TESOROS DE EGIPTO CON HURGHADA

1. Day – Arrival to Cairo 

Arrival at Cairo International Airport. Reception by a Spanish-speaking assistant and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.

2. Day Cairo – Train to Aswan (B, L, D)

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning we will make a panoramic visit of the Three Pyramids of Giza: Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, the architectural ensemble considered the most important of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. We will visit the Great Sphinx which is the human head of King Khafre and the body of a lion and we will visit the Temple of Khafre. In the afternoon we head towards the Citadel of Saladin, declared a World Heritage Site and which has the Mohamed Ali Mosque or “alabaster mosque”. We will continue our visits today knowing the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, where the treasures of Tutankhamun are located. Lunch in a Local restaurant. Transfer to the train station and departure around 8:00 p.m. by train with a sleeper to Aswan (Half Board). Dinner and night on the train. Accommodation. 

3. Day Aswan – Cruise (B, L, D)

Breakfast on the train. Arrival in Aswan around 09:00, transfer to the ship and boarding the cruise. Lunch on board. Visit to the High Dam considered the largest dam in the world at the time, with a body of 3800 meters and 111 meters high, visit the Unfinished Obelisk with its height of 42 meters and weight of 1176 tons, in the granite quarries rose and visit the Temple of Philae or the temple of the goddess ISIS built in the Greek times and transfer to the Egelikia island to save it from the waters of the Nile after making the dam. Felucca ride around the Aswan islands. Return, dinner and night on board in Aswan.

4. Day Cruise - Aswan – Kom Ombo – Edfu (B, L, D)

Full board on board of the Ship. We will head to Kom Ombo to visit to the temple dedicated to the gods Sobek and Haroreis. In this temple, the representation of the medical instruments stands out above all. Over the years, the people of this town did not like to be associated with a god that represents evil (Sobek), so they added another god, Haroreis, as their brother and partner in the temple cult. Legend has it that Sobek, the evil Brother, schemed against his brother Haroreis and the population, seeing his beloved god leave the town, also left until he left the town completely deserted. We will head to Edfu. Dinner on board of the ship.

5. Day Cruise– Edfu – Esna - Luxor (B, L, D)

Full board on board of the ship. Visit to the Temple of Horus. It is the best-preserved temple in Egypt and the most important after Karnak. One of its most curious characteristics is the lighting of the temple, with very small rooms that gradually prevented the passage of light until reaching the dark sanctuary, which receives lighting only from the axis. We will head to Luxor. Visit the Temple of Karnak which is considered the largest temple in Egypt with its Avenue of Rams and its room with 132 columns and visit the Temple of Luxor dedicated to the god Amun - Ra where the avenue of the sphinxes stands out. the Obelisk with more than 25 meters high and the statues of Ramses II and the Naos. Dinner and night on board in Luxor.

6. Day Disembarkation in Luxor - Hurghada (B,C)

Disembarkation after breakfast. Visit to the Valley of the Kings where the tombs of the kings of the new empire are located, when Thebes was the capital of Egypt and we will visit the funerary temple of Hatchepsut. In the enclosure we can admire the chapels dedicated to Amenardis I, Shepenupet II and Nitocris I. Next, we find the Colossi of Memnon, two seated colossi of Pharaoh Ramses II of which only fragments of the base and 17-meter torso remain. Tall. At the end of the visit, transfer by air-conditioned car to Hurghada and accommodation. Rest of the day free to enjoy the beauty of the Red Sea beach and the facilities of your hotel or to make an optional visit. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Hurghada.

7. Day Hurgada (B, D)

Breakfast at the hotel. Free day to enjoy the beaches of the Red Sea and practice water sports or optional excursions such as a safari through the eastern desert, diving or snorkeling. Dinner and overnight in Hurghada.

8. Day Hurgada (B, D)

Breakfast at the hotel. Free day to enjoy the beaches of the Red Sea and practice water sports or optional excursions such as a safari through the eastern desert, diving or snorkeling. Dinner and overnight in Hurghada.

9. Day Hurgada - Cairo (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Hurghada Airport to take a flight to Cairo. Reception, assistance and transfer to the hotel. Overnight at hotel in Cairo.

10. Day Cairo – Free (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Free day to enjoy the city or do any optional visit

11. Day Cairo – Airport (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Check out and transfer to Cairo International Airport