Overview
During your New Year's holiday package to Egypt, you will visit four cities, beginning in Giza with visits to Saqqara, Memphis, and the Pyramids of Giza, then exploring Alexandria and discovering Luxor, and finally visiting old Islamic and Coptic Cairo.
Tour Info
- Duration: 6 days , 5 nights
- Departure time and location: 24/7 from Cairo Airport.
- Return time and location: 24/7 to Cairo Airport
- Package category: Egypt Christmas Holiday
Tour Highlights
- Visiting the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, Saqqara, and Memphis
- Explore Luxor, the Valley of the Kings, Karnak Temple, and Hatshepsut Temple.
- Islamic and Coptic Cairo Tour
- Private Day Tour to Alexandria
What to Expect
- with a small group you will be guided to explore the 4 important cities in 6 days from the arrival to the departure, where you will visit Cairo, Giza, Luxor and Alexandria.
Gifts
- Camel riding for 15 minutes during the visits of the Pyramids.
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- The Tour Leader will be waiting inide the airport with sign with your good name on it , and he will contact your good self with Whatsapp if it is available .
- Dress Code: Smart Casual closes is recommended.
- Comfortable shoes for walking, sunglasses and sunhat are important in summer time.
Itinerary
Based on your arrival data, our representative will meet you at the airport with a board bearing your name. The representative will assist you with customs procedures, obtaining a visa, and other matters before escorting you to the hotel.
The representative will be more than pleased to answer any questions and go over the schedule for the next few days as you go from the airport to your hotel.
The Optional sound and Light Show
The pyramids' sound and light show is one of the most recommended activities on the first day, and we can arrange for you to learn about Egyptian history during the one-hour light and sound display in front of the pyramids and Sphinx. the tour is excluded, you can add it to your package.
To schedule the pickup and transfer from the airport to the hotel, you must provide your arrival and departure details prior to the arrival date.
In the case that you arrive before 2:00 pm, you will have to wait in the lobby until check-in time.
According to the scheduled pick-up time, the guide will meet you in the hotel lobby to pick you up and transport you to the following locations before returning you to the hotel.
Memphis tour
Memphis, Saqqara and the Pyramids of Giza
Begin your day tour by visiting one of the most important statues in Memphis's open-air museum. King Menes founded Memphis, which served as Old Egypt's capital throughout the Old Kingdom. For more than 3,000 years, it was regarded as Egypt's administrative and cultural hub!
You can snap a picture with the Ramses II Statue before heading to Sakkara Necropolis.
Saqqara Tour
After touring Memphis, your guide will take you to Saqqara Necropolis, where you will witness the Six Steps Pyramid, the main entrance to the Necropolis, and King Teti's Pyramid.
After you've visited all of the complex's features, your tour guide will take you to a local and traditional restaurant, where we encourage you to sample our local cuisine.
Pyramids of Giza
You will be taken there for 3 hours, with three stops: the enormous pyramid of Cheops, the panorama view, and the temple of Valley and the enormous Sphinx tour. Then you'll be transferred back to your hotel for the night.then you will be transported back to your hotel for the night.
We recommend that you dress casually well, wear a hat, sunglasses, and comfortable shoes depending on the environment.
Entrance rates include simply the admission fee to the area and do not include viewing the pyramids from inside; if you wish to visit the pyramids from inside, you will be charged an additional fee. You can ask your guide to assist you with purchasing the ticket.
Lunch will be served at a neighborhood restaurant.
You will be able to tour Egypt's second capital. Did you know that Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great in 330 BC, served as Egypt's capital for 970 years? Your knowledgeable tour guide will lead you around Alexandria's Greek and Roman sites, including the Catacombs, Bombay Pillar, and Fortress of Qaitbay. This is the tour you want to take. After Visiting Alexandria, you will be taken back to Cairo to take the sleeper train to Luxor.
Meet, pick-up, transfer to Alexandria.
At 7:00 a.m., you'll meet your tour guide in the hotel lobby. You will be picked up by one of our private A/C vans and driven to the lovely city of Alexandria. Alexandria is 210 kilometers north of Cairo, and it will take us around two and a half hours to reach our first tourist stop.
The Catacomb Tour
We head to the Catacombs first. A combination of Greek, Roman, and Ancient Egyptian art can be found here. There are three storeys in the catacombs. You will see the main tomb, which is still decorated with Greek, Roman, and Egyptian symbols, statues, and carvings.
The Seraphim Temple Visit
Pompey's Pillar from the Third Century is your next destination. Made of red Swan granite, the 25-meter-tall pillar is regarded as one of the few surviving remnants of the Seraphim Temple.
Built as a tribute to Emperor Diocletian, it was formerly an impressive building that might match the Soma and the Cesarean.
Quitbay Citadel Walking tour
Our next visit is the Quitbay Citadel. Alexandria's lighthouse was destroyed by an earthquake in the eleventh century. Rather than restoring the lighthouse, Sultan Qaitbay constructed the Alexandrian Fortress to protect Egypt's north.
During your tour of the Qaitbay Citadel, your guide will explain the military monuments and the Alexandria Lighthouse.
After the Lunch, you will be taken back to Cairo train station to take the sleeper train to Luxor.
We recommend that you dress casually well, wear a hat, sunglasses, and comfortable shoes depending on the environment.
Lunch will be served at a neighborhood restaurant.
As you are traveling to Luxor after Alexandria, you will need to check-out and take your luggage with you.
upon arriving to Luxor train station, you will be met with your tour guide who will pick you up and transfer you to visit Luxor sightseeing (The Valley of Kings, Hatshepsut temple, Memnon colossi and Karnak temples), then transfer to the hotel in Luxor for overnight.
The Valley of Kings exploring.
The Valley of the Kings is an Ancient Egyptian burial complex buried in the slopes between Gurna's two limestone hills. The Valley of the Kings has 63 recognized tombs, and three additional have just been discovered. You will be allowed to tour three tombs from the inside; King Tut is not one of them. It has one additional ticket. You may purchase it on-site.
The Queen Hatshepsut temple visit
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut is unusual in that it is Egypt's sole temple constructed into a cliff face in a terrace arrangement. Hatshepsut was a well-known female pharaoh who used a fake beard and all of the trappings of male pharaohs to seize the throne for herself.
Memnon stop
You will be transported to The Memnon Colossi visit: We'll then view the Memnon statues. They are the sole extant sculptures fronting the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III, showing the pharaoh seated on his throne.
Visiting the Karnak temples
After viewing Memnon Colossi, you'll be transported to a local restaurant for lunch. Drinks during lunch are not included. This tour concludes with a visit to Egypt's biggest ancient temple complex, the Karnak Temples. The Karnak Temple Complex is a prominent landmark in Egypt; spiritual forces from ancient Egypt may still be sensed within its walls.
Lunch will be served in a local restaurant.
Dinner is excluded.
The visit to old Cairo is an important element of the Egypt trip package, you will check-out and be picked up from the Luxor hotel according to the arranged pick-up time, you will be transferred to Luxor airport, where you will take the flight to Cairo, upon arriving to Cairo airport you will be met with your guide who will transfer you to see the old Coptic Cairo, a historic Islamic Mosque, and walk through Khan El Khalili Bazaar. Lunch will be supplied throughout the day tour of Cairo. Then you will be transported back to your hotel in Cairo.
Old Coptic Cairo walking tour.
At 08:00 am, you will be met with your tour guide, who will pick you up and transfer you to visit the Old Coptic Cairo, you will be able to visit the hanging church, Babylon fortress, the cavern church where Jesus was living. and Ben Ezra Synagogue.
The Alabaster Mosque and the citadel visit
Your next stop will be at the most significant Islamic site, where you will be able to see all of Cairo from the top. You will also see the alabaster mosque, which is identical to Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. There, you will be guided to learn more about Islamic and Oriental cultures.
Walking for one hour in Khan El Khalili Bazaar
After lunch at a local restaurant, where you will sample the classic Egyptian popular mail (Koshari), you will be taken to Khan El Khalili bazaar, Egypt's most significant market, where you will experience Egyptian life. Then you will be taken back to your hotel in Cairo.
Dress Code: As a general rule in religion sights, men are expected to wear long pants, while women are advised to wear clothing that is at least knee length or below, such as long skirts or pants. Women should also refrain from wearing sleeveless or shirts with low necklines.
The pick-up will be scheduled based on your departure information, and the driver will be ready for you to pick you up and transport you to your next location.
Check-out must be completed by 11:00 a.m.
If your flight is later than the check-out time, we will attempt to help you with late check-out, but if we can't, you can wait in the hotel lobby.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Inclusions
- Assistance Navigating Airports & Train Stations
- 4 Nights in 4 Star Hotel & 1 Night in a Sleeper Train Cabin
- Private & Qualified Egyptologist Tour Guide
- Entrance Fees & Tickets to the Listed Attractions
- Private Transportation to all Locations
- Complimentary Lunch for 4 Days
- Sleeper train tickets from Cairo to Luxor
- Flight ticket from Luxor to Cairo
Exclusions
- International Airfare
- Drinks
- Any private expenses
- Optional Tours
- Any Extra Not Mentioned in the Program
- Tipping
Current Season Price Details
18%Please Note that price changes per season, so the price will depend on the date you pick when check out
| Single Room | Double Room | Triple Room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Must adult # | |||
| Price per adult | $ 1476 $ 1800 | $ 1000 $ 1220 | $ 914 $ 1115 |
| Max child # [age:6-11] | |||
| Price per child | $ 779 $ 950 | $ 500 $ 610 | |
| Max infant # [age:0-5] | |||
| Price per infant | $ 279 $ 340 | $ 271 $ 330 |
Deposit
50 % of the total booking amount
Extra Fees
Optional tours.
Visiting the pyramids from inside.
Beverages during the cruise.