Joe Parsons

Day 1—Arrive Cairo
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
Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2-

starts At 8:00 am with Pickup from your hotel in either Cairo or Giza By Emo Tours guide to Start your Giza Full Day Tour Visiting Giza Pyramids where you Visit the Great Pyramids Of Giza - Cheops, Chephren & Mykerinos then Visit the Valley Temple The Place where the Priests Mummified the dead body of king Chephren owner of the second pyramid at Giza Platue Also it's the same place where you Can 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.

Then continue your day tour to Sakkara, 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 continue your day tour to Memphis City that was 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

Day 3-
Starts At 8:00 am Pickup from your hotel in Cairo or Giza By Emo Tours guide to Start your full day tour visiting The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.

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.

Then visit The Citadel Of Cairo Where you visit The Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha. 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. Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi was the first to order the construction of a fortress over the Muqattam Hills in (572 AH/ 1176 AD), but it was not completed during his lifetime. This was achieved during the reign of Sultan al-Kamel ibn al-Adel (604 AH/1207 AD) who decided to reside in it, making it the official residence of the rulers of Egypt. In the mid-nineteenth century, Khedive Ismail moved the official residence to Abdeen Palace in downtown Cairo.
Then 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. 
after the ride is finished our guide will transfer you back to your Hotel.

Day 4-

At 6:00 am Pickup from your Hotel in Cairo by our expert tour guide and transfer you to the western side of Egypt by Private A-C Vehicle Leaving Cairo behind, we arrive to Alamein. There we visit the WWII Museum and the War memorial, It contains uniforms, Weapons, Flags and other war Paraphernalia. Displays include Photographs and the battle sites

Visit El Alamein war Cemetery, Here 7,367 men from Britain, Newzealand, Australia, South Africa, Greece, France, India and Malaysia are buried in individual graves, while 11,945 men, whose bodies were never found
Also visit The German war Memorial, & The Italian Memorial, Light lunch will be served on the way.
Arrive Siwa to catch the sunset at Fatnas Lake, Fatnas is a Small island in Birket Siwa, It is a wonderful place to sit and enjoy the sunset, You will get a spectacular view of the lake with Gebel Bayda and Hamra forming the backdrop to the west.
Dinner & overnight at our hotel in Siwa
 

Day 5
Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up at 07:00 am from the hotel. Start you with Alexander the Great Temple is also known as the Temple of the Oracle. It is believed that Alexander the Great wished to consult the Siwan oracle to seek confirmation that he was the son of Zeus. The Greek god of gods,
Then visit the salty lake. The salty water makes you float, you don't need to be a good swimmer. Take care when you go swimming and don't let the water reach your eyes,  choose the crystal lake, & the purest one, you will know it is the purest when you see the bottom. Keep a bottle of water with you to wash yourself with after swimming, the lakes hold great healing properties, much stronger than regular seawater. In all cases, You will make for a wonderful swim!
Then proceed to Cleopatra's bath, The spring of the sun. The legend says that Cleopatra swam here, 
Have a Lunch break to try some Siwan food in a Siwan restaurant. 
Then head to the Great Sand Sea. By Jeep 4x4 and enjoy sand boarding,  have an adventure in the desert by discovering The best sand dunes for sand boarding in Egypt is here in the Great Sand Sea near Siwa Oasis.
Then go to visit the hot and Cold spring Bir Waheed, Then enjoy some traditional Bedouin Tea by sunset
prepare our campsite. Dinner & Overnight in Hotel in Swia..

Day 6

Breakfast at the Hotel or at the Camp, then Visit Shali Fort which is built on a hill inside a Protective wall, the maze of mud-brick buildings that Comprises the Fortress served the people of the oasis for nearly 8 centuries. The inhabitants had to live in the narrow quarters,  sharing their animals, which were herded into the fortress each evening.
Then proceed to the Mountain of the Dead, A conical mountain a little over a kilometer to the north of Shali. Tombs from the twenty-sixth Dynasty, Ptolemaic, and the Roman periods are cut into the side of the mountain, There are 4 tombs you must see at Gebel Al Mawta. Si Amun Tomb is the most beautiful one.

Later heading back to Cairo, passing by Marsa Matrouh North Coast of Egypt  for lunch.

Day 7  Fly to Aswan 

• Elephantine Island
• Nubian Museum (east bank)
• Philae complex

Overnight Aswan Hotel 

Day 8  
pick you up from your aswan airport/hotel/cruise in Aswan and drive to the south of Aswan which is around 3hrs drive to accommodation in a hotel in Abu Simbel by air-conditioned vehicle.

Day 9 

Pickup from your hotel in Abu Simbel by Emo Tours Tour guide by Private A/C Vehicle to start your tour visit ABU SIMBEL 

The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, in Nubia near Egypt’s southern border, is among the most awe-inspiring monuments of Egypt. It was cut into the living rock by King Ramesses II (the Great) of the Nineteenth Dynasty, around 1264 BC. The temple is most well known for the four imposing seated colossal statues that dominate its façade. One of these collapsed because of an ancient earthquake, and its fragments can still be seen on the ground.

Colossal standing statues of the king line the main hall, leading to the sanctuary where four deities are sat: Amun Ra, Ra Horakhty, Ptah, and a deified version of Ramesses II. The temple was built with such precision that on two days a year, the 22nd of February and 22nd of October, the sun’s rays enter the temple, cross the main hall, and illuminate the innermost statues.  

Another rock-cut temple to the north, known as the Small Temple, is dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Ramesses II’s Great Royal Wife, Queen Nefertari. On the façade of the Small Temple, her colossi are the same size as those of her husband, a very rare example of such display.

The two temples were moved from their original location in 1968 after the Aswan High Dam was built, as it threatened to submerge them. The relocation was completed thanks to an international effort led by UNESCO, and the temple was admitted into its list of World Heritage Sites in 1979.
The Great Temple at Abu Simbel, which took about twenty years to build, was completed around year 24 of the reign of Ramesses the Great (which corresponds to 1265 BC). It was dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah, as well as to the deified 
After tour finished drop off in aswan Hotel 

Days 10 ( Wednesday  & Friday )

 Transfer to Nile Cruise & Aswan tours

Meet & assist at Aswan airport, Railway station Or Hotel
Visit Aswan high dam and Unfinished Obelisk
Felucca ride on the Nile
Transfer to your Nile Cruise. 
Lunch on board
Dinner on board
Overnight in Aswan
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
 

Day 11  

 Kom-Ombo & Edfu

Breakfast on board
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 12  

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

Sound & light

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
 

Day 13  Arrive Luxor Hotel 
Nile Cruise in Luxor by Emo Tours Licensed Tour guide then you will be transferred by Private A/C Vehicle to the West Bank where you will visit the Valley Of The Kings, the magnificence of the grandeur of architecture which was used for burial, there are many kings buried in this valley. The most known tombs are King Tutmosis I, Tutmosis III, Tut-Ankh-Amon, King Ramssess VI, King Mrenptah and AmonhotepII. Followed by a visit to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut that known as El Dir El Bahari which was built by Queen Hatshepsut the daughter of Thutmosis I, who ruled Egypt about 20 years during the 18th Dynasty (approximately 1490-1469 B.C), the only pharaonic woman who reigned ancient Egypt. Than visit Medinat Habu, it is an archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt. Then Continue your day Tour to Deir el Medina, known as The Valley of the worker, Deir el-Medina is an ancient Egyptian village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th dynasties of the New Kingdom period (ca. 1550–1080 BC) The paintings appear so fresh. Than visit to Valley of the Queens it's is a place where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times. In ancient times, it was known as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning –"the place of the Children of the Pharaoh", because along with the Queens of the 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties (1550–1070 BCE) many princes and princesses were also buried with various members of the nobility. Then Continue your day Tour to The Colossi of Memnon which are remains of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III In The End transfer you back to your hotel

 

Day 14  Luxor  Balloon ride

Day 15 

At 7:00 am Pickup from your Hotel in Luxor by Emo Tours Tour guide then you will be transferred by Private A/C Vehicle to Abydos city Drive north from Luxor for a day to see two of the most complete temples in Egypt. The Temple of Seti I, also known as the Great Temple of Abydos, is a major historical site located in Abydos. 

The temple of Seti I is situated in Abydos, one of the most important archaeological sites of Ancient Egypt. Abydos is located in Upper Egypt, about 10 km from the Nile River. It was a necropolis for Egypt’s earliest kings and later became a pilgrimage center for the worship of the god Osiris. It is also where the cults of the deified kings of ancient Egypt were celebrated. The temple of Seti I has an unusual L-shaped ground plan and was built primarily of limestone, with the occasional use of sandstone in different areas throughout the structure. The temple was completed after Seti I’s death, by his son, Ramesses II, whose cartouches are found in certain parts of the temple, along with his characteristic sunk relief style, that is different from the very fine raised relief of his father. 
Then continue to Temple of Dendera, Hathor was among the most important and popular deities in ancient Egypt. She was associated with music, joy, dance and motherhood; she was also known as the lady of the sky. Her main cult center was at Dendera where one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt stands today. The entrance of the temple, with six massive columns surmounted with the head of Hathor, is considered among the most beautiful monuments in Egypt. Sistrums (a musical instrument) closely associated with the goddess, frame her head.

At the end of the tour transfer back to the hotel in Luxor .

Day 16  Luxor
Free Day 

Day 17
Fly to Cairo

Day18
Transfer from cairo hotel to cairo airport