AHMOS PROGRAM

Arrival Cairo international airport, upon arrival you will be met by one of our representative, assisted with visa formalities and you will be transferred by a private coach to your hotel. Helped with the check in and overnight in Cairo.

After breakfast in your hotel you will meet your guide to start visit “the Egyptian Museum of antiquities located at Tahrir square, sitting in the shadows of Cairo’s modern town hall, the elegant coral-pink and copper-domed Egyptian Museum strikes a gentle pose. The restrained neo-classical French exterior is little preparation for the awesome array of treasures and ancient wonders that wait silently behind its arched windows.Stepping through the entrance into the grand central atrium, monumental statues tower overhead from the imposing Colossus of Amenhotep III to King Djoser’s life-size sculpture. The ground floor galleries take you on a trip through time, each room filled with the splendours of a great kingdom. King Narmer’s 5,000 year old palette is an item of major artistic and historical importance. Ancient Egypt’s cultural wealth is also shown in many other artefacts that reveal the skill of ancient artisans. But it’s the upper floor that holds the greatest allure. The Tutankhamun Galleries house over 1,700 items including most of Tutankhamun’s famous tomb, discovered in the Valley of the Kings in West-Thebes, opposite modern Luxor. The Egyptian Museum is just simply unrivalled with over 136,000 items on display, not mentioning the hundreds of thousands in the basement. These items date back to the very origins of a united Egypt in 3,100 BC. The museum is renowned for holding the finest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Optional lunch during the tour at local restaurant (cost per person USD 20). Then you will visit the renowned Saladin Citadel that was built by Saladin in the 12^th Century and was the seat of power for the following 700 years. On the premises is the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali, one of the landmarks in Cairo whose minaret can be seen from any part of the city. The Mohammed Ali mosque was built in Turkish style. At the end of the day you will be transferred back to Hotel and overnight in Cairo.

After breakfast in your hotel, you will be picked by your private Egyptologist to visit the area of the great pyramids – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx – a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren. The Pyramids of Giza built for the Pharaohs Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus. They were constructed about 2500 BC with blocks of limestone from the plateau and from the Turah hills on the outskirts of Cairo. The Great Pyramid of Cheops alone, the only present-day survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, required over 2,300,000 blocks of stone, each weighing about 2.5 tons. At its base, it covers 13 acres of land. Millions of visitors come each year to ponder the fascinating mystery of their existence and explore the ancient burial chambers within. Pyramids Note: The Great Pyramid has a limited number of tickets available per day for entrance INSIDE through the shaft.  If you are interested in entering inside a pyramid, please let us know in advance then we can arrange it (extra ticket USD 25 per person). We recommend doing so at one of the other pyramids on the Giza Plateau with unlimited tickets. We can never guarantee the availability of these tickets. Optional lunch during the tour at local restaurant (cost per person USD 20). We will take you to visit Memphis, the capital of the Old Kingdom and one of the most important cities throughout the history of ancient Egypt. From here we drive to Sakkara See the earliest monumental stone tractor in Egypt, a stepped pyramid built for King Zoser (C. 2650 BC).

At the end of the day you will be transferred to Giza train station to take the Night Sleeper train to Aswan, Dinner and overnight on board.

After early breakfast on board of the train, arrival Aswan, upon arrival you will be met and transferred by our local representative to start your visits in Aswan to The High Dam built by President Nasser to control the flood of the Nile and travel by boat to visit the Temple of Isis by Lake Nasser on the Island of Philae. We next visit the Granite Quarries and the 170 foot Unfinished Obelisk. Transfer to your Nile cruise for embarkation and lunch on board. In the afternoon we will take you for a special sail on a felucca around Elephantine Island to view the Botanical Gardens. At the end of the day we will transfer you back to the Nile cruise, dinner and overnight in Aswan.

After early breakfast on board there is a possibility for an optional visit to Abu Simbel Temples by flight or by bus Sail from Aswan to Kom Ombo, overnight on board at Kom Ombo. Lunch and dinner will be served on board the cruise ship.

After breakfast, you will visit Kom Ombu temple, the temple shared by the two Pharaohs gods Sobek and Haroeris. Continue sailing to Edfu. Arrival Edfu and visit the temple of Horus at Edfu, continue sailing to cross Esna lock and continue sailing to Luxor. Arrival Luxor and overnight on board. All meals will be served on board. Overnight on board.

After breakfast, disembarkation from the Nile cruise, we will cross the Nile to the West Bank to visit the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs were buried in their grand tombs, including the Tombs of third`s, seventh & ninths of Ramses, visit the huge Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir-El Bahari, visit the twin Colossi of Memmon, Optional visit to the Tomb of Tut Ankh Amoun (cost per person USD 15) and the tomb of Seti the First (cost per person USD 50). Cross the Nile back to the East Bank to visit Luxor and Karnak Temples. Optional lunch during the tour at local restaurant . At the end of the day at late pm you will be transferred to Luxor Airport fly to Cairo (flight ticket is not included), upon arrival our representative will assist you with transfer to hotel as you will be helped with the check in, Overnight at Cairo.

After breakfast, transfer to Cairo Airport for your flight back home .