• Upon your arrival, Egyxotic Tours staff will meet and assist you for airport checkout (visa & customs), then guide you to your vehicle which will transfer you to your hotel. Spend the night at hotel in Cairo. Have a rest & get ready to the adventure starting next day.
• Night Optional tour (Sphynx sound & light show + Dinner) or (2 hours Nile Cruise by night including Dinner & Dancing show).

Accommodation
Pyramids Park Resort or similar (Giza)

• Enjoy breakfast, then head to the Pyramids area.
• The pyramids area is too wide to explore on foot, therefore the vehicle is necessary to move inside the area.
• Begin by stopping in front of the Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops). After listening to your Egyptology tour guide’s talk about the Pyramid, you will take free time (25 minutes in case you enter the pyramid, & 15 minutes in case you won’t).
• Then return to your vehicle, move to the Panorama point where you can take one photo for the three pyramids, and enjoy camel riding (if you wish)
• Return to your vehicle again and move toward Sphynx (the largest one rock sculptured statue in world’s history).
• Move to Restaurant to enjoy Egyptian cooking for Lunch.
• After Lunch, with your air-conditioned vehicle, and accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide, move a little bit to the south of the Giza Pyramids (nearly 20—24 Kms) to visit three archeological sites: Dahshur, Memphis, & Sakkara. There you will find out that Giza still has a lot to reveal.
• By visiting Dahshur you will be surprised to know that Egypt has other 2 great pyramids built 4600 years ago by King Seneferu (Cheops’s father). One of them is the bent pyramid, the other is the Red pyramid.
• Then move by vehicle to Memphis (the oldest capital in world’s History). An open-air museum is now standing in the same spot that used to embrace the temple dedicated to the ancient deity Ptah, which was worshiped as the god of art and sculpture during the ancient times. Memphis’s open-air museum is famous mainly for having the magnificent statue of Ramses II as well as the Alabaster Sphynx (second biggest sphinx statue in Egypt).
• Proceed to Sakkara by your air-conditioned vehicle to see the oldest pyramid in Egypt (step pyramid) built by King Zoser. During the past few years, Sakkara’s name has been echoing worldwide due to the successive discoveries of ancient tombs containing well preserved mummies placed inside colorful coffins.

Accommodation
Pyramids Park Resort or similar (Giza)
Meals
Breakfast (Buffet at hotel), Lunch (Local restaurant)

• Being the home for Islamic & Christian monuments, the tour in Cairo obviously carries a taste that is quite different from that of Giza, in spite of being close in distance (just on the opposite side of the Nile).
• 3rd day’s tour starts by visiting the district of Old Cairo; the home of old churches. Old Cairo district is well known for being blessed by the visit of infant Jesus & his mother during the time they spent in Egypt. Many old churches are located in this place, among which Mu’allaqah (hanging) church, and St. Sergius (aka Virgin Mary’s) church are the most popular. During your visit to Virgin Mary’s church, you will be able enter the cave of the Holy Family, which is well known for being the place that sheltered lord Jesus and Virgin Mary for two months, when they were hiding from Roman soldiers.
• Enjoy your lunch
• After lunch, head to the Egyptian Museum, the house of the treasures of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun, as well as thousands of fascinating pieces of art.
• Transfer by vehicle to the Bazar (market) of Khan El Khalili, where you can enjoy the atmosphere old market while having an outdoor seat in one of the coffee shops.
• In the evening, your air-conditioned vehicle will take you to the rail way station to take the sleeper train to Luxor. Dinner on board sleeper train.
Accommodation
Sleeper Train
Meals
Breakfast (Hotel Buffet), Lunch (Local Restaurant), Dinner (On board of Sleeper train)

• Breakfast on board sleeper train.
• Upon arrival at Luxor rail station, you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide for sightseeing of Luxor east bank (Karnak & Luxor temples).
• Dedicated to (Amun Raa) the main deity of Luxor & Egypt during ancient times, the complex of Karnak temples is known for being the biggest temple all over the world, moreover, it is the only temple which took 2000 years to be built.
• Proceed by your air-conditioned vehicle to Luxor temple to enjoy ancient architecture left by Ramses II (3300 years ago) and Amenhotep III (3400 years ago).
• After finishing this day’s sightseeing, the vehicle will take you to the Nile-Cruise for check-in & lunch.
• After lunch you will be a free to have a nap until dinner, or go for a walk by the Nile, or even both ;)

Accommodation
5 Star Nile Cruise (Princess Sarah or Similar)

Meals
Breakfast (On board of Sleeper Train), Lunch (On board of Nile Cruise), Dinner (On board of Nile Cruise)

• Enjoy healthy breakfast
• The first visit of the day will be for the gigantic colossi of Memnon (better to take its photo during the morning before the sun moves toward the west and faces your camera). These two 18 meters high statues used to stand in front of the gate of King Amenhotep III’s funerary temple. Now, the temple has collapsed into ruins, and only these two statues are remaining.
• Next, your air-conditioned vehicle will take you to Thebes Necropolis, the Valley of the Kings, where the mummies of the kings of the new kingdom were enshrined. 62 tombs were discovered until now, among them the famous tomb of Tutankhamun. Considering having been painted more than 3000 years ago, the colored murals are breathtaking. Your ticket allows you to enter 3 tombs except: Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses VI, which require extra ticket for each.
• Then you will go to visit Queen Hatshepsut’s terrace shaped, three floors, and uniquely designed funerary temple. On the walls of 2nd floor’s chapel, you will be able to see the world’s oldest record for a missionary to a foreign country.
• Finally you will be transferred to your cruise-ship.
• After having lunch on board, you have free time until dinner. The cruise-ship will start sailing toward the south.

Accommodation
5 Star Nile Cruise (Princess Sarah or Similar)
Meals
Breakfast (On board of Nile Cruise), Lunch (On board of Nile Cruise), Dinner (On board of Nile Cruise)

• Enjoy healthy breakfast, thenyou will take the horse carriage for 10 minutes to visit Horus temple (aka Edfu temple). Dedicated to Horus the Falcon, this temple is considered to be the only temple that could safely reach our time with almost no damage, almost no missing parts. Starting by the Pylon (the gate), going through the court, first and second hypostyle halls, ending by the Holy of the Holies, almost intact.
• After your 2 hours visit, your cruise-ship will start sailing to Kom Ombo. Your schedule is free until lunch. Various activities could be performed during your free time; enjoy watching beautiful sceneries on both east & west bank of the Nile while sailing, book a massage session, swim in sundeck’s pool etc…
• After lunch, you will be accompanied by your guide to visit Kom Ombo temple (aka Subek temple). This temple is very famous for having The Crocodile Mummies Museum, also for the Calendar relief and Medical/Surgical tools relief.
• The tea time will be either before or after lunch, where you can enjoy hot tea or coffee served with cakes and cookies as a complimentary from the cruise stuff.
• Dinner will be onboard. After dinner enjoy some entertainments at the lounge bar while the boat continues sailing to Aswan.

Accommodation
5 Star Nile Cruise (Princess Sarah or Similar)
Meals
Breakfast (On board of Nile Cruise), Lunch (On board of Nile Cruise), Dinner (On board of Nile Cruise)

• Enjoy healthy breakfast, then your guide will accompany you to visit the unfinished obelisk located inside the ancient granite quarry
• Next, you will be transferred by coach to the temple of Isis (aka Philae temple). Along with the pyramids of Giza and the temples of Abu Simbel, the island which embraces this temple is thought to be one of the prettiest touristic spots all over Egypt.
• Back to your cruise to have lunch, rest until dinner, enjoy dinner and entertainment offered by the cruise after dinner.
In Case you Choose to join the Optional Tour to Abu Simbel, this day’s schedule will be as follows:
• Breakfast box & early departure (around 4 AM). You will be accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide to visit the Iconic temples of Abu Simbel located 280 kilometers to the south of Aswan (3 hours by vehicle). 3300 years ago, and under precise astronomical calculations, both big temple and small temples were constructed by carving the cliff of a sandstone mountain. During 1960s, and in order not to vanish under the water of High Dam lake resulting from the building of Aswan High Dam, both temples had to be reconstructed over the very same mountain under which they used to be.
• After finishing the visit to Abu Simbel (usually takes 2 hours), the coach will take you back to Aswan.
• Upon arrival to Aswan, you will go direct to your cruise to have lunch.
• After lunch, your guide will accompany you to visit the unfinished obelisk located inside the ancient granite quarry.
• Next, you will be transferred by coach to the temple of Isis (aka Philae temple). Along with the pyramids of Giza and the temples of Abu Simbel, the island which embraces this temple is thought to be one of the prettiest touristic spots all over Egypt.
• Back to your cruise to have a rest, enjoy dinner and entertainment offered by the cruise after dinner.

Accommodation
5 Star Nile Cruise (Princess Sarah or Similar)
Meals
Breakfast (On board of Nile Cruise), Lunch (On board of Nile Cruise or Lunch box), Dinner (On board of Nile Cruise)

• The city of Aswan is very famous for perfumes and perfume glasses, if you wish, we can take you to a perfume shop. There, you can enjoy the Glass show (a demonstration of how delicate hand-made perfume glasses are manufactured), followed by an informatory session about the ancient Egyptian legacy of perfumes. In the end, you can have time for shopping (100% guaranteed quality).

• Enjoy breakfast.
• Disembark Nile Cruise.
• your coach will take you to Aswan Airport to take the flight back to Cairo.
• On the way to the airport you will pass by Aswan High Dam. From the middle point above the Dam, you can take photos of both Nile’s upper-stream (South) and lower-stream (North).
• At the airport, Egyxotic’s representative will help you with boarding-pass and luggage check-in procedures, and finally guide you to the security gate before departure hall.
• After nearly 90 minutes flight, you will arrive at Cairo Airport. There, Egyxotic’s representative will be waiting for you to guide you to your vehicle which will transfer you to the hotel.

Accommodation
Ramses Hilton or similar (Cairo)
Meals
Breakfast (On board of Nile Cruise)

• Enjoy healthy breakfast, then Egyxotic’s representative will escort you to the airport for final departure. Hotel departure time is to be set in accordance with you flight details. You can use your room until 12 PM.

Breakfast (Buffet at hotel)