Day 01: Cairo - Welcome Dinner, Le Meridien Hotel
Day 01: Cairo - Welcome Dinner, Le Meridien Hotel
A transfer representative will meet you at the airport to assist you with entry formalities, and escort you to the luxurious Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel in Giza, less than 5 minutes from the Giza Plateau, and stunning views of the Pyramids.
Meals Included
Dinner
Day 02: Cairo-Giza Plateau, Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley Temple
Day 02: Cairo-Giza Plateau, Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley Temple
After breakfast, we will visit the world famous Giza Plateau. After exploring the area around the Pyramids, we will drive to a higher spot with a beautiful panoramic view of the pyramids and plateau. We will then move to the East side of the pyramids to visit the Valley Temple and the Sphinx.
After lunch we will visit a very popular essential oil store, where you can experience and purchase some of the most fabulous essential oils, many of which you can only find in Egypt.
Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Day 03: Cairo-Saqqara, Step Pyramid, Pyramid of Unas, The Serapeum
Day 03: Cairo-Saqqara, Step Pyramid, Pyramid of Unas, The Serapeum
After breakfast we will drive to Saqqara, home to the Step Pyramid attributed to King Djoser. There we will visit the newly opened "Pyramid of Unas" where we will see the first pyramid text. We will also visit the mythical Serapeum, a huge subterranean complex. We will stop for lunch on the way back to the hotel.
Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Day 04: Cairo-Dashur, Bent Pyramid, Red Pyramid
Day 04: Cairo-Dashur, Bent Pyramid, Red Pyramid
After breakfast, we will drive to Dahshur, where we will visit the Bent and the Red Pyramids, attributed to King Sneferu. Afterwards we will check into the world famous Mena House.
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Lunch
Dinner
Day 05: Cairo/Minya-El Minya, Bani Hassan Tombs, Amarna
Day 05: Cairo/Minya-El Minya, Bani Hassan Tombs, Amarna
After breakfast we drive to El Minya, check into the Minya Horus Hotel, and visit Bani Hassan tombs which date back to the Middle kingdom (2,000 B.C.E). We will then visit the ancient capital of Ahkenaten, now called Amarna.
Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Day 07: Minya/Abydos-Hermopolis, Tuna El Gebel
Day 07: Minya/Abydos-Hermopolis, Tuna El Gebel
After breakfast we will leave to visit a very important site of ancient wisdom and knowledge, Hermopolis, located near the small city of Alashmunien. This is the city where the Neter Touth/Thoth was worshipped as an ibis and baboon. He was Hermes (hence the modern name of the city), to the greeks and Trimegistus of the hermetic texts, who was the scribe who presided over all forms of knowledge.
Next we will drive to Tuna El Gebel, the necropolis to Hermopolis. It is best known for the sprawling catacombs at the foot of the western cliffs, where thousands of ibises (dedicated to Thoth) and other sacred animals were buried from the New Kingdom through Roman times. Afterwards we will drive to Abydos and check into our rooms at the House of Life Hotel and Spa.
Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Day 08: Abydos/Luxor-Seti i Temple, The Osirion
Day 08: Abydos/Luxor-Seti i Temple, The Osirion
After breakfast, we visit Seti I Temple, the only temple which has 9 holy of holies, and has carvings in some of the best condition found throughout Egypt. The ancient pilgrimage site of Abydos houses the Temple of Osiris and the very ancient Osirion Temple, rumored by the some of local people to be 35,000-50,000 years old. After lunch we will be driven to Luxor and check into our hotel.
Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Day 09: Dendera-Temple of Hathor
Day 09: Dendera-Temple of Hathor
After breakfast, we drive to Dendera to visit the incredible Temple of Hathor. Here we will see a replica of the famous "Dendera Zodiac" where one of the first depictions of the zodiac is found, (the original from the site in now in The Louvre), which points to the ancient origins of astrology and superior knowledge of our solar system. The Temple of Hathor is considered one of the most breathtaking sites in all of Egypt, and an example of one of the most beautiful restorations of hieroglyphs one can see. After we will drive back to Luxor and our hotel.
Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Day 10: Nile Cruise - Kamak Temple
Day 10: Nile Cruise - Kamak Temple
After an early breakfast, we will visit Karnak, the world's largest temple. There we will see so much evidence of ancient technology being used to construct this site. This was one of ancient Egypt's grandest and most ambitious building projects. its multiple temple buildings are monuments to a list of pharoahs who all wanted to stamp their mark on their kingdom's most revered religious sanctuary. This was the house of the gods, and its glories were to be feted by all.
We will also visit places which are rarely visited by tourists, like the very powerful Chapel of Sekhmet, and the newly opened precinct of Mut, one of the four main temple enclosures that make up the Karnak Temple Complex.
Meals Included
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Lunch
Dinner
Day 11: Nile Cruise - Edfu, and Kom Ombo Temple
Day 11: Nile Cruise - Edfu, and Kom Ombo Temple
After breakfast a day tour to the Temple of Edfu, where you will visit the majestic temple dedicated to Horus, and relax with an afternoon of sailing. After lunch we will stop at Kom Ombo, where we will visit the twin temples dedicated to the crocodile Neter Sobek, and Horus the Elder.
Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Day 12: Nile Cruise-Isis Temple, Unfinished Obelisk, Elephantine island
Day 12: Nile Cruise-Isis Temple, Unfinished Obelisk, Elephantine island
After breakfast we will take a motorboat to the enchanting Island of Philae, and the powerful Temple of Auset (Isis). Auset is associated with the ancients' most highly revered star, Sirius. The annual rising of Sirius was synonymous with the flooding of the Nile River, which left huge deposits of silt, the very valuable black earth or "KMT" (Khemit) for which Egypt was named. Auset is usually depicted wearing the throne, or "seat of power", reflecting the matriarchal nature of the very ancient civilization.
Then we will explore the famous Aswan Quarry that is home to the 1,200 ton Unfinished Obelisk, that only a handful of cranes worldwide could lift today, and other significant evidence of higher technologies used by the ancient Khemitians.
After lunch we will sail by motorboat to Elephantine Island where we will experience the unique and powerful energiesof this location; while also visiting the temple of the Neter Khnum, who was the maker of the "Ka".
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Lunch
Dinner
Day 13: Aswan/Cairo-Morning visit Abu Simbel, Flight back to Cairo
Day 13: Aswan/Cairo-Morning visit Abu Simbel, Flight back to Cairo
In the morning we will have the opportunity to visit the beautiful Abu Simbel Temple, the rock cut temple in the depth of the Nubian land. After lunch we will fly back to Cairo.
Meals Included
Breakfast
Lunch
Day 14: Cairo-Transport to airport and departure
Day 14: Cairo-Transport to airport and departure
Farewell and departure, transport provided to Cairo International Airport; safe journeys home.
Meals Included
Breakfast
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