Trip To Egypt From USA& Cairo, Nile Cruise and Sharm in 15 Days

Welcome to Cairo, Egypt

Around Egypt Tours representative will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport, and then he will accompany you to the hotel by an air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At the hotel, the representative will assist you in check-in and review your trip to Egypt from USA Itinarray to confirm pick-up times for each tour.
Welcome Drink

After breakfast, you will be accompanied by your private tour guide to start your trip to Egypt by visiting one of the best attractions in Egypt, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus. Then proceed to visit the Sphinx. The tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the Pyramids of Chephren. Then continue to visit the Solar Boat in front of Cheops Pyramid. Stop for lunch at a good quality healthy restaurant, during the tour, and then proceed to The Saqqara area to visit Saqqara Complex, and the first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid). Next, you will be transferred to your hotel.

After breakfast your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo, to visit Alexandria. Start with Pompay's Pillar, which was constructed in honor of Emperor Diocletian at the end of the 4th century. Then you will be driven to visit the Catacombs, which are the largest Roman Cemetery consisting of three levels cut in the rock. Lunch at a local restaurant in Alexandria, and then you will proceed to see the Qaitbay Citadel, on the site of the ancient pharaohs (lighthouse) of Alexandria, then to Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Finally, you will drive back to your hotel in Cairo.

Breakfast, and then our representative will pick you up from your hotel, to enjoy a visit to the best of Egypt landmarks, the Egyptian Museum, which features artifacts from the Pharaonic period. The museum displays a rare collection of 5000 years of art, which is considered the most precious collection of Egyptian art within the world. Stop for lunch at a good quality restaurant. Head to Old Cairo to visit the Hanging Church, Abu Sirga Church. From there, you will be driven to Khan El Khalili Bazaar. Back to your hotel.

Check out from your Hotel in Cairo, and then you will be transferred to Cairo Airport Domestic Terminal for your flight to Aswan. On arrival in Aswan, you will be met by your Tour Guide and commence your day of Aswan tours Cross by boat to Angilika Island to see the Temple of Isis at Philae, which is one of the Nubian Temples rescued before the High Dam was built. Enjoy Philae’s long colonnades, towers, and reliefs, including the last surviving hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions in Egypt. Back to your Nubian hotel for check-in.

Transfer by a private air-conditioned vehicle to Abu Simbel, about 03 hours driving. The two Temples of Abu Simbel, with their unique style, are considered to be the masterpieces of ancient Egypt. They reflect the glory and grandeur of the new Kingdom. The Egyptian government and UNESCO decided to co-operate to save these temples from the flood. The Temple of Ramsses II was dedicated to the four universal gods Ptah, Re-Her-Akhtey, Amun-Re, and Ramsses II himself. The great Abu Simbel temple is also called The Sun Temple of check RamssessII.The Temple of Queen Nefertari is also Called Temple of Hathor who was the wife of the Sun God so symbolically, the two Temples, that of Ramsses II and that of Nefertari, bring Ramesses II, Nefertari, Hathor, and the Sun God together as one. Later on, you will be escorted back from Abu Simbel to your Nile cruise for check in.
Overnight on Nile cruise Aswan.

By the morning, you will enjoy Sailing to Kom Ombo while getting breakfast on board. Arrive Kom Ombo to visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Back to your Nile cruise to sail to Edfu with lunch on board; on arrival at Edfu, our guide will accompany you to visit the Horus Temple at Edfu by a Kalesh ride (horse and carriage). Explore the huge Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu, which is the most complete and best-preserved of the Egyptian Temples, consisting of many columns, halls, chambers, and chapels. Two statues of Horus flank the twin-towered entrance gate. Enjoy an afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board.

Breakfast will be served on board during your sail to Luxor in the early morning, then set out from your cruise, where you will be taken to the West Bank of Luxor. Visit the royal cemetery for 64 Pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings (the original resting place of the world-famous boy King Tutankhamun). After that, you will move to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (the only Female Pharaoh) at El Deir EL Bahari, which was built in the 15th century BC, and the two towering statues of Memnon. After the trip, you will return to your Nile cruise for lunch on board. Overnight in Luxor

Note: (The three tombs visited are determined by the Egyptian Government to preserve them from the large flow of visitors; therefore, they are rotated throughout the year and cannot be confirmed as to which tombs before your visit).

Breakfast on board, Disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast, then you will be guided for a wonderful exploration of the East Bank of the Nile in Luxor to Karnak Temple, the world's largest ancient religious site. The hypostyle hall with its gigantic columns, is one of Egypt’s famous landmarks. There will be free time to explore the different parts of the huge complex built during various Pharaoh's reigns. Then you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor Temple, which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the God Amun. Back to you hotel and check in. Overnight in Luxor.

Breakfast, and then you will be transferred to Luxor Airport to fly to Sharm. Upon arrival at Sharm Airport, Around Egypt Tours representative will meet you in Sharm Airport, then, he will accompany you by a private air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh. Overnight in Sharm.

Free day or Enjoy our trip to Ras Mohammed National Park, which is both a terrestrial and an aquatic nature reserve. The 480 square kilometers protected area lies where the Gulf of Suez meets the Gulf of Aqaba in Sinai's southern extremity. This place is the home to many rare mammal species: Dorcas gazelle, Nubian ibex, and red fox. Easier to spot are the resident birds like terns, herons, gulls, and ospreys. Thousands of white storks pass through Ras Mohammed each year, heading south during September/October and back north during April/May. Overnight in Sharm.

Free day in Sharm, or join our optional tour to one of the natural wonders of Sinai, the majestic Colored Canyon. Take a walk among dramatic sandstone canyon walls streaked with melting yellows, purples, reds, magentas, and gold. In certain places, the canyon walls reach up to 40 meters. You will feel as if you are enclosed in a spectacular coloring book.
Overnight in Sharm.

Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to the Monastery of St. Catherine, located at the heart of Sinai and the foot of the Gebel Musa, or Mount Moses. Fronted by gardens and cypress trees, the monastery is owned and run by the Greek Orthodox Church. Its rich library houses the world's second-largest collection of illuminated manuscripts after the Vatican. You can see a large number of antique works of art: invaluable icons, beautifully carved doors, exquisite wall paintings, and other fine religious ornaments. Overnight in Sharm.

Breakfast, and then you will be accompanied by your tour representative to Sharm Airport for your flight back to Cairo, where you will be met and assisted, and then transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

Breakfast at your hotel, then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for final departure to USA. End of tours to Egypt from USA.