7 Daagse Caïro, Aswan en Luxor met het beste van Alexandrië (bezoek aan het GEM Museum)

Welcome to Egypt. Our airport transfer team is available 24/7. As soon as you get out of the exit gate of the Terminal, you will find Ancient Egypt Tours representative, holding a sign, waiting to meet and greet you. He will escort you to your private A/C vehicle. You will be transferred to the hotel and the reception manager will assist you in check-in procedures as smooth as possible. Ancient Egypt Tours agent will contact you to agree on a meeting time with you

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Transfer from/to the airport is included in your tour package

Check-in in all hotels is at 14:00

Check-out is at 12:00

In case you arrive early then check-in limit you can enjoy waiting in the hotel until check-in time or you can ask your operator to book you a pre-tour extra night and get checked in immediately

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Optional Tour:

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2-hour open buffet dinner Nile cruise including a belly dancer, local band and skirt rotation performer if your tour starts in Cairo

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Sound and Light show if available

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Overnight in Cairo

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. Proceed to have your lunch at local restaurant

Then Move to visit the Grand Egyptian Museum. The museum spans an area of 490,000 square meters and includes a number of exhibition halls, each of which is considered larger than many existing museums in Egypt and the world. The museum is one of the most important and greatest achievements of modern Egypt. It was established to be an integrated global cultural, civilization, and entertainment landmark, and to be the primary destination for everyone interested in ancient Egyptian heritage. GEM is the largest museum in the world to tell the story of ancient Egyptian civilization, housing a large number of unique and distinguished artifacts, including the treasures of the Golden King Tutankhamun, which are displayed in full for the first time since the discovery of his tomb in November 1922. This is in addition to the collection of Queen Hetepheres, mother of King Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, as well as the King Khufu Solar Boat Museum, and various archaeological holdings from the Pre-Dynastic Period up to the Greco-Roman eras.

Transfer to the train station for your overnight Sleeper train to Aswan. Dinner on the train, overnight Sleeper train to Aswan

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast on the train, Arrival, meet & assist by our representatives and transfer to  visit the world famous High Dam, An engineering miracle was constructed between 1960 and 1970. It aimed to increase economic production by further regulating the annual river flooding and providing storage of water for agriculture, and later, to generate hydroelectricity. The dam has had a significant impact on the economy and culture of Egypt, and then move to the Unfinished Obelisk, This obelisk is believed to belong to Queen Hatshepsut, one of the rulers of the 18th dynasty and the royal wife of king Tuthmosis II. The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. It is unknown which pharaoh created this structure. It is nearly one third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected. If finished it would have measured around 42 m and would have weighed nearly 1,200 tons. Then move to the beautiful located Philae temple Sail by felucca (Egyptian sailboat) to the island of Agilkia, Visit the temple that was removed from their original island of Philae which lies submerged most of the year by the waters of Lake Nasser. The main Temple of Isis and its monuments were built between the 26th-dynasty and the Roman period. you will be transferred back to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Overnight in Aswan

Itinerary in Upper Egypt could be subject to some changes in time and order of visits but you will visit all the sites listed in your itinerary and you will be notified by your guide 

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Na het ontbijt in je hotel brengt onze vertegenwoordiger je naar het treinstation van Aswan voor de trein naar Luxor, aankomst in Luxor. Maak kennis met onze gids en begin je sightseeingtour in Luxor met een bezoek aan de oostelijke oever van de Nijl. Je bezoekt de Karnak Tempel, de grootste tempel ooit gebouwd. In het oude Egypte nam de macht van de god Amun van Thebe geleidelijk toe tijdens het vroege Nieuwe Rijk, en na de korte vervolging onder leiding van Akhenaten bereikte deze zijn hoogtepunt. Tijdens het bewind van Ramesses III behoorde meer dan tweederde van het bezit van de tempels toe aan Amun, zoals blijkt uit de ontzagwekkende gebouwen in Karnak. Hoewel zwaar vervallen, is geen enkele site in Egypte indrukwekkender dan Karnak. Het is het grootste tempelcomplex dat ooit door mensen is gebouwd en vertegenwoordigt de gecombineerde prestatie van vele generaties bouwers uit de oudheid. De tempel van Karnak bestaat eigenlijk uit drie hoofdtempels, kleinere omsloten tempels en verschillende buitentempels, ongeveer drie kilometer ten noorden van Luxor, Egypte, gelegen op 100 hectare grond. Karnak is eigenlijk de moderne naam van de site. De oude naam was Ipet-isut, wat "De meest selecte (of heilige) plaats" betekent.

Je gaat verder met je verkenningstocht en vervolgens naar de westelijke oever van Luxor, waar je een bezoek brengt aan de Mortuarium Tempel van Koningin Hatsjepsoet in El Deir El Bahary. Koningin Hatsjepsoet was de eerste grote vrouw in de geschiedenis: de voorloper van figuren als Cleopatra, Catharina de Grote en Elizabeth I. De Mortuarium Tempel van Hatsjepsoet is het centrale punt van het Deir el-Bahri complex van mortuarium tempels en tombes op de westelijke oever van de Nijl, tegenover de stad Luxor. Hatsjepsoet was een vrouwelijke farao. Haar tempel, deze tempel werd gebouwd op drie oppervlakken in de vorm van balkons, voornamelijk gewijd aan de verering van de god Amun, en om begrafenisrituelen uit te voeren voor de koningin die bekend staat als El Deir El Bahary.

Breng dan een bezoek aan de Vallei der Koningen, werd gebouwd en gebruikt van ongeveer 1539 voor Christus tot 1075 voor Christus. Het bevat ongeveer 60 graven, beginnend met Thoetmosis I en eindigend met Ramses X of XI. De officiële naam van de site was De Grote en Majestueuze Necropolis van de Miljoenen Jaren van de Farao, Leven, Kracht, Gezondheid in het Westen van Thebe, of meestal het Grote Veld. Het beroemdste graf is KV62, het graf van koning Toetanchamon. De ontdekking van het graf van koning Toetanchamon werd gedaan door Howard Carter in 1922. Het graf van Toetanchamon was het eerste koninklijke graf dat werd ontdekt en dat nog grotendeels intact was. Je zult 3 tombes bezoeken. Bovendien wordt er een lunch geserveerd tijdens je reis.

Ga verder naar de twee kolossale standbeelden van Amenhotep III, Kolossen van Memnon zijn de twee massieve stenen standbeelden van farao Amenhotep III. Ze staan al 3400 jaar in de Thebaanse necropolis, aan de overkant van de Nijl van de stad Luxor. De oorspronkelijke functie van de kolossen was om de wacht te houden bij de ingang van Amenhoteps gedenktempel of mortuariumtempel. Transfer naar het treinstation voor je nachtelijke slaaptrein naar Caïro. Diner in de trein. Nachtelijke slaaptrein naar Caïro.

Maaltijden: Ontbijt, Lunch, Diner

Have your breakfast on train, meet & assist by our representative and you will be transferred to  to Coptic Cairo to visit   Babylon Fortress and the Hanging Church, Church of St. Barbara, Church of St. Sergius and Ben Ezra synagogue.

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

Before extending your trip, you will be served with a warm delightful lunch meal at a high-quality restaurant.

After lunch, you will move on to visit the Citadel of Salah El-Din, where you will see the view of all Cairo, as you will visit Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque which is considered the largest to be built in the beginning of the 19th century the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) who ruled Egypt over 45 years & it is built in Baruk style.

If there is enough time, you will take a walk in Khan El Khalili Bazaar, the most Historically famous and oldest Market in the Middle East. Later, you will be transferred to Hotel 

Overnight in Cairo

Meal: Breakfast - Lunch

Breakfast, Ancient Egypt Tours Tours 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. Visit to 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. Then you drive to visit the Catacombs which are the largest Roman Cemetery consisting of three levels cut in the rock, Lunch at local restaurant in Alexandria

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  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.

Overnight in Cairo

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before you leave to the airport for your flight back home. Ancient Egypt Tours representative will pick you up and transfer you to the airport.

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Pick-up for international flights is 4 hours before departure time of your flight

For domestic flights, 3 hours before departure time is enough

If your flight is early before breakfast time you can make arrangements with the hotel to prepare a breakfast box for you to take it on your way to the airport.

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Meals: Breakfast

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Ancient Egypt Tours had a great time with you and hope you have enjoyed your time and was satisfied with the services you were offered