10 Days Egypt Itinrary Cairo Bahryia Oasis and Nile Cruise

Travel  to Bahariya Oases

Breakfast at the hotel, then you will start your two-day tour of the Egyptian Oases. It takes four hours to drive from Cairo to Bahariya Oasis, with a short break on the way. Upon arrival, we will enjoy an Egyptian lunch at a local house, then we will start our desert tour to

• Black Desert
• El Heiz village and its cold spring
• Crystal Mountain
• Aqabat area with different stone formation
• Sand dunes and sandboarding
• Old white desert
• Camping at the white desert
• B.Q dinner  at the Bedouin tent and overnight at a private camp

Breakfast at the campsite, then start your tour of the New White Desert, especially the rabbit, cones, chicken, and the Valley of Tables. After checking the new white desert, we will head back to Bahariya for lunch, and then drive to Cairo overnight.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

A Day Tour To Luxor

You will have an early departure to Cairo Airport after having breakfast at the hotel to take your internal flight to Luxor. Upon arrival, your guide will join you to explore Luxor attractions on the east bank of the Nile River.

Karnak temple

Start your Luxor tourist attractions with the biggest temple globally, the Karnak Complex. You will be able to witness Egyptian architecture, sculpture, and other marvelous details during the tour. Furthermore, a great deal is explained regarding the wall reliefs. That explains a lot about ancient Egyptian religion and the daily rituals in the Egyptian temples. Also, there are a lot to see like Ptah temple, Khonsu temple, Mut temple, and Osiris Chapel. Besides the amazing Festival Hall of Thutmose III, there are bark shrines of Ramesses III from the 20th dynasty.

In addition, the Great Hypostyle Hall, the Sacred Lake, the Scarab, the Botanical Garden, the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut, and the White Chapel of Senusret I are a must-see.

At the end of your tour, you will go to check in at your Nile Cruise and Lunch.

Luxor by night

Travel via eras amid the marvels of ancient Egypt, crossing through the Cheops, Chephren, and Menkaure pyramids.

The Luxor Temple's illumination will astound you with how beautiful it is. It is open till dusk. In actuality, Amenhotep III and Ramesses the Great, two Pharaohs of the 18th dynasty, constructed the temple. In addition, the temple features additions and decorations by great pharoanic temples, including Tutankhamun, Horemheb, and Hatshepsut. View the Opet Festival Hall, the Divine Birth of Amenhotep III, and the reliefs depicting the battle of Kadesh. Must-sees include the Alexander the Great Chapel, the Obelisk, the Luxor Cache, and Ramesses the Great's six colossi.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Morning breakfast on board the Nile Cruise, then your guide will join your guide to explore Luxor tourist attractions on the west bank of the Nile River.

Valley of the Kings

A must-see while you are in Egypt. All the kings of the New Kingdom, starting with Thutmose I of the eighteenth dynasty, nineteenth dynasty kings, and also twentieth dynasty kings, are buried in the valley. Also, Tutankhamun's tomb in the valley was the only tomb found intact. The valley is known for what’s called the Curse of the Pharaohs and the grave robbers. The walls of the tombs are covered with hieroglyphic inscriptions, and religious books such as Book of the Dead, Book of Imyduat, Book of Night, Book of the Heavenly Cow, and Opening of the Mouth.

Your ticker allows you to visit 3 of the opened tombs, including the tomb of King Ramesses V, the tomb of King Ramesses I, the tomb of King Ramesses X, the tomb of King Ramesses XI, the tomb of Merenptah, and the tomb of King Ramesses III. After you finish your tour of the Valley, you will proceed to the next stop

Hatshepsut temple

Queen Hatshepsut engineer Senmut built this unique in its location and decoration for his majesty. Here, you can witness the agriculture in ancient Egypt, trade in ancient Egypt, fishing in ancient Egypt, and the clothing at that time. Also, the temple has Hathor chapel, and Anubis, plus a venue for Sphinxes. Besides, the Queen propaganda is called the Divine Birth and the Punt Expedition.

Colossi of Memnon

Enjoy a few minutes in front of the second biggest statues in Egypt after the massive ones of Abu Simbel. Amenhotep III decorated the entrance of his mortuary temple with his statues, which showed him in a seated position on the throne with his mother and wife. After a strong earth quack in 27 BC, they suffered from cracks, and the Greeks called them Memnon. Listen from your guide, why? And shoot some photos.

Finally, your  Egyptologist accompanies you back to your Nile Cruise for lunch. Enjoy the sailing for the rest of the day to Edfu City and overnight

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Enjoy an early departure before breakfast to visit Horus temple with a horse carriage.

Edfu temple

Horus temple is one of the best Pharaonic temples built in the Greco-Roman period and together with Dendera temple, it is the best-preserved temple. Watch some of the best wall reliefs in Egypt and learn more about festivals in ancient Egypt, especially the Good Union between Horus and Hathor. In fact, the struggle between Horus and Seth with the help of Isis is designed here in a complete version. Back to the cruise, and relish your breakfast. Then, sail to Kom Ombo.

Kom Ombo temple | Double temple of Sobek and Horus

Kom Ombo temple on the east bank of the Nile River took 385 years to be built, starting with King Ptolemy V. Also, Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII added parts, while roman emperors Tiberius, Emperor Domitian, and emperors Caracalla, Geta, and Macrinus added decoration. Fortunately, Kom Ombo has reliefs never found anywhere else, such as the surgical instruments, Calendar, and temple division by Maat. Besides, you can see the hospital or the Sanatorium, the Nilometer, and the Crocodile Museum with a lot of mummified crocodiles.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Aswan Day Tour

You will start your day with an early departure to visit the amazing temples of Abu Simbel in Nubia

• The Great Temple of Ramesses the Great
• Hathor temple or Nefertari temple

Back to the Nile cruise for lunch and then start Aswan attractions

High Dam

Aswan High Dam is the second dam built after Aswan Dam or the Khazan in 1971 and it is one of the best projects in the 20th century. However, the dam caused some negative consequences, such as the submersion of Nubian temples underwater. Nearby, the High Dam is the Egyptian-Soviet Friendship Monument, which honors Russian-Egyptian friendship. Meanwhile, you see the Kalabsha temple from the High Dam, one of those temples relocated after building the High Dam.

Philae temple

Isis temple is one of the most beautiful Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt. Philae temple is one of those temples relocated from Philae Island to Agilkia Island. Indeed, the temple of Philae is dedicated to the goddesses ISIS, Osiris, Hathor, and Horus. The ISIS temple has unique architectural features such as Mammisi, the colonnade, the Coptic Church, the French graffiti, and the two Obelisks that helped in the decipherment of the Hieroglyphic language.

Unfinished Obelisk

A short visit to the granite quarries from where they cut the granite blocks for Obelisks, Osireion temple in Abydos, and Khafre temple in Cairo. Do some exercises, climb the wooden steps, and watch from the top of the unfinished Obelisk.

Back to the Nile Cruise and overnight.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Enjoy your breakfast on the Nile Cruise board, then checkout and head to Aswan airport for a domestic flight to Cairo. Upon arrival, you will start your Giza best tourist attractions

Egyptian Museum

Enjoy some of the best Egyptian artifacts in the National Museum of Cairo including Mummies, Tutankhamen treasures, papyri, mummified animals, textiles, and a lot more.

Spend as much as you like at the Egyptian Museum exploring Amarna period, Greco-Roman period, The wooden maquettes, and much more

Lunch Meal

Enjoy your lunch meal at a local restaurant.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel, then start a full-day tour to the oldest pyramids in Egypt in Saqqara and Dahshour.

Saqqara (Sakkara)

Saqqara was the cemetery of Memphis, the oldest capital of Egypt. It has more than 14 pharaonic pyramids and many pharaonic tombs.

Unas Pyramid

It is a minimal pyramid dating back to the 5th dynasty, the Old Kingdom. Fortunately, the Unas Pyramid is famous for the Pyramid Texts. In fact, these Pyramid texts will be known later in the Middle Kingdom as Coffin Texts and in the New Kingdom as the Book of Dead. The Unas Pyramid complex has a long causeway and the ruins of a mortuary temple and it was built between the Sekhemkhet and Djoser complexes.

Djoser Step Pyramid complex

The Step Pyramid of Djoser dates back to the third dynasty and is the first stone structure in the world. Imhotep, Djoser's vizier, built this royal tomb for his pharaoh with six mastabas above ground and a series of tunnels below.

Princess Idut's tomb

It is one of the most dazzling tombs in Saqqara, discovered in 1920. In fact, the tomb is full of daily life scenes like fishing scenes with fishing boats, fishing nets and spears.

Lunch meal

Enjoy your lunch meal at a local restaurant by Saqqara exit between the palm trees

Dahshour Red Pyramid & Bent Pyramid

Explore the second and third oldest pyramids in Egypt, dating back to the fourth dynasty, King Sneferu. Discover why the bent pyramid is called bent and why the red pyramid is called red, and you have free access to the pyramids from inside.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch

The Last Day of Discover Egypt's Treasures in 10 Days Tour Package

Morning breakfast and free time till the final departure to Cairo airport

Meals:

Breakfast