Discover the overwhelming energy of Cairo's historical and cultural highlights and colorful markets on one of our best Egypt tours. Take an overland trip in your AC van to Luxor comfortably to explore some of the most exquisite temples the Pharoes built thousands of years ago in Egypt. Explore the west bank of the Nile, visiting the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut Temple crossing oases that sustained the life of Egypt for millenniums. This is one of the best cultural Egypt tours, with frequent departures and affordable costs for groups and individual private travelers. An easy pace is convenient for everyone who can walk in the park. This tour can be priced and budgeted for young explorers using train transportation and budget hotels. Check our Egypt tours for small groups and customized trips.
Our cultural and historical tours to Egypt will start and end in Cairo. This is a seven-day tour exploring the best of Egypt overland combined with a cruise from Cairo to Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel, and much more of Egypt's ancient history and landmarks. This Egypt tour is considered a complete package to explore cultural and historical sightseeing in Egypt. Our Egypt tours are fully escorted by knowledgeable guides and tour leaders to give you the best Egypt experience you deserve. They will work diligently to unveil Egyptian culture's and ancient history's layers. Travel in a small group, almost like a private journey or have it customized just for you; ask for any Egypt tour you have in mind, and we will make it happen. Contact us with any questions you may have to create a memorable trip to explore and benefit from the marvels of Egypt. Some of the wonders of the world are at your fingertips to discover. Check our Egypt Tours and overland expeditions scheduled.
Your Egypt Tour starts here. Upon your arrival at Cairo Airport, you will meet your host, who will transfer you to your hotel in Cairo. The remainder of the day will be to relax and acclimate. Dinner and accommodation will be at your hotel.
After a sumptuous breakfast in your hotel, you will meet your local guide, who will take you on a pyramid tour visiting Giza, Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, Valley Temple, and the Sphinx. You will have lunch at a local restaurant. Not far away lies the Necropolis of Saqqara, where the ruins of the Step Pyramid of King Zoser are. This pyramid is considered to be the first pyramid ever built. At the end of the tour, you will be offered dinner in a seafood restaurant overlooking the Nile River. Reflect on your first day exploring your Egypt tour with a small group.
Another Discovery of your Egypt overland tour. Meet your guide at the lobby of your hotel, who will take you on a Cairo cultural and historical tour of the city. You will explore Cairo, the city of a thousand minarets, by starting the tour with Al Derb Al Ahmar, the area south of Cairo's city walls; between the gate of Bab Zuweila and the Citadel, was initially the dynasties of Fatimid and Ayyubid-era necropolis site. Under the prosperous reign of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad (between 1293 and 1341), the population of Cairo reached its heydays, and the metropolis began to be developed in earnest. Later, you will visit Salah El Din Citadel, the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali, then proceed to Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrasa, which represents a unique Islamic style of architecture unique to it. Proceed to the Mosque of Ahmed Ibn Tulun; this mosque is considered the third large mosque built in Egypt. Its spacious courtyard, unique spiral minaret, and large collection of gypsum and stucco ornamentations characterize it.
Today, we will travel overland early in the morning from Cairo to Fayoum, about 40 miles. You will visit Lake Qaroun on your way, then proceed to the National Park of Wadi Rayan, where you will see the Waterfalls, Gabal Al Modawara, and the Wales Cemetery. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the vicinity. Later, you will head to El Minya, and upon arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel for dinner and accommodation. We hope you have enjoyed exploring the rural cultural aspects of your Egypt tours. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Your daily tours to Egypt's most ancient sights are getting more and more interesting. After breakfast, your guide will be ready to take a historical tour of Minya. You will visit the cemetery of Tuna El Gabal, which includes many important elements such as the burial ground of baboons and Ibis that represent the God Thoth, the tomb of Isadora, the tomb of the priest Pet-Osiers, the old water wheel, and the boundary stele of the city of the Aton. Your discovery will continue to Al Ashmunien, the ancient city of Hermopolis, where you will visit the open museum with the two colossal baboon statues and the ruins of the basilica church with its Rose granite columns. Later, you will visit the site of Beni Hasan on the eastern bank of the Nile. There you will visit the unique rock-cut tombs with scenes depicting local and regional life during the Middle Kingdom. Many of these have scenes of wrestling and military training.
After breakfast, you will travel to Tell Al Amarna, the capital of Akhnaton, where you will explore the city, the northern and the southern tombs. Visit unique landscapes with ruins and temples, not to miss the royal tomb. Then, you will travel overland to Assiut city to visit Al Muharraq Monastery, 48 kilometers north of Assiut. Continue your quest to Meir Village, which served as the burial ground for Cusae about forty miles north of the city of Assuit. Meir functioned as an Old Kingdom-Middle Kingdom (6th-12th Dynasty) cemetery for the nomarchs of the fourteenth Nome of Upper Egypt. Its eastern hillside was the burial site of ordinary people and common folks. The rock-cut tombs only functioned for nomarchs of the city of Cusae, a cult center for the Egyptian deity Hathor. You will travel overland to Abydos in the afternoon for dinner and accommodation.
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Cost per person: $3265 USD
Single supplement: $465 USD
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