Ramses II - Program 9

Arrival to Cairo airport, our representative will assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage will greet you. From the airport you will be transferred by a private A/C car to your hotel.
Overnight in Cairo.

• The Egyptian Museum of antiquities. On display is rare collection of 5000 years of art the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry.
• Then visit Great Pyramids – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx –
  a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren.
• Then continue to Khan El Khalili Bazaars. Shops in this district are legendary for fine border brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques …etc.

(Optional)
Cairo Felucca Trip
Take a relaxing ride down the Nile on a felucca, a traditional Egyptian sailing boat, and see a different side of Cairo.
The cost is 35 Euro per person.
Transfers to the train station for your overnight Sleeper train to Aswan. Dinner on the train.
Overnight on Sleeper train to Aswan.

Breakfast on the train. Arrival, meet & assist by our representative. Transfer to the Hotel.
Start you tour visiting:

• The High Dam which was completed in 1964. From here you can gaze across Lake Nasser.
• The Philae temple Sail by felucca (Egyptian sailboat) to the island of Agilkia. Visit the temple that was removed from their original island of Philae which lies submerged most of the year by the waters of Lake Nasser. The main Temple of Isis and its monuments were built between the 26th-dynasty and the Roman period.

Overnight in Aswan.

Breakfast. Free day
(Optional)
Visit Abu Simbel Temple – Transfer Back to Aswan .The colossal Temple of Abu Simple built by Ramses II (XIXth. Dynasty) and lately saved from inundation of the Nile waters in among the glories of ancient Egyptian monuments. The temples were built out of a sandstone rock cliff, and representation of the deities to which each was dedicated is carved on its huge façade. Nearby, also saved, lies the small Temple of the King’s wife Nefertari, dedicated to the goddess Hathor.
The Cost is 95 Euro Per Person.

(Optional)
Nubian Village
Pick you up to enjoy Nubian Villages are situated at the bottom of Elephantine Island. You are going to discover the simple and natural life of the very kind and hospitable Nubian people. During this tour , you can stop by the Crocodile Park. Back to your hotel in Aswan.
The Cost is 35 Euro Per Person
Overnight in Aswan.

Breakfast, transfer to Luxor by A/C car, Arrive Luxor & meet and assist by our local representatives, transfer to your hotel in Luxor.
Start your day tour visiting:
– The West Bank (Valley of the Kings, Colossal of Memnon and Hatshepsut Temple) Excursion to the Necropolis of Thebes, on the Eastern bank. Crossing the Nile, drive to the Valley of Kings; visit the tombs of various Dynasties, The Temple of Deir El Bahari. On the return journey stop at the Colossi of Memnon which are two gigantic sitting statues representing Amenopis III facing the Nile. and visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
– Then proceed to visit The East Bank (Luxor & Karnak Temple) Excursion to the Luxor Temple to see its courtyard and the granite statues of Ramses the Great Proceed by bus to Karnak, which is a serious of temples, built in different reigns. Starting by the Avenue of Sphinxes visit the Unfinished Propylon, the Hypostyle Hall with it’s 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis III, the temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake.
Over night in Luxor.

Breakfast.
(Optional)
Hot Balloon: Should you want to make your stay in Luxor an unforgettable. Drifting peacefully over the Valley of King, Valley of the Queens and the Mountain on the Nobles.
The Cost is 95 Euro Per Person
Departure by A/C car to Hurghada. Arrival, meet and assist by our representative. Transfer to your hotel.

(Optional)
Quad runner & Bedouin Dinner in the Egyptian Desert:
The Cost is 40 Euro Per Person
Overnight in Hurghada.

Breakfast. Free day.
(Optional)
Island of El Giftun, Departure from hotel about 08:00. Departure from the port at 09:00. Arrival at the Island of Giftun spending 1 hour near The Reefs and 2 hours on the island. Included in this trip: lunch / soft drinks / mineral water / equipment.
The cost is 40 Euro per person.
Overnight in Hurghada.

Breakfast. Departure by flight to Cairo. Arrival, meet & assist by our local representatives and transfer to the hotel.
(Optional)
Start your Tour visiting:

• Sakkara, cemetery for Memphis, Sakkara is 27-Km Southwest of Cairo. Including a visit to the step Pyramids of Sakkara (The first proper Pyramids built for the king Zoser, it is considered evolution of the Pyramid from the simple Mastaba to the Pyramid in its known form) Followed by a visit to The Pyramids of Unas & Oser-Kaf the Mastaba. Tomb of Mereruka, Ti & Pta-Hotep (carved and painted tombs).
• Then visit Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt where Colossal Statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx.
• Then continue to the Old part of Cairo, as Egypt was one of the first countries to embrace Christianity. We visit The Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, The Hanging Church, and we will also visit The Old Jewish Synagogue Ben Ezra Synagogue.

The cost is 58 Euro per person

(Optional)
Sound and Light Show at Pyramids Area.
The cost is 35 Euro per person
Overnight in Cairo.

Breakfast at the hotel our representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities.