12 Days 11 Nights to Pyramids, Luxor, Aswan & Oasis
12 Days 11 Nights to Pyramids, Luxor, Aswan & Oasis
Overview
For Best Egypt Vacation Packages you got an affordable Egypt tour package holiday to Pyramids, Luxor, Aswan and Oasis with Nature Horizons team.
This travel package to Egypt will take you to rural Egypt along the Nile along with the shores of the Red Sea so you can see the Pyramids and Sakkara. Cruise the Nile for four days and then relax in Sharm El Sheikh before returning to see Old Cairo and the Museum.
Tour Details:
- Duration: 12 Days
- Type: Private Tour
- Run: Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed
Group Price
- The price per person for group expeditions are fixed based on a group size. However, we have optional arrangements for individual private and tailor-made preferences best suited for you, your family and friends.
- All prices are based on shared accommodation. Please inquire for a 1 guest private room accommodation quote
- Prices listed are not final. Please inquire for your final price quote.
2-3 Person | 4-6 Person | 7-10 Person |
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US $3,250 | US $3,000 | US $2,800 |
Included/Excluded
- Meet and greet at Cairo Airport upon arrival and departure
- Accommodation for 2 nights in Cairo, including daily breakfast
- Accommodation for 1 night on sleeper train on a half-board basis
- Accommodation for 1 night in Aswan, including breakfast
- Accommodation for 3 nights on 5-star superior cruise on a full basis
- Accommodation for 1 night in Kharga camping for one night on full-board
- Accommodation for 1 night in Dakhla on a half-board basis
- Accommodation for 1 night in Dakhla, camping on a full-board basis
- Accommodation for 1 night in White Desert, camping on a full-board basis
- Camping equipment like sleeping bags, camel blankets, tents
- All transfers to / from airport, station & hotels by an A/C vehicle
- Transfer from Luxor to Kharga & from Bahariya to Cairo by an A/C vehicle
- All Transfers from Kharga to Bahariya by 4×4 car
- All sightseeing tours in Cairo are private ones
- All sightseeing tours on the cruise shared with the private tour
- All sightseeing tours in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and Oases, as mentioned in the itinerary
- Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary
- Camel riding in Dakhla for about 10 km
- Entrance fees to all sites, as indicated in the itinerary
- Lunch during sightseeing tours in Cairo and Oases
- English-speaking guide
- Meals at hotels, cruise, and camp, and during tours, as mentioned in the itinerary
- Bottled water during your trips
- Portage when needed
- All service charges and taxes
- International flights (from/o home)
- All service charges and taxes
- Any optional tours
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Tipping
Day 1: Arrival Cairo – Welcome to land of the Pharaoh’s
At your arrival, a Nature Horizons team member will be awaiting your arrival at Cairo International Airport. At that time we will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At the hotel your tour manager will assist you with a smooth check-in. You will receive a briefing on your tour itinerary once you are settled in. The rest of the day is yours to relax and explore Giza. As always, your tour manager will be there at a moment’s notice to assist you with anything you may need. Enjoy the rest of your night in front of the great pyramids of Giza. Your adventure starts tomorrow! Welcome to Egypt.
- Welcome Drink
Day 2: Cairo Sightseeing – Train to Aswan
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then at 09:00 AM you will be met and accompanied by your personal guide to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, Mykerinus, the famous Sphinx, and Valley Temple facing the great statue. Take your lunch at a great local restaurant. Then head to the Egyptian Museum, enjoying the treasure room of the child king Tutankhamen. Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Later transfer to Giza train station taking sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan about 14 hours. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board – overnight inside your compartment (there is another option with a domestic flight upon your request).
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Aswan Free day
Free day at Aswan
- Overnight in Aswan
- Meals: Breakfast
Day 4: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours
Have breakfast at your hotel in Aswan. Then you will be picked up from hotel at 10:00 a.m. and then transfer to embark your Nile River Cruise before lunch at 11:00 a.m., then enjoy visiting the world famous High Dam, The awesome Philae Temple, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor, and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk. Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples
Sail to Kom Ombo, have breakfast on board and visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek & Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu, lunch on board after that visit the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, Horus Temple in Edfu. Take afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise Tours
Sail to Luxor – have a breakfast on board then visit the West Bank, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings, then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut approximately in the 15th century BC at El-Deir El-Bahari & the Colossi Memnon. Lunch on board. PM tour to visit the Karnak complex and Luxor Temple at the East Bank of the Nile River in Luxor and then drive back to the cruise ship. Dinner on board and overnight in Luxor
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7: Luxor Nile Cruise – Baris Oasis
Breakfast on board nile cruise in Luxor followed by disembarkation at 08:00 AM and then transfer by a private air-conditioned vehicle to Baris Oais about 5 hours driving, visiting Dush Temple and spending the first night camping in the Western Desert.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8: Kharga Oasis – Dakhla Oasis
After breakfast we will move onto Kharga Oasis to visit Qasr El Labkha – a Roman fortress built on the old caravan route, and the oasis’ ethnic museum. After that visit, the Roman Temple of Hibis & Nadora is next, as well as the early Christian cemetery with its chapels painted with murals at Bagawat nearby. We will then drive on to Dakhla, where we will spend the night at an Oasis-style reed hut with communal showers and basic facilities. Overnight in Dakhla
- Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 9: Dakhla – Camel ride at the Desert
After breakfast, head to the fabulous medieval mud-brick town of Al Qasr, exploring the timeless streets, seeing the old school, an ancient olive press and the granary. We also enjoy a trip to the Roman burial ground Mezzawaqqah from outside and the Roman Temple Deir El Hagar in its serene surroundings. We return for lunch and spend the afternoon relaxing at a hot spring while waiting for the heat of the day to pass. In the late afternoon we set off on camels, riding through a desolate windswept landscape to the base of a Great escarpment. Camels ride for about 10 km. Overnight camping in the desert
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 10: Farafra Oasis – White Desert
North of Dakhla is Farafra Oasis where we have time to visit Badr Museum and enjoy a swim at the natural sulphur spring at Bir Setah. A little further on we enter the White Desert, a spectacular region of wind-eroded limestone formations. The continual erosion has left a layer of fine white dust on the desert sands, hence the name ‘white desert’. We enjoy a sunset walk in this surreal landscape and spend the night camping under the stars. Note it can be very cold in the winter months (Oct-Mar) so make sure you are well rugged up if you are travelling at this time. Overnight camping in the White Desert
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 11: Bahariya Oasis – Cairo
After breakfast, transfer to visit the Crystal Mountain and the Black Desert. Upon arrival in Bahariya, enjoy a local tour to the hilltop ruins ‘the English House. Then transfer to see Museum of Golden Mummies, Tombs of the Nobles, Alexander Temple, Temple of Ain Meffetla. After that transfer to Cairo from Bahariya is about a 4 hours’ drive. Overnight in Cairo
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 12: Cairo – Fly Back Home
Today is the day we say goodbye. Wake up at your hotel and have breakfast and coffee with a pyramid view. Our team will transport you to the airport at your time of departure.
- Meals: Breakfast
ACCOMMODATION
Badawiya Hotel Dakhla:Â https://badawiya.com/dakhla-hotel
Great Pyramid Inn:Â https://greatpyramidinn.com/
Basma Hotel Aswan:Â https://www.basmahotel.com/
A Sara cruise:Â http://www.extensiontravel.com/asara.html
Nefertiti Hotel Minya NA
Iberotel Hotel Luxor:Â https://iberotelluxor.com-egypt.com/
Samrabay Hotel Hurghada:Â https://samrabayandresort.hotelshurghada.com/en/
Concerto Cruise:Â https://nilecruisers.com/concerto-nile-cruise/
Cherry Maryski Hotel in Alexandria:Â https://cherrymaryskihotel.com-egypt.com/en/
Falcon Hills Hotel:Â https://falcon-hotels.com/hills
Princess Sara Cruise:Â http://www.extensiontravel.com/asara.html
Note:Â If the mentioned cruise or the hotel is not available, the company has the right to change to any cruise or hotel, as long as it is in the same category.
DO WE NEED A VISA TO GO TO EGYPT?
HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE OUR TRANSFER IS?
DO WE HAVE ASSAULT, VIOLENCE, ROBBERIES IN EGYPT?
HOW IS TRANSPORTATION IN EGYPT?
HOW ARE THE SERVICES IN THE HOTEL, ARE ALL-INCLUSIVE?
HOW ARE CRUISES IN THE NILE RIVER?
THE DESTINATIONS: TOURS, TEMPLES, ENTRANCE, MONUMENTS, GUIDE
HOW LONG WE HAVE TO BE IN EGYPT TO KNOW EVERYTHING?
WHAT TO SEE IN EGYPT?
IS EGYPT A FAMILY-FRIENDLY DESTINATION?
WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT?
WHAT LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN IN EGYPT?
IS THERE ANY SPECIAL DRESS CODE TO BE FOLLOWED DURING VISITING A MOSQUE IN EGYPT?
Clothes:
- Basic temperature regulating T-shirt – No matter what the season, you’ll want at least one basic
temperature regulating shirt. - Cute temperature-regulating shirt – For some strange and inexplicable reason, Merino wool keeps you
cool in summer, warm in winter, dries quickly, and keeps away moisture. - Insect repellant top – You’ll need this in both summer and winter since insects and mosquitos in Egypt
are pretty active. If you’re particularly concerned, you can also spray Permethrin on your clothing before
you go. It lasts up to six washes. - Long-sleeved temperature regulating top – Winter in Egypt is relatively warm during the day and chilly
at night. You’ll want temperature regulating tops that are suitable for this variation in temperature. Even
if you travel in summer and you end up hiking or camping, you’ll want at least one of these tops. - Blouses / Shirts – For the rest of the time when you’re out and about, you’ll want some nice tops (short
or long-sleeved depending on your sensitivity to sunlight) - People generally dress smartly, so keep that in mind when choosing clothes. Just make sure you pack
lightweight clothes - Cardigan – Having one on hand for chilly evenings or for mosque visits. You’ll also want an additional
layer when taking a bus or train or plane anywhere
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