Cairo Trip Overview
Discover in 15 days, the famous attractions and hidden gems of Egypt by land. Enjoy one of the best Egypt tour packages by land. Explore in a 15-day bus tour, the highlights of Cairo, Meidum, Al Minya, Abydos, Dendera, Luxor, and Aswan.
Explore the Great Giza Pyramids, and Bent & Red Pyramids. Discover Abu Simbel Temples, Valley of the Kings, and the City of Akhenaton at Tell Al Amarna by bus.
Begin your 15 day trip to Egypt in Cairo exploring the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Egyptian Museum. Drive to Alexandria to discover its great highlights. Drive from Cairo southward to Luxor via Meidum, Al Minya, Abydos, and Dendera. Explore the great highlights of Luxor in 3 days then, drive to Aswan visiting Edfu and Kom Ombo on your way. Visit the phenomenal Temple of Abu Simbel and Philae Temple in Aswan. Fly from Aswan back to Cairo for the rest of your 15-day Egypt itinerary.
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Duration: 15 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours >> Balloon Rides
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Discover in 15 days, the famous attractions and hidden gems of Egypt by land. Enjoy one of the best Egypt tour packages by land. Explore in a 15-day bus tour, the highlights of Cairo, Meidum, Al Minya, Abydos, Dendera, Luxor, and Aswan.
Explore the Great Giza Pyramids, and Bent & Red Pyramids. Discover Abu Simbel Temples, Valley of the Kings, and the City of Akhenaton at Tell Al Amarna by bus.
Begin your 15 day trip to Egypt in Cairo exploring the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Egyptian Museum. Drive to Alexandria to discover its great highlights. Drive from Cairo southward to Luxor via Meidum, Al Minya, Abydos, and Dendera. Explore the great highlights of Luxor in 3 days then, drive to Aswan visiting Edfu and Kom Ombo on your way. Visit the phenomenal Temple of Abu Simbel and Philae Temple in Aswan. Fly from Aswan back to Cairo for the rest of your 15-day Egypt itinerary.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Egypt
Stop At: Cairo International Airport Road, Cairo Int’l Airport Rd, Sheraton Al Matar, El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Arrival at Cairo airport. Meet and assist by our representative who will help you through the arrival and visa regulations. Transfer to your hotel for free time.
Duration: 50 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 2: Great Pyramids, Sphinx, and Saqqara
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Your actual holiday begins right now.
Today, you will explore the Giza Plateau. Today’s tour includes the Great Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure with the great Sphinx. The only ancient wonder which still exists (Khufu’s pyramid) awaits you. Are you ready to explore it from the inside?
Today you will hear about the history of the pyramids, how they were built, and why they were built?
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Step Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara Egypt
From the Great Pyramids of Giza to the stunning Step Pyramid of King Djoser in Saqqara. The first pyramid in history, constructed by the genius architect Imhotep. The pyramid is now open to the public and you can discover its internal body.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 3: Alexandria Highlights
Stop At: Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Kom Al Shokafa, Alexandria 21599 Egypt
The catacombs are huge Egyptian tombs and royal cemeteries with Ptolemaic and Roman influences. The catacombs of Kom El-Shoqafa is one the largest Roman burial sites not just in Alexandria but in Egypt. These catacombs started as a private tomb for a wealthy family, then became a public cemetery. The catacombs house more than 300 tombs.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Pompey’s Pillar, Al Karah WA at Toubageyah WA Kafr Al Ghates, Alexandria 21599 Egypt
The Pompey’s Pillar lies close to the famous Roman Catacombs of Kom El-Shoqafa. The hill on which the pillar is erected was covered with temples and houses a long time before the Roman era. It was the place of the Citadel of Rhakotis. A temple was dedicated to Osiris-Serapis was built on the mountain.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Citadel of Qaitbay, Alexandria, As Sayalah Sharq, Qesm Al Gomrok, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
The Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria is one of the most important fortifications in Egypt. It was constructed by Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay to defend Egypt against the Ottomans/Turks.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 4: Egyptian Museum, Saladin Citadel and Khan El Khalili
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is one of the largest and most important museums in the world. The museum contains more than 120,000 pieces from all periods of Ancient Egyptian history. It was designed by the French Architect Marcel Dourgnon and built by an Italian company in 1902 during the time of Khedive Abbas Helmi II.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Cairo Citadel, Salah Salem St, Cairo 11511 Egypt
The Citadel of Saladin is a wonderful place to visit during your stay in Cairo, Egypt. The impressive citadel was built by Saladin to defend Cairo against the Crusaders, and it was the government seat till the time of the British colony, 1882, in Egypt.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
Khan El-Khalili is the largest and one of the oldest bazaars in the middle east. Khan El-Khalili is Cairo’s labyrinthine and most famous tourist market. Khan El-Khalili is bounded on the east by Sayyidna Al-Hussein and on the south by Muski street. Khan and Muski are two terms used interchangeably by foreigners and Egyptians alike, but they are actually two different adjoining bazaar areas.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 5: Cairo – Meidum – Minya
Stop At: Meidum Pyramid, Meidum Area, North East of Medinat al-Fayoum, El Wasta 62911 Egypt
Drive from your hotel in Cairo toward Meidum, to visit the first pyramid of Pharaoh Senferu, father of Khufu. This pyramid was abandoned in Sneferu’s 15th year to build his pyramids in Dahshur, then he returned back to Meidum to complete it.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: El Ashmunein, Mallawi Egypt
From Meidum, you will drive toward Al Minya to Visit Ashmunein and Tuna El-Gabal on the west bank. Then on to your hotel in Al Minya.
In Ashmunein you will visit the Open Air Museum and the ruins of the ancient city, the cult center of Thoth.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tuna el-Gebel, El-Ashmunein, Mallawi Egypt
From Ashmunein to Tuna El-Gebel to visit the magnificent tomb of Petosiris and the chapel-tomb of Isadora. Then to your hotel in Minya.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: 4-star hotel.
Day 6: Tell Amarna – Beni Hassan – Abydos
Stop At: Beni Hassan, Al Minya Egypt
Breakfast at the hotel, then visit the magnificent tombs of the monarchs of the Middle Kingdom at Bani Hassan. These magnificent tombs are very famous for the Egyptian wrestling scenes and the controversial scene of the Asian traders.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Tell el-Amarna, Dayr Mawas Egypt
From Bani Hassan to Tell El-Amarna, the ancient city of Akhenaton, where he worshiped his god Aton. You will visit some of the tombs of the Nobles there. You will learn about the controversial art of Akhenaton, which known as the Art of the Amarna Period.
From Amarna, you will drive to Abydos to stay the night there.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: 4-star hotel.
Day 7: Abydos – Dendera – Luxor
Stop At: Abydos, Al Balyana, Sohag Egypt
Breakfast at the hotel, then visit the stunning Temple of Seti I, the Osirion, the Temple of Ramses II, and the less-visited of Shunet Az-Zabib (granary of raisins). Then drive to Dendera
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Dendera Temple Complex, Dendera Egypt
Visit the beautiful Temple of goddess Hathor at Dendera. Hathor was the goddess of love, music, happiness, and joy in ancient Egypt. This temple is very famous for the stunning astronomical scenes of its ceiling, its crypts, and its zodiacs. Then drive to Luxor.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 8: Karnak and Luxor Temples
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
The Temple/Complex of Karnak was the great god’s chief sanctuary and much larger than any other monument in Egypt. It lies about 3km north of Luxor Temple. This huge and splendid complex which actually contains many separate temples covers 1700 years of expansion and an area of 300 acres.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The Temple of Luxor (daily from 6 am till 9 pm) was built by the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III (1387-1349 BCE), the grandson of the military genius Tuthmosis III, and expanded by the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramses II (1279-1213 BCE). Numerous other sovereigns, including Tutankhamun, Horemhab, and Alexander the Great enriched the construction with reliefs, inscriptions, and minor buildings.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 9: Balloon ride – Luxor West Bank
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise balloon ride over Luxor then to the Valley of the Kings. The Valley of the Kings is one of the most important highlights not only in Luxor but throughout Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians named it (Ta-Iset-Ma’at), which means “the Place of Truth”. The Valley of the Kings is the necropolis of the great Egyptian pharaohs of the 18th to the 20th Dynasty (1550-1080 BCE). Tuthmosis I was the first pharaoh who was buried at the Valley of the Kings while Ramses XI was the last pharaoh who was buried there.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Through building projects, Hatshepsut assured divine favor and prosperity for her and her people; she proved that she was a responsible ruler securing the best for Egypt. Queen Hatshepsut, more a patron of the arts than a military leader, ordered a funerary monument for her father Tuthmosis I, and for herself and chose an impervious valley already consecrated to the goddess Hathor who, in the form of a heifer, received the deceased in the underworld. Queen Hatshepsut’s monument was in later times abandoned, at a certain point in history it became a Christian convent called the Convent of the North, and this fact not only gave the area its present name of Deir El-Bahari but also preserved the pharaonic temple from further destruction.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
In the vast plain that stretches out around western Thebes, between the Nile and the Valley of the Kings, are the remains of the monumental road which led to the mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III. The colossi of Memnon are all that remain of what was once the largest mortuary temple on the west bank of Luxor. The temple, unfortunately, has disappeared – probably from a high flood, and further devastated by Ramses II and his son Merenptah, who used the fallen blocks to build their own temples – commonly known by the names of Colossi of Memnon.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Medinat Habu, Al Bairat, Luxor Egypt
The Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt.
This was one of the first places in Thebes closely associated with the local god Amun. At its height, Medinat Habu contained temples, storage rooms, workshops, administrative buildings, a royal palace and accommodation for priests and officials. It was the center of the economic life of Thebes for centuries.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 10: Luxor West Bank 2
Stop At: Valley of the Queens, Luxor Egypt
Today you’re visiting the west bank Luxor to visit some other sites as the Valley of the Queens, Valley of the Artisans, Ramesseum Temple, and the Tombs of the Nobles.
The Valley of the Queens is a site in Egypt, where the wives of pharaohs were buried in ancient times. It was known then as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning “the place of beauty”. It was most famous for being the burial site of many wives of Pharaohs.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Valley of the Artisans (Deir el-Medina), Deir el-Medina, Luxor Egypt
Deir el-Medina is an ancient Egyptian workmen’s village that was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BCE). The settlement’s ancient name was Set maat “The Place of Truth”, and the workmen who lived there were called “Servants in the Place of Truth”. During the Christian era, the temple of Hathor was converted into a church from which the Egyptian Arabic name Deir el-Medina (“the monastery of the town”) is derived.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II), West Bank, Luxor Egypt
Ramesseum is a funerary temple of Ramses II (1279–13 BC), erected on the west bank of the Nile River at Thebes in Upper Egypt. The temple, famous for its 57-foot (17-meter) seated statue of Ramses II (of which only fragments are left), was dedicated to the god Amon and the deceased king. The walls of the Ramesseum, which is only about half preserved, are decorated with reliefs, including scenes depicting the Battle of Kadesh, the Syrian wars, and the Festival of Min. This temple is identified with the “Tomb of Ozymandias” (a corruption of Ramses II’s prenomen) described by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus in the 1st century BC, and the shattered colossus of Ramses was the subject of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias.”
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tombs of the Nobles, Thebes, Al Asasif Egypt
These tombs are some of the best least-visited attractions on the west bank. Nestled in the foothills opposite the Ramesseum are more than 400 tombs belonging to nobles from the 6th dynasty to the Graeco-Roman period. Where royal tombs were decorated with cryptic passages from the Book of the Dead to guide them through the afterlife, the nobles, intent on letting the good life continue after their death, decorated their tombs with wonderfully detailed scenes of their daily lives.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 11: Edfu – Kom Ombo – Aswan
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Drive to the most intact temple in Egypt, the Temple of Horus at Edfu. Edfu is a small town located 110 km south of Luxor, 60 km north of Kom Ombo, and 105 km north of Aswan. Edfu is famous for the Temple of Horus. The Temple of Horus in Edfu is the most intact temple in Egypt and one of the most beautiful temples built during the Greco-Roman period.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
Kom Ombo is located 45 km north of Aswan, 60 km south of Edfu, and 165 km south of Luxor on the eastern bank of the Nile. The city lies at a strategic point, leading to ancient gold mines in the eastern desert. It was also one of the great cities of the first nome of Upper Egypt.
The temple is dedicated to the two triads of Horus and Sobek. The right part of the temple is dedicated to Sobek (Crocodile deity), his consort Hathor and their son Khonsu. The left part of the temple is dedicated to Horus the Elder (Heru-ur or Haroeris), his consort Tasenetnofret (“the good sister”), and their son Panebtawy (the Lord of the Two Lands).
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Crocodile Museum, Nagoa Ash Shatb Markaz Deraw, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
A new small museum was built in the vicinity of the temple in 2012. The Crocodile Museum houses 31 crocodile mummies. Good museum, take a look.
Duration: 15 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 12: Abu Simbel Temples
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
The temples of Abu Simbel are considered among the most celebrated achievements of ancient Egypt. The two temples were cut in the cliffs about 310 Km south of Aswan. The Great Temple was built for Ramses II (1279-1213 BC), while the Small Temple was built for his beloved wife, Queen Nefertari.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 13: Aswan Tour – Fly back to Cairo
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
Breakfast at the hotel and check out, then visit the Temple of Philae. Philae Temple or the temple of Isis at Philae Island in Aswan is one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt. It is known as the “Pearl of Egypt”. The temple is located on an island, so it requires a short boat ride.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
The High Dam in Aswan, Egypt, is regarded as one of the most significant engineering feats of the twentieth century. The High Dam was built to save water and protect Egypt from the Nile‘s high and low floods.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Unfinished Obelisk, Sheyakhah Oula, Aswan Egypt
Among the remains of the great ancient civilizations, the obelisks of Egypt are undoubtedly more often seen and better known than any other monuments. Obelisks are impressive not only for their lofty size and graceful form but for their high polish and beautiful decoration. One cannot but marvel at the skill of the ancient Egyptians in producing such wonders with relatively primitive techniques.
Transfer to Aswan airport to fly back to Cairo. Transfer from Cairo airport to your hotel in Cairo.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 14: Dahshur – Memphis
Stop At: Bent Pyramid, Al-Haram Dahshur Egypt
Visit the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid of Senferu at Dahshur, then proceed to the Open Air Museum of Memphis, the first capital city of unified Egypt.
Dahshur is a desert plateau located about seven kilometers to the south of Saqqara, the central necropolis of Memphis, capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. The vast necropolis of Dahshur is one of the large pyramid cemeteries of the Old and Middle Kingdom (2600–1700 BCE).
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Mit Rahina Museum, Mit Rahinah, Al Badrashin 11511 Egypt
Memphis was the first capital city of United ancient Egypt. It was located 20 km south of modern Cairo, near the apex of the Delta. It was established in 3200 BC. By the first king of the unified Egypt, Menes or Narmer. Memphis was recurrently the administrative center of the politically unified state of Egypt in Pharaonic times.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 5-star hotel.
Day 15: Fly home
Stop At: Cairo International Airport Road, Cairo Int’l Airport Rd, Sheraton Al Matar, El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Transfer to Cairo airport for final departure. It is really sad to leave, so ask our guides about your next adventure in Egypt.
Duration: 50 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
