailing to Edfu. Overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch ▪ Dinner
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Following breakfast, commence your day with a visit to the renowned Edfu Temple, celebrated as Egypt’s most impeccably preserved temple. Immerse yourself in the captivating history of this majestic sanctuary devoted to Horus, the revered falcon-headed deity. According to ancient Egyptian legends, the Edfu Temple. Sail to Luxor for a private guided tour of the New Kingdom temple complex of Karnak - at its peak, the largest and most significant religious center in ancient Egypt.
Drive to Luxor Temple for a private guided tour of this complex known as the Southern Sanctuary to ancient Egyptians and dedicated to the renewal of kingship. Overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch ▪ Dinner
Breakfast and cruise check-out will be followed by a private guided tour of the legendary Valley of the Kings: burial site for 63 New Kingdom pharaohs, royal family members and nobility whose richly decorated chambers were furnished with every conceivable necessity for the after-life - from chariots, furniture and tools to food offerings, servants, statues and weapons.
Drive to Deir al Bahari for a private guided tour of Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple. Built in the mid-15th century BC, this rather modern looking temple blends harmoniously into the limestone cliffs from which it is partly hewn and had twin functions: the main east-west axis served as the sanctuary of Amun-Ra’s barque (a vessel used in the after-life) while the north-south axis represented the life cycle of the pharaoh from coronation to rebirth, then Lunch will be served in one of the local restaurants. Drive to your hotel in Hurghada by AC vehicle.
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch▪ Dinner
Free day at leisure
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch▪ Dinner
Free day at leisure
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch▪ Dinner
Today, after checking out, we will transfer you to Cairo by AC vehicle.
Meals: Breakfast
Today, after checking out, we will transfer you to Cairo Airport to catch your flight back home!
Tour ends!
Meals: Breakfast
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