Trip to Cairo and Luxor two days from Safaga port
Pick up place: Any cruise ship at Safaga port
Sightseeing: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Egyptian museum, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon, Karnak Temple
Duration: 2 Days - 1 Night
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Transfer to Luxor, Luxor sightseeing
Our Cairo and Luxor tour will start with pick up service from your ship terminal in Safaga port, where our REP will meet you with aboard reflecting your name, then from Safaga port you will be transferred to Luxor by air-conditioned vehicle with your private Egyptologist guide. The way to Luxor takes 3,5 hours driving with majestic view of mountains of the western desert. You will start your Cairo and Luxor tour by visiting the Valley of the Kings - burial place of pharaohs, hidden in the rocks, decorated with scenes and funerary rituals of the period for afterlife of pharaohs. Valley of Kings is famous for Tutankhamen tomb and its treasures, discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter. Next sightseeing of your visiting tour in Luxor will be Hatshepsut temple at El Deir Al Bahari, dedicated to the queen Hatshepsut - famous female pharaoh. Hatshepsut temple with three layered terraces connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens. Inside Hatshepsut temple you can see text and picture of an expedition to exotic country calls Land of Punt. Then you will visit the Colossi of Memnon, two colossal statues, was stayed guard at entrance of Amenhotep III temple in ancient times, and only remaining nowadays. Name means 'Ruler of the Dawn' and was probably given, because of 'singing' at dawn one of the statue. Lunch meal will be served during Luxor tour at a good quality restaurant in Luxor. Proceed the tour in Luxor to Karnak temple the biggest open-air museum in the World, the temple dedicated to the God Amon-Ra, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. In Karnak Temple each pharaoh tried to perpetuate his name, so it is also known as the Karnak Temple Complex. One of the famous area in Karnak temple - Hypostyle hall with 134 massive columns with over three meters in diameter. Free time in Luxor, and then transfer to Luxor airport to fly to Cairo with direct transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Day 2: Cairo sightseeing, return back to Safaga port
Have breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and continue the second day of your Cairo and Luxor tour with your guide to visit Great Pyramids of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the tombs of pharaohs constructed around 5000 years ago and Great Sphinx - guard of those tombs, with body of lion and human head. Lunch meal will be served during Cairo tour at a good quality restaurant in Cairo. Next sightseeing of your tour in Cairo will be the Egyptian Museum with extensive collection of 120000 items of ancient Egyptian antiquities, famous for artifacts of the child king Tutankhamen's tomb, which was found mostly intact. After all you will visit Old Cairo and see the Coptic Monastery with Hanging Church. This area in Cairo called "Complex of Three Religions", because there also set the mosque of Amr Ibn al-Aas, erected in the year 642, and Ben Ezra Synagogue, dating from the tenth century. Free time in Cairo with many optional tours, then you will be driven to Cairo airport to fly to Hurghada with next transfer to your ship terminal at Safaga port.
Tour Includes:
- Pick up services from your ship terminal in Safaga port
- Flight tickets Luxor - Cairo - Hurghada with Egypt Air
- Admission fees to the sightseeing in Luxor and Cairo as per itinerary
- Lunch meals during Cairo and Luxor tours at local restaurant in Luxor and Cairo
- Egyptologist English speaking tour Guide in Luxor and Cairo
- All transfers by air-conditioned modern vehicle class in Safaga port, Luxor and Cairo
- Hotel accommodation in Cairo at 5 * hotel on BB basis
- Drop off services from your ship terminal in Safaga port
Tour Excludes:
- Optional tours
- Personal expenses
Trip to Cairo and Luxor two days from Safaga portWhat to bring:
- Passport valid for 6 months
- Comfortable shoes
- Cotton clothes in summer
- Warm clothes in winter
- Sun block
- Sunglasses
- Hat
- Photo/Video Camera
Email:
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