8 Days Cairo, Alexandria and Bahariya Package

Overview

Relish a great tour package in Egypt, Adventure tours in Bahariya and White desert, bustling Cairo streets, and scouting pyramids, Discover the Greek-Roman history in Egypt during tours to Alexandria

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival Cairo 
Welcome To Egypt World Tour advice representative will be happy to meet you upon your arrival to Cairo airport, then direct transfer to Cairo hotel. Optional tours or free time for leisure
Overnight in Cairo

Day 2: Cairo city tour
Breakfast in Cairo hotel, meet your tour guide, tour to visit the Egyptian museum,Relish our tours to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, It is located north of Tahrir square, The Egyptian museum in Cairo is the richest museum of Egyptian antiquities in the whole world, it contains pharaonic treasures going back to 7,000 years & it is open daily, the gold and alabaster trappings from the tomb of Tut Ankh Amun draw the crowds and there are people whose sole reason for visiting Egypt is to see them, there is no visit to Egypt is complete without a trip to go through this magnificent collection of rare jewelry & treasures of Tutankhamun, Proceed tour to visit the citadel of Saladin, Relish a tasty lunch meal, back to hotel
Overnight in Cairo

Day 3: El Baharyia oasis Tour
Breakfast in hotel, meet your expert tour guide, drive to El Baharyia oasis, meet the Bedouin guide who will take you in a tour in the desert by his 4x4, hiking tours in the black desert, the white desert, the crystal mountain, Aqabat, on your way to the white desert you will stop for a lunch meal in Heiz, About 160 km south of Bahariya Oasis,28 miles north of Farafra oases, the White Desert begins. It is truly white, in clear contrast with the yellow desert elsewhere, The quantity of unearthly and beautiful wind-carved rock formations shaped in the form of giant mushrooms or pebbles is unequalled in any desert in the world. The snow-white desert is actually made of chalk that has been exposed for years to what geologists call "differential weathering," the erosion of soft particles that results in erie protrusions of hard rock. This explains the very beautiful forms that now fill the White Desert including shapes like domes, minarets, castles, towers and so forth.The white desert is totally safe to stay overnight. The only animal you may see (if you are lucky) is the small desert fox that will come late at night and eat the leftovers of your dinner.There are no creepy crawly’ and no one bothers you, You will have 2 options either to stay the overnight in the camp ( sleeping in tend ) in the white desert, It is truly camp, no toilets except behind the dunes in the desert, The second option is to end the tour in the white desert, then back to El Bahariya oasis 
Overnoght in hotel in Bahariy oasis

Day 4: El Baharyia Safari
Breakfast, tours to the best places in El Bahariya, the golden mummies museum, the tombs of the 26th dynasty, the English mountain, return to Cairo. 
Overnight in Cairo

Day 5; Memphis Tour, Saqqara and Giza Pyramids Day tour
Relish your breakfast in hotel, meet your tour guide, relish guided tours to Memphis Old city, which is the first capital of all Egypt after the unification between south Egypt and North Egypt, Memphis was erected by king Narmer Mena 5000 years ago, It is original name was Men Nefer which means the white monument, Memphis in ancient times was surrounded by a white wall, Now there are few ruins of the city, the ruins are collected in an opened are a museum, The most famous thing you will see there is a huge statue of Ramsses II, alabaster Sphinx and the triad of Memphis ( god Ptah, his wife Sekhmet and their son Khonsu ), Proceed tour to scout Saqqara pyramids, where you will relish a tour to the first pyramid ever buolt in Egypt ( The Step pyramid), and you will scout all the complex to see Unas pyramid, entery in Teti pyramid, entry in one mastaba ( Tomb of a noble man) , Enjoy tasty lunch meal, then proceed tour to Giza pyramids, the only survived monument of the 7 ancient wonders of the world, There are located 3 pyramids
 ( Cheops) ( Chephren ) and Menkaure, proceed tour to the Sphinx, the biggest statue of one piece in all the world, it is represented with a head of a man and a body of a lion and it was beleived that he was the guardian of the pyramids, bt anyway all pyramids treasures were stolen, There close to the Sphinx You will visit the valley temple, back to hotel. Overnight in Cairo

Day 6: Cairo - Alexandria 
Breakfast in hotel, meet world tour advice tour guide Starting your day in early morning, Relish  your delicious breakfast, be ready to start a stunning day tour  to scout  Alexandria ( Al Iskandaria in Arabic ),first you will visit Pompay's Pillar, which  is undoubtedly one of the most famous columns of Egypt. Pompey's pillar wa called by this name by mistake, because many ancient travelers thought that the head of  Pompey was put on the top of the column, but really the column was erected many years after pompey death, You will see many things around the column such as two sphinxes, They the only remaining items of a large great temple that was called the Serapuem and was founded in the 3rd century AD. The serapeum was built for the holy bull god Apis, and the best and biggest Serapeum in all Egypt was found n Cairo in Saqqara area, Pompey;s pillar was Constructed out of red granite with the height of 27 meters and a remarkable stone capital,and then drive to visit catacombs, The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa is the largest and most curious historical burial site in Alexandria. Alexandria catacombs were found in 1900 and, it belongs to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The catacombs show the best case of the mixture and the blend between the Pharaonic, Greek and Roman kind of art and architecture. Then you will have your lunch in a local restaurant in Alexandria , Now it is time to see Alexandria's Mediterranean sea, and to relish a tour of Qaitbay Citadel ( Qalaa Qaitbay in Arabic ); The Qaitbay Fort is surely one of the landmarks and most famous historical sites in the all the Mediterranean cities. The Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay erected this marvelous military fortress in 1479. It was built in the same location as the ancient Pharos lighthouse and with some of its stones as well. Pharos lighthouse was one of the ancient 7 wonders of the world,  Drive back to Cairo

Day 7: Free Day in Cairo 
Breakfast, free day in Cairo, or enjoy optional guided tours to Islamic and Coptic Cairo, Visit the hanging church, Ebn Ezra synagogue, The holy crypt of the Christian family, and Ibn Tulun Mosque. Overnight in Cairo

Day 8: Final Departure
Breakfast, check out, transfer to Cairo airport for final departure

Included

- Meeting and assistance upon arrival to Cairo airport , and in departure
- Airport transfer upon arrival and departure time by private modern AC vans
- All tours transfers by modern private Ac  vans
- All tours are guided tours, All tour guides are professional tour guides with licence from tourism ministry, They studied Egyptology at least for 2 years
- All entrance fees for the mentioned places in our itinerary
- All tours as per itinerary
- Lunch meals during all day tours
- Mineral water on board during day tours
- 6  nights accommodation in Cairo B.B , and one night cam in Bahariya oasis
- Safari tour by 4 x4 in the white and black desert

Excluded

- Optional tours
- Meals not mentioned
- Beverages not mentioned
- Tipping kitty

Notes

Children policy: 6 - 11.99 pay 50% of the price

0 - 05.99 is 100 % Free of Charge

What to carry with you?

Passport valid for More than 6 months

Cotton or linen clothes in summer and Warm clothes in winter

Hat, Sunblock, Sunglasses

Comfortable shoes

Camera / Video Camera Mobile phone is better if you have what sup application to be easier to contact you

Note: There will be extra during the peak periods (New Year, Easter & Christmas)