27 Dec: Giza Pyramids
After breakfast, your guide will collect you for a full day visiting the famous pyramids in the area. We will begin with the famous Giza Plateau to visit the only remaining wonder from the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Great Pyramid of Khufu (called Cheops by the Ancient Greeks). Also on the plateau are the pyramids of Khafre (Chephren) and the smaller one of Menkaure (Mykerinos). The plateau is as famous for the mysterious structure 'the Sphinx' as it is for the pyramids, where you will visit the Valley Temple. Then you will visit the world-renowned Egyptian Museum in Cairo that was built in neo-classical style and designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. The museum's vast collection of over 120,000 artifacts ranges from pre-dynastic era, through the Pharaonic era to the Greco-Roman period of Egypt. Amongst the most famous items which you may see are the funerary treasures of the child King Tutankhamun, the colossal statues of the heretic king, Akhenaten, and the only surviving image of Khufu, creator of Egypt's Great Pyramid. Visiting the museum is a great introduction to learning about the ancient Egyptian civilization, including their famous art of mummification. Your tour then takes you to the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo, including some of the early religious monuments of the city such as the Hanging Church. This basilica church was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon and became the center of the Christian Church of Egypt. You will visit also the famous Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, a major souk in the Islamic district of Cairo, and the bazaar district is one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike. After that you will be transferred to train station to board your sleeper train to Aswan with dinner and overnight stay.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
28 Dec: aswan tours
Breakfast on board train Meet you upon arrival at Aswan train terminal our Rep will transfer you to your cruise ship, and then you will be accompanied by your knowledgeable Egyptologist guide for an amazing tour to visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries and the Temple of Philae then you will be transferred to your Nile cruise boat in Aswan for embarkation with lunch, afternoon tea and overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
29 Dec: Kom Ombo & Edfu
Sail down the Nile River with breakfast aboard the Nile cruise boat to visit Kom Ombo Temple, "the Twin Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris". Lunch on board and then sail to Edfu to visit Hours Temple at Edfu. Afternoon tea while sailing to Luxor via Esna lock. Dinner and overnight stay aboard the Nile cruise ship in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
30 Dec: Luxor Tours
After breakfast, you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide to visit the West Bank of the Nile in Luxor to the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshipsut at El Deir EL Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon with free time at leisure on board Nile cruise with enjoyable overnight stay aboard the cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
31 Dec: Luxor / Hurghada
Disembarkation after breakfast, and then you will be accompanied for a wonderful tour to visit East Bank of the Nile in Luxor to the Karnak complex and Luxor Temple. Afternoon, you will transfer by private air condition car to your hotel in Hurghada around 4 hours. check in at your hotel and enjoy the New Year Gala Dinner at your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
1 Jan: Hurghada
After breakfast, your day at leisure, to relax, swim soak up the sun or take another optional excursion to attend the amazing Arabian Night to “:Alf Leila We Leila” that is a highlight for most visitors to Hurghada, a fantastic experience to see the local customs and traditions of Egyptian, the belly dancer, the horse show and the Sound and Light Show at AlF Leila Wa Leila in the tradition of those at the Great Pyramids, Karnak Temple and Abu Simbel. Make up your night of Arabian entertainment. The Sound and Light Show is followed by a Pharaonic horse show where acrobatics on horseback and general horsemanship is displayed. The third and final show is an oriental belly dancer and Tanura, Dervishes Dance at the end of the evening you will be transferred back to your Hurghada hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
2 Jan: Safari in Hurghada
After breakfast, enjoy a half day at leisure to explore the many splendid activities of the sparkling Red Sea and enjoy the sun and sea at your beach resort. Afternoon time you will be taken for a wonderful Bedouin Safari trip in Hurghada to know about Bedouins life and tradition , with camel ride in Hurghada desert and you will enjoy amazing sunset view with barbeque dinner and Bedouin show and folkloric dance – later you will be transferred back to your hotel for overnight stay in Hurghada
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
3 Jan: Snorkeling Trip
Breakfast at the hotel, and then in the morning we will be met by our REP. at the hotel lobby and transfer to the jetty to board a boat for a fantastic snorkeling trip in the Red sea with desert island relaxation, lunch will be served aboard the boat with mineral water, soft drinks, coffee and tea and then you will be back at the jetty, where you will be met by our REP. who will transfer you to the hotel. The balance of the afternoon is at leisure. Free evening time, stay nightlife is hoping in this resort hamlet, so enjoy a night out to dance and have fun.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
4 Jan: Hurghada/Home
After breakfast you will be met by our REP. who will transfer you to Hurghada airport for the flight to Cairo, where you will take your flight back home
Breakfast
Meals: Breakfast

