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Overview
You will have a great full experience of Egypt country in 12 days you will see Egypt never you have seen before to explore more and to know what others don’t know you will start visiting lower Egypt land to see the marvels of the pyramids of Giza and the hidden gem in Sakkara and Memphis also you will see the golden collection of King Tut who his mummify still displayed in his tomb in the kings valley then you will have a great adventure in the Greek city of Alexander and discovering Siwa oasis and El Minya Goveronorate an addition to upper Egypt Luxor and Aswan cities with the magic of the Nile river viewhighlight
- giza pyramids & the sphinx
- Memphis open Museum
- Sakkara
- the egyptian museum
- the Alabaster mosque and the citadel of Saladin
- OLD Coptic Churches
- cata comb
- pmpi pillar
- qauitbay castle
- Alexandrea library
- ABO Simbel temple & philae temple & Aswan Dam
- Edfu & Komombo temples
- karnak and Luxor temples
- Dair El bahari Temple
- Memnon,s statues
- valley of the kings
- Tell El Amarnna
- Bani Hassan tombs
- Tunna El Gabel cemetery
Itinerary
at 8;00 am our guide will meet you at your hotel lobby for heading to Giza city for visiting Giza pyramids archaeological site to explore the great pyramid of king Khufu that was one of the seven wonders of ancient world that still puzzled the scientists and the scholars till now cause of the technique of constructing that great pyramid mystery still unsolved yet due to its huge heavy blocks of the limestone and the granite that used to build it also you will see the other pyramids of his family as king chephren pyramid & king Mykherinus the little one in Giza site and the tombs of the high officials particularly the exclusive tomb of the great wife of king Khufu known as tomb of Queen Mers Ankh that its walls left great information about the time of king Khufu and the life of the ancient Egyptians then you will go to visit the valley temple where they were mummifying the kings body in it and the great sphinx statue that represented the kings figure as a lion king and to know more about the hidden gem in Giza archaeological site then you will go to Sakkara .
In fact Sakkara archaeological site to see the oldest pyramid was built by king Zoser in ancient Egypt by assistance of his genius architect known as IMHOTEP who he was defied as a his of medicine during the time of the Greek in ancient time that dates back to 2700 bc and the tombs of the high officials and king Teti pyramid that is still intact from inside as the burial chambers walls depicted the journey of the dead king , the texts of the book of the dead and the hymns that help the king soul to pass the next world in peace then you will go to see Meriruka tomb the finest one of its kind that its walls depicted lots of the ancient Egyptian life and the journey of the dead Nobel man in the after life then you will go to see Memphis .
Actually Memphis considered the first capital of ancient Egypt 3300 bc known nowadays as Mit-Rahina village since the modern village was erected on the original site of the ancient capital of Kemet which it was erected by king Narmer after he could to unify the two kingdoms to be one country which he recorded that on his palette displayed now in Cairo museum although you will see the remains of the ancient city and the temples remains that were built in the days of Queen Hatshepsut 1500 bc and king Ramses the great 1250 bc and the popular alabaster Sphinx of The powerful pharaoh Hatshepsut and the colossal laying statue of king Ramses || . Then you will have lunch then be back to the hotel .
our guide will meet you at 8; 00 am at your hotel lobby to head to Cairo museum that was established in the days of our king Abbas Helmy the second in 1902 by French engineer his name Marcel Degnou who he won the competition of founding the largest and the best museum could be keeping the artifacts that discovered in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians , the museum hold more than 120000 masterpieces the most important ones of them the golden collection of King TUT that was discovered in the valley of the kings by Howard Carter in 1922 and the collection of the general army of King Amenhotep the third known as the collection of Yuya and Thuya and the animals mummies hall too then you will go to see the old Coptic churches.
in old Coptic Cairo as the Hanging church of virgin Marry that dates back to the 4th century and called that after it was built on the remains of two towers of the Roman fort that was built by the Roman Emperor Trajan known as Babylon fortress then you will see Saint George church that considered the only Roman Orthodox Church in old Cairo dates back to the 10th c and the cavern church of st. Serious and Bakhus the two Roman soldiers they were murdered by the Roman Emperor Galerio and that church was built by st. Hi Kiana who she dedicated it for them and called the cavern church as it was built on the top of the cave where the holy family sheltered in it during their journey in Egypt in the first c And the Synagogue of Ben Ezra that dates back to the 8th c which it was church then turned to be a synagogue to serve for the Jewish community in Egypt and still opened for visiting and praying too .
Then you will go to the citadel of Saladin that was built by Saladin the great warrior the one who liberated Jerusalem from the hands of the crusaders and defeated them in battle of Hiteen in 1169 ad and gave his orders to his minister Bahaa El Din Qaraqoush to build the the castle to be the seat of the rule and in the citadel you will visit the most beautiful fancy mosque in Cairo for king Muhammad Ali pasha known as the alabaster mosque that was built in 1848 which it took time about 18years to be built by Turkish Architect his name Yussef Boshnuq after Muhammad Ali wanted to challenge the ottoman authority in Istanbul and decided to build a mosque not less luxury than the ottoman sultan mosque in Istanbul although Muhammad Ali pasha looked forward to be the Sultan and disobeyed the ottoman sultan words
And threatened the sultan throne in Istanbul but the European power forced him to come back to rule only Egypt & Sudan then you will have lunch then be back to the hotel
In early morning at 7:00 am our guide will meet you at the hotel lobby which you will head to Alexandrea city it’s 2hrs and half takes time driving from Cairo and upon your arrival to Alexandrea city you will stop at first at cata comb or Kom Al Shukaffa that it was discovered by chance in 1900 when a donkey legs fell in the hole that leaded later to the cemetery of the Greek which it dates back to the second centuary and it considered the biggest one of its kind in Egypt which it consisted of 3 floors dug under ground in the native rock belonged to the Greek and then reused by the Roman’s and it is mix between the ancient Egyptian art and greek_roman style and in that tomb you will visit the hall of the Roman Emperor Caracalla which it is named that after we found the skeletons in that chamber that made us to believe these bones belonged to the youth of Alexandrea who they were murdered by the Roman Emperor but after we have examined them we found that bones belong to horses have some races and they were buried with their owners .
Then you will go to visit pompi pillar known mistakenly as the pillar of pompi when the crusaders thought the head of the Roman leader was hanged on the top of that pillar after king Ptolemy the 13th had cut his head by order of Yulyus Caesar but in fact that column was built in the honor of name of the Roman Emperor Diocletian by Pastemus the ruler of Alexandrea when the people of Alexandrea plotted against the Roman emperor that made him to surround the city and the people were suffered from hanger and famine and after he entered the city he was very mercy with them and distributed the food and the corn for the people that why the governor of the city gave his order to build that column in the honor of the name of the Emoeror .
Then you will go to see Qauit bay castle that overlooking on the Mediterranean and it was built by the Mamluk sultan El Ashraf qauit bay in the 14th c as a powerful fort to defend the city and Egypt northern border from the invasion of the ottomans but that fort has fallen in the hand of the French and the British fleets as well .
Then you will have lunch then you will go to see Alexandrea library that was built in 2003 in the days of our president Mubarak on the original site of the oldest one which the oldest original one was built in the time of king Ptelomy the second in the second century but unfortunately it has burnt during the struggle between Yulyus Caesar and king Ptelomy the 13th in 48 bc and it still containing on lots of the manuscripts and remains of the oldest ones it was the seat of the famous philosophers and the schollars as Aristo , Aflaton and Archimedes .
Then you will be back to your hotel in Cairo .
Day 4- to day 6 : in early morning at 4:30 am you will be headed to Siwa oasis which it takes time 10hrs driving from Cairo and you will stop at Marsa Matrouh which it is 4 hrs from Cairo to have some food and drinks before you will be driving to the oasis for more 6 hrs and upon your arrival at Siwa oasis you will go to your hotel to check in then you will take the safari jeep car to go to the camp for the safari adventure & to camp one night In the camp there for good vibes and relaxinatuon time and meditation with the brilliant stars in the pure sky and having the Bedouin dinner .
Then you will go to see Castle of shally the old city of Siwa people which the people of Siwa provided it with powerful huge gate to prevent the invaders from entry the city or the castle .
Then at the sunset time you will see Futtnas island it is the best lake in Siwa oasis and the most destination place for taking the pictures and good vibes at sunset time which you have some tea during the sunset time and enjoying your time on the lake .
Then be back to the hotel .
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in early morning you will go to see Temple of Amon that was the place where king Alexander the Great crowned in it by the high priests of the temple as the ancient Egyptian kings and considered himself like son of Amon and that temple has big fans of the visitors because it is like the great temple of king Ramses in Aswan abu simbel temple which the sun rays illustrates the holy of the holiness every year
Then you will go to see the mountain of the dead that was discovered by Siwa oasis people during the second world war to be a shelter for them and originally it dates back to the ancient Egyptians and the Ptolemaic era which it has many caves cut in the native rock of the mountain then you will see mountain of El Dakror that has natural forms of the nature and it is good place for photos then back to the hotel .
in early morning you will go to Celopatra pools and the salt wells or the salt lake which famous for the healing from the skin diseases and positive energy and named as Celeopatra pool after Queen celootara the 7th took a shower in it .
For note this adventure is 3 days 2 nights included the vehicle & the jeep car in Siwa & the hotel in Siwa and the entry fees and the 3 meals daily .
Then you will head back to Cairo .
it,s 4 days tours at luxor & aswan
Our representative will meet you at your hotel to pick you up to Cairo airport to take your flight to Luxor and upon your arrival to Luxor airport you will find our representative waiting for you holding sign of TREND TOURS EGYPT to take you to your hotel to check in .
On the first day you will meet our tour guide at the hotel lobby to start your first day tour in Luxor to visit the east bank visiting places Karnak & Luxor temple , which you will stop firstly at Karnak temple complex which the construction of the complex of the temple began during the middle kingdom 12th dynasty time of king Senusert the first in 1950 bc and continued into the Patlomaic period ( 305- 30 bc ) also the extant building date to the new kingdom in fact Karnak temple and the area that surrounding the complex known as ( Ipet -Isut) Which means the most selected places and it was the main centre of worshiping the thyban triad ( Amon , Mut and Khunso ) among the complex of El Karnak temple are the Great hypostyle Hall , the Pylons , the pillared hall , the Festival hall of king Thutmoses the third the sacred lake which it was used for the ritual purification of the priests of the temple , the sacred scarab where located in the middle of the temple symbol of God Khipri the God of Existence according to the ancient Egyptian beliefs and the obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and King Thutmoses and other smal temples and shrines that were built by the greatest pharaohs of the new kingdom .
During the Time of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in 323 Ad , he gave his order to close all the pagan temples throughout the Roman Empire that why this temple was closed and ignored for A While and the Christian churches were founded among the ruins which we have here the most famous example of the reuse of the Festival hall of King Thutmoses the third which was painted and decorated with Coptic inscriptions and saints .
( duration 2hrs )
Then you will be headed to see the largest temple in Luxor city known as Luxor Temple which was constructed approximately in the 14th bc ( 1400bc ) during the new kingdom and it was known in ancient Egypt as ( Ipet- Resyt) means the southern sanctuary although Luxor temple wasn’t dedicated to worship the main gods of Thebes but for the rejuvenation of kingship , it may many of the pharaohs were crowned as kings on Egypt throne in it or for the annual opet festival of the kings the temple was constructed by the greatest kings from 18th dynasty to 20th dynasty and it contained on the two statues of king Ramses the great , the oblesik of queen Hatshepsut and king Ramses two obelisk but unfortunately the oblesik the queen,s one stands nowadays in De Le Concorde in Paris which it was a gift to the king of France by King Muhammad Ali pasha in 1830 ad , the chapels of king Amenhotep the third , but during the Roman time the chapels were converted to churches to serve the new faith and the long avenue of the sphinxes that were located between Karnak and Luxor temple which they re represented with kings heads and some of them with ram headed symbol of God Amon Ra the main God of Thebes also we have here Islamic mosque known as Abu El Hagag mosque that located within the temple and was built on some of the columns of the temple also it was church then converted to ba a mosque during the 7 century .
Then you will have your lunch then be back to the hotel .
(Duration 2hrs)
Day:2/ On the next day you will visit the West Bank visiting places which you will meet our tour guide to head to Dair El Bahari temple , the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut which is known as ( Djeser-Djesrw) ( the holy of the holiness ) was erected by the great architect Senenmut and the most favorite person to the Queen which he hold high positions during the time of queen as a deputy , close advisor , overseer of the royal buildings , and Tutor of her daughter princess Nefru Ra , actually the Tempe was built in the honor of glory of God Amon and for her posthumous worship , Senenmut the architect took the mortuary temple of King Montuhotep the second from the Middle Kingdom as an example of building the mortuary temple of the queen we would say it a copy of it and located also next to it which it is cut the native rocks of the mountain cliffs and designed as terraces reached by ramps and staircases lead to colonnade hall , gardens , avenue of the queens sphinxes and its halls have statues represent the queen kneeling in front of the god and stinging ones too but the most paintings here for the divine birth tale of the queen to be legal to rule Egypt which for the first time in ancient Egypt for a lady to rule Kemet and the punt expedition that was sent by the queen to bring the rare trees and the offerings from south east of Africa , also you can the pillars capitals represent the cow head or goddess Hathor .
( duration 2hrs )
The. You will go to see the two colossal statues of king Amenhotep the third known as Memnon,s statues according to the Greek myth of Memnon the giant great warrior which they were constructed in front of the great temple of Amenhotep the third but the temple in ruins and the statues in bad condition but they still largest statues found on the West Bank of Thebes which their height 18m and made of quartzite and date back to 1350 bc.
(Duration 1 hr)
Then you will go to see the valley of the kings known as the valley of the gates of the kings , it is the necropolis of the most famous kings of the new kingdom which it was used as burial place from time of King Thutmoses the first and Amenhotep the first too until king Ramses the 11th (1540-1074bc ) which that location was chosen by the pharaohs after the Hyksos invasion and was selected carefully to keep and preserve the tombs from the hands of the invaders and the treasure hunters too which they cut the tombs under ground in the mountain and were designed as very deep long passage way leaded to many rooms and the most deep one was to hold the funerary objects of the dead pharaoh , actually we have found about 65 tombs for the royal families and the nobles and the walls of these tombs were painted with all aspects of the next world such as hymns , magical spells , book of the dead texts to ensure passing the dead person soul on the next world and to escort his journey to the heaven and to be protected from the harm and the most famous one known for King Tut the golden boy king that was found in 1922 intact by Howard Carter . Also we found 91 tombs in the valley of the queens here known as ( Ta -set-nefrut) means the place of the beauty ) also we have 91 tombs here but the tomb of Queen Nefertari the great wife of King Ramses the great considered the most beautiful tomb in the valley and the most expensive one .
Then you will have your lunch then be back to the hotel .
You will be headed to Aswan city and our driver will drive you to your hotel in Aswan to check inn
( duration 3hrs) .
Day:3/ our tour guide will meet you to start your first tour in Aswan to see Philae temple that located in Philae island in Aswan which originally was built in the days of the late period time of king Taharqa from the 25th dynasty 690bc and King Pasmatic the second then was modified and became larger in the days of the patlomaic era time of king Ptolemy the second which was dedicated for worshiping goddess ISIS goddess of Magic love joy and motherhood in ancient time in fact till 1970 the ruins of the temple was located here but the UNESCO organization put this temple and others Tempes of the Nubian or Aswan city in project of moving the temples and relocated them cause of the danger of the flood and the submerge due to the high dam project and Naser lake which it was moved to another Island called Igilika island and they took time 8 years to be moved and that temple has great significance which was the most ancient Egyptian temple became survived and ceremonies were practiced after the Christianity appearance in the time of the Roman about in 550 ac .
( duration 2hrs and half )
Then you will go to see the high dam of Aswan which it was constructed in the days of the most beloved president Nasser in 1970 ad and it was one of the most important national projects in the country at that time which helped the country to control the flood and power generation resource of the electricity and water storage for the irrigation really it has had a significant effect on the economy of Egypt and we took time 10 years to build it and it’s capacity 11000m3 cubic. Height 111m and its length 3830 m .
( duration 1 hr)
Then you will go to see the unfinished obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut that considered the largest one that found in ancient Egypt dates back to time of queen Hatshepsut 1450bc located on the north region of the stone quarries of Aswan its length 42 m 1090 tons weight which the obelisk creators began to carve and cut it directly of the bed rock stone but cracks appeared in the granite and the project was abandoned but the bottom side of the obelisk is still attached to the bed rock actually the obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone working techniques.
( duration 2hrs)
Then you will have lunch then be back to the hotel .
Day:4/ in early morning you be headed to Edfu temple that located on the West Bank of the Nile River in Edfu and was dedicated for God Horus who was identified as the Greek God Apollo and that temple was built in the days of the Ptolemaic kingdom between 237bc and 57 bc by king petolmy the third and king Ptolemy the 12th it contained on falcon bird statue that located in front of the temple gate and pillared hall , transverse hall sanctuary of Nectanob the first , shrine of Horus , the ruined pylon , and on one of the walls of the temple we have the foundation text of the temple as it was erected on 23 of August 273 bc and the mythical story of Horus and his avenger from his uncle god set and kiosk of Trajan and the East part of the temple roof offer the burning of the temple during the Roman time during the time of the appearance of the Christianity religion in the Roman Empire .
( duration 2hrs )
Then you will go to see komombo temple that was erected by king Ptolemy the 6th 180 bc and completed by king Ptolemy the 13th 47bc and dedicated to god SET , and Horus the elder and god Sobek the crocodile god of the fertility and Hathor and khonsubtoo that temple contained on the double entrance gate that leads to the pillared hall , the pylon , the rooms duplicated for SET and Horusvthe elder
The most decoration on the wall of the temple the ancient Wgyotain calenadr & the surgical instruments .
( duration 2hrs)
Then you will move to Abu Simbel temple of King Ramses the second that located on the West Bank of Nassrr lake which was dedicated for the defied king Ramses the great and it was built in 1265 bc and took time to be built about 20 years with another temple that was dedicated for the greatest and beloved wife of king Ramses queen Nefertari which the two temples were cut in the native bed rocks of the mountain the great temple of the king shows the iconic statues of the king and his family and inside the temple the statues of the king as Osiris figures and the walls temple depicted the heroic battle of Qadesh and the victory of the king against the hitites people And the first peace treaty that conducted in the history and it has the hypo style hall and the defied statues of the king , and god Ptah , god Rahorakhty and god Amon Ra . This temple has an important annual event which the solar alignment or the astronomical Phenomenon happens every year twice on 22 of October and on 22 of Feb which the Sun Rays illustrate on the statues faces of Sanctuary except god Ptah statue who was rented with realm of the dead and must be remained in dark that an evidence as the ancient Egyptians were very skillful in astronomy science the temple was saved by UNESCO among of the Nubian temples from the submerging of the temple due to the flood danger which in 1967 the project of relocate and moving the temple was started and successfully made by them .
( duration 2 hrs )
Then having the lunch then be transferred to Aswan airport for your flight back to Cairo .
And upon your arrival to Cairo airport you will find our representative be waiting for you to drive to your hotel in Cairo .
day :11 would be free day for taking some rest .
Day :12 /In early morning at 4:30 am your tour guide will meet you at your hotel lobby in Cairo to transfer to El Minya governirate a 4 hrs driving from Cairo and upon your arrival you visit Tuna El Gebel necropolis that was mainly the burial site of Hermopolis or El Ashmonien where the centre of worshiping of God THOT the God of writing knowledge and wisdom in ancient Egypt , it was used as the necropolis of the 15th province in ancient Egypt . (( duration 2 hrs )).
Then you will go to see Beni Hassan tombs that date back to the reign of the Middle Kingdom which these tombs were used as burial places of many local governors of the region of El Minya during the rule of the 11th dynasty about 2134 bc - 1991 bc ., and the 12th dynasty ( 1991 bc - 1759bc).
Duration 2hrs .
Then you will go to Tell Al Amarna or Akhetaten necroplolis and temples , which its name means the Sun disc ATEN in the Horizon , where the main capital city of Aten that was erected by king Amenhotep the 4th who he changed his name to Akhenaten which means the one who shining like Aten , but in short time after his death the city was destroyed by the High Priests of Amon and all what left were just the remains of the temples of Aten and some of the royal members tombs , we also found 350 tablets were made of clay date back to the 15th century bc they re found in 1887 ad. These tablets are distributed in different places in the world which 50 of them in Cairo museum , 82 in the British museum , 200 in Berlin museum and 22 of them in Oxford but there are a few of them as private property .
Then you will having lunch then be back to Cairo (Duration 2 hrs )
Inclusions
- : all pick up & drop off
- : private modern A/C vehicle .
- : private professional Driver
- : private Tour Guide
- : entry fees
- : Bb lunch at nice restaurants.
- : snacks bag included water bottles
- : local flights from Cairo to Luxor & from Aswan back to Cairo
- : accommodation hotel just in Siwa Oasis .
- : visiting the Great Pyramid of King Khufu from Inside .
- : visiting king TUT Tomb in the valley of the kings in Luxor .
- : break fast & lunch & dinner in Siwa oasis .
- : hassle free.
EXCLUDES
- ; personal items
- : optional tours like the ballon tour in luxor .
- : hotels accommodation in Cairo & Luxor & Aswan .
- : Gratuities Recommended .
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