Egypt desert & culture tour
| country: | Egypt |
| location: | Luxor |
| departures: | This is program is available all the year and can be changed or modified according to your needs. |
| price: | From €1075 (10 days) excluding flights, based on double occupancy. This is a private tour (not with a group) in Cairo, Baharia, Farafra, Dakhla, Kharga and Luxor. Please ask for prices for Christmas, New Year & Easter feasts. We can organise flights. |
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the amazing things you'll be doing
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Highlights include:Great pyramids of Giza Egyptian Museum Bahariya, Dakhla, Farafra and Kharga Oases Black Desert, White Desert and Bedouin camp Crystal Mountain Hatshepsut, Karnak and Luxor Temples Cairo
All your accommodation will be at 3 star hotels with daily breakfast in Cairo and Luxor but including both breakfast and dinner in Baharia, Dakhla and Kharga. Your accommodation in the White Desert will be camping on full board basis. Price includes mineral water, sleeper train on half board basis, transfers by modern air-conditioned vehicle or jeep safari (White desert, Black Desert, Farafra, Dakhla, and Kharga), all sightseeing tours, entrance fees and guiding.
Highlights include:
All your accommodation will be at 3 star hotels with daily breakfast in Cairo and Luxor but including both breakfast and dinner in Baharia, Dakhla and Kharga. Your accommodation in the White Desert will be camping on full board basis. Price includes mineral water, sleeper train on half board basis, transfers by modern air-conditioned vehicle or jeep safari (White desert, Black Desert, Farafra, Dakhla, and Kharga), all sightseeing tours, entrance fees and guiding.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Our representative will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport, and handle all your procedures through passport control, luggage area and customs formalities. After that you will be transferred to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Overnight in Cairo. |
| Day 2: | After breakfast, enjoy an excursion to the Giza pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus. Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion's body, dates from the time of Chephren. The tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple which belongs to the Pyramids of Chephren. After that, visit the Egyptian Museum where you can see the great pharaoh's treasures including those of Tutankhamun. Overnight in Cairo. |
| Day 3: | After breakfast, travel by a modern air-conditioned vehicle to Bahariya Oasis, about 4 hours far from Cairo. Walk around the old village of the oasis and see the groves of palms and fruit trees. Local tour to the hill top ruin ‘the English House’, the Temple of Alexander and the Golden Valley of Mummies. Overnight in Baharia. |
| Day 4: | Safari trip to the White Desert passing through the Black Desert and the Valley of El Haize with its hot spring. Stop off to see the quartz crystal at Crystal Mountain and the volcanic rocks and petrified wood in the Valley of Agabat. Upon arrival at the White Desert, tour to the amazing rock formations, watch the sunset, and camp under the stars in this paradise of tranquillity. Bedouin dinner in the desert. Overnight in camp. |
| Day 5: | Travel to Farafra Oasis and tour around to see the palm groves and hot springs, as well as the old village of traditional mud-brick houses, and local artist Badr's unique mud brick museum. Then tour the lush Dakhla Oasis, surrounded by rose-colored cliffs. Overnight in Dakhla Oases. |
| Day 6: | Desert trip around Dakhla Oasis, the last place in Egypt where water wheels, driven by buffaloes, are constructed. Visit the Roman temple Deir El Hagarin, its serene surroundings and the Roman burial ground Mezzawaqqah. Travel on to Kharga Oasis. Overnight in Kharga. |
| Day 7: | Visit the oasis' ethnic museum. Then see the Roman Temple of Hibis as well as the early Christian cemetery with its chapels painted with murals at Bagawat, nearby. You will be transferred by a modern vehicle to Luxor (approximately 5 hours). Overnight in Luxor |
| Day 8: | Early morning, no time is wasted as an incredible excursion takes you to Valley of the Kings to see the magnificence of the grand architecture which was used for burials. After that enjoy the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut ,which was built by Queen Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmosis I, who ruled Egypt for about 20 years during the 18th Dynasty. Then onto Colossi of Memnon. In the afternoon pay a visit to the Karnak Temples, the greatest example of worship in history that was dedicated to the God Amon, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. It was constructed from the beginning of the Middle Kingdom to the Graeco Roman period. Next, pay a visit to Luxor Temple, built by Amunhotep III in the 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom and completed by Ramesses II during the 19th Dynasty. In the evening transfer to Luxor railway station taking your sleeper train to Cairo. Dinner & overnight on train. |
| Day 9: | You will be met and assisted at Giza train station and transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo. |
| Day 10: | Breakfast, then transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure. |
travellers' tales
The whole Egypt holiday was memorable and each part was different and equally exciting. Spent a few days in Cairo seeing the sights - the Pyramids are phenomenal. (more)
travelling with a local operator
This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.how this holiday makes a difference
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Our local staff in Bahariya and the White Desert co-operate with the government to annually clean the areas used as camps for tourists so all tour guides are responsible for ensuring that the guests understand the nature of the environment that they are in and minimise the impact that they may have. Most employees are local people and most food whilst camping is locally sourced. Our guides always urge clients to take care of water and energy conservation.
 Moreover, at all historical sites in Egypt part of the fees contribute to conservation. For example, there is local staff for cleaning at these sites taking their salaries from those fees. During this program, clients will have the ability to deal directly with Bedouin people during their stay at camp and during their visit to the historical places in the oases, and get to know their habits and customs. We will provide our clients with a copy of our responsible travel policy upon arrival at Cairo Airport. We offer our clients the chance to visit a charitable organisation like Masr Al Mahrusa Baladi. This NGO tries to improve the quality of education in Egypt at governmental schools, especially primary schools, and takes care of genius students at governmental schools. Also, the organisation helps in wiping out illiteracy, in addition to bringing up and educating orphans. We send information on climate, customs, traditions and clothes to clients by e-mail after confirming their reservation. |
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