best of egypt Dec 2024 10 pax ( Chabaud )

9 Days 8 Nights Egypt Travel Holiday Package Included Nile Cruise 

Day 21 Dec

As Per Requested time Arrival to Cairo airport, our representative will assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage will greet you. From the airport, you will be transferred by a private A/C car to your hotel.

Starts at 11:00 am Pickup from your hotel in either Cairo or Giza by Emo tour guide to start your full day tour visiting Giza Pyramids where you visit the Great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren & Mykerinos then Visit the Valley Temple where the Priests Mummified the dead body of King Chephren Also there you will have a close-up look at The Sphinx - The legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of king Chephren.

after the tour is finished you will be transferred back to your Hotel.
 

Day 22 Dec

Starts at 9:00 am Pickup from your hotel in either Cairo or Giza by Emo tour guide to start your full day tour visiting The Egyptian Museum. 

The Egyptian Museum is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East, and houses the largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities in the world. The museum displays an extensive collection spanning from the Predynastic Period to the Greco-Roman Era.

The architect of the building was selected through an international competition in 1895, which was the first of its kind, and was won by the French architect, Marcel Dourgnon. The museum was inaugurated in 1902 by Khedive Abbas Helmy II, and has become a historic landmark in downtown Cairo, and home to some of the world’s most magnificent ancient masterpieces.

Among the museum’s unrivaled collection are the complete burials of Yuya and Thuya, Psusennes I and the treasures of Tanis, and the Narmer Palette commemorating the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under one king, which is also among the museum’s invaluable artifacts. The museum also houses the splendid statues of the great kings Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, the builders of the pyramids at the Giza plateau. An extensive collection of papyri, sarcophagi and jewelry, among other objects, completes this uniquely expansive museum.

Then continue your day tour to CAIRO TOWER. The Cairo Tower (Borg El-Qāhira) is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. At 187 m (614 ft), it was the tallest structure in Egypt for 37 years until 1998, when it was surpassed by the Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing. It was the tallest structure in North Africa for 21 years until 1982, when it was surpassed by the Nador transmitter in Morocco. It was the tallest structure in Africa for one year until 1962, when it was surpassed by Sentech Tower in South Africa.

One of Cairo's well-known modern monuments, it stands in the Gezira district on Gezira Island in the River Nile, close to downtown Cairo. 
Then continue your day tour to Felucca boat on the nile relax and enjoy the landscape view and warm sun of Cairo. This is one of the best things to do in Cairo.
after the ride is finished our guide will transfer to train station going to aswan 
Overnight Train station
 

Day 23 Dec :  Aswan tours &Transfer to Nile Cruise  

Meet & assist at Aswan 
Visit Aswan high dam and Philae temple
Felucca ride on the Nile
Transfer to your Nile Cruise. 
Lunch on board
Dinner on board
Overnight in Aswan
Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 24 Dec : Abu Simbel & Kom-Ombo & Edfu

Abu simbel in the morning 
Sailing to Kom-Ombo
Visit Kom-Ombo temple shared by two gods Sobek & Haeroris
Sailing to Edfu
Lunch on board
Visit the temple of Horus at Edfu
Sail to Luxor via Esna
Free time at leisure on Board
Afternoon tea on sun deck
Cross Esna lock
Dinner on board
Galabiya party
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 25 Dec : Visit Luxor east bank

Breakfast on board.
Free time on board
Lunch on board
Visit Karnak temple & Luxor temple
Dinner on board
Disco & Music in the evening
Overnight in Luxor
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 26 Dec : Disembarkation, Visit Luxor West Bank – Departure transfer

Breakfast on board.
Disembarkation after breakfast (08:00 am)
Visit the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut temple, and Colossi of Memnon
Transfer to Luxor airport fly back to cairo 
overnight cairo 
Meals: Breakfast
 

Day 27 Dec :

Cairo's day tours to Christian and Islamic Sights starts at 9 am Pickup from your hotel in Cairo By Emo Tours guide to Start your full day tour visiting Old Cairo that known as Christian Coptic Cairo which is Among the most important locations visited by the Holy Family where the spiritual impact of their presence is most felt still; though their stay was brief, for the Governor of what was then Fustat enraged by the tumbling down of idols at Jesus' approach sought to kill the Child. But they took shelter from his wrath in a cave above which, in later years, the Church of Abu Serga (St Sergius) was built. This and the whole area of the Fort of Babylon is a destination of pilgrimage not only for the Egyptians but for Christians from around the world. An air of piety and devotion pervades the whole district there. Also There you will be able to visit and Enter the Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, the hanging church, and the old Jewish synagogue - Ben Ezra Synagogue.

Then continue your day tour to Islamic Cairo that was founded in 641 A.D By the First Muslam leader Amr ibn al-‘As. The mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘As is the oldest surviving mosque in Egypt and Africa. General ʿAmr ibn al-ʿAs was one of the first companions of the Prophet Muhammad. After conquering Egypt in 20 AH/640 AD, he founded its first Islamic capital, Fustat, which falls within the modern city of Cairo. A year later, by order of the Caliph ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, he also founded the eponymous mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘As, which thus became the new capital’s very first building.

Then followed by a visit to the Most and Biggest mosques in Cairo which is El Sultan Hassan Mosque that also known as `Madrasa El Sultan Hassan` The Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hasan is one of the largest and architecturally exquisite mosques in all of Egypt. It was commissioned by the Mamluk sultan Hasan ibn al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun sometime between 757 AH/1356 AD and 764 AH/1362 AD, and is located at the end of Muhammad Ali Street, opposite its nineteenth century neighbor al-Rifa’i mosque in Salah al-Din Square.
 

Then followed by another big famous Mosque Which is Al-Rifa’i Mosque The building is located opposite the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, which dates from around 1361, and was architecturally conceived as a complement to the older structure.
 

Then visit The Citadel of Cairo where you can visit the most famous mosque in Cairo which is Mohamed Ali`s mosque that known as the Alabaster Mosque. The Citadel of Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin) is one of the most iconic monuments in Islamic Cairo, and among the most impressive defensive fortresses dating to the Middle Ages. Its strategic location on the Muqattam Hills gave it a formidable defensive position, and offered, as it still does today, an unrestricted panoramic view of Cairo.
Then End your day tour with a visit to Khan Khalili Bazaar. Khan el-Khalili is a famous bazaar and souq (or souk) in the historic center of Cairo, Egypt. Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar district has since become one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike. It is also home to many Egyptian artisans and workshops involved in the production of traditional crafts and souvenirs. The name Khan el-Khalili historically referred to a single building in the area; today it refers to the entire shopping district.
At the end of the Tour, you will be transferred back to your Hotel

28 Dec 

starts At 9:00 am Pickup from your hotel in either Cairo or Giza By Emo Tours guide to Start your full day tour visiting  Sakkara Pyramid, located only 27 km southwest away from Cairo. Visit the Step Pyramid (Built for king Zoser), it is considered an important part of the process of the pyramid evolution, which were made from the simple mastaba to its widely known form.

Then Visit Dahshur Pyramids (Bent & Red Pyramids).Dahshur area is a royal necropolis located in the desert on the West Bank of the Nile approximately 40 kilometers (25 mi) south of Cairo. It is known chiefly for several Pyramids, two of which are Among the oldest, largest and best preserved in Egypt, built from 2613–2589 BCE.

Then Visit Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, where the colossal statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx are. this City Dates back to 3100 B.C.

At the end of the Tour you will be transferred back to your Hotel

29 Dec
free day 
at evening transfer from the hotel to cairo airport