Arrive at Cairo International Airport ( CAI), where our representative will be waiting for you to welcome you and transfer you to your host family home, who will welcome you and show you your room for your first-night stay. dinner included
Itinerary
This experience is for lovers of authenticity! On this real travel experience, you will Enjoy being with a local family, feel the love of community, explore the culture, the homemade food, and the history with them, share time with the locals in the best way,
visiting Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, and Aswan, in each city you will enjoy different experiences with different families, enjoy with them the famous sightseeing and the beauty of each city.
Tour program
Arrival Cairo International Airport ( CAI)
Start point
Cairo International Airport (CAI), Airport Rd, Al Shorouk, Cairo 11, Egypt
Cairo visit / Giza Pyramids / Old Cairo
Enjoy your first Egyptian breakfast with your host family, Foul Mudammas and Taameya, and then you will have a unique visit to the famous Giza pyramids and the Great Sphinx where you will learn about the old history of Egypt and enjoy the view of the panorama of the three pyramids, then enjoy your lunch and then have a visit to Old Cairo which representing the main three religions, visit the oldest Coptic churches, the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, Bin Ezra Synagogue and Amr mosque the oldest mosque in Egypt, where you will learn about Islam religion, the main religion in Egypt. have your lunch in a local restaurant, Dinner, and overnight with your Egyptian family in Cairo.
khan Khalili Bazar / El-Moaz street
Today you will join making your Egyptian breakfast with your host family and then enjoy the time with them, then you will go for a visit to khan Khalili Bazar the oldest Bazar in the Middle East, and explore its streets and shops, then enjoy walking in El-Moaz Street and visit one of Cairo's most remarkable historic places, giving you a glimpse of old Cairo and enjoy the historic atmosphere of the old cafés, souvenir shops, and food and sweets sold from kiosks and carts where you will experience more about the Egyptian life. You will also find Islamic art carved into historic mosques and houses, after that you will enjoy your lunch, the famous local meal ( Koshary). Dinner and overnight with your Egyptian family in Cairo.
Alexandria
After your Egyptian breakfast, you will travel to Alexandria, and enjoy a Full-day tour to visit the highlights of Alexandria, the Roman Theater, the Catacomb of Kom El- Shoqafa, Alexandria Library, and El Mursi Abu Elabas, lunch in a seafood local restaurant then back to Cairo, dinner and overnight with your Egyptian family in Cairo.
Learning how to cook Egyptian Cuisine / Cairo Tower
Today your Egyptian family will teach you how to make some of the popular Egyptian Cuisine, like mousaka, Fata, Koshary, hawawshi, and Molokhiya soup. After you enjoyed your cooked Egyptian lunch, you will visit Cairo Tower and enjoy Cairo's view from the top of the tower, which gives you a perspective view of this great city, with its very modern and very ancient districts. dinner and overnight with your Egyptian family in Cairo.
Downtown Cairo/ Ride Felucca boat in the Nile River
Today you will enjoy your breakfast in one of the popular local old cafes in Downtown Cairo, called Groppi, then have a walk in the downtown streets to explore the central city, then you will enjoy a nice Felucca ride, felucca is a traditional Egyptian wooden sailing boat, it is an open-decked boat often covered in colorful cushions and pillows for passenger comfort after you enjoy a relaxing ride and enjoy the Nile river with the beautiful view of Cairo and the city's skyscrapers, you will enjoy your lunch in the downtown, dinner and overnight with your Egyptian family in Cairo.
Final departure
Today is your final departure, say ” Bye-bye Egypt”., and "Bye-bye to your Egyptian family”, then proceed to Cairo International Airport for your final departure back home!
End point
Cairo International Airport (CAI), Airport Rd, Al Shorouk, Cairo 11, Egypt
Cancellation Policy
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Tour Details
Accommodation
6 nights home-stay
Transport
Transfers from arrival to departure and day tours by private A/C van.
Additional Services
All the entrance fees for tourist places are mentioned in the program.
Private expert Guide during the pyramids tour day and Alexandria tour day.
All Taxes and services.
Additional Services
International flight tickets.
Enter inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza.
Meals
All meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Guide
Private expert-speaking tour guide during the sightseeing days
Good to know
Currency
Egyptian Pound
Egypt