Best of Egypt – 9 Days Journey Through Ancient Egypt

08:00 AM – Meet at the hotel after breakfast

• Introduction to your Egyptologist tour guide and company representative
• Receive your Welcome Letter
  08:30 AM – Transfer to Saqqara
• Visit the Tomb of Mereruka
• Visit the Pyramid of Pepi
• Enter the Pyramid of Unas — the only pyramid featuring the famous Pyramid Texts
• Optional entry to the Step Pyramid of Djoser
• Optional visit to the Serapeum
• Visit Imhotep Museum
  Lunch at Saqqara Tourist Restaurant
• Visit a local Carpet School
• Return to hotel

08:30 AM – Transfer to Dahshur

• Visit the Bent Pyramid
• Visit the Red Pyramid
  11:30 AM – Visit Memphis archaeological site
  Lunch
• Visit a Pharaonic oils & perfumes store
• Return to hotel

08:00 AM – Transfer to Giza Plateau

• Optional camel ride
• Visit the Pyramid of Menkaure
• Optional entry inside Menkaure Pyramid
• Visit the Pyramid of Khafre
• Optional panoramic photoshoot
• Visit the Great Pyramid of Khufu
• Optional entry inside Khufu Pyramid
• Visit the Great Sphinx
  Lunch with panoramic pyramids view at Khufu Restaurant
  11:30 AM – Optional visit to Old Cairo or the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir
• Visit a traditional Papyrus workshop
• Return to hotel

08:30 AM – Transfer to the Grand Egyptian Museum
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM – Free Time
01:30 PM – Lunch at Zooba Restaurant inside the museum (Authentic Egyptian Food)

• Optional visit to Old Cairo
• Return to hotel
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  DAY 5 – ABU SIMBEL & ASWAN
  03:00 AM – Transfer to Cairo International Airport for flight to Abu Simbel
• Visit Abu Simbel Temples
  Flight to Aswan
  Lunch at a Nubian restaurant
  01:45 PM – Visit Philae Temple
  03:45 PM – Visit a gold jewelry store
• Check-in to Nile Cruise
• Dinner on board

03:00 AM – Transfer to Cairo International Airport for flight to Abu Simbel

• Visit Abu Simbel Temples
  Flight to Aswan
  Lunch at a Nubian restaurant
  01:45 PM – Visit Philae Temple
  03:45 PM – Visit a gold jewelry store
• Check-in to Nile Cruise
• Dinner on board

• Sail to Kom Ombo
• Visit Kom Ombo Temple
• Sail to Edfu
• Visit Edfu Temple
• Continue sailing to Luxor

• Optional Hot Air Balloon ride
  Breakfast on board
• Visit Medinet Habu Temple of Ramses III
• Visit the Valley of the Kings
• Including the Tomb of Tutankhamun
• Optional visit to the Valley of the Queens
• Return to cruise
• Dinner on board

Breakfast & check-out from cruise

• Visit Karnak Temple Complex
  Transfer to Luxor Airport for flight to Cairo
• Visit Salah El Din Citadel
• Lunch at Sky Rim Restaurant
• Return to hotel

Optional full-day tour to Alexandria — Egypt’s beautiful Mediterranean city.