Cairo Trip Overview
Enjoy watching and seeing the most famous places in Upper Egypt
the shortest
Luxor –
( Valley of the Kings – Temple of Queen Hatshepsut – Colossi of Memnon – Karnak Temples – Luxor Temple )
Aswan –
( The famous Abu Simbel Temples Complex )
And that is in two days only, with the enjoyment of spending an overnight in a 4-star hotel in Aswan. Breakfast is included by plane from Cairo and back to Cairo after the program ends.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Enjoy watching and seeing the most famous places in Upper Egypt
the shortest
Luxor –
( Valley of the Kings – Temple of Queen Hatshepsut – Colossi of Memnon – Karnak Temples – Luxor Temple )
Aswan –
( The famous Abu Simbel Temples Complex )
And that is in two days only, with the enjoyment of spending an overnight in a 4-star hotel in Aswan. Breakfast is included by plane from Cairo and back to Cairo after the program ends.
Itinerary
Day 1: Pick Up from hotel in cairo Or Giza To Be Transsferd Cairo Airport To Catch Your Flight To Luxor
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Luxor Temple A large complex of ancient Egyptian temples located on the east bank of the Nile in the city of Luxor today known as (Old Thebes). Founded in 1400 BC. Luxor Temple was built to worship Amun-Re and his wife Mut and their son Khonsu; They are the gods who are also called the Theban Trinity (The Thebes Trinity). Luxor Temple was built during the reign of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Nineteenth Dynasty. The most important existing buildings in the temple are those built by the two kings Amenhotep III (1397-1360 BC) and Ramses II (1290-1223 BC) (who added to the temple the open courtyard, the edifice, and the two obelisks). King Tuthmosis III (1490-1436 BC) also established.Booths for visitors to the Holy Trinity of Thebes, as Tutankhamun (1348-1337 BC) completed the inscriptions on its walls. The triple cabin, which had been built before during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut and King Tuthmosis III (from the Eighteenth Dynasty), was destroyed.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
Valley of the Kings, also known as “Valley of Biban of the Kings”, is a valley in Egypt that was used for 500 years during the period between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries B.C. The valley is on the west bank of the Nile, facing Thebes (currently Luxor), 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.With the discovery of the last burial chamber in 2006 known as (Tomb 63), in addition to the discovery of two other entrances to the same chamber during 2008, the number of tombs discovered so far has reached 63 cemeteries of varying sizes, ranging from a small pit in the ground to a complex cemetery containing more than 120 burial chamber inside. All these tombs were used to bury the kings and princes of the modern state in ancient Egypt
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Karnak or the Karnak temple complex, which is better known as the Karnak Temple, is a group of temples, buildings and columns, where expansion and construction 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 trinity Amun (Amun-Re in modern times), his wife the goddess Mut and their son the god Khonsu; Each of them has a temple belonging to the Karnak temple complex. Sometimes tourists and non-specialists mean only Karnak Temple, the temple belonging to Amun i Amun Ra.
The temple was named by this name in relation to the city of Karnak, which is a modern name distorted from the Arabic word Khornaq, which means the fortified village, which was given to many temples in the region during this period. While the temple was initially known as “Bar Amun”, meaning the Temple of Amun or the House of Amun, and during the Middle Kingdom, it was called Ibt Sut,
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
visit the two giant status of memnon
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 Egyptian Eighteenth Dynasty, and the best remaining temples built about 3500 years ago in Deir el-Bahari in Egypt. It was built by Queen Hatshepsut on the west bank of the Nile opposite Thebes (the capital of ancient Egypt and the seat of the cult of Amun) (Luxor today). The Temple of Hatshepsut is distinguished by its unique architectural design compared to the Egyptian temples that were built on the eastern bank of the Nile in Thebes. The temple consists of three successive floors on open terraces. The temple was built of limestone, and in front of the columns of the second floor were erected limestone statues of the god Osiris and Queen Hatshepsut in a beautiful arrangement. Originally these statues were colored, and only some traces remain of the colors now, and some statues are in perfectly good condition, indicating the elegance and beauty of the temple’s design.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: After Your Tour In Luxor We Will Transfer You To Luxor Train Station To Catch Up Your Train To Aswan(Overnight In Aswan)
Day 2: Abu Simble Temples Complex and Flight Back To Cairo
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
Around 5 am will be the pick up time to Abu Simbel is an archaeological site located on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 290 km southwest of Aswan. It is one of the sites of the “Nubian Monuments” included in the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites. Which starts from the direction of the river flow from Abu Simbel to Philae (near Aswan).
The Double Temples were originally carved out of the mountains during the reign of King Ramses II in the 13th century BC, as a permanent monument to him and Queen Nefertari, to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. However, in 1960 the entire complex of installations was moved to another location, on an artificial hill made of the dome structure, and above the reservoir of the Aswan High Dam.It was necessary to move the temples to avoid being submerged during the construction of Lake Nasser, and was formed after the construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile. Abu Simbel is still one of the best tourist attractions in Egypt.
Duration: 7 hours
Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Upon Arrival To Cairo Our Driver Will Be Waiting For You To Transfer You Back To Your Hotel In Cairo Or Giza
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
