15
days / 14 nights |
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This a big two weeks desert expedition to see Egypt's western desert
oases, after Giza it goes north-west then south in the desert, then
to the east to reach to the red sea. In this tour we shall see many
oases, historical sites, ancient egyptian temples, the north coast,
the red sea beaches then visit Abu Simbel temple, and much more! |
DAY
01 |
Arrival at Cairo Airport, meet then transfer to Hotel |
DAY
02 |
CAIRO
/ GIZA / SAQQARA / EGYPTIAN MUSEUM |
DAY
03 |
CAIRO
/ EL ALAMEIN / MARSA MATRUH |
DAY
04 |
MARSA
MATRUH / SIWA OASIS |
DAY
05 |
SIWA
OASIS / BIR WAHID |
DAY
06 |
SIWA
/ BAHREIN LAKES / SITRA / NUAMISA / BAHAREYA OASIS |
DAY
07 |
BAHAREYA
OASIS / WHITE DESERT |
DAY
08 |
WHITE DESERT / FARAFRA OASIS / DAKHLA OASIS |
DAY
09 |
DAKHLA OASIS / KHARGA OASIS |
DAY
10 |
Full day visits in KHARGA OASIS (Hotel) |
DAY
11 |
KHARGA OASIS / BARIS OASIS / DUSH / BIR KESSIBA |
DAY
12 |
BIR KESSIBA / ABU SIMBEL TEMPLE |
DAY
13 |
ABU SIMBEL TEMPLE / ASWAN / LUXOR |
DAY
14 |
LUXOR / CAIRO |
DAY
15 |
Transfer to Cairo Airport for departure |
The
Pyramids of Giza and Saqqara. Siwa
Oasis. |
We will visit historic sites such as the temple of the Oracle, Shali,
Gebel El Mawta in addition to the oasis most famous spring (Cleopatra
spring). Lunch will take place in the city center restaurant. Day 6: After breakfast, drive out of the oasis on the old asphalt road heading east to Bahareya Oasis. On the way you will enjoy the natural beauty of the desert visiting lakes, sand dunes, and collecting fossils from the desert ground. Lunch en route, dinner and overnight at hotel in Bahareya (choices are the Hot Spring Hotel, Palm Hotel or the Bishmo Hotel). Day 7: After breakfast, visit the museum of the golden mummies, Bawiti, and Tomb of Benintiue at Qasr Selim the capital of Baharia in Pharaonic times. Later visit the district of Hayz (35 km from Bawiti), which was a very prosperous area during the Roman period. Lunch en route. In the afternoon, drive to the White Desert, a paradise for rock hounds and amateur geologists, with its impressive limestone formations shaped like giant mushrooms or mythical animals. Dinner and overnight camping. Day 8: After breakfast, drive to Farafra Oasis And visit the village of Qasr El Farafra and its quaint museum of local art, lunch en route. Proceed to Dakhla Oasis to visit El Qasr, the old capital of the Oasis, with its picturesque ancient Islamic buildings built over the foundations of a Roman city. Dinner and overnight will be at hotel. (choices are Bir El Gebel, Mobarez, Mut). Day 9: After breakfast, drive to Balat and visit The Mastaba of Khentika the governor of the oasis in the old Kingdom (6th Dynasty). Continue to Kharga Oasis, with lunch en route, visiting villages. Dinner and overnight camping at the area of Qasr Labekha. Day 10: After breakfast, visit the temple of Hibis (built by Darius the Persian king). Later, visit the domed mausoleums of Bagawat, one of the best-preserved early Christian cemeteries in the world, after lunch take enough time either to visit the museum of the New Valley or make shopping at the factories of Carpets and Kelim, pottery and dates. After the visit, drive to hotel New Hamadalla village for dinner and overnight. Day 11: After breakfast, leave the oasis heading south, on the way visit the temples of Qasr El Ghuweita, Qasr El Zayan and finally the temple of Dush, the southern most remote Roman Temple on Darb El Arbaeen (The Road of the 40). Day 12: Visit the Nile west bank's most famous tombs and mortuary temples and the Nile east bank gigantic temples, with lunch in-between and later drive to Hurghada at the red sea coast with the police escorted convoy. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. Days 13 and 14: Visit the colossal Abu Simbel Temple then drive to Aswan. After that, visit Luxor city and its famous ancient egyptian temples. Leave to Cairo (arrival foreseen at evening). |