If you're considering one of our trips to Cairo and Greater Egypt, this Pyramid and Sinai tour highlights Egypt's main historical sites, the Pyramids in Cairo and the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, coupled with the laid-back, hedonistic atmosphere of Dahab on the Red Sea.
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Day 1 Cairo You will be met at Cairo Airport and transferred to our hotel. For those who arrive in Cairo before 6pm, there will be an evening meal with your Oasis Tour Leader. Today is a free day with no activities planned. (One meal)
Day 2 Cairo Accompanied by our local Egyptologist Guide we visit the Egyptian History Museum, a must-do during trips to Cairo. In the afternoon our guide takes us around the Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza. We also include a group camel ride while at the pyramids! After our evening meal we transfer to the hustle and bustle of Cairo Railway Station where we take the overnight train to Luxor. (Two Meals)
Day 3 Luxor In the morning we are transferred to our Luxor Hotel. The morning is free for you to explore Luxor. Your tour leader will give you maps, information and a number of options. You can visit the local souk or walk along the Nile Riverbank and hire a felucca for a couple of hours or, if you wish, simply relax by the hotel's swimming pool. In the afternoon, we visit Luxor Temple which is on the bank of the Nile near the centre of town and less than five minutes walk from our Hotel. Once joined to the Great Temple of Karnak by an avenue of Sphinxes, part of which still remains, this elegant temple was built by a succession of Pharaohs including Tutankhamun and Ramses II, and Alexander the Great.
The vast Karnak Temple complex beats every other monument in Egypt except perhaps the Pyramids of Giza. Built on an awesome scale (it does house the gods after all!) its Levithian size will amaze you! Your visit is by horse drawn carriage and in the evening there is also the option of the Sound and Light Show. (Two meals)
Day 4 Luxor Today is the day many have been waiting for. We take a ferry to the West Bank of the Nile where we mount our donkeys for the trek to the Valley of the Kings & Workers (in mid-summer we may use an air-conditioned mini-bus instead of donkeys). Again we have a local Egyptologist Guide who will show us through a number of Pharaoh's tombs during a pyramid tour and explain the 3000 year old history of the Pharaohs, their mummification and journey through the underworld. There is also the option to visit the Valley of Queens & Hatsphasuts.(Two meals)
Day 5 Luxor & Hurghada You will have a free morning in Luxor to finish exploring this fascinating city, it is also possible to visit a local orphanage which Oasis sponsors, www.sunshine-international.org. After lunch we travel for four hours by coach through the desert to the Red Sea resort of Hurghada where we spend the night in a local hotel. (Two meals)
(please note: we are one of the very few companies operating tours in Egypt that uses the hydrofoil across the Red Sea, thus doing away with the very long and tedious 18hr bus journey and allowing an extra day in Dahab).
Days 6-8 Dahab Crossing the Red Sea by hydrofoil we land in the Sinai Desert. The nomadic Bedouin who occupy the Sinai generally have a much more laid-back attitude to life than their Egyptian neighbours. This will become evident to you over the next three days that you spend in Dahab. With year-round sunshine and warm sea temperatures, Dahab's unique atmosphere makes this THE place to visit on a trip to Egypt. Besides the party mood that pervades Dahab with its lively Bedouin Pubs and quirky beach restaurants, this part of the Red Sea is also recognized as one of the world's top diving locations with spectacular underwater coral gardens and marine life.
You can snorkel to some of this coral literally within metres of the beach, go scuba diving, trek through the desert by camel and quad bike or visit St Catherine's Monastery and Mount Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments. (Lunch on arrival in Dahab on day 6)
Day 9 Dahab We spend most of the day in Dahab. After our final day relaxing on the Red Sea, we travel overnight back to Cairo. (No meals provided)
Day 10 Cairo Today marks the end of our trip to Egypt, and group members will be flying out at different times during the day, most of them in the evening. Additional accommodation can be arranged if you wish to stay on. (No meals provided)
At the end of our trip in Egypt there is the option to extend your stay in Dahab. Oasis will still arrange your transport back to Cairo and include your return airport transfer. Ask the Oasis office or your tour leader for details.
Please also note that the as part of the tour cost, an Egyptologist guide is included to the following sites and temples: Egyptian History Museum and Mummy Room in Cairo , Sphinx & Pyramid tour at Giza, Luxor Temple as well as The Valley of Kings and Workers.
Also unlike some of our competitors we do not charge a Single Supplement rate for our trips to Egypt and we do not inflate the costs of ANY optional excursions - you decide what YOU want to do and pay for it direct to the local operator at the time of doing the activity.
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