Join us in Egypt!
Our tours are perfect for travellers with an idependent spirit, backpackers, and families or groups that want flexibility.
Enjoy the ease of a tour, with the freedom of independent travel.
You will have the comfort of airport transfers, in country travel, guided tours, and hotels, but without the tour bus, tour group and locked-in itinerary. Tour can start anyday, and you will have private tours to sites or join in small day tours when there are other groups. (all private tours on request)
Day 1: You will be met at Cairo airport and transfer to your selected hotel. You will have the remainder of day at leisure. Overnight Cairo.
Day 2: After breakfast, your tour in Egypt begins with a visit to the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. Your Giza tour includes a short camel ride. You will continue on to visit the stepped pyramid of Dzoser at Saqqara, the oldest stone structure in the world. You will complete your tour with a visit to the former capital at Memphis. Overnight train to Aswan.
Day 3: Arrival in Aswan and transfer to your selected hotel, you will begin with a visit to the High Dam, followed by a tour to Philae Island to the temple of Isis. Overnight Aswan.
Day 4: Your hotel will prepare a breakfast box to take with you on your early morning departure to the magnificent temples of Ramses II and Nefertari at Abu Simbel. In the afternoon you will check into your felucca and set sail to Kom Ombo. Overnight onboard.
Day 5: Enjoy a free day of sailing and relaxing on the Nile. Overnight onboard.
Day 6: After breakfast, we will drive to the the temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. You will then continue to Edfu to visit the best preserved temple in Egypt dedicated to the god Horus. Transfer by van to your Luxor Hotel. Overnight Luxor.
Day 7: You will be met in Luxor and your tour begins with the West Bank including the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossi of Memnon. In the afternoon you will visit the East Bank, including Karnak Temple, and Luxor Temple. Overnight train to Cairo.
Day 8: Arrival to Cairo, transfer to hotel. In the afternoon you will visit the Egyptian Museum, Citadel, Mohamed Ali Mosque and Khan El Khalili Market, the oldest market in Egypt. Overnight Cairo.
Day 9: Breakfast at your hotel, and the rest of the day is free to explore on your own. You will then be transferred to Cairo airport for your flight back home.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Prices:
- Budget/backpacker hotels-$470
- 3* hotel- US$500
- 4 & 5 * hotels starting at $590
- Upgrade to Sleeper car on train add US$60 per person
- All prices based on double occupancy.
Price Includes:
- Meet, assist and escort during your trip to Egypt
- All Taxes & Services Charges
- Hotel Accommodations, including breakfast: 2 nights hotel in Cairo, 1 night hotel in Aswan, 1 night hotel in Luxor
- All Sightseeing with Transportation and English speaking Egyptologist.
Price Exludes:
- Entry visas
- Tips and gratuities
- Entrance fees of the sight seeing
- Any items not mentioned above.
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