( 8 days / 7 Nights )
Cairo - Alexandria - El Alamein - Siwa - Bahariya oasis
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Day 1: ( Cairo )
Arrival Cairo International Airport , you will be met by our representative and assist you through customs formalities then transfer to your booked hotel . In the evening, enjoy dinner cruise on the Nile whilst watching a traditional folklore show. Overnight in hotel.
Day 2: ( Alexandria)
Breakfast, Depart your Cairo hotel, you will proceed to Alexandria, the city founded by Alexander the Great in 312BC which was the capital of Greco-Roman Egypt. Your first stop is the Catacombs of Kom ash-Shuqqafa, a Roman burial site which has a family tomb that shows the merging of Egyptian and Roman art and architecture. Descend below ground to visit the tomb as well as Caracalla Hall, which you will learn was incorrectly named as such. Back above ground, continue to Pompey's Pillar, a 82 foot (25 meter) granite column built to honor Emperor Diocletian who freed the besieged city and brought food to the starving people. Then proceed to visit and watch from outside The Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds, not only in Egypt, but also along the Mediterranean Sea coast, then proceed to The Montazah Garden visit cover an area of 370 feddans and contain trees, palms, and flowers. Overnight in Alexandria.
Day 3: ( El Alamein )
Breakfast, Depart your Alexandria hotel. Drive to Alamein (110 KM/approximately 1 hour 30 minutes), where we visit the moving British and Commonwealth War Cemetery. Overnight in hotel.
Day 4: ( Siwa)
Breakfast, Depart your El Alamein hotel, continue through the desert to the Siwa Oasis (500 KM/approximately 6 hours). In the time of Alexander the Great, Siwa ranked with Delphi as one of the chief spiritualistic spas of antiquity. After breakfast we visit the Temple of the Oracle, where in 331 BC Alexander was confirmed in his status as a god. We also see the remains of the nearby Temple of Amun. In the afternoon we explore the el-Gabel tombs in the Mount of the Dead and take a look at Siwa’s small museum. Weather-permitting we will drive across the causeway to Fatnas Island to view the sunset. Overnight in hotel.
Day 5: (Siwa)
Today we walk through the abandoned Old Town of Siwa, mud dwellings piled up on the hillside like skyscrapers, set amongst date palms and presenting a picturesque yet mysterious scene. Afternoon free, with the option of taking a thrilling desert safari by 4-wheel-drive vehicles across the Great Sand Sea. Overnight in hotel.
Day 6: ( Bahariya Oasis )
Depart your hotel for Journey by 4-wheel-drive vehicles to the Oasis of Bahariya (428 KM/minimum 7 hours – timings could be longer depending on the number of road check points in operation), a key agricultural centre in Pharaonic times, exporting large quantities of wine, dates and olives to the Nile Valley, then proceed to visit El Bahariya’s Mummies Museum. Overnight in hotel.
Day 7: (Cairo)
Early morning depart your hotel for drive back to Cairo (365 KM/approximately 5 hours), You may wish to visit the Pyramids & Sphinx. Situated on the Giza plateau is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and now one of the wonders of the modern world too, the three Great Pyramids of Giza. Visit the Pyramid of Cheops, the Sphinx, and the Granite Temple (you can visit the solar boat museum for a small extra cost payable locally), then proceed to visit he world-famous Egyptian Museum. With more than 100,000 artifacts spanning Egyptian history from the earliest dynasties to the Roman era, the Egyptian Museum represents the largest collection of its kind in the world. A minimum of three to four hours is necessary to take in the highlights, you can enter the Royal Mummy Room (there is a small additional charge payable locally to enter the Mummy Room), which contains the corpses of 11 of Egypt’s most powerful pharaohs including Seti I and his son Ramses II. Room 27 displays intricate models of ancient life on the Nile during the Middle Kingdom, in the late afternoon visit to the famous Khan El Khalili market, in the evening Sound & Light Show at Giza Pyramids where you will enjoy the spectacular Sound and Light Show at Giza Pyramids. Overnight in hotel.
Day 8: ( Cairo)
Breakfast, Depart your Cairo hotel and then transfer to Cairo international airport for your back flight to home.
Included in this tour
2 nights hotel accommodation in Cairo on bed and breakfast basis
1 night hotel accommodation in Alexandria on bed and breakfast basis
1 night hotel accommodation in El Alamien on bed and breakfast basis
2 nights hotel accommodation in Siwa on Half Board basis
1 night hotel accommodation in El Bahriya Oasis on Half Board basis
All transfers with A/C vans
The service of meet and assist at all your destinations
Excluded in this tour
All Sightseeing mentioned in the itinerary
International airfare
Visa Entry for Egypt (US$ 15 per passport)
Tipping
Drinks
Personal expenses (Laundry, Sauna, telephones…etc)
Any meals not mentioned in the program
Any Optional tours
Insurance
Customer Should Bring
Change of Clothes
Hat
Swimwear
Camera
Sun glasses
Comfortable Foot wear
Sun block