Cairo,Luxor,Aswan and Abu Simbel
Navigating the history of the ancient Egypt and exploring the ambiguity of the pharaohs, are realized in your Abu Simbel Tour as you visit the monuments’ spots in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan.
Day 1: Arrive Egypt:
Nile Wave Travel representative will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport, and assisting you through passport control & cutoms formalities. Then you will be transferred to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Tomorrow enjoy Egypt Holidays. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2: Giza Pyramids:
After breakfast, enjoy a trip to the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus. Then see the Sphinx and the Valley Temple. Pay a visit to the Egyptian Museum where you can see the collection of Tutankhamun among many other fascinating pharaonic artifacts. Transfer to railway station to take first class seating train to Luxor.
Day 3: Luxor Sightseeing:
Arrive at Luxor train station where you will be met & assisted then transfered to your hotel for check in. After that enjoy an excursion to the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, the powerful Egyptian queen, and the Colossi of Memnon.Then visit the splendid Luxor Temple and Karnak Temples. Back to hotel and overnight in Luxor.
Day 4: Aswan Sightseeing:
After breakfast transfer by air-conditioned vehicle to Aswan, where you will be met and taken to your hotel for check-in. See the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk, then on to the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is dedicated to the goddesses Isis and Hathor. Sail and move around Elephantine Island by a felucca boat.
Back to hotel and overnight in Aswan.
Day 5: Abu Simbel Temples:
Trip by coach to the impressive Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.Then return to Aswan railway station for departure to Cairo by your first class overnight train.
Day 6: Back to Cairo:
You will be met and assisted at Giza train station then transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo. (Optional tour) to Memphis and Sakkara.
Day 7: Free Day / Alexandria Sights:
Free day in Cairo or (optional trip) to Alexandria where you can see Qaitbay Fort, built in the 15th century by Sultan Qaitbay on the spot of Alexandria's ancient lighthouse. Stop and move around the grand Montazah Palace, which combines Turkish and Florentine architectural styles, then move on to the new and much-acclaimed Alexandria Library. Also visit the Roman cemetery cut out of the rock, the Catacombs,Return to Cairo and overnight.
Day 8: Final departure:
Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.
Inclusions:
• Meet & assist upon arrival and departure
• All transfers to/from airports, stations & hotels by a private air-conditioned vehicle
• Accommodation in Cairo for 3 nights including daily breakfast
• Accommodation in Luxor for 1 night including daily breakfast
• Accommodation in Aswan for 1 night including daily breakfast
• Two ways transfer by first class seating train (Cairo- Luxor & Aswan- Cairo)
• All sightseeing tours in Cairo, Luxor & Aswan (Private Tours)
• English Egyptologist guide.
• Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.
• All transfers by a modern air-conditioned vehicle.
• Sightseeing tour to Abu Simbel by a modern air-conditioned bus.
• Entry visa to Egypt (for non restricted nationalities)
• All service charges and taxes.
Exclusions:
• Any optional tours mentioned in the itinerary
• Drinks and any personal expenses
• Entrance fees to special archaeological sites like (Mummies room at the Egyptian Museum- Inside one of the Pyramids — Tutankhamen Tomb at Valley of the Kings).
• Tipping Kitty