• 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 together.
• 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.
• Move to 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.
• Next, head to the Egyptian Museum, the house of the treasures of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun, as well as thousands of fascinating pieces of art.
• After your visit to the pyramids, and if you wish, you have a chance to visit a papyrus gallery, where you can enjoy the staff’s talk on how ancient Egyptians could manage to manufacture Papyrus and listen to the explanation on the symbolic meaning of some famous illustrations copied on papyrus from murals of temples or tombs. Shopping is also available at the same place (100% guaranteed)
• In the evening, your air-conditioned vehicle will take you to the rail way station to take the sleeper train to Aswan. Dinner on board sleeper train.

Accommodation:
Sleeper Train
Meals:
Breakfast (Hotel), Lunch (Local Restaurant), Dinner (On board of Sleeper train)

• Breakfast on board sleeper train & arrive at Aswan.
• Upon arrival at Aswan rail station, your air-conditioned vehicle will take you to visit Aswan High Dam & unfinished Obelisk.
• Optional Tour to Abu Simbel (Lunch box included)
• You can join an optional tour to visit the temples of Abu Simbel
• If you wish, will be accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide in the air-conditioned vehicle 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.This day’s lunch will be (lunch box)
• After sightseeing, your coach will take you to Aswan.
• Check-in your hotel

Accommodation:
4 Stars Hotel (Basma or similar).

Meals:
Breakfast (On board sleeper train), Lunch (Box)

Proceed to Luxor via Komombo & Edfu Experience the glory of ancient Egyptian Architecture: The Temples of Edfu & Kom Ombo
• Enjoy healthy breakfast, then your air-conditioned vehicle will take you to Kom Ombo to visit Kom Ombo temple (aka Subek temple) (Departure - 07:00 Am). (Nearly 1 hour by vehicle). This temple is very famous for having The Crocodile Mummies Museum, also for the Calendar relief and Medical/Surgical tools relief.
• Around 9:15 am, you will proceed by air-conditioned vehicle to Edfu (90 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 visit to Edfu, you will be transferred to Luxor for lunch and hotel check-in.

Accommodation:
4 star hotel (Iberotel Luxor or similar)

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

• Enjoy healthy breakfast, then your Egyptologist tour guide will accompany you in your air-conditioned vehicle for a full day tour in Luxor.
• West Bank:
• Visit the gigantic colossi of Memnon. These two 18 meters high statues used to stand in front of the gate of King Amenhotep III’s funerary/memorial 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.
• Lunch time: Enjoy Luxor Cuisine
• Karnak Temple: 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.
• After Karnak, 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).
• Finally you will be transferred to your Hotel.

Accommodation:
4 star hotel (Iberotel Luxor or similar)

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

• Enjoy Breakfast & Checkout of Hotel.
• Your air-conditioned vehicle will take you for a drive through the ultimately beautiful chain of Red Sea Mountains in the Egyptian Eastern (east of Nile River) desert.
• After 3 hours (with a break in the middle) you will reach the wonderful resort city of Hurghada (aka The Princess of the Red Sea)
• Spend the rest of the day relaxing by the pool or by the beach.

Accommodation:
Long Beach Resort or similar (Hurghada)
Meals:
Breakfast (Hotel), Lunch (Resort in Hurghada), Dinner (Resort in Hurghada)

• Relax by the beach or join one of our optional tours (Sunset Camel riding + Bedouin dinner, Submarine, Quad biking, etc.)

Accommodation:
Long Beach Resort or similar (Hurghada)
Meals:
Breakfast (Resort in Hurghada), Lunch (Resort in Hurghada), Dinner (Resort in Hurghada)

• Relax by the beach or join one of our optional tours (Sunset Camel riding + Bedouin dinner, Submarine, Quad biking, etc.)

Accommodation:
Long Beach Resort or similar (Hurghada)
Meals:
Breakfast (Resort in Hurghada), Lunch (Resort in Hurghada), Dinner (Resort in Hurghada)

• After having breakfast, your coach will take you to Hurghada Airport to take the flight back to Cairo.
• 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 60 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 (Resort in Hurghada)

• 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 (Hotel)