8 Days Discovering Ancient Egypt: Magical Itinerary

In the morning, you will eat a tasty breakfast, and then your private tour guide will accompany you to engage in your luxurious adventures in Egypt while touring one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Here are the major sites you will visit during your tour.:

Giza Pyramids Complex

The pyramids of Giza in Cairo are a unique and very special experience in a very ancient place. You feel the greatness of the place, the strength of the Pharaonic civilization, and the size of the statues and stones of the pyramids. One of the most majestic places on the 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt are Giza Pyramids Complex The Giza pyramids are a group of three pyramids located on the Giza plateau near the city of Cairo in Egypt.  The pyramids are the most important tourist spot and a great archaeological and cultural edifice that Egypt is still distinguished by among the nations of the world and their civilizations. It is a wondrous edifice built by the greatest civilization on earth, which is the Pharaonic civilization. Among the theories that some claim to be true, and some of them exploit these amazing buildings in theories that are not related to reality. The Egyptian pyramids are originally tombs for the Pharaohs.

The Great Sphinx

The Great Sphinx is one of the most famous historical monuments in Egypt, due to its unique appearance and its privileged location near the Giza pyramids, which are among the most important symbols of Egyptian civilization. The statue is located in front of the pyramid of Khafre, which  It is among the pyramids of Giza. The Sphinx is also a guardian of the plateau, and it is the oldest known huge sculpture, with a length of about 73.5 meters, then we will continue your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour by visiting:

Valley Temple:

The ancient Egyptians built the temple on the shore of the Nile near the pyramids and connected to it by a road called the “Procession Road”.  After the death of Pharaoh, his body was embalmed and his mummy was prepared in the Valley Temple, then they transported it in a large procession to a temple directly next to the pyramid called the Funerary Temple. After religious rites were performed over the deceased, he was brought into the coffin room and placed in the coffin. It was built by King Khafre, and the Valley Temple of King Khafre was named after him.

The Grand Egyptian Museum

Here the great King Ramesses II stands in your reception with majesty befitting the civilization and greatness of Egypt. Ramses is preparing to receive more than 5 million visitors that the Grand Egyptian Museum is expected to receive each year. It is not just an ordinary museum, but rather the largest museum in the world, as befits the greatest civilization as well. It is linked to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, which is the Egyptian pyramids, with a tourist walkway of 2 kilometers in length, and displays more than 100,000 artifacts representing the different eras of Egypt.  The largest collection of ancient Egyptian civilization, with signs explaining each piece in ancient Egyptian, Arabic, and English.

• Lunch Time

Then, we will transfer you to have your tasty lunch in a terrific Pyramids / Nile view restaurant. let’s continue our journey  8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt and then you will join your private Egyptologist guide on a tour to discover the secrets & mysteries and then we will continue your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour inside the impressive:

The Egyptian Museum

In the heart of the most famous Egyptian squares in the center of Cairo, the Egyptian Museum takes its place with its distinctive reddish paint in the far north of Tahrir Square, and is adjacent to a number of exposed artifacts from different ancient Egyptian families, which increase your suspense to step into this huge edifice that contains more than 150,000 pieces.  Rare artifacts documenting different eras of the ancient Egyptian civilization.

• Overnight

After finishing your tour, we will transfer you back to your hotel in Cairo for the overnight. To have some rest to be ready for the third day in 8 days Discovering ancient Egypt .

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Overnight: Cairo Hotel

Enjoy your breakfast and check out from the hotel in Cairo and then we will transfer you to Cairo International Airport to catch your flight to Luxor where you will start another part of your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour. Upon your arrival, you will join your tour guide to start another part of your breathtaking 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour to visit some of the tiptop attractions on the East Bank* of Luxor including:

Karnak Temple

One of the most interesting places on the the 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt Tour is Karnak Temple . The Karnak Temple is one of the largest temples in ancient Egypt, and the largest in the world, and the Karnak Temples complex is characterized by its large number of sacred architectural facilities, which were added by the rulers of Egypt, the Pharaohs and others from the era of the Middle Egyptian state and to the Ptolemaic era over two thousand years, and this is what makes Karnak a historical document Large, containing ancient Egyptian inscriptions and texts on the walls.

Luxor Temple by Night

The Luxor Temple comes at the top of the ancient Egyptian places that fall under the World Heritage List due to its beauty and authenticity. The Luxor Temple will remain the clearest example of the ancient Egyptian temple, as its layout appears clearly despite the passage of decades of its founding Nile from north to south. All the treasures and heritage of the Kings will appear at night under the moonlight, allowing some of the most epic tales to be told. After you finish your third day in your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour, we will take you back to Nile Cruise for a overnight. Lunch and dinner will be on board.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Flight: From Cairo to Luxor
• Overnight: Onboard the Cruise

In the morning, you will enjoy having your breakfast on the board of superb Nile Cruise and then you will join your tour guide to start your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour in Luxor by visiting some of the best tourist attractions on the west bank such as:

Valley of the Kings

Valley of Kings is one of the places worth visiting on the 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour .The Valley of the Kings is the most famous and largest historical cemetery in the world, where the ancient Egyptians buried their kings during 500 years in that area. The Valley of the Kings was known in the past as “the great royal funerary city for millions of years of the life, strength, and health of the Pharaoh in western Thebes,” and its name was hieroglyphic (ta) Sikht Maat) meaning the Great Valley. Located in the ancient city of Thebes, on the west bank of Luxor, the Valley of the Kings is an ancient necropolis for the rulers of the New Kingdom of Egypt.  It is really a wonderful place that raises surprise and admiration, as you will be able to see the tomb of Tutankhamun, which was discovered in its almost original condition in the twenties of the last century, in addition to the tomb of Ramses the Great, along with other famous pharaohs.

Hatshepsut Temple

One of the most miraculous places on the 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour is the Temple of Hatshepsut. The Temple of Hatshepsut Deir el-Bahari on the western mainland of Luxor is considered one of the most beautiful Egyptian temples if compared to the ancient Pharaonic temples, as it is characterized by a unique and distinct architectural design, which was built entirely of limestone, the first thing you see there is the shape of giant rocks, and among them appears that wonderful monument, In an exceptional and unparalleled scene, most of the temple was painstakingly rebuilt, to consist of three successive floors on open balconies, and in front of the columns of the second floor there are also limestone statues of Queen Hatshepsut in the form of the god Osiris, “the god of the dead among the ancient Egyptians.” then we will continue your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour by visiting:

Colossi of Memnon

Among the monuments dating back to the Pharaonic civilization in the city of Luxor, are the Colossi of Memnon, which are two statues of King Amenhotep III, at a height of 18 meters. The statues are also known as singing statues, because of the strange sounds that are formed during the passage of air from the cracks inside them, and on their periphery there is  Many inscriptions of the king’s mother and his wife. Finally, you will be conveyed back to your Nile Cruise to have your lunch & dinner, spend the rest of your day, and overnight on board..

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Overnight: Onboard the Cruise

In the early morning of the fifth day in 8 days Discovering ancient Egypt tour , you will start sailing towards Edfu and upon your arrival, you will join your tour guide in a horse carriage to be transferred to Edfu. Upon your arrival, you will have a tour to:

Edfu Temple

The Temple of Edfu, the jewel of the south, the last point of ancient Egypt on the border in terms of Nubia, the country of gold and beauty was Edfu, in the past it bore the name Edbu, and in the ancient Egyptian religion it was called Hadat. The Temple of Edfu, or the Temple of the god Horus, you can call it the jewel of the temples of ancient Egypt  And it was discovered in 1860 after the birth of Christ, while the temple was built during the reign of King Ptolemy III, in the year 237 BC, and the order to build it was not easy. The construction took 180 years of effort and work, and the construction of the temple continued for nearly two centuries due to the presence of strife and wars in  That period. The Temple of Edfu was a center for the worship of the god Horus, who is different from the god Horus, the son of Isis, and Horus occupied a great place among ancient Egyptian myths, and was symbolized by the winged sun disk, and this appeared in the drawings of the walls of the temple. Then in our way to make your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour impressive, you will start sailing towards Kom Ombo. Upon your arrival, you will join your private tour guide to visit the unique:

Kom Ombo Temple

The Temple of Kom Ombo, which means the hill of gold, and perhaps the reason for naming it by this name is due to the presence of gold mines near the city or to the luxury of living in this city. The purpose of establishing the Temple of Kom Ombo was to worship the god Sobek, but the worship took place in a different way with the god Horus in the same temple, and the god Sobek was seen as a god of this world and the hereafter, as the crocodile is an amphibious being that dives into the depths of the water for a while and then returns again near the land. The god Horus was worshiped in this city as if he was the image of the sun in this world, so the two gods became symbols of this world and the hereafter, and the worship of these two deities continued from the modern state until the Greco-Roman era. After completing your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt memorable tour, you will return to your cruise to start sailing towards Aswan and upon your arrival;  You will overnight on board your Nile cruise. Lunch and dinner will be on board.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Overnight: Onboard the Cruise

You will visit in the sixth day in our 8 Discovering ancient Egypt tour , some of the best tourist attraction in the Nubian City Aswan that is an delightful city for the majority of tourists and among the highlights which you will visit with us, there are:

Aswan High Dam

The High Dam is a water dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt.  The High Dam helped greatly in controlling the flow of water and mitigating the effects of the Nile flood, and it became one of the most beautiful tourist places in Aswan. You can do many tourist activities in the High Dam, such as the High Dam itself, which is considered one of the most important tourist attractions in Egypt, where you can learn about the history of building the dam and its importance in generating energy and providing water for agriculture and drinking, in addition to visiting Lake Nasser, which gathers behind the dam,  It is the largest artificial lake in the world, and enjoy wonderful tours of the surrounding landscape.

The Unfinished Obelisk

During Your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour you will see a lot of Obelisks were, and still are, a distinctive and innovative artifact for the ancient Egyptians alone. They used to place them in front of the temples, so they would pronounce the inscriptions on them. There were small obelisks placed in front of the tombs, The obelisks symbolize the sunbeam flowing from the sun to the earth. The missing obelisk mostly dates back to the reign of Queen Hatshepsut Which belongs to the Eighteenth Dynasty, where work was taking place in the quarry in Aswan until it was placed in front of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, where the obelisks were transported across the Nile River, and unfortunately after completing a very large part of the work, the workers were surprised by the occurrence of a large longitudinal crack in the obelisk, which This led to the decision to dispense with this obelisk and leave it as it is in the quarry ground. then we will continue your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour by visiting:

Philae Temple

The impressive sound and light show at the Temple of Philae ensures that the Egyptian gods are brought to life before the eyes of the audience, telling their life stories.  Through dazzling lights and listening to music with sounds from the deepest bottoms of ancient history. This show brings history and the past together to life, presenting the myth of Osiris (the god of death) and his beloved wife Isis who revived her husband using life rituals after she killed his brother (the god of evil in ancient Egypt). Do not hesitate and attend this wonderful show and learn about the story and legend of the god of death and his wife. Then, you will be transferred back to your Nile Cruise to have your lunch & dinner and overnight under the sky of the Nubian city.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Overnight: Onboard the Cruise as the end of your 6th day in your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt Tour

Good morning from the most country of beauty in the 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour . In the morning, you will check-out from the Nile Cruise and then you will join your private tour guide in one of the most majestic tours to Proceed Your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour. Upon your arrival, you will discover the magical:

Abu Simbel Temples

The magnificent Abu Simbel temples are temples from the Pharaonic period, specifically from the reign of Ramses II. The oldest of them dates back to 3000 years from now, and it is one of the most beautiful historical buildings in Egypt and the world, and therefore it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is distinguished by its façade, which is surrounded by four huge statues, each about 20 meters high, including a statue of Ramses II sitting on the throne, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, and at the feet of the statue of Ramses there are small statues of his wife, mother, children and six daughters. Next to this landmark dedicated to Ramses II, there is an entire temple dedicated to Queen Nefertiti, and this building is distinguished as one of the few temples in which the statue of the king and queen is similar in size, then we will proceed your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour.

• Lunch Time

After finishing your tour, enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant in Aswan.

• Overnight

We will transfer you to Aswan International Airport to catch your flight back to Cairo and upon your arrival, we will transfer you to your hotel in Cairo overnight as the end of the 7th day of your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt Tour.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Flight: From Aswan to Cairo
• Overnight: Cairo Hotel

After having your breakfast at your 5* Hotel in Cairo, you will check out your hotel and we will transfer you to Cairo International airport where you will meet our representative who is going to assist you all through your departure formalities and then you will catch your flight back home to finish your 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt Nile cruise tour.

• Meals: Breakfast

Thus, we have completed our 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour .  We hope that you have enjoyed the 8 Days Discovering ancient Egypt tour with us, by seeing the sights of Egypt and Luxor, and enjoying a special time in charming landmarks.