Upon arrival Cairo Airport, you will be met inside the “Arrivals Hall” by your EE Travel Tour Host, assisted through formalities and driven to your Hotel for three memorable nights. Your Tour Host will handle all check in arrangements, your baggage.
The balance of your day is at leisure to explore your charming hotel.
Overnight Cairo.
After your included breakfast, your Tour Host will introduce to you your superb
private English-speaking Egyptologist-Guide. Your Guide will be with you for all sightseeing in
Giza and Cairo giving you this morning a short but helpful introduction to the sites - and sights - we will see during our tour
Motor through the picturesque Egyptian countryside to the site of
Memphis, ancient Pharaonic capital of Egypt! - In its shady open-air museum, view stunning remnants of this once glorious metropolis - the city from which for many centuries the known world was ruled! - Among the wonders you will see are the beautiful
fallen colossal statue of Ramses the Great and
an elegant alabaster sphinx. -
Then motor onto the nearby desert plateau to explore the astounding necropolis of Memphis storied Sakkara!
Here gaze up at the soaring
Step Pyramid of Pharaoh Zoser, first of
all the pyramids! Then explore the
Heb Sed Court of the amazing pyramid complex. - These and the Step Pyramid are the very
first buildings in hewn stone in all history, - truly “where architecture was born”! - Then, entering the
Tomb of a Court Noble of the Old Kingdom, see enchanting carved and painted relief scenes, which give a vivid picture of
daily life at the dawn of history!
An included lunch will be served at the private “
Membership Only”
Seasons Country Club.
This afternoon shows us the final triumph in the search for the perfect pyramid, -
the imposing Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx! By motor and by foot explore the entire northern Memphite necropolis of Giza. - Driving through the site, we see the three major monuments - the towering
Pyramids of Cheops (Khofu), Chephren (Khafra or Khafre), and Mycerinus (Menkaura or Menkaure); - the Subsidiary Pyramids of favorite Queens and Princesses; - the other three most important buildings of the funerary complex of each pharaoh - his
Valley Temple, Causeway, and Mortuary Temples; the still mystifying sacred boat pits which dot the ground beside each pyramid; - and the vast adjoining cemeteries of members of the Royal Family and of court nobles and high government officials!
Proceeding to the high desert plateau beyond, we then enjoy a panoramic view - and can take a marvelous photograph - of all the Giza monuments spread out below! Returning to the heart of the necropolis, we visit
the Museum of the Royal Boat (or “Solar Boat” or “Sun Boat”) of Cheops, oldest large sailing craft every discovered - and a vessel of surpassing craftsmanship and elegance. - Those who wish may take their picture with the Great Pyramid of Cheops - only remaining marvel of the
ancient Seven Wonders of the World in the background. Then enter the well-preserved Valley temple of Chephren, with its astounding stonework, - and step onto his huge Causeway for a close-up introduction to his giant Sphinx! Enjoy a
lighthearted camel ride through the sands surrounding the Pyramids! This evening attend the spectacular
Sound & Light show at
Giza pyramids & Sphinx.
Overnight Cairo.
Breakfast will be served at your hotel.
Full day at leisure to enjoy your charming hotel.
Farewell Cocktail and dinner at your charming hotel.
Overnight Cairo.
Check out from your hotel after your included
breakfast and then we transfer to Cairo Airport for our mid-morning domestic flight departing Cairo taking us to the Red Sea Resort town of
Sharm El-Sheikh!Upon arrival Sharm El-Sheikh Airport, your Tour Host will transfer you and check in at your Resort for five memorable nights.
The balance of your day is at leisure to explore your charming hotel.
Overnight Sharm El-Sheikh.
Breakfast will be served at your hotel. Full day at leisure to enjoy your charming hotel.
Overnight Sharm El-Sheikh.
Breakfast will be served at your hotel.
Full day at leisure to enjoy your charming hotel.
Overnight Sharm El-Sheikh.
Breakfast will be served at your hotel. Full day at leisure to enjoy your charming hotel.
Overnight Sharm El-Sheikh.
Breakfast will be served at your hotel.
Full day at leisure to enjoy your charming hotel.
Overnight Sharm El-Sheikh.
Breakfast followed by check out from your hotel and then we transfer to Sharm El Sheikh Airport for our afternoon flight departing Sharm taking us back to Cairo!
Upon arrival Cairo Airport, your Tour Host will transfer you and check in at your hotel for three memorable nights.
Overnight Cairo.
After your included
breakfast, we motor a short distance to Mokattam Hill, on which stands a 12th century
Citadel, constructed by Saladin to protect Cairo from the Mongol threat. Within the fortress walls, visit the magnificent alabaster mosque built by
Mohamed Ali.
Next, we motor to the nearby colorful exotic
Khan El Khalili Bazaar quarter, for a walking tour of this maze of workshops and bazaars where all the traditional arts and crafts of Egypt are made and sold!
An included lunch will be served at
Al-Azhar Park Restaurant.
After lunch, we drive to the imposing building, which now houses the
Cairo Egyptian Museum, designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. Today the museum contains the most important collection of Egyptian art in the world. Upon entering the atrium of the ground floor we are greeted by four colossal statues in granite, and to the right, is a copy of the famous
Rosetta stone, which enabled Champollion to find the key to the reading of Egyptian hieroglyphics. The great central hall contains objects of colossal size from various periods. The imposing burial furnishings from the tomb of Tutankhamun in
Biban El Muluk are the principal attractions of the first floor of the museum. Even today, the magnificence and splendour of such a multitude of precious objects
of the treasures of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun leaves one breathless!
Overnight Cairo.
Breakfast will be served at your hotel.
Full day at leisure to enjoy your charming hotel.
Farewell Cocktail and dinner at your charming hotel.
Overnight Cairo.
Check out from your hotel after your included breakfast and then say good-bye to Egypt as you are driven to the airport, assisted through formalities by your EE Travel Tour Host, and checked in for your flight home!
Upon arrival Cairo Airport, you will be met inside the “Arrivals Hall” by your EE Travel Tour Host, assisted through formalities and driven to your Hotel for three memorable nights.
Your Tour Host will handle all check in arrangements, your baggage.
The balance of your day is at leisure to explore your charming hotel.
Overnight Cairo.