12 Day Egypt Tour Package (Exceptional Tour)

• Arrive at Cairo International Airport.

• Our representative will meet you, assist with arrival procedures, and help with luggage.

• Transfer by private air-conditioned vehicle to your 5-star hotel.

• Check in and relax.

• Evening: Enjoy a Nile dinner cruise with traditional entertainment (belly dancing and Tannoura show).

• Return to the hotel for an overnight stay.

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation: Cairo hotel

• Breakfast at the hotel.

• Meet your private guide and depart by modern A/C vehicle.

• Visit the Giza Pyramids Complex (pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Menkaure).

• Explore the Great Pyramid (the last surviving ancient wonder).

• See the Great Sphinx (lion-bodied statue with human head).

• Visit the Valley Temple (used for mummification and rituals).

• Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

• Visit the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) – see Tutankhamun treasures, Ramses II statue, and more.

• Visit the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square – artifacts from the Old Kingdom to the Greco-Roman period.

• Return to the hotel for overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Cairo hotel

• Early morning pickup from hotel.

• Drive about 60 km to Fayoum.

• Visit Lake Qaroun – one of the world's oldest natural lakes.

• Explore Wadi Rayan National Park – see waterfalls, Gabal El Modawara, and Wales Cemetery.

• Enjoy lunch at a restaurant in Fayoum.

• Continue driving to El Minya.

• Check in to a 5-star hotel for overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: El Minya hotel

• Breakfast at the hotel.

• Visit Tuna El Gabal – ancient necropolis with tombs from the New Kingdom to the Roman period.

• See the tomb of Pet-Osiris, Ibis Catacombs, and Isadora Tomb (2nd century AD).

• Visit El Ashmunein – cult center for Thoth, featuring two large baboon statues.

• Visit Beni Hassan – Middle Kingdom cemetery (2055–1795 BC), also known as Cave of Artemis.

• Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

• Return to the hotel for overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: El Minya hotel

• Breakfast at the hotel.

• Visit Tel Al Amarna – ruins of a city built by Akhenaton and Queen Nefertiti, including royal tombs, temples, and palaces.

• Enjoy lunch at a restaurant.

• Travel to Assuit.

• Visit Al Muharraq Monastery – well-preserved Coptic site where the Holy Family stayed.

• Visit Meir Village – ancient cemetery for nomarchs of Cusae (6th to 12th dynasties).

• Continue to Abydos for overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Abydos hotel

• Breakfast at the hotel.

• Visit Abydos Temple – dedicated to Seti I, completed by Ramses II. See the Abydos King List.

• Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

• Visit Dendera Temple – Ptolemaic and Roman temple dedicated to Hathor.

• Transfer to Luxor.

• Check in to 5-star hotel for overnight.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Luxor hotel

• Breakfast at the hotel.

• Visit Karnak Temple – ancient religious site with Avenue of Sphinxes and Hypostyle Hall.

• Transfer to your 5-star Nile cruise ship and check in.

• Enjoy lunch onboard.

• Evening: Visit Luxor Temple by Night – built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II, used for the Opet Festival.

• Overnight onboard the cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Onboard the cruise

• Breakfast on the cruise.

• Visit Valley of the Kings – over 60 royal tombs, including Tutankhamun and Ramses II.

• Visit Hatshepsut Temple – mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut.

• See the Colossi of Memnon – two giant stone statues.

• Return to cruise for lunch.

• Sail to Edfu.

• Dinner served onboard.

• Overnight onboard.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Onboard the cruise

• Breakfast on the cruise.

• Take a horse carriage to visit Edfu Temple – a well-preserved temple dedicated to Horus (built 237–57 BC).

• Return to the cruise for lunch.

• Sail to Kom Ombo.

• Visit Kom Ombo Temple – double temple dedicated to Sobek and Haroeris (built 180–47 BC).

• Continue sailing to Aswan.

• Dinner onboard.

• Overnight onboard.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Onboard the cruise

• Early morning departure with breakfast boxes.

• Drive by private A/C vehicle to Abu Simbel.

• Visit the Abu Simbel Temples – built by Ramses the Great (1264–1244 BC). Main temple commemorates the Battle of Kadesh; smaller temple honors Queen Nefertari.

• Return to the cruise for the rest of the day.

• Lunch and dinner onboard.

• Overnight onboard.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Onboard the cruise

• Check out after breakfast.

• Visit Aswan High Dam – controls flooding and generates electricity (111 m high, 3,830 m long).

• Visit the Unfinished Obelisk – the largest known obelisk, weighing 1,200 tons.

• Visit Philae Temple – dedicated to Isis (built 380–362 BC).

• Enjoy lunch at a deluxe restaurant.

• Fly from Aswan to Cairo.

• Check in to a 5-star hotel for overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Cairo hotel

• Breakfast at the hotel.

• Check out.

• Transfer to Cairo International Airport.

• Catch your flight home.

• End of tour.

Meals: Breakfast