5 Day Egypt Tours: Best Trip Ever

[caption id="attachment_32501" align="alignnone" width="1400"] 5-Day-Egypt -Tours-Giza-Pyramids-Complex[/caption] Enjoy your breakfast at hotel then join to your Egyptologist  tour guide to start your 5 day Egypt tours by Visiting:

Giza Pyramids Complex:

You will be taken from your hotel in Cairo by our tour guide. The Giza Pyramids Complex is an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. It includes the three great pyramids (Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure), the Great Sphinx, several tombs, a workers’ village and an industrial complex. It is located in the Western Desert, about 9 km (5 mi) west of the Nile River in the Old City of Giza, and about 13 km (8 mi) southwest of Cairo city center. The Great Pyramids Of Giza  (also know as the pyramid of Khufu or the pyramid of Cheops)is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza .It’s the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient  World ,and the only one to remain largely intact . It’s believe that the pyramid was thus built as a tomb over a 10_20 year era concluding around 2560 BCE. The pyramid of khafre Is the middle of the three Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza, the second tallest and second largest of the group . It’s the tomb of the Fourth Dynasty pharaoh khafre who ruled 2558-2532 BC . The pyramid has a based length of 215,5m (706ft) and height of 136,4 m(448ft). It’s made of limes tone blocks weighing more than 2tons each . The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of Giza Pyramids Complex, located on the Giza plateau in the southwestern outskirts of Cairo ,Egypt . It is thought to save as the tomb of the Fourth Dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaure Menkaure’s pyramid had an original height of 65.5m(215ft) , and was The smallest of the three major pyramid at the Giza Necropolis . Enjoy Your Lunch Meal at Local Restaurant and Proceed Your 5 day Egypt tours by exploring:

The Great Sphinx:

The Sphinx is considered one of the largest statues in the world, as it is 20 meters long and 73 meters wide. It is distinguished by the body of a lion and the head of a human, and its head is decorated with a royal headdress. It is a statue carved from a single piece of limestone. According to some estimates, it took about three years by 100 workers using stone hammers and copper chisels, and most historical scholars believe that the Sphinx belongs to the Fourth Dynasty.

Valley Temple of king khafre:

The Valley Temple is a temple that the ancient Egyptians built on the shore of the Nile near the pyramids and connected to them by a road called the Procession Road. After the death of Pharaoh, his body was mummified and his mummy was prepared in the Valley Temple, then they were transported in a large procession to a temple directly next to the pyramid, called the Mortuary Temple. After performing religious rituals on the deceased, he was brought into the coffin room and placed in the coffin.

The Egyptian Museum:

The Egyptian Museum is one of the biggest and most celebrated international museums, situated in the heart of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on the northern side of Tahrir Square. Its establishment dates back to the year 1835, and its location was then in Azbakeya Park, where it included a large number of various antiquities at that time. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is considered the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East. It contains more than 170,000 artifacts and contains the largest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world. The artifacts displayed in the museum date back to the prehistoric era until the Greek and Roman eras. At the end of your second Day in Your 5 day Egypt tours, we will drive you back to your 5* hotel for the overnight.

[caption id="attachment_32502" align="alignnone" width="1400"] 5-Day-Egypt -Tours-Luxor-Temple[/caption] Enjoy your breakfast at hotel then join to your Egyptologist tour guide to start your 5 day Egypt tours. Pick up from hotel in Giza and transfer to Cairo airport for the short flight to Luxor, arrive at Luxor airport then you will join to your Egyptologist tour guide to explore: Visits of Luxor East Bank including the Karnak Temple , Luxor Temple.

Karnak temple:

The Karnak Temple is one of the historical temples in Luxor. It is the most important, largest, and oldest temple in the world. It is the largest house of worship in the history of mankind, according to Al-Tayeb Gharib, director of the Karnak Temples. It was built on the Nile Corniche in the city of Luxor, and it was called the “Karnak Temples” because it includes 11 temples. Karnak Temple Complex is more than A temple, is a spectacular Complex of Sanctuaries, Pylons Kiosks, and Obelisks, all loyalty to the Theban gods and to the Greater Glory of Egypt’s Pharaohs, Karnak was the Most Important site for the worship of the Theban Triad (Amun, Mut, and Khonso). Inside it, there is not a single temple as is rumored, and its name in ancient Egyptian civilization was the temples of (Amun-Ra-Segem-Naht), as it was built to be a house of worship for the holy Theban trinity, and this trinity is composed of the god “Amun,” his wife “Mut,” and their son, the god “Khun Su.” As the temple in its current form has an area of more than 247 acres, it is thus registered as the largest and oldest house of worship in the world currently. Enjoy Your Lunch Meal in Local Restaurant at Luxor then Move to continue your 5 day Egypt Tours by visiting:

Luxor Temple:

Largely built by the New Kingdom Pharaoh Amenhotep the Third and finished by King Tutankhamun and the Great King Ramses the second, The First pylon was built by Ramses the second and Decorated with His Military Battle of Kadesh. The ancient Egyptians named the Luxor Temple “Ebet Reset,” meaning “Southern Sanctuary,” because of its place inside ancient Thebes (currently Luxor). The temple is situated around three kilometers to the south of the Karnak Temple, which was once linked by a path bordered on either side by statues of the Sphinx and the ram-headed sphinx. The oldest proofs of this temple dates back to the Eighteenth Dynasty (ca. 1550 – 1295 BC). The luxor Temple was not like most other ancient Egyptian temples on an east-west center, but it was guided towards Karnak. This is because the Luxor Temple was the major place for one of the most serious ancient Egyptian religious ceremonies when statues of the idols Amun, his wife Mut, and their son, the moon god Khonsu, were transported from Their temples at Karnak in a solemn procession to the Luxor Temple so that they can visit the idol residing there, Amun im Opet, a celebration celebrated as the Feast of Opet. To proceed your 5 day Egypt tours, we will transfer you to check in your 5* hotel to enjoy your Overnight stay.

[caption id="attachment_32503" align="alignnone" width="1400"] 5-Day-Egypt -Tours-Hatshepsut-Temple[/caption] Enjoy your breakfast at your hotel then join to your Egyptologist tour guide to start your 5 day Egypt tours by Visiting:

The Valley of the Kings:

Once called the great Place of the Truth, this valley popular now as the valley of the Kings, It is a Majestic domain of the Pharaohs who once set in great stone Sarcophagi, awaiting immortality, The isolated valley behind Deir el Bahri is controlled by the Pyramid-Shaped Mountain Peak. This site for the burial of kings was carefully chosen; It is situated on the western bank of the Nile, because the sun god descends (dies) on the western horizon in order to  revived again, and his youth is repeated on the eastern horizon. For this reason, the West was connected with funerary concepts, and most ancient Egyptian tombs were generally took place on the western bank of the Nile River for this reason. The strong kings of the New Kingdom were buried under the top of a pyramid-shaped rock cliff surrounding the valley. The option of the valley to carve the royal tombs was not a coincidence, as the pyramid was a icon of resurrection and everlasting life, and the pyramidal shape was considered a mark of the deities. This region, and the peak itself, was under the dominance of the deity Hathor: “Mistress of the West.” The secluded nature of this valley was another purpose why it was chosen as the final resting place of kings. The tombs had been stolen in ancient times – as had the pyramids of the Old and Middle Kingdom – and to avert that fate, they chose hidden underground tombs in a isolated desert valley. The first ruler of the New Kingdom whose burial in the Valley of the Kings was assured was Thutmose I (c. 1504-1492 BC), the third king of the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to Eni, his head tomb excavator: “I observe the excavation of his tomb in privacy, with no one seeing and no one hearing.” Enjoy Your Lunch Meal at Local Restaurant and Proceed Your 5 day Egypt tours by exploring:

The colossi of Memnon:

Massive pair statues popular as the Colossi of Memnon, rising about 18 meters from the plain, they are the remains of what once the largest complex on the west bank, construct by Amenhotep the Third. Two large giants that have been entrenched for thousands of years on the right of the road leading to the Tombs of the Dead in the Valley of the Kings and Queens, and the rest of the temples scattered on the western mainland in Luxor Governorate, and they stand guard over the road and all the temples in the west. They are the “Colossi of Memnon” sitting on the road leading to the temples, tombs and monasteries west of Luxor, and it is considered “ The two statues of Memnon are all that remains of the temple commemorating the pharaoh (Amenhotep III), and the height of the statue reaches 21.90 meters.

The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut:

Rising out of the desert Plain, in a chain of terraces, the temple of Hatshepsut Merges with sheer limestone Cliffs of the eastern face of the Theban Mountain as if Nature herself had construct this extraordinary monument. The walls of the temple were covered with scenes representing the temple rituals and religious holidays, as well as the transfer of obelisks from the quarries to the Karnak Temple. Perhaps the most distinctive scene is that in the middle balcony, which represents Hatshepsut’s mission to the country of Punt, which may currently be located near Eritrea, and its inhabitants were depicted. its homes as well as the surrounding environment, in addition to the riches and exotic animals that the Egyptians brought with them from there, and on the other hand, it was depicted how Hatshepsut became the legitimate king of the country, not only by confirming her father Thutmose I’s appointment of her as his legitimate heir, but also that her father was the deity Amun. Himself. To proceed your 5 day Egypt tours, we will transfer you to check in your 5* hotel to enjoy your overnight stay.

Enjoy your breakfast at hotel and check out from Your Hotel and transfer to Cairo airport for short flight to Cairo International departure as the end of your 5 day Egypt tours.