5-Day Egypt Short Break: Discover Cairo, Giza Pyramids & Luxor Highlights

Upon arrival a representative will meet you at the airport and Pick you up to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy Cairo! 

You will be met in the lobby of your hotel after your breakfast with our Egyptologist Guide and picked up by an air conditioned Van. Start your day by visiting the Egyptian Museum. You will get to see 165,000 Egyptian artifacts. You can also visit the Mummies Hall ( additional cost). Next You will having Your Lunch in Restaurant located by the River Nile. Next stop on our tour is the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. One of the Seven Wonders of the World and still to this day a riddle. A truly unforgettable experience. The sphinx is an enigmatic symbol of Egypt. You will have free time to enter one of the Pyramids ( additional cost) if you wish. You will get a chance to do some shopping and we will visit a perfume factory and traditional papyrus institute where you can see how they make papyrus and purchase a unique gift. After that you will e taken to the train Station to take your train to Luxor. 

upon Arriving to uxor train station you will be met with your Luxor Guide who will pick you up . First we will go to the west band, it is known as the city of dead and is the funerary complex of the  Ancient Egyptians. We will visit the Valley of Kings - the ancient cemetery of pharaohs of the new kingdom.  Hidden in the mountains between the tow limestone hills of Gurna. The valley of kings holds 63 registered  tombs and 3 more tombs have recently been found. We then visit the Hatshepsut Temple. This is a  mortuary temple with a unique design as it is the only temple in Egypt built in terrace formation into the  cliff face. Hatshepsut was a famous female pharaoh who wore a false beard and all the trappings of male pharaohs  in order to claim the throne for herself. 

We will then visit the Memnon statues. They are the only  remaining statues fronting the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III and show the pharaoh sitting on his  throne. Next, we will go across the Nile to the East Bank for Lunch at Local restaurant ( drinks not  included). Our last stop in this tour is the Karnak Temples, the largest ancient temple complex in Egypt.  Karnak  Temple complex is one of the major sites of Egypt and within its bounds the sacred energies of Ancient  Egypt can still be felt. We will then return  to the airport for our flight back to Cairo. Arriving in Cairo at around 07:00 pm (subject to the flight schedule). You will then be taken back to your hotel. 

Our Qualified Tour Guide will pick you up from your hotel/ airport inan A/C Van. You will then travel to Alexandria and visit the 3rd Century Pompey’s Pillar, a 25 meter red Aswan granite column that is the last of the remaining relics of the Seraphim Temple. Constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian, it was once a magnificent structure rivaling the Soma and the Caesareum. Our specialist tour guide will talk to you about the lighthouse of Alexandria and many interesting stories about ancient Romans Emperors. Next is Qayetbay citadel from outside, situated on the entrance to Alexandria’s eastern harbor. Then you will be taken back to your hotel. 

After breakfast and according to your flight details you will be picked up from hotel to Airport.