Day 1 – AIRPORT OF ORIGIN – CAIRO
Departure according to flight plan.
Arrival, assistance and transfer to the hotel.
Accommodation.
Day 2 – CAIRO
Breakfast. Departure for a panoramic visit to the Pyramids of Giza.
Our visit will consist of a panoramic view of the necropolis with a stop in front of each of the pyramids that make it up, Khufu, Khafra and Mencaura (Cheops, Khafre and Mycerinos), we will continue with the Valley Temple that Pharaoh Khafre ordered to be built and finally we will visit the sacred guardian of the entire enclosure: The Great Sphinx, half human, half lion.
Return to the hotel and accommodation.
Optional: Possibility of making the optional visit to Memphis and Sakkara with lunch included at a local restaurant.
The city of Memphis was the first capital of the Old Kingdom when the country was unified. Founded by Narmer, it is now an open-air museum where, among other works, we can see a monumental statue of Ramses II in white limestone that originally measured 13 meters. Continuation of the visit to the Sakkara necropolis, which houses the most innovative and revolutionary tomb of the Old Kingdom, the step pyramid that Pharaoh Djoser ordered the architect Imhotep to build.
Day 3 – CAIRO
Breakfast. Free day at your disposal in which you can participate in optional visits.
Accommodation at the hotel.
Optional: Possibility of taking the optional full-day visit to the city with lunch included at a local restaurant. Includes a short tour of the Coptic Quarter. Continue to the Museum of Egyptian Art, which houses numerous statues, paintings, reliefs, funerary elements and many other objects from the time of the Pharaohs; the Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha, better known as the Alabaster Mosque; the Citadel of Salah El Din (Saladin, who was Sultan of Egypt), declared a World Heritage Site and the Grand Bazaar of Khan el Khalili where we can wander around to shop or have tea in a local cafe.
Day 4 – CAIRO
Breakfast. Free day at your disposal in which you can participate in optional visits.
Accommodation at the hotel.
Optional: Possibility of taking the optional full-day visit to the city of Alexandria with lunch included in local restaurant, we will visit: The Catacombs of Kom El Shukafa, which date back to the Roman period and were discovered by chance in 1921 with bas-relief decorations that show an interesting mix between Egyptian and Greco-Roman artistic forms, the Column of Pompey, the Montazah Gardens and we will also have a panoramic view of King Farouk's Palace.
Day 5 – CAIRO – ASWAN
Breakfast. At the scheduled time, transfer to the airport and flight to Aswan.
Reception and transfer to the motor ship where we will cruise along the Nile.
Dinner and overnight on board.
Día 6 – ASWAN – KOM OMBO – EDFU
Full board. Departure to visit the Temple of Philae, built in honor of the goddess Isis and considered the jewel of the Nile. After the visit, we will take a felucca or motorboat ride along the Nile. (In case due to lack of time you cannot take place in Aswan, the tour will take place in Cairo or Luxor).
Navigation towards Kom Ombo. Arrival and departure to visit the only temple in Egypt dedicated simultaneously to two gods, the crocodile-headed god Sobek and the falcon-headed god Haroeris.
Return to the motor ship, navigation and night on board.
Optional: Possibility of making the optional visit by road to the majestic Temples of Abu Simbel.
The temple of Abu Simbel, together with the temple of Nefertari forms the Abu Simbel complex, and was ordered to be erected by Pharaoh Ramses II, one in his own honor and another in that of his wife. They are one of the six temples built on rock in the Nubian area and had to be moved from their original location after the construction of the great Aswan Dam.
Day 7 – EDFU – ESNA – LUXOR
Full board. Departure to visit the Temple of Edfu, erected in honor of the falcon-headed god Horus. The temple, located on the western bank of the Nile River, is one of the largest in Egypt and the best preserved to date. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information about language, mythology and religion during the Greco-Roman period.
Return to the motor ship and sail towards Luxor through the Esna lock.
Arrival in Luxor and departure to visit the Karnak Temple, erected in honor of the god Amun and the main cult site in Egypt since the dynasties that made up the New Kingdom and which has, among others, a magnificent 23-meter-high hypostyle hall. height that houses in its enclosure no less than 134 columns and the Temple of Luxor, smaller than that of Karnak and connected to it by an impressive avenue of sphinxes with ram's heads, better known as the Avenue of the Sphinxes.
Return to the motor ship and overnight on board.
Day 8 – LUXOR – HURGHADA
Breakfast. Disembarkation and departure to finish the visits to Luxor: The Valley of the Kings, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and home to most of the tombs of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom. The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, who was the first woman to hold the position of pharaoh; The temple, located in Deir El Bahari, is one of the few temples built directly into the rock and consists of several terraces that served as vestibules to accommodate multitudes of people during religious festivities. The Colossi of Memnon, gigantic statues representing Pharaoh Amenhotep III and which have remained in a seated position for more than 3,500 years.
After the visits, transfer by road to Hurghada.
Arrival at the hotel and accommodation on an all-inclusive basis (check conditions at the hotel).
Day 9 – HURGHADA
All-inclusive regime.
Free days at your disposal that you can dedicate to rest, go on a desert safari or practice water sports and enjoy the fantastic seabed of the Red Sea.
Day 10 – HURGHADA
All-inclusive regime.
Free days at your disposal that you can dedicate to rest, go on a desert safari or practice water sports and enjoy the fantastic seabed of the Red Sea.
Day 11 – HURGHADA – CAIRO – DESTINATION AIRPORT
Breakfast. At the agreed time transfer to the airport and flight to Cairo. Link, according to flight plan, to Spain. Arrival. End of trip and our services.