Egypt Christmas Tour 6 Days 2024 / 2025

You will arrive at Cairo Airport and our company representative will be waiting for you to take you to the hotel in a private air-conditioned car.

• Dinner Time

After resting at the hotel, you can have dinner on a cruise down the Nile amidst songs, enjoying dancing and folk arts, and then return to the hotel to spend the night.

Early in the morning, you will eat breakfast and prepare with your private tour guide to move in a private air-conditioned car to the pyramids area to discover one of the seven wonders of the world:

• Giza Pyramids

The Pyramids of Giza are the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and are still the largest man-made structures in the world. They were built over a period of 20 years, beginning around 2560 BC, by the pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure.

• The Great Sphinx

The Sphinx was builted by the ancient Egyptians as a guardian and protector overlooking the Giza Plateau, and the Sphinx was, as all the monuments of the Pharaonic era in Egypt. There is no doubt that the Sphinx makes you ask more than one question, and here we will explain everything related to the Sphinx.

• The Valley Temple

The Temple of the Valley was dedicated to the holy spirit of King Kefren, to serve meals and offerings for the pharaoh, and where his corpse was embalmed for 70 days in the Temple of the Valley in the area of the pyramids of Giza in Cairo.

• Lunch Time

Have lunch in one of the wonderful restaurants and then continue your enjoyable tour.

• Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara

Saqqara is the site of the main necropolis of the city of Memphis, an important city and ancient capital of Egypt located on the west bank of the Nile River. In the same location there are small pyramids, and ancient tombs are located in this direction due to their belief that every thing is a renewable cycle.

• The Ancient City of Memphis

Founded around 3050 B.C.E. by the first pharaoh of Egypt, Menes, the ruins of the city are located 19 km south of Cairo, on the west bank of the Nile. The local god was Ptah.

Finally, we drive you back to the hotel for the overnight.

• The High Dam

The Aswan Dam, Egypt, is one of the most important engineering mega constructions of the 20th century. It was built to alleviate the annual floods and occasional droughts experienced by Egypt. It was built on January 11, 1960, and completed on July 21, 1970.

• The Unfinished Obelisk

The unfinished obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh of Egypt, is located in the granite quarries in Aswan in Egypt, where the pharaohs quarried blocks for the construction of temples, statues, obelisks, and pyramids. The interest of the site, the granite quarries, focuses on the area of the gigantic block of stone in the quarry, the unfinished obelisk of Hatshepsut, cut on all sides but one, three of its faces are separated.

• Philae Temple

The temple was rearranged on the island of Agilkia, which was on the island of Elephantine. The building of this temple consists of the mamisi, which is located in the middle, and the mobile one behind it. There are also two towers to the north and south. To the left of the small edifice is the main temple of the goddess Isis.

Finally, we drive you back to your hotel to spend the overnight.

Have your breakfast on board To start your journey in Luxor:

• Valley of the Kings

The Valley of the Kings is located in the city of Luxor, on the West of the Nile River. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
This large necropolis, near Luxor, contains more than 60 tombs of pharaohs and nobles of the New Kingdom, one of the most prosperous periods in the history of ancient Egypt.
Among the finds are the chambers of Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II. It even has an analog of the wives and relatives of the pharaohs, called the Valley of the Queens.

• Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut The funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, known as Deir el Bahari, name meaning "monastery of the north" and designed by its architect in the royal court, Senenmut, is "the wonder of wonders" of ancient Egypt: it stands on the west bank of the Nile and is partially excavated in the mountain behind which lies the Valley of the Kings.

• Colossi of Memnon

The Colossi of Memnon are twin statues representing Amenhotep III in a seated position. His hands rest on his knees and his gaze is directed towards the east, in the direction of the Nile River and the rising sun. The statues are carved in blocks of quartzite, brought especially from Giza and the quarries of Gebel el-Silsila, north of Aswan, including the stone bases.

• Lunch Time

Have lunch in one of the restaurants.

• Karnak Temple

The oldest structures at Karnak come from the Middle Empire: the white chapel of Sesostris I (1965-1920 BC), reconstructed in the open-air museum, and the foundations of what was the most sacred part of the 12th dynasty temple of Amun in the sanctuary of the sacred boat and the Courtyard of the Middle Empire (behind the sixth pylon).

Finally, Spend the night at the hotel

In the morning, have breakfast, complete the hotel check-out procedures, and move to the airport or train station to return to Cairo and take a tour to:

• The Egyptian Museum

The Egyptian Museum of Cairo is located in the center of the city, in Tahrir Square, in a neoclassical building designed by Marcel Dourgnon and opened in 1902. At the time of opening to the public had about 12,000 pieces, a fund that over the years grew significantly to reach today a figure close to 150,000 artifacts.

• Lunch Time

Have lunch in one of the wonderful restaurants and then continue your enjoyable tour.

• The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

The idea of building the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization dates back to the reign of King Farouk from 1938 to 1949, and King Farouk's insistence on building a museum similar to museums in Europe documenting the various civilizations in Egypt. The Agricultural Society dedicated an entire building inside to the creation of a model of the Museum of Civilization to display all the historical stages in Egypt.

• Al-Muizz Street

Al-Moez Street is named after the Fatimid Caliph Al-Moez, who annexed Egypt under Fatimid rule, and this street has great historical importance, as it is the oldest street with an Islamic architectural character in the world.

• Khan El Khalili Bazaar

Currently, there are about 900 stalls and several restaurants and cafes. Some stalls are located by sectors: you will find the spice alley, the gold alley, and the silver street.

back to your hotel to spend the overnight.

Have breakfast at the hotel and start moving by private air-conditioned car to the airport to end your trip.