10 days best of Egypt tours Cairo Nile Cruise and Alexandria

Upon landing at Cairo International Airport, your private Egypt tour representative will be ready and waiting to greet you at arrivals. From here you will be guided through every stage of the Egyptian customs process, from immigration to baggage claim, before transferring your party to your hotel in Cairo to get settled in.
Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Enjoy this Private Giza day trip from one of our recommended Egypt tour package that we are organizing just for just you, with a private expert Cairo tour guide and modern vehicle with driver to ensure you can make the most of every minute of your day (3 locations only are possible):

• Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza:
  You will discover the magnificent Sphinx standing proud in front of the Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure pyramids. While outside, seize the opportunity to explore the tombs of the pyramid builders nestled in the shadows of the great pyramid, and discover how they worked, lived, and received honorary burials at the site over four thousand years ago.
• Grand Egyptian Museum G.E.M: (opening soon)
  The Grand Egyptian Museum, the largest ever Museum. Throughout history, we have always been great builders, and the GEM is our next gift to you and future generations. Aligned with the pyramids two km away, GEM houses over 100,000 objects, including 3500 pieces from the golden king, Tut Ankh Amun. The artifacts, restoration labs, 3-D cinemas, and the latest technologies will bring ancient Egypt alive again.
• Sakkara or Saqqara
  View the spectacular discoveries and ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, there are 2 tickets we recommending here:

• Standard ticket Covers: The Step Pyramid and funerary complex of King Zoser & Mastaba ‎of Ti & The Pyramid of Unas & Imhotep Museum, Minister Kagemni Tomb.
• Inclusive ticket Covers: Standard Ticket Plus+ Nobles Tombs, New Kingdom Tombs, Serapeum of Sakkara, Tomb of Mereruka, Tomb of Mehu.
• Memphis Open Air Museum
  Taking a stroll through the open-air museum of Mit Rahina. Here, witness the magnificent statues of Ramses II standing at a colossal 11 meters, and the Sphinx of Memphis; spiritual guardian of the tombs. Keep delving into history as you follow the paths of the ancient capital to visit the statues of Sekhmet, the Temple of Mummification, and the Temple of Hathor.

At the end of the day, your personal driver will take you back to your Hotel or address with many amazingly memories of your Giza day tour With our private guide and modern vehicle.
Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Every day of our Egypt tour packages that is organized just for you, with a private expert Cairo tour guide and modern vehicle with driver to ensure you can make the most of every minute of your tour to Best Cairo tours package of Cairo city with private guide and car as following:

• Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square:
  The Egyptian Museum, founded on 1858, houses upward of 120,000 masterpiece objects which date back to different ages in Egyptian history. A visit to the Egyptian Museum will further your interest in Egyptian art and history.
• Citadel of Saladdin and Mosque of Mohamed Ali:
  Within the walls of Cairo, lies a jewel of the Middle Ages. sits the 12^th century military towers of the Citadel of Saladin. continue walking to Mosque of Mohammad Ali Pasha, established in the year 1830. This mosque was designed with elements found in Blue Mosque in Turkey.
• Old Cairo (Religions complex):
  this area displays a continuity of beliefs. Follow in the footsteps of Moses to Ben Ezra Synagogue; Experience the spirituality of The Hanging Church of Holy Virgin Mary, a 6^th century Coptic sacred sight. Tour the Amr ibn al Aas Mosque, the 1^st official mosque ever to be built in the whole of Africa! Here in Religion complex in old Cairo all three faiths meet in peace, where Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed are all revered.
• Khan el Khalili:
  No one should escape the pleasures of traveling to Egypt without visiting Cairo’s famous 14^th century Khan al Khalili market, named after its founder, Jaharks al Khalili.

At the end of the day, your personal driver will take you back to your Hotel or address with many amazingly memories of your Cairo day tour With our private guide and modern vehicle.
Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

As your adventure continues with the luxury Nile cruise boat, your Go Travel Egypt representative will escort you to Cairo Airport for your flight to Luxor. After a quick one-hour flight, you will be met by your Luxor tour guide who will escort you to your room aboard the river Nile cruise boat.
Your Nile Cruise boat from Luxor to Aswan for 5 days as part of your 10 days best of Egypt tours as following:
Today's tour includes:

• The two Colossi of Memnon:
  They are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, since 1350 BCE are considered the gate way to the West Bank tour. you have secured an appointment with these two giant statues, always ready to meet you at the entrance.
• Valley of The Kings:
  Known as the Gate of the Afterlife, where tombs of the greatest kings of 18^th, 19^th, and 20^th Dynasties (New Kingdom period 3550 BCE). famous tombs lie down here such as: Tutankhamun, ThutmosI, II, and III, Ramses Iand II, Amenhotep III and IV, Seti II, Merenptah, sons of Ramses II, and many more.
• Temple of Queen Hatchepsut:
  Queen Hatshepsut “the foremost of all noble women” The “female king”, Her mortuary temple is the world-famous buildings and obelisks that she ordered constructed. visit the chapel of the god-headed Anubis, chapel of the primeval goddess. You will learn the story of her nephew, the future king, who chiseled her names out of her temple in a story of a family revenge.

  At the end of the day, your personal driver & guide will take you back to your Nile cruise boat with many amazingly memories of your 10 days best of Egypt tours with our private guide and modern vehicle onboard of luxury Nile cruise
  Breakfast at the hotel & Lunch, Dinner and Overnight on board Nile Cruise.

Today's tour includes:

• Karnak Temple:
  It took 2000 years to complete this complex, this place was full of life! Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Roman art and architecture add to style of the temple. The whole site has colossal statues, relief, obelisks and halls and, of course, the Avenue of the Sphinxes.
• Luxor Temple:
  Huge statues of Ramses II is the big mark, along with the scenes over the first pylon of warrior king upon his chariot. View the hieroglyphs showing that peace is achieved. Watch the celebrations of the Opet festival over the wall of the hypostyle hall. Next the temple of Alexander the Great was converted into a Church and is now a mosque. Also see the Birth and Coronation rooms too.

At the end of visits, we will take you back to your Nile Cruise with many amazingly memories of your Nile Cruise tour package.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Overnight on board of your Nile Cruise.

Today's tour includes:

• Horus Temple in Edfu:
  This place tells the story of legendary struggle between Horus and Set. See the chapel of Hathor goddess of music and motherhood, the great pylon, and the winged solar disc. Next, to the Pr Ankh or House of Knowledge, then the House of Beauty, two amazing architectural elements seen only here! Discover the scenes of the festival of the beautiful meeting between Horus of Edfu and Hathor of Dendara, see also the Sky Goddess Nut and her chapel, too.
• Temple of Kom Ombo:
  Horus “the falcon” and Sobek “the crocodile” are the two gods that were worshipped in this temple. There are unique scenes of purifications, offerings, medical tools and calendar. through axe of Horus, you may ask him about the secret of “the Eye of Horus.” find it in the crypts under the temple ground or marsh near the Crocodile Museum featuring crocodile mummies.

  At the end of visits, we will take you back to your Nile Cruise with many amazingly memories of your Nile Cruise tour package.
  Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Overnight on board of your Nile Cruise

Today's tour includes:

•   Temple of Philae:
  Isis, known as goddess of love and beauty, was wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. This Temple tells the never-ending story of the history of the Pharaohs. Prayers still echoes through chapels of Imhotep, housing figures of Isis and gods. Next, enjoy the chapel of Hathor and kiosk of Roman Emperor Trajan.
• High dam of Aswan:
  The Nile River and its flooding has given life and fertility to the people over millennia. Worshipped by the Ancient Egyptians as a god named Habi, recently became a source of electrical power with the building of the Aswan Dam in 1910, followed by the High Dam that took 11 years of construction to complete in 1970. And its story to be told about Soviet-Egyptian Friendship.
• Tour by Nile Felucca around Elephantine Island & the Botanical Garden in Aswan:
  Botanical Garden has many types of subtropical, and rare plantings and trees such as the Royal Palm tree and the Sabal Palm tree named also as Lord Kitchener Island.
  Elephantine Island named Elephantine because Egyptians first saw the Elephant in this district. The island is considered a natural boundary between Aswan and Nubia.

At the end of visits, we will take you back to your Nile Cruise with many amazingly memories of your Nile Cruise tour package.
Lunch, Dinner and Overnight on board of your Nile Cruise

continuing your 10 days best of Egypt tours.
Today's tour includes:

• Temple of Abu Simbel:
  The temples considered to be miracle when it was built and another miracle as it was rebuilt 1960, saving it from flooding of Nasser Lake, King Ramses II had it constructed to show himself as a king and a god. His cartouches display this offering to himself as a god. When you enter its gates, there is a light that will go through the pillared hall with colossi statues of Ramses II and his scenes as a victorious king in the Battle of Kadesh. Most importantly, in his sanctuary, the holy of the holies, you may read the romantic letter from the king to be delivered to his beloved wife Nefertari inside her small temple there and see where the Queen will read it with the music of Hathor.

At the end of visits, our airport representative will escort you to Aswan airport for your return flight to Cairo, where you will be met by our Cairo airport representative who will take you to your hotel for check-in.
Overnight at your hotel in Cairo

At 07.00 AM Enjoy today’s Private Alexandria day trip for our recommended Egypt tour package that we are organizing just for just you, with a private expert Cairo tour guide and modern vehicle with driver to ensure you can make the most of every minute of your day as following:

• National Museum of Alexandria:
  The building’s basement has the Pharaonic Section, then on to the Greco-Roman, followed by Egypt’s Christian and Islamic eras. famous statues welcoming you like Amenhotep III. the Greek God Zeus, King Ptolemy. You will witness antique visions of icons of Holy Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, and artifacts from Islamic Era and the middle Ages.

• Library of Alexandria: (stop from outside)
  The Library borders the Mediterranean Sea. You will see the impressive statue of Alexander the Great, whose dream of completing this library began in the 3^rd century BCE and was later completed by Ptolemy II, it houses over two million books along with the art galleries, museum, Children’s Library and Planetarium, and the third largest Francophone library.
• Citadel of Qaitbay: (stop from outside)
  Was built in the 15^th century as a buffer from attacks by the Ottomans, French, and later, the British. Entering the citadel from its main gate to citadel’s main tower, You can imagine Sultan Qaitbay giving speeches from the window to his parade of troops below, Inside, visit the Sultan’s Mosque, the reservoir, the watchtower, and the quarters of famous Mameluke Sultans, Outside to gaze at sea and watch locals making a living fishing from their sailboats.
• Muntazah Palace: (stop from outside)
  A royal palace built in 1892 by Khedive Abbas II, the last Muhammad Ali Dynasty! When you visit this beautiful palace, The lush green of 150 acres of tropical trees, flowers, and palm trees will be a pleasure to witness. You will enjoy the surprises of royal luxury all around you.
• The Roman Amphitheatre:
  Excavations done here in the hopes of discovering the tomb of Alexander the Great were not successful, but what was found were the marble steps of the Amphitheatre, along with beautiful mosaics, Roman baths, stores of ammunition, basins for extracting the salt, and statues had been repatriated from the sea. also king Seti’s II obelisk and Sphinx!
• Pompeys Pillar and Serapeum Temple:
  This Pillar is one of the highest Corinthian columns in Egypt, built between 298-302 BCE, in tribute to Emperor Augustus. On top of the Serapeum Temple, it houses both ancient Egyptian and Greek religious and cultural iconography. the Pillar rises over ancient Alexandria and features a sacred lake, Roman baths, and subterranean galleries which will take us to the Holy of the Holies for the emperor’s family and the small library of Cleopatra.
• Kom El Shokafa Catacombs:
  An unique catacombs of rock-cut sandstone tomb with a spiral stairway that will take us downstairs to see how the ancient priests prepare mummies for burial. we will imagine them, chanting ancient Egyptian sacred scriptures, The mummy is placed on a boat to the catacombs’ main porch, waiting for the falcon-head god of Medusa. Graves of those not mummified are there, too, also the hall of goddess Nemeses offering the bones of the dead.

At the end of the day, your personal driver will start the 2 hours’ drive to Cairo. With amazing memories of your tour to Alexandria from Cairo.
Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

After enjoying breakfast on your final day in Cairo, our representative will meet you in your hotel lobby 3 hours before your flight actual take off time.
From here you will be escorted to Cairo International Airport in plenty of time for your flight departing and leaving you with wonderful memories of Best Egypt tours package.