Budget 10 jours Le Caire, croisière sur le Nil et Alexandrie

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then met your personal guide who will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world  The great  Pyramid of Khufu’s (Cheops),3 small pyramids You will continue to explore the rest of Giza plateau including the sight of Khafre’s (kaphren) pyramid - Khufu's son, the second-largest pyramid on Giza site,, the remains of the funeral temple, the pyramid of Mankawra( Mykerinus) and 3 small pyramids. Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion's body, which dates from the time of Chephren; the tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the pyramids of chefren This temple served definitely two functions: First, it was used for the purification of the mummy of the king before its burial. Second, it was used for making the Mummification process of the king. After visiting the pyramids, you'll then continue across the plateau for a photo opportunity of the three pyramids rising from the sands, with the Cairo skyline in the background.

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Then Move to visit The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities, and dates back some 5000 years of art which is considered the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms, The Egyptian Museum which is filled with thousands of Pharaonic artifacts, including the golden treasures of King Tutankhamen. Fascinating objects such as jewels, headdresses, alabaster vases and toys from ancient Egypt are all on display, and many priceless statues and other artifacts can also be seen which was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1922s when his tomb was excavated, The Egyptian Museum is one of the first stops on most people’s itineraries when travelling to Egypt. This distinctive museum that houses a vast store of priceless objects, from earlier time to the Greco Roman period is worth seeing.

Transfer to the overnight train station to Aswan. 

Overnight train to Aswan

Meal: Breakfast

Un représentant d'Ancient Egypt Tours vous accueillera à l'endroit prévu pour la prise en charge dans la ville d'Assouan. L'enregistrement ne se fait pas avant 14h00.

Repas : Petit déjeuner,

Nuit à Assouan.

L'itinéraire en Haute Egypte peut être sujet à quelques changements dans l'heure et l'ordre des visites mais vous visiterez tous les sites listés dans votre itinéraire et vous en serez informé par votre guide.

After having your breakfast at your hotel, our representative will transfer you to board your 5 star Egypt Nile cruise before lunch, after your lunch you will begin 

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Philae Temple; Built to honor the goddess Isis, this was the last temple built in the classical Egyptian style. Construction began around 690 BC, and it was one of the last outposts where the goddess was worshipped. The cult of Isis continued here until at least AD 550. The boat leaves you near the Kiosk of Nectanebo, the oldest part, and the entrance to the temple is marked by the 18m-high first pylon with reliefs of Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos smiting enemies.

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The Unfinished Obelisk; Aswan was the source of ancient Egypt’s finest granite, used to make statues and embellish temples, pyramids and obelisks. The large unfinished obelisk in the Northern Quarries has provided valuable insight into how these monuments were created, although the full construction process is still not entirely clear. Three sides of the shaft, nearly 42m long, were completed except for the inscriptions. At 1168 tonnes, the completed obelisk would have been the single heaviest piece of stone the Egyptians ever fashioned.

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High Dam; Egypt’s modern example of construction on a monumental scale, the controversial Aswan High Dam, 13km south of Aswan, contains 18 times the amount of material used in the Great Pyramid of Khufu and created Lake Nasser, one of the world’s largest artificial lakes.

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Embark the cruise ship by lunch time

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Meals Included: Breakfast ,Lunch & Dinner

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Naviguez jusqu'à Kom Ombo à l'heure du déjeuner.

À l'arrivée, visite du temple de Kom Ombo. Le temple de Kom Ombo, l'un des plus beaux temples de la vallée du Nil, se dresse sur un promontoire dans un coude du Nil, là où, dans l'Antiquité, des crocodiles sacrés se prélassaient au soleil sur les rives. Unique en Égypte, il est dédié à deux dieux : Sobek, le dieu crocodile local, et Haroeris (de har-wer), qui signifie Horus l'Ancien.

Repas inclus : Petit-déjeuner, déjeuner et dîner

Arrivée à Edfou et visite du temple d'Edfou. Ce temple ptolémaïque, construit entre 237 et 57 avant J.-C., est l'un des monuments antiques les mieux conservés d'Égypte. Préservé par le sable du désert, qui a rempli l'endroit après l'interdiction du culte païen, le temple est dédié à Horus, le fils vengeur d'Isis et d'Osiris. Avec son toit intact, c'est aussi l'un des édifices antiques les plus atmosphériques.

La visite de Louxor et du temple de Karnak est possible si la croisière arrive suffisamment tôt à Louxor, sinon elle sera ajoutée aux visites du lendemain.

Temple de Karnak : Karnak est un extraordinaire complexe de sanctuaires, de kiosques, de pylônes et d'obélisques dédiés à la triade thébaine, mais aussi à la plus grande gloire des pharaons. Le site s'étend sur plus de 2 km2 ; il est assez grand pour contenir une dizaine de cathédrales. Au cœur du site se trouve le temple d'Amon, la "maison" terrestre du dieu local. Construit, complété, démantelé, restauré, agrandi et décoré pendant près de 1500 ans, Karnak était le lieu de culte le plus important d'Égypte au cours du Nouvel Empire.

Temple de Louxor : en grande partie construit par les pharaons du Nouvel Empire Amenhotep III (1390-1352 av. J.-C.) et Ramsès II (1279-1213 av. J.-C.), ce temple est un monument d'une grâce saisissante situé au cœur de la ville moderne. Connu également sous le nom de Sanctuaire du Sud, sa fonction principale était les célébrations annuelles de l'Opet, lorsque les statues d'Amon, de Mout et de Khonsou étaient amenées de Karnak, le long de l'Avenue des Sphinx, et réunies ici lors de l'inondation.

Repas inclus : Petit déjeuner, Déjeuner, Dîner

Disembark and visit Valley of the kings; The west bank of Luxor had been the site of royal burials since around 2100 BC, but it was the pharaohs of the New Kingdom period (1550–1069 BC) who chose this isolated valley dominated by the pyramid-shaped mountain peak of Al Qurn (The Horn). Once called the Great Necropolis of Millions of Years of Pharaoh, or the Place of Truth, the Valley of the Kings has 63 magnificent royal tombs.

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Queen Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple; At Deir Al Bahri, the eyes first focus on the dramatic rugged limestone cliffs that rise nearly 300m above the desert plain, only to realize that at the foot of all this immense beauty lies a monument even more extraordinary, the dazzling Temple of Hatshepsut. The almost-modern-looking temple blends in beautifully with the cliffs from which it is partly cut – a marriage made in heaven. Most of what you see has been painstakingly reconstructed.

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Colossi of Memnon; The two faceless Colossi of Memnon, originally representing Pharaoh Amenhotep III, rising majestically about 18m from the plain, are the first monuments tourists see when they visit the west bank. These magnificent colossi, each cut from a single block of stone and weighing 1000 tonnes, sat at the eastern entrance to the funerary temple of Amenophis III, the largest on the west bank. Egyptologists are currently excavating the temple and their discoveries can be seen behind the colossi. Back to Train Station,

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Meal Included: Breakfast

When you arrive at the train station in Cairoو representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo, then drive to Alexandria by A/C car,  We will drive almost 210 kilometers to Alexandria City, the second largest city in Egypt known as “The Pearl of the Mediterranean. 

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Drive to visit Pompay's Pillar. It was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian at the end of the 4th century. Originally from the Temple of the Serapis, it was once a magnificent structure rivaling the Soma and the Caesarean. 

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Then you drive to visit the Catacombs which are the largest Roman Cemetery consisting of three levels cut in the rock.

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Then you drive along the Cornish to see the whole city passing over bridge of stanly land mark of modern Alexandria, and then we proceed to see the Qaitbay Citadel which was built on the site of the ancient pharaohs (lighthouse) of Alexandria 

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and Then you drive to visit  best sites in Alexandria Start with NEW library of Alexandria (The Bibliotheca Alexandrina) the biggest library in the world now with 8 million books, Site of lighthouse one of the seven wonders of ancient world Finally you will drive back to your hotel in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

Overnight in Cairo

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be escorted by your private guide to visit to Coptic Cairo to visit   Babylon Fortress and the Hanging Church, Church of St. Barbara, Church of St. Sergius and Ben Ezra synagogue.

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Enrich you tour with a visit to Amr Ibn El-Aas Mosque which is the very first mosque built in Egypt.

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Then move to visit the important church Simon the Tanner (fl. 10th century), also known as Saint Simon the Shoemaker (Sam’ān al-Kharrāz) is the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Lideenillah (953-975) while Abraham the Syrian was the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Simon the Tanner lived towards the end of the tenth century and many Coptic Christians in Egypt, who were also engaged in handicrafts. Saint Simon worked in tanning, a craft known there till this day. This profession involved other crafts that depend on the process, from when Simon carried several titles related to skins: Tanner, Cobbler, and Shoemaker. 

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Visiting Egyptian Civilization, located near Old Cairo, at the archaeological site of Fustat which was the Egyptian capital about 1400 years ago, also known as the NEMEC Museum and overlooks Lake Ain Al-Sira. And very close to most of the Islamic and Coptic monuments in Cairo, it also displays collectibles from the Pharaonic, Roman, Coptic, Islamic and modern civilizations. The main exhibition hall displays the four main crafts that shaped the Egyptian civilization: pottery, wood, textiles and ornaments, and you can see there The oldest artificial finger worldwide, the skeleton of a man dating back 30,000 years, the Kiswa of the Kaaba which was last made in Egypt during the era of President Nasser and the Mahmal which carried the covering from Egypt to Saudi Arabia every year. In a large presentation, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is considered the first museum in the world that presents a comprehensive view of Egyptian civilization throughout history, from prehistoric times to modern history. A large part of the museum is the hall where the mummies are now displayed, not only that, wander the royal mummies hall, and see the golden sarcophagi and the remains of the pharaohs of the past. Find out more about famous rulers such as King Ramses II and Queen Hatshepsut Later, you will be transferred to hotel.

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Meals: Breakfast

Overnight in Cairo.

Profitez du petit-déjeuner à l'hôtel avant de vous rendre à l'aéroport pour votre vol de retour. Un représentant d'Ancient Egypt Tours viendra vous chercher et vous transférera à l'aéroport.

Pour les vols internationaux, la prise en charge se fait 4 heures avant l'heure de départ de votre vol.

Pour les vols intérieurs, 3 heures avant l'heure de départ suffisent.

Si votre vol a lieu tôt avant l'heure du petit-déjeuner, vous pouvez vous arranger avec l'hôtel pour qu'il vous prépare une boîte de petit-déjeuner que vous prendrez sur le chemin de l'aéroport.

Repas : Petit déjeuner

Ancient Egypt Tours a passé un excellent moment avec vous et espère que vous avez apprécié votre séjour et que vous avez été satisfait des services qui vous ont été offerts.