Cairo Trip Overview
Visit Cairo and see the Sphinx, Giza Pyramids and Egyptian Museum with a private guide
Admire Tutankhamun’s death mask and funerary treasures at the museum
Fly to Luxor and explore Karnak Temple, the Valley of the Kings and Temple of Hatsheput
Enjoy one night’s stay in a 5-star Luxor hotel, with breakfast
Learn the history of each site from a knowledgeable private guide
Enjoy two lunches, round-trip transfers and transport by private minibus in each city
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Visit Cairo and see the Sphinx, Giza Pyramids and Egyptian Museum with a private guide
Admire Tutankhamun’s death mask and funerary treasures at the museum
Fly to Luxor and explore Karnak Temple, the Valley of the Kings and Temple of Hatsheput
Enjoy one night’s stay in a 5-star Luxor hotel, with breakfast
Learn the history of each site from a knowledgeable private guide
Enjoy two lunches, round-trip transfers and transport by private minibus in each city
Itinerary
Day 1: Fly to Cairo to visit Sphinx and Giza Pyramids, stunning Egyptian Museum
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Fly to Cairo to see the Sphinx and Giza Pyramids, and visit the stunning Egyptian Museum to view Tutankhamun’s treasures and other pharaonic exhibits.
The Giza pyramids are located on the Giza plateau in the Giza governorate on the west bank of the Nile. It was built about 25 centuries BC, between 2480 and 2550 BC. It includes three pyramids: Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure.
And the pyramids, according to one of the hypotheses, are royal tombs, each bearing the name of the king who built it and was buried in it, and the pyramid construction here is a stage of the development of tomb architecture in ancient Egypt. It started with a small pit that turned into an underground room and then into several rooms topped by a terrace. After that, it developed to take the form of a listed pyramid at the hands of the engineer Imhotep, the minister of the Pharaoh, and King Djoser in the third dynasty. This was followed by two attempts by King Senefru, founder of the Fourth Dynasty
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Sphinx of Memphis, Mit Rahina, Al Badrashin 11511 Egypt
The Sphinx is a statue of a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human being carved from limestone, and it is likely that it was originally covered with a layer of plaster and colored, and traces of the original colors are still visible next to one of his ears.
Located on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt, the Sphinx is also the guardian of the plateau. It is the oldest known colossal carvings. Its length is about 73.5 meters, including 15 meters long for its front feet, its width is 19.3 meters, and its highest height from the ground is about 20 meters to the top of the head. It is believed that the ancient Egyptians built it during the reign of King Khafre (2558 BC-2532 BC), the builder of the second pyramid in Giza.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
The Egyptian Museum is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. It is located in the heart of the Egyptian capital “Cairo” on the northern side of Tahrir Square. Its establishment dates back to 1835 and was located at the time in Al-Azbakeya Park, where at that time it contained a large number of various monuments,
The Egyptian Museum is considered one of the first museums in the world that was established to be a public museum, unlike the museums that preceded it. The museum includes more than 180,000 artifacts, the most important of which are the archaeological collections that were found in the tombs of the kings and the royal entourage of the middle family in Dahshur in 1894, and the museum now includes the greatest collection Archeology in the world expressing all stages of ancient Egyptian history.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight 5 Stars Hotel In Luxor
Day 2: Valley of the Kings & Karnak Temple & Temple of Hatsheput & Luxor Temple & Colossi Of Memnon & Sailing Felucca & Camel
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
The Valley of the Kings, also known as “The Valley of the Kings”, is a valley in Egypt that was used for 500 years during the period between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries BC to construct tombs for the pharaohs and nobles of the modern state extending during the eighteenth dynasties to the twentieth dynasty in ancient Egypt. The valley on the west bank of the Nile River facing Thebes (Luxor now) in the heart of the ancient funerary city of Thebes. The Valley of the Kings is divided into two valleys; The Eastern Valley (where most of the royal tombs are located) and the Western Valley. And with the discovery of the last burial chamber in 2006, known as (Cemetery 63), in addition to the discovery of two other entrances to the same chamber during 2008.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The Temple of Hatshepsut or the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a temple from the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and the best remaining temples were built about 3500 years ago in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. It was built by Queen Hatshepsut on the west bank of the Nile opposite to Thebes (the capital of ancient Egypt and the seat of the Amun worship) (Luxor today). The Temple of Hatshepsut is distinguished by its unique architectural design, in comparison to the Egyptian temples that were built on the eastern bank of the Nile at Thebes. The temple consists of three successive floors with open terraces. The temple was built of limestone, and in front of the second floor columns were erected limestone statues of the god Osiris and Queen Hatshepsut in a beautiful distribution. Originally, those statues were colored, and now only some monuments remain of the colors, and some statues are in very good condition, indicating the elegance and beauty of the temple’s design.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
Colossus of Memnon, known locally as (Al-Kulsat or Salamat), is two huge statues, built around the year 1350 BC, which are all that remains of a temple built in memory of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty, located in the funeral city of Thebes Located west of the Nile in the present-day city of Luxor, the two identical statues depict Amenhotep III (14th century BC) seated, hands spread on his knees and looking eastward (in fact toward the southeast in modern directions) toward the river. Two short figures are carved on the front of the throne, along with his legs: his wife Tiye and his mother Death M and Ya. The side panels depict the Nile god Habi.
The statues were made from blocks of quartzite sandstone that were quarried from Jabal al-Ahmar (near present-day Cairo) and transported 675 km (420 mi) overland to Thebes (Luxor).
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Karnak, or the Karnak Temple Complex, which is known as the Karnak Temple, is a group of temples, buildings and columns, where the expansion and construction processes continued since the Pharaonic era, specifically the kings of the Middle Kingdom, until the Roman era in Luxor in Egypt on the eastern coast. The temple was built for the divine triad Amun (Amun Ra in the modern era), his wife the goddess Mut and their son the god Khonsu; And each of them has a temple belonging to the Karnak Temples Complex. The temple was named with this name in relation to the city of Karnak, and it is a modern name that is distorted from the Arabic word Khurang, meaning the fortified village, which was given to many temples in the area during this period. While the temple was known in the beginning as “Bar Amun”, meaning the temple of Amun or Betamun, and during the Middle Kingdom it was called the name Ibt Sut, which means the most chosen of places (sometimes translated as the chosen spot)
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The Luxor Temple is a large complex of ancient Egyptian temples located on the eastern bank of the Nile River in the city of Luxor today known as (Thebes ancient). Founded in 1400 BC. The Luxor Temple was built to worship Amun-Ra, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu. They are the gods, which are also called the Theban Triad (Theban Triad). Luxor Temple was built during the reign of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Nineteenth Dynasty. The most important buildings in the temple are those that were built by Kings Amenhotep III (1397-1360 BC) and Ramses II (1290-1223 BC) (who added to the temple the open courtyard, the edifice, and the obelisks). Also, King Thutmose III (1490-1436 BC) set up shrines for visitors of the holy Theban Triad.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Accommodation Not Included
