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Pharaonic Journey Itinerary
Pharaonic Journey Itinerary day by day
Pharaonic Journey is a moderately
priced tour that includes a Nile cruise and a visit to Abu Simbel,
as well as visits to all of the major sites that no tour of
Pharaonic
Egypt would be complete without.
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Detailed Itinerary
Day 1
Arrival to
Cairo's airport. Then you will be met by our tour manager
who will assist you through all the formalities. then you will be
escorted to the hotel by an air-conditioned van. Overnight in the
hotel.
Day 2
After breakfast, you and your guide visit the Pyramids at Giza.
Explore inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu, visit the Solar Boat
museum, and the ageless Sphinx of Khafra with its valley temple.
After lunch, at the Mena House, you can return to the hotel to
relax, or, if you have the energy, join your guide and return to the
Giza Plateau for a walking tour, to visit the Pyramids of Khafra and
Menkara, with the remains of their mortuary temples, the Tomb of Qar
and the Tomb of Idu, nobles of the Old Kingdom.
Day 3
A visit to the ancient necropolis at Saqqara will begin your day.
Sites include: theStep Pyramid of Djoser (outside only), the world's
first pyramid, the Pyramid of Unas (outside only) with its pyramid
texts and causeway, the Tomb of the Brothers, the Mastaba tomb of
Mereruka and the Pyramid of Teti. After a late lunch you will be
driven to the ancient capital of Memphis with its magnificent and
beautiful Colossus of Ramses before catching your evening flight to
Luxor.
Day 4
After breakfast, your guide will take you to visit Karnak Temple,
the largest temple complex in the world. After lunch you will cross
the Nile to visit the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Rameses II,
and Medinet Habu, temple of Rameses III. The day ends with an after
dark tour of
Luxor Temple.
Day 5
After an early breakfast a ferry will take you across the Nile to
visit the West Bank. Begin your day by visiting the ancient workers
village at Dier el Medina. Then it is on to the Valley of the Kings,
burial place for the great kings of the 18th, 19th and 20th
dynasties, where you will be able to visit several of the most
interesting tombs open to the public,Feluccas on the Nile at
Aswan
Day 6
Before sailing, you will tour the Valley of the Queens, including
the beautiful and touching tomb of Khaemwaset, a son of Rameses III
who died in childhood. You will finish your morning with a visit to
Dier El Bahri and the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of
Memnon, the giant statues of Amenhotep III, before you return to
your cruise ship for lunch. After noon the boat will set sail for
Aswan.
Day 7
This morning you will visit Edfu where horse drawn carriages will
take you to the stupendous,Ptolemaic Temple of Horus, the
best preserved temple on the Nile. Your boat then sets sail to visit
the twin Temples of Horus, the falcon headed god, and
Sobek, the crocodile god, at Kom Ombo in the afternoon. It will
arrive at
Aswan late this
evening.
Day 8
Today a short drive and boat ridewill take us to Agilka Island, new
site of the Temple of Isis at Philae, considered by many to be the
most beautiful temple in
Egypt. Visit the Unfinished Obelisk of the
female Pharaoh, Hatshepsut, at the ancient granite quarry.
Day 9
After an early breakfast, you will fly to the fabled temples of Abu
Simbel built by Ramses II, for himself and his favorite wife
Nefertari. Return to
Aswan in time for lunch and a relaxing sail in
a felucca on the Nile before your evening flight to
Cairo.
Day 10
Explore Old
Cairo and learn about its Christian (Coptic) and Jewish
past. Visit the Citadel of Saladin and the Alabaster Mosque.
After lunch on your own visit the Egyptian Museum with the Treasures
of Tutankhamen and the Royal Mummy Room. Finally, a visit to the
famed Khan el Khalili bazaar will complete your day.
Day 11
Meet with your tour manager after breakfast to assist you through
checking out. Then you will be transfered to the airport for your
international flight back.
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