Trip itinerary

Day 1: Arriving to Cairo Egypt

- Meet in Cairo airport then transfer in private AC van to Cairo hotel
- Finalize all your holiday procedures with our Rep upon arrival
- End check in quickly and overnight in Cairo

Day 2: Cairo City Sightseeing

- Morning visit to Giza Pyramids, Egyptian Museum & Khan El Khalili
- Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo

Day 3: Travel to Bahariya Oasis

- Breakfast, Check out and transfer privately for 4 hours to Bahariya Oasis
- Local tour to the English House, Ain El Meftella & Golden Mummies Museum
- Transfer to hotel and overnight in Bahariya

Day 4: White & Black Desert Tour

- Breakfast then move to White Desert, Black Desert and Haize Village
- Continue to visit the Crystal Mountain and the Valley of Agabat
- Bedouin dinner and overnight in camp in the White Desert

Day 5: Farafra & Dakhla Oasis Tour

- Morning visit to Farafra Oasis, Badr's museum, Deir El Hagar & Mezzawaqqah
- Continue to Village of Al Qasr, Ayubid mosque and Dakhla Oasis
- Transfer to hotel and Overnight in Dakhla Oasis

Day 6: Khargha Oasis Tour

- Breakfast then move to Kharga Oasis to visit Qasr el Labkha, Hibis Temple
- Continue to Nadora Temple, Temple of Dush and visit Baris Oasis
- Overnight camping in Kharga

Day 7: Travel to Luxor

- Breakfast in Dakhla then 6 hours drive to Luxor
- Arrive to Luxor, check in and overnight in Luxor
- You may optionally book any of our Luxor tours

Day 8: Nile Cruise Tour

- Breakfast then transfer to board Nile Cruise before lunch
- Afternoon visit to Luxor and Karnak temple in East Bank
- Dinner and overnight abaord cruise in Luxor

Day 9: Nile Cruise Tour

- Breakfast then visit Hatshebsut temple, Memnon Colossi & Valley of Kings
- Lunch on board, sail to Edfu with a leisurely dinner on board and overnight

Day 10: Nile Cruise Tour

- Arrive to Edfu after breakfast then visit Horus temple and return
- Lunch on board, continue sailing to visit Sobek temple in Kom Ombo
- Continue sailing to Aswan, dinner and overnight on board cruise

Day 11: Nile Cruise Tour

- Breakfast then visit the High Dam, Philae Temple & Unfinished obelisk
- Dinner and overnight on board Nile Cruise in Aswan

Day 12: Travel Back to Cairo

- Breakfast, disembark then optionally you can visit Abu Simbel temple
- Transfer to Aswan train station to get the sleeper train back to Cairo
- Overnight aboard sleeper train with dinner and breakfast included

Day 13: Arriving Back Cairo

- Arrive to Giza train station, meet and transfer to Cairo hotel for check in
- You may optionally book any of our Cairo day tours or Night Activities
- Overnight in Cairo hotel

Day 14: End of Tour

- Breakfast in hotel then check out
- Transfer to Cairo airport for departure

What to Bring

Sun glasses, Hats, sun cream
Valid passport for 6 Months
Comfortable clothes & shoes
Scarf, photo and Video Camera

Western Desert Distances

Cairo to Bahariya 370KM
Cairo to Siwa 750 KM
Siwa to Bahariya 490 KM
Bahariya to White Desert 160 KM
Farafra to Dakhla 280 KM
Dakhla to Kharga 190 KM
Kharga to Luxor 390 KM

Trip includes

Cairo International airport meet & assist service
All transport as per itinerary by A/C vehicle
3 nights in Cairo hotel with breakfast
1 night in Bahariya with breakfast and dinner
1 night in White Desert camping on full board
1 night in Dakhla on half board
1 night in Kharga camping on full board
1 night in Luxor hotel with breakfast
4 nights aboard superior Cruise on full basis
1 night aboard sleeping train on half board
All desert transport by private jeep 4x4
Proficient Egyptologist tour guide
All cruise tours sharing group
All private guided tours as per itinerary
Entry fees to all sites as per itinerary
All camping equipments
Bottled water during trips
Mobile loan (30 min local calls / 5 min. international calls)
All service charges & taxes

Itinerary highlights

Sakkara Necropolis

Sakkara is one of the most extensive archaeological sites in Egypt! It was the cemetery for Memphis, the capital of Ancient Egypt. Yet it is still one of the virgin archaeological sites despite the fact that so much has already been found here! Best known for the Step Pyramid, the oldest known of Egypt's 97 pyramids.

Nile River

The Nile is a major north flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. In the ancient Egyptian language, the Nile is called "Great River". The Ancient Egyptians called the river Ar or Aur (black) because of the color of the sediment left after the river’s annual flood.

Egyptian Museum

Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world’s most famous monuments. Cairo Museum in Tahrir Square is one of Egypt’s top attractions, known more commonly as the Egyptian Museum of antiquities, houses the largest collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts in the world.

White Desert

The white desert is the most popular and interesting area in the Western Desert. It has a white cream color and massive chalk rock formations that been created as result of occasional sandstorm in the area, intensified by the clear light of noon, shimmering gold at sunset or blackened and shrunken in a cloud filled sky.

Kharga Oasis

Most of the desert tours specifically visit Egypt's Western Desert, which in more general terms, is known as the Sahara Desert stop at Kharga Oasis. It is the capital of the governorate of the new valley, or Al Wadi Al Gadeed. It connected Egypt to Southern Africa through the forty days road.

Farafra Oasis

The Western Desert is 262, 000 square miles of dunes, canyons, oases, mountainous plateaus, and valleys that span most of land west of the Nile Valley. Al Farafra is a small oasis located in the western desert of Egypt. It is the second biggest depression by size located in Western Egypt and the smallest by population.

Bahariya Oasis

The most accessible of the Western Desert Oases, Bahariya, offers many interesting attractions and a foretaste of how life goes in an oasis. The Bahariya Oasis is about 500 Kms from Cairo. Bahariya has a particular historical significance as it was an important transit point for the Caravan tracks and the Nile Valley.

Black Desert

Most people are not aware of the beauty of specific parts of the desert. The section that attracts tourists the most in the Western Desert is that particular area located between Bahariya Oasis in the South and Farafra Oasis in the North & it have a significant scientific value after fossils being discovered there including Dinosaur fossils.

Valley of Kings

The Valley of the Kings is the major tourist attraction in Luxor. It is a valley in Egypt where for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC. In modern times it has become famous for the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun and it is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.

Memnon Colossi

One of the main attractions in Luxor West Bank on the road to the monument area, 2 gigantic statues known as the Colossi of Memnon belong to Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For 3,400 years they have sat in the Theban necropolis.

Edfu Temple

Edfu is an Egyptian city, located 60 Km to the north of Aswan, today it is an important center for sugar production and pottery. The most important monument in the city is the Temple of Horus, considered to be one of the most beautiful and preserved Temples in Egypt & the second largest after Karnak.

Kom Ombo Temple

Kom Ombo is located in Upper Egypt on the east bank of the Nile. The origins of Kom Ombo are mysterious, perhaps still buried for future generations to discover. The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple built during the Ptolemaic dynasty in the Egyptian town of Kom Ombo.

Luxor West Bank

Luxor is one of the world’s greatest cities is nothing less than an understatement. The West Bank of Luxor in Egypt is even more of an archaeological paradise than the East Bank. It is much more than what we refer to as the Valley of the Kings, though many have called the whole of the area by that name.

Luxor Temple

Known in the New Kingdom period as Ipt-Rsyt, means the southern shrine. Amenhotep III built Luxor Temple. Many festivals were celebrated in Thebes (Waset in ancient Egyptian). The Temple of Luxor was the center of the most important one, the festival of Opet. It appears that the temple's purpose was for a suitable setting for the rituals of the festival.

Luxor East Bank

In ancient times it was known as Waset and later Thebes under the Greeks. Homer is said to have described Luxor as the ‘City of the Hundred Gates’. Travel to Luxor and you will know why it is one of Egypt's great tourist attractions. Luxor is one of the world’s greatest cities is nothing less than an understatement.

Karnak Temple

Although badly ruined, no site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak. It is the largest Temple in World ! It contains a group of Temples (Great Temple of Amon Ra, Temple of Khonso, The Ipt Temple, Temple of Ptah, Temple of Montho & the Temple of God Osiris).

Hatshepsut Temple

Deir el-Bahri Temple Complex It is an incredible expression of the absolute power of a pharaoh, whether woman or man. It includes one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt, perhaps in the world due to its design & decorations. In the 7th century AD, it was named after a Coptic monastery, known as the “Northern monastery”.

Esna Lock

Esna is a city in Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the River Nile, about 33 miles south of Luxor, The town was formerly part of the modern Qena Governorate. Esna Greek name was Latopolis and here fish (lates) where thought to embody the goddess Neith, who was sacred to the area.

Luxor

Luxor is one of the most wonderful Egyptian cities. The city that witnessed the flourishing of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt when it was called Thebes and it served as the capital of Egypt for hundreds of years. Many Egypt travel packages would include a visit to Luxor.

Unfinished Obelisk

The Unfinished Obelisk is one of the most popular sites in Aswan. Situated on the southern edge of the Northern quarry, provides insight into the stone working methods employed by ancient Egyptians. It is being promoted to attract more visitors to the Aswan offering unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone working techniques

High Dam

To find a way to manage the water of the Nile so that Egyptians had just the right amount all the time so the solution of this problem was the dam. Tourists visiting Aswan come to marvel at the High Dam, which has become somewhat of a local attraction in its own right.

Philae Temple

One of the main sites visited by almost every tour to Egypt, Philae is actually a nonexistent island now buried beneath Lake Nasser and the previous site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex in southern Egypt.

Aswan

Aswan is a city of special magic of its own. Located at the southernmost point of the Nile Valley, Aswan has served as the southern gateway of Egypt for many years.

Khan El Khalili

Khan El-Khalili open air bazaar is 14th century old Arab souk. Built in 1382 by the Emir Djaharks el Khalili in the heart of the Fatimid Islamic Cairo. Filled with exotic unique items from jewelry, spices, souvenirs and perfumes to t-shirts and galabiyyas. The bazaar still operates and allows you to experience an exciting world where treasures can still be found.

Old Cairo

Misr Al Qadimah or Old Cairo, goes back in history to the 6th century and The name was given to the the ancient southern part of the city the site of those capitals before modern Cairo. known also as Cairo religious comunity as it conatins some of the ancient Islamic mosques, Coptic churches beside the historical Jewish synagouge of Ben Ezra.

Alabaster Mosque

Situated inside the open court of Cairo Saladin Citadel, designed by the Turkish architect Yousf Boushnaq in 1830 A.D as replica of Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. Limestone was the main material for construction but alabaster been used largely in the the lower parts up to 11 meters height.

Giza Pyramids

Dating back to 2589 BC, Giza Pyramids are the Only remaining ancient world wonders with its 3 pyramids built for kings Cheops, Chephren & Micerinus. Cheops pyramid is the oldest and largest, Chefren built The sphinx, Chephren and Micerinus pyramids are smaller and simpler. The Great Pyramid needed 30 years, about 100 000 workers & 6 millions stone block to be erected.

Cairo Egypt

Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is the largest city in the country and an important political, cultural, and commercial hub in the Middle East and the Arab World. Cairo has a population of more than 10 million people.

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