Cairo, Nubia, Aswan and Luxor 10 days \ 9 nights

You've arrived in Egypt; your magical trip is about to start.

Our representative will meet you at the airport to assist you through customs formalities.

You'll be transported to the hotel; then, you will check-in while enjoying your welcome drink. Have a good rest to get ready for the upcoming days.

Excited for your first city tour in Egypt? Let's start.

Your first visit will be at the Egyptian Museum; it is the perfect place to start the trip; you'll know tons of tales about the ancient Egyptians from more than 100,000 pieces of original antiquities; it will be like an introduction to what you'll witness in the trip.

Next, you'll know the story of a great leader who came to Egypt in the 12th century and built his fortress Salah El Din Citadel, to defend Egypt from any attacks and rule from it. You'll find there Mohamed Ali Mosque built in the 19th century while the Ottomans ruled Egypt.

After that, you'll have a tour in the historic open bazaar of Khan El Khalili; it lays in the heart of Islamic Cairo since the 15th century.

Lunch en route.

You've gone through enough centuries for a day, time to return to the hotel, and have some rest.

Today is all about ancient tales from the Old Kingdom.

You'll start with the Three Pyramids of Giza that stands there for over 4,000 years; you'll get to know about the three Kings who built them; Cheops, Chephren, and Myckerinus. You'll also know about the mythical creature that guards them, the Sphinx.

What about going further back in time to Memphis, the first capital ever in ancient Egypt, there are only ruins left from it.

Did you know that there are pyramids older than the ones you saw earlier? "The Step Pyramid" is one of them; it lays at Sakkara Complex and was built by King Djoser.

Lunch en route.

Back to the present, you'll drive back to the hotel to have a good night of sleep.

Get ready to travel to a different city in the morning. Check-out from the hotel, then you'll be transferred to Cairo airport to fly to Abu Simbel via Aswan.

As soon as you arrive, you'll be transferred to Lake Nasser cruise, check-in, and have lunch.

After you'll visit Abu Simbel Temples built by the great Ramses II during the 19th dynasty, they are the King's and his wife, Nefertari lasting monuments. The big temple was built to commemorate the King's historic victory in the famous Battle of Kadesh.

In the evening, you'll get to know the tale of this great King in more detail in the Sound and Light show that you'll attend.

You'll return to the Cruise for dinner, have a lovely evening.

In the morning, you'll start sailing to the North, toward Kasr Ibrim, the only temple in Lower Nubia that survived the floods. It now looks like an Island you'll enjoy sightseeing.

Then you'll continue sailing to Amada Temple, the oldest temple in Nubia; King Thutmosis III of the 18th dynasty built it.

Afterward, you'll resume sailing toward Wadi El Seboua. Don't miss eating your meals on board.

You'll visit Wadi El Seboua first thing in the morning; you'll find it in its new location with Dakka Temples that were built during the Greco-roman period in dedication to Thoth, the god of wisdom.

You'll then sail to Kalabsha to visit Kalabsha Temple, which was built in the early Roman era around 30 BC to Mandulis, the Lower Nubian Sun god. And Bait El Wali, the rock-cut temple found by Ramses II, means in Arabic "the house of the Holy man".

All meals will be served on board.

After finishing breakfast, you'll check-out from the Cruise then depart to explore Aswan.

You'll stop by the High Dam of Aswan, it was built between 1960 and 1971 to prevent the Nile from flooding, and it resulted in moving some historic sites to save it from being submerged.

You'll then take a motorboat to reach Agilkia Island, where Philae Temple was relocated; it is one of the first temples built for the goddess Isis alone.

After that, you'll be transferred to the hotel to check-in and enjoy your dinner before you head to bed.

When you are done with your breakfast, check-out, you'll be transported by bus toward Luxor about 210 Km away.

As you arrive, you'll check-in at the hotel to leave your bags then go to discover the tales of the West Bank.

The first stop will be at the Valley of the Kings, the major burial site for the greatest Pharaohs of the New Kingdom from the 16th to 11th century BC; 63 tombs have been discovered so far in the area.

The next stop will be at an amazing temple surrounded by a mountain, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. You'll know about the tale of the Queen who crowned herself as a Pharaoh of Egypt; she built this temple to immortalize her name.

On your way back to the hotel, you'll stop by the two colossi of Memnon. They are twin stone statues for Amenophis III of the 18th dynasty, guarding his funeral temple that disappeared throughout the ages.

You'll then return to the hotel and have some rest.

In the morning, you'll resume Luxor's visits but at the eastside this time.

You'll start with the Great Temple of Karnak, it was built gradually over the years, and it took about 2,000 years, starting from the Middle Kingdom until the Ptolemaic era.

Then you'll visit Luxor Temple, the temple that wasn't dedicated to a god but to the rejuvenation of Kingship.

Now that you've finished the visits, return to the hotel. You can depart to wander around the city.

The tale has come to an end; after breakfast, you'll check-out from the hotel and get ready to depart.

You'll be transferred to Luxor Airport to fly back to Cairo and then back home. The End of this story