09 Days 08 Nights Overland Tour “Giza, Cairo , Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel” OL-8

9 Days

Overview

Our 9 day holiday Package is an opportunity to visit the best of Egypt and other popular tourist sites. You will visit Cairo and Luxor. You will also have a chance to explore Aswan, and Abu Simbel temples.

Trip Highlights

  • Available for Solo travelers
  • Fully guided & escorted tour
  • Flexible change according to your international flight schedule
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Accommodation

Visit

  • Giza: Pyramids & Sphinx
  • Sakkara: Step Pyramid
  • Dahshur: Red & Bent Pyramids
  • Cairo: Egyptian Museum, Old Cairo (The Christian District),Khan El Khalili Bazar
  • Luxor: Temples of Karnak & Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple
  • Temple of Horus (Edfu)
  • Temple of Subek (Kom Ombo)
  • Temples of Abu Simbel (Abu Simbel*Optional)
  • Aswan: Isis temple, Unfinished Obelisk, Aswan High Dam

Includes/Excludes

This Trip Includes

  • Airport meet & assistance for arrival and departure
  • Domestic Air-Ticket (Aswan-Cairo)
  • All transfers by air-conditioned vehicle
  • All sightseeing in Cairo, Luxor & Aswan
  • Entrance fees to all sites as per itinerary.
  • Qualified Egyptologist guide
  • Accommodation
  • All Transportation in private Vehicle
  • Lunch: During the tour as mentioned per itinerary
  • Bottle of water for each person everyday
  • All service charges and taxes

This Trip Exlcudes

  • International Flights
  • Tipping for guides & drivers
  • Entry visa to Egypt
  • Any Extras not mentioned.

Itinerary

• 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 (Sphinx sound & light show + Dinner) or (2 hours Nile Cruise by night including Dinner & Dancing show).

Accommodation:
Pyramids Park Resort or similar (Giza)

• Enjoy healthy 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 Sphinx (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).
• Lunch at local restaurant, enjoy Upper Egyptian cuisine.
• After finishing this day’s sightseeing, the vehicle will take you to your hotel for check-in.

Accommodation:
Iberotel Luxor (Luxor – 4 star hotel or similar)
Meals:
Breakfast (On Board Sleeper train), Lunch (Local restaurant)

• 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, 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.
• Lunch at local restaurant, enjoy Upper Egyptian cuisine.
• Go Back to your Hotel. Free at leisure.

Accommodation:
Iberotel Luxor (Luxor – 4 star hotel or similar)
Meals:
Breakfast (Hotel, Lunch (Local restaurant)

• Enjoy healthy breakfast, then you will take the Coach (Departure - 07:00 Am) to Edfu (2 hours) 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 visit, your air-conditioned vehicle will take you to Kom Ombo 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.
• After your visit to Komombo, you will be transferred to Aswan for lunch and hotel check-in.
• Lunch at local restaurant, enjoy Upper Egyptian cuisine.
• Optional tour: Falucca (Sail Boat) + Nubian village

Accommodation:
Basma Hotel or similar (Aswan)

Meals:
Breakfast (Hotel), Lunch (Local Restaurant)

• Enjoy healthy breakfast, then 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.
• Lunch: Local restaurant. Enjoy Nubian Cuisine.
• In Case you apply for 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 have lunch.
• 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.
• Transfer back to your hotel
• 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).

Accommodation:
Basma Hotel or similar (Aswan)
Meals:
Breakfast (Hotel), Lunch (Local restaurant)

• Enjoy healthy breakfast, then your guide will accompany you to visit the unfinished obelisk located inside the ancient granite quarry.
• 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 (Hotel), Lunch (Local Restaurant or Lunch Box)

• 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.

Meals:
Breakfast (Buffet at hotel)

Prices, Payment and Cancellation Policy

Prices:

1 Person (Single Supplement included):  2337 USD Per Person Type of Vehicle: Sedan

2 People: 1554 USD Per Person Type of Vehicle: Micro coach (H1 or Hi Ace)

3 People:  1346 USD Per Person Type of Vehicle: Micro coach (Hi Ace)

4 People: 1242 USD Per Person Type of Vehicle: Micro coach (Hi Ace)

5-6 People: 1180 USD Per Person Type of Vehicle: Micro coach (Hi Ace)

7-8 People: 1155 USD Per Person Type of Vehicle: Mini coach (Coaster)

9-10 People: 1105 USD Per Person Type of Vehicle: Mini coach (Coaster)

11-12 People: 1074 USD Per Person Type of Vehicle: Mini coach (Coaster)

13-14 People: 1051 USD Per Person Type of Vehicle: Mini coach (Coaster)

15 People: 1035 USD Per Person Type of Vehicle: Mini coach (Coaster)

 

  • Single room Supplement—–$260
  • Peak period Supplement per package—–$221
  • *Reduction for Child under 12 (incl. coach, extra bed, meals, entrance fees) —–$240
  • *Reduction for Child under 6 (incl. coach, meals, entrance fees)—– $360
  • *Tour fee for Child under 2 (excl. coach, meals, entrance fees, incl. domestic ticket but seat)—– $35

Reservation & Payment schedule

  • Passport data of all participants is required upon reservation
  • Deposit per person required within 14 days after booking request: 25 % of the tour fee
  • Final payment is due 30 days prior to arrival during normal season and 60 days prior to arrival during peak season
  • Final itinerary is issued within 3 days after final payment

Cancellation Policy (Except for Peak Period)

Cancellation requests should be sent via fax or emailed to provide the company with written confirmation that your reservation should be cancelled.

In case you cancel your trip, the following scale of charges will be applied:

  • 61 days prior to arrival (or more): Free Cancellation
  • 60 – 31 days prior to arrival: 25 % of Tour fee
  • 30 – 15 days prior to arrival: 50 % of Tour fee
  • 14 – 8 days prior to arrival: 75 % of Tour fee
  • 7 days prior to arrival (or less): 100 % of Tour fee

Peak Period:

Christmas & New Year: from 20 December till 07 January

Easter: from 28 March till 11 April

Cancellation Fees for Peak period

  • 91 days prior to arrival (or more): Free Cancellation
  • 90 – 61 days prior to arrival: 25 % of Tour fee
  • 60 – 31 days prior to arrival: 50 % of Tour fee
  • 30 – 15 days prior to arrival: 75 % of Tour fee
  • 14 days prior to arrival (or less): 100 % of Tour fee

Additionally, airlines charge cancellation fees for both domestic and international flights are subject to the airlines terms and conditions at the time of the booking.

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09 Days 08 Nights Overland Tour “Giza, Cairo , Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel” OL-8
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  • Available for Solo travelers
  • Fully guided & escorted tour
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