Itinerary

Sunday, July 25 – Fly USA to Cairo (CAI)

Monday, July 26 – CAIRO

After arriving Cairo International Airport, you will be met and assisted by our representative and transferred to our hotel for 4 nights!

Tuesday, July 27 – CAIRO (Meals: B,L)

Breakfast at our hotel. Your private English-speaking Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up to start your day tours. Drive to Sakkara to see the Step Pyramid, built by the exalted architect Imhotep for the 3rd Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser. See one of the 4,500-year-old mastabas in Sakkara with amazing carvings and colors, which give an idea of life in ancient Egypt.

Visit a carpet school in Sakkara, where locals are being trained in the traditional craft of weaving, following techniques used by their ancestors for thousands of years. Have lunch at a local restaurant.

Continue to Giza to visit one of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramids. Enter the royal burial chamber of either Menkaure or Khafre Pyramid, the Valley Temple, and the Sphinx. Enjoy a camel ride in the desert around the pyramids.

Visit a papyrus institute and see step-by-step demonstrations and extensive displays of papyrus artworks. Choose from hundreds of designs, including printing your name in hieroglyphics with scenes from ancient Egypt (the artworks are certified genuine papyrus). Return to your hotel overnight.

Wednesday, July 28 – CAIRO (Meals: B,L)

Breakfast at our hotel. Your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up to start another day of tours!

Visit the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, including the extraordinary Mummies Room. The museum is in Old Cairo, the historic heart of the city. It is the only museum in Egypt offering a full overview of Egypt’s historical periods, from the Predynastic and Ancient Egyptian periods to contemporary times. Have lunch at a local restaurant.

We will finish our touring today exploring Khan el Khalili Bazaar and mingling with locals in one of the coffee shops to enjoy Egyptian beverages. Return to your hotel for overnight

Thursday, July 29 – CAIRO (Meals: B,L)

Enjoy breakfast at our hotel. Our private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up to start your day tour. Visit the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), one of the most significant archaeological and cultural institution in the world. It houses a vast collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts, including treasures from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and then return to your hotel overnight.

Friday, July 30 – NILE CRUISE (Meals: B,L,D)

You will be transferred to Cairo Airport for your morning flight to Aswan. Connect with your flight to Abu Simbel and visit the two awesome temples built by Ramses the Great. The entire temple complex was moved to its present location, 90 feet above its original site, to protect it from rising Nile waters when the Aswan Dam was built in the early 1960s. Fly back to Aswan and our representative will transfer you to your Nile Cruise Vessel. Enjoy lunch on board. Take a short motorboat ride to the Temple of Philae on the island of Agilika. The temple was dedicated to Isis, sister/wife of Osiris and patroness of the Ptolemaic rule. In late afternoon, walk through the Aswan Market, one of the famous old markets in Africa for spices and herbs. Return to your cruise vessel. Dinner and overnight on board while you cruise to Aswan.