12 Days Cairo, Aswan and Luxor Abu Simbel overland

Your expert tour guide will be waiting for you at your hotel. Ready to start your tour.

At the first stop, you will be amazed by the Egyptian Museum containing thousands of genuine artefacts, Statues and a priceless collection of Egyptian art. The most incredible being the full exhibit of King Tutankhamun, including the gold treasures found in his tomb in 1920.

At the next stop, you will visit Ibn Tulun mosque one of the largest and oldest mosques in the country, Ibn Tulun was built between AD 876 and AD 879 by an Abbasid governor sent from Baghdad to rule Egypt. Decorative Called a “Friday Mosque”, its open-motif arch air courtyard is large enough to hold the whole male congregation of the district for prayers on the holiest day of the week. Built entirely of mudbrick, the mosque is surrounded by an outer courtyard, which was meant to act like a moat and keep the secular city at bay. This and its curious spiral minaret make it unique in Egypt.

Lastly, you will visit Khan El Khalili, at Khan al-Khalili it is home to the coppersmiths’ market and an assortment of workshops. Further along are shops selling a miscellany of coffee-house equipment such as tin-topped tables and sheeshas, before finishing with the garlic and onion stalls near Bab al-Futuh.

Once the tour is complete you will be transferred in comfort back to your hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Your expert tour guide will be waiting for you at your hotel, ready to transfer you to Alexandria by A/C vehicle.

At the first stop, The Catacombs                                  

The catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, built during the Roman period. They have three levels and their decoration shows the syncretism between the Egyptian pantheon and the Roman one.

At the next stop, you can admire the famous library of Alexandria, one of the largest and most impressive examples of ancient times.

At the next stop, you visit the site of Pharos lighthouse of Alexandria, once an Ancient Wonder of the world. Now in its place, the grand Citadel of Qaitbay.

Next stop, Abu al-Abbas mosque

We will also pass by the beautiful Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque, a marvel of architecture built between the years 1929-1945 influenced by the buildings of ancient Egypt in Cairo.

Lastly, a stop at Alexandria’s downtown.

Once the tour is complete you will be transferred in comfort back to your hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Your guide will be waiting for you at your hotel in Cairo. Then you will be transferred to the airport, ready for your flight to Aswan.

Your tour guide will be waiting for you at Aswan airport, holding a sign of your name. Then you will be taken to your private A/C vehicle, ready to start your tour.

Visit the High Dam, Lake Nasser

the Aswan Dam was built by the British between 1898 and 1902. At the time of its construction, it was the largest dam in the world, and its height was twice raised again in an effort to control the river. The roads to Abu Simbel and the airport cross the dam and the views over the river and islands are stunning.

Stretching south more than 500 km (310 miles) from the High Dam and reaching depths of over 180 m (590 ft), Lake Nasser is the largest artificial lake in the world.

Crocodiles thrive in Lake Nasser, it’s one of the most important tourist attractions in the Lake, Crocodiles hunting is prohibited by Egyptian Law.

You will visit the Philae Temple

As the center of the cult of Isis, the island of Philae was an important place of pilgrimage for worshippers until long into the Christian era. From Philae, Isis was said to watch over the sacred island of Biga, one of the mythical burial sites of her husband Osiris.

From here, a long courtyard, flanked by colonnades, leads to the magnificent Temple of Isis, the main building in the Philae temple complex.

To the west of the temple lies the Gate of Hadrian, which was inscribed, in 24th August AD 394, with Egypt’s last hieroglyphics. On the eastern side of the island, the small Temple of Hathor contains reliefs of musicians, among them Bes, the god of singing.

Further south, close to the edge of the water, is the classically graceful, 14-columned Kiosk of Trajan, which has scenes of the Roman emperor burning incense in front of Osiris and Isis. At the northern end of the island, the Temple of Augustus and Gate of Diocletian lie in ruins.

Once the tour is complete you will be transferred in comfort back to your hotel in Aswan.

Overnight in Aswan

You will start the tour to the Temple of Abu Simbel. This massive temple constructed by Ramses II is one of the most impressive sites in Egypt.

Then you will visit the temple of Nefertari.

The two temples were carved on a mountainside in 1200 BC under the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II and his wife Queen Nefertari. All the sculptures, works of art, murals, and statues are extremely beautiful and tell incredible stories about Ramses’ victories at the Battle of Kadesh and honor many gods like Ra, Amen, and Ptah.

Once the tour is complete you will be transferred in comfort back to your hotel.

Overnight in Aswan

Start your day tour, after picking you up from your hotel in Aswan, your Package Holidays To Egypt tour guide to transfer to Luxor by a private vehicle with air conditioning.

The Egyptian City” Kom Ombo “

Surrounded by fields of sugarcane and corn, Kom Ombo is a pleasant agricultural town, home to many Nubians displaced by the creation of Lake Nasser.

This unusual structure is the result of the temple’s dedication to two gods – the left side to the falcon god Haroeris (Horus the Elder) and the right side to Sobek, the local crocodile god.

The Chapel of Hathor, just to the south of the temple, now houses a few crocodile mummies from the nearby crocodile necropolis.

The City of Edfu & The Temple of Horus at Edfu

Edfu stands beside the Nile almost exactly halfway between Luxor and Aswan.

The Temple of Horus at Edfu, which was buried under sand and silt for nearly two thousand years, is the largest and best-preserved Ptolemaic temple in Egypt. Construction of the temple began under Ptolemy III Euergetes in 237 BC and the main temple complex took 25 years to complete.

At arrival you will be transferred to your hotel in Luxor.

Overnight in Luxor

Your tour guide will be waiting for you at your hotel in Luxor, Then you will be taken to your private A/C vehicle, ready to start your tour.

First you will stop at the East Bank to visit

The Temple of Karnak

that is how it combines the achievements of many ancient builders & Pharaohs. It actually comprises a vast mix of ancient Egyptian decayed Temples, Chapels, and many other buildings. Inside it, you will find 3 main Shrines of Amun-Re, Mut, and Khunso on about 247 acres of Land.

Then, you will visit Luxor Temple

There is more history in every square meter in this terrific temple which was constructed about 1400 BCE and unlike the rest of the temples which were constructed in ancient Egypt, it wasn’t dedicated to any cult god or any deified king in death but it was dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship where many kings were crowned and the best time to visit this magical Temple is at night

Once the tour is complete you will be transferred in comfort back to your hotel.

Overnight in Luxor

Your tour guide will be waiting for you at your hotel in Luxor, Then you will be taken to your private A/C vehicle, ready to start your tour.

The tour will start at the West Bank where you will visit the

Valley of the Kings

The remote, barren Valley of the Kings was the necropolis of the New Kingdom pharaohs. By digging their tombs deep into the Theban Hills, pharaohs from Tuthmosis I (c.1500 BC) on hoped to stop robbers stealing the priceless possessions buried with them.

But for all that, the structures themselves remain, their dramatic corridors and burial chambers stunningly adorned with symbolic accounts of the journey through the underworld and ritual paintings to assist the pharaohs in the afterlife.

and many different amazing Ancient Temple Monuments. In the Valley of the kings you will be taken back in time entering the tombs of the Pharaoh’s that contain painted pillars and walls.

Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

Against its stark mountainous backdrop, the partly rock-hewn Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri is a breathtaking sight. It was designed by Queen Hatshepsut’s architect Senenmut in the 18th Dynasty and is an extraordinary monument which rises from the desert plain in a series of imposing terraces.

The temple was damaged by Ramses II and his successors, and Christians later turned it into a monastery (hence the name Deir al-Bahri, which means “Northern Monastery”). However, the ongoing excavation of the site continues to reveal much exquisite decoration. Adjacent to the main temple are the ruins of the much older Temple of Montuhotep II, the ruler of the 11th Dynasty who managed to unite Egypt, and the 18th-Dynasty Temple of Tuthmosis III.

Then to see the Colossi of Memnon

Soaring 18 m (60 ft) into the sky, the two enthroned statues of Amenhotep III are the first monuments most visitors see on arriving in the West Bank.

They originally guarded Amenhotep’s mortuary temple – thought to have been the largest ever built in Egypt -which was plundered for building material by later pharaohs and gradually destroyed by the annual floods.

All that remains are the two faceless colossi, which, despite the ravages of time, are an impressive sight.

Once the tour is complete you will be transferred in comfort back to your hotel.

Overnight in Luxor

Your tour guide will be waiting for you at your hotel in Luxor, then you will be taken to your private A/C vehicle, ready to start your tour.

Dendera temple

The Temple of Hathor was largely constructed during the Late Ptolemaic period, specifically during the reign of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII. Later additions were made during the Roman period. Although built by a dynasty of rulers who were not native Egyptians themselves, the design of this temple has been found to be in accordance to that of other classical Egyptian temples, with the exception of the front of the hypostyle hall, which, according to an inscription above the entrance, was constructed by the Emperor Tiberius.

Drive to Abydos temple from Dendera temple

Abydos temple

Today, Abydos is notable for the memorial temple of Seti I, which contains an inscription from the nineteenth dynasty known to the modern world as the Abydos King List. It is a chronological list showing cartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes until Ramesses I, Seti’s father. The Great Temple and most of the ancient town are buried under the modern buildings to the north of the Seti temple. Many of the original structures and the artifacts within them are considered irretrievable and lost; many may have been destroyed by the new construction.

Although there were several temples constructed here, the largest and most significant is known as the Temple of Seti I. Seti I was the father of the great Ramesses II, who actually completed the construction of most of the temple after his father’s death.

Once your day at leisure is complete, you will be transferred in comfort to the domestic airport to take your flight to Cairo.

At arrival you will be transferred to your hotel in Cairo.

Overnight in Cairo.

Open day at Leisure to explore Cairo.

Overnight in Cairo.

• Optional Tour to: the Citadel of Salah El Din, and Al Moe’z Street
• Optional tour to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization “NMEC”, Coptic Cairo

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, then you will be transferred to Cairo Airport in time for your departure.