12 Days tour Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Oases

12 Days tour of Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Oases

12 Days tour of Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Oases starts with your Arrival at Cairo airport, Upon your arrival, you will find our representative waiting for you, then you will be transferred by A/C car to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

12 Days tour of Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Oases

The Great Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx

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Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, and then at 09:00 AM, you will be met and accompanied by your personal guide to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, Mykerinus, and the famous Sphinx. The number one activity in Cairo is by far the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx. Dated almost 5000 years ago, these monuments and their great conservation state are one of the greatest things you can experience with the naked eye.

Located in the Giza Complex on the west side of the Nile River banks, the Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx are Cairo’s best-kept treasures.

It has many tombs. It consists of the great Giza Pyramids (Khufu, Khafre, Mankaure) which are considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world, and Khufu Pyramid is considered to be the grandest in the complex... This complex also contains the amazing Sphinx and the Valley Temple.

The Great Pyramid

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It's an astonishing engineering accomplishment, as it's the greatest pyramid that has ever been built. It was built by King Khufu. It contains about 2300000 blocks. These white Tura limestone blocks give the pyramid a smooth surface.

The Great Sphinx

It is the oldest known monumental sculpture in the world, and all tourists come from around the world to witness the beauty of its shape as it has ahead of a man's head) and the body of a human, which has many spiritual and mythical meanings. Later transferred to Giza train station, taking the sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan for about 14 hours. Dinner and breakfast will be served onboard – overnight inside your compartment. There is another option with a domestic flight upon your request You will be met at Aswan station, and then transferred to your hotel, Optional to enjoy a tour of one of Egypt’s top tourist attractions,

Abu Simbel temple

which were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II approximately in the 13th century BC, as the last monument to himself and his Queen Nefertari.

Abu Simbel Temples

Abu Simbel Temples, south of Aswan along Lake Nasser’s shore is the most famous in all of Egypt after the Giza Pyramids. Built by the greatest of the pharaohs, Ramesses II, which made it also known as the Temple of Ramses II or Ramesses II, these huge rock-cut temples marked the southern boundary of the Egyptian Empire with Nubia at the peak of its power during the New Kingdom. They were meant to convey the power of Egypt’s rulers to anyone who laid eyes upon them. The four statues guarding the doorway to the larger of these temples are the largest sculptures that survive from the ancient Pharaonic era.

meals; b & l 

overnight in Aswan 

Philae Temple

Breakfast at your hotel in Aswan. Then you will be picked up from the hotel at 10:00 AM and then transferred to embark on your Nile River Cruise before Lunch at 11:00 a.m., then enjoy visiting the world-famous High Dam. This beautiful temple complex is one of the most picturesque in all of Egypt. It sits on Aglika Island, just south of the old Aswan Dam and you must ride a water taxi to the island to get to the ruins. The temple was moved to its current location following the construction of the High Dam, which threatened to submerge it permanently.

The careful reconstruction at the current site was carefully completed, painstakingly preserving the original appearance and layout of the complex and even landscaping the island to match its former location.

Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Kom Ombo temple

Along with Esna and Edfu, Kom Ombo is the third major stop that most of the Nile cruises between Luxor and Aswan make on their journey. Located only 30 miles north of Aswan, it is also easy to visit Kom Ombo on a day trip by car, however, The setting of this Temple of Sobek, the crocodile god, makes an approach by water the far superior way to visit this site. The temple is perched atop a picturesque bluff alongside the river and while there are no longer any crocodiles in the river or in the sacred lake inside the temple complex, this riverside temple is still worthy of a visit. Like the other two sites between Luxor and Aswan, Kom Ombo dates from the Ptolemaic Dynasty and it was only completed under Roman rule. The temple has a dual dedication to Sobek, as well as Horus, and the plan of the temple reflects this dual purpose. Sail to Kom Ombo, have breakfast on board, and visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek & Haeroris in Kom Ombo.

Sail to Edfu, lunch on board after that visit the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, Horus Temple in Edfu.

Edfu, Horus Temple

The Temple of Horus at Edfu is widely considered to be the most impressive of all of the Nile-side temples along the journey between Luxor and Aswan. It is a required stop by all of the cruise ships that make the trip, also stopping at Esna and Kom Ombo.

Like at Esna, the temple at Edfu is a late construction. It was built during the Greco-Roman Period, but the builders painstakingly preserved the form of Egypt’s true pharaohs. As a result, a visit to Edfu allows you to see what all of the other ruined temples around Egypt might have looked like had they been built 2000 years later.

Take afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Sail to Luxor – have breakfast on board then visit the West Bank, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings,

Valley of the kings

Start your day with an impressive breakfast meal, and then join our Egyptologist tour guide on a tour to visit the gorgeous Luxor tourist attractions, starting with: Its royal burials are located in the West Bank of Luxor, which has 24 terrific royal tombs and, in total 64 tombs according to the last discovery at 2008 to 2014.

It's the final resting place of Egypt's rulers from the 18th to the 20th dynasty; it is home to tombs including the great Pharaoh Ramses II and King Tutankhamun. The tombs were well stocked with all the material goods a ruler might need in the next world. Most of the decoration inside the tombs is still well-preserved.

Hatshepsut Temple

It is a mortuary temple at Deir El-Bahri. It was built by Queen Hatshepsut, who is considered to be one of the most formidable women in ancient Egypt. The queen is distinguished as one of the most successful pharaohs of ancient Egypt, but she was not the only female ruler in Egypt's history. Her reign was peaceful and prosperous, and as a result, it witnessed a wide variety of achievements, one of which was her own mortuary temple, which commemorates all her great works on its walls.

Colossi of Memnon

They are two incredible, massive stone statues of the royal Pharaoh, Amenhotep III. They depict him in a seated position, and they are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone.

The legendary Colossi of Memnon are the guardians of the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III. The temple consists of two spectacular twin statues sitting at the entrance of Luxor and it gained its fame due to its majestic appearance.

Luxor Temple

On the East bank of the Nile River, in the south of Egypt, the World’s Largest Outdoor Museum, Luxor city, contains one of the most beautiful temples standing. The Luxor Temple is a mark of Ancient Egyptian civilization, a strikingly graceful monument in the heart of modern Luxor.

Different than other temples in Luxor, the Luxor temple was not built in adoration to a god or to a god figure of the kings and pharaohs; instead, Luxor Temple was built in dedication to the rejuvenation of kingship. Many kings might have had they crowning at the Temple of Luxor, whether crowned in reality or conceptually as in the case of Alexander the Great, who claimed he was crowned at Luxor although facts contradict appear that he had never traveled south of Memphis which is considered the modern city of Cairo.

Karnak Temple

The Karnak Temple dates back from around 2055 BC to around 100 AD. It was built as a cult temple and was dedicated to the gods Amun, Mut, and khonsu. Being the largest building for religious purposes ever to be constructed, the Karnak Temple was known as the “most select of places” by ancient Egyptians.

During the New Kingdom, the Karnak Temple Complex was the center of the ancient faith while power was concentrated at Thebes (modern-day Luxor) and its significance is reflected in its enormous size.

In addition to its religious significance, it also served as a treasury, administrative center, and palace for the New Kingdom pharaohs. It is to this day considered the largest temple complex ever constructed anywhere in the world.

Dinner on board and overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

12 Days tour Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Oases

Breakfast on board Nile cruise in Luxor followed by disembarkation at 08:00 AM and then transfer by a private air-conditioned vehicle to Baris Oasis about 5 hours driving, visiting Dush Temple, and spend the first night camping in the Western Desert.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

 Kharga Oasis – Dakhla Oasis

After breakfast moves onto Kharga Oasis to visit Qasr El Labkha – a Roman fortress on the old caravan route, and the oasis ethnic museum. After that visit, the Roman Temple of Hibis & Nadora from outside as well as the early Christian cemetery with its chapels painted with murals at Bagawat, nearby.

We drive on, to Dakhla, where we spend the night at an Oasis-style hut with reed huts, communal showers, and basic facilities.

Overnight in Dakhla.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Dakhla – Camel ride at the Desert

After breakfast, head to the fabulous medieval mud-brick town of Al Qasr, exploring the timeless streets, and seeing the old school, an ancient olive press, and the granary. We also enjoy a trip to the Roman burial ground Mezzawaqqah from the outside and the Roman Temple Deir El Hagar in its serene surroundings. We return for lunch and spend the afternoon relaxing in the hot spring while waiting for the heat of the day to pass. In the late afternoon, we set off on camels. riding through a desolate windswept landscape to the base of a Great escarpment. Camel ride for about 10 km.

Overnight camping in the desert.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Farafra Oasis – White Desert

North of Dakhla is Farafra Oasis where we have time to visit Badr Museum and enjoy a swim at the natural sulfur spring at Bir Seth. A little further on we enter the White Desert, a spectacular region of wind-eroded limestone formations. The continual erosion has left a layer of fine white dust on the desert sands, hence the name ‘white desert’. We enjoy a sunset walk in this surreal landscape and spend the night camping under the stars. Note it can be very cold in the winter months (Oct-Mar) so make sure you are well rugged up if you are traveling at this time.

Overnight camping in The White Desert. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Bahariya Oasis – Cairo

After breakfast, transfer to visit Crystal Mountain and the Black Desert. Upon arrival in Bahariya, enjoy a local tour of the hilltop ruins ‘of the English House.

Then transfer to see the Museum of Golden Mummies, Tombs of the Nobles, Alexander Temple, and Temple of Ain Meffetla. After that transfer to Cairo from Bahariya is about 4 hours drive.

Overnight in Cairo. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Cairo – Fly Back Home

Breakfast with free time at your hotel before checking out at 12:00 PM, then you will be picked you up by our representative to transfer you to Cairo International Airport for final departure. Meals: Breakfast