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Bus Tour Egypt - Private journey
8 nights - 9 days Cairo - Fayoum - Menya - Dandara -
Abydos - Luxor - Edfu - Kom Ombo - Aswan - Cairo
Select Egypt bus tour has a
multitude of private tours and sightseeing
packages to give you a true taste of Egypt
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Bus and Coach Tour Egypt
Packages would
perfectly suit travelers who are fond of Egyptian
antiquities and who are wishing to spend a more
energetic vacation in Egypt visiting many different
cities and various sites.
This vacation enables the traveler to visit all the
major sites in Cairo and the Nile Valley from Fayoum in
the North to reach Aswan in the South at the end. All
the transportations will be made using air-conditioned
vehicles that are comfortable and having all sorts of
facilities.
This amazing vacation will start with spending two
nights in Cairo to explore all the major highlights of
the marvelous capital of Egypt.
The next step of this marvelous vacation will be
exploring all the major attractions located in the Nile
Valley. It will start with spending sometime in the each
of the following destinations to explore the monuments
located there; one night in Fayoum ,one night in Menya,
two nights in Luxor, and then one nights in Aswan.
The guest will have the chance to visit monuments that
are located in the Nile Valley between Cairo and Aswan
that are not included in many other travel packages like
Abydos, Dendara, the Temple and the ruins of Hermopolis,
and many other monuments. One great feature of this
travel package is that it enables the guest to discover
all the major attractions of Egypt being escorted with
the best experienced highly qualified and educated
Egyptologists.
This travel package is carefully tailored to enable
guests from all different age groups and sectors of the
society to go on an exciting tour of all the Egyptian
oases and all the attractions located in the western
desert of Egypt. However, all these tours will take
place in a comfortable secure atmosphere to grantee the
best standards of relaxation and the highest levels of
transportations, accommodations, and facilities.
This trip is carefully designed to suit the needs and
the requirements of any traveler who loves luxury and
comfort. All transportations will be made using
comfortable private air-conditioned minivans and all the
accommodations will be in perfectly prepared rooms
faultlessly designed to fit the needs of any traveler.
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Duration |
7 nights 8 days |
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Accommodation |
3 nights hotel Cairo - 4 nights
Nile cruise |
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Meals |
Cairo with breakfast - Nile
cruise full board |
Beverage |
not include |
Transportation |
by our private deluxe coach -
Domestic tickets |
Guide |
included |
Click map for |
Entrance fees |
included |
detailed route |
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The summary of the
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Day 1 |
arrival in Cairo
with the rest of the day free at leisure.
Overnight in Cairo |
Day 2 |
Cairo Tour:
visiting the pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian
Museum, the Khan El Khalili market with
optional sound and light show at the
pyramids of Giza in the evening |
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Day 3 |
travel from Cairo
to the Fayoum; visit the Qarun Lake, Wadi Al
Rayan protected area, the Karanis
archeological site, Overnight in Fayoum
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Day 4 |
We
Travel
towards
Menya to
visit
Beni
Hassan,
Tell el
Amarna,
and
Overnight
in Menya
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Day 5 |
we visit
the
temple
of
Dendara
and
Abydos;
reach
Luxor
and
overnight
in the
hotel
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Visit the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of
Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon; visit the
Karnak and the Luxor Temples in the afternoon,
overnight in the hotel |
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Day 7 |
Drive to Edfu to visit the temple of Horus and
then continue to Kom Ombo to visit the temple of
Sobek. Reach Aswan in the evening, overnight in
Aswan |
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Aswan tours visiting the Philae Temple, the High
Dam, and the unfinished obelisk in the
afternoon, takes the sleeper train to Cairo,
overnight in the train |
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Day 9 |
transfer to the Cairo airport for your final
departure |
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Day 10 |
Visit the Valley of
the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the
Colossi of Memnon; visit the Karnak and the
Luxor Temples in the afternoon with optional
sound and light show at Karnak Temple in the
evening |
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The full itinerary of the
Tour: |
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Day 1 : |
Cairo
Arrival |
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Upon
arrival in Cairo, the guest will meet the Select Egypt
Travel representative who will be your best friend for
the coming five days. We only deal with local highly
educated and experienced company representatives who
have fluent English and wonderful communication skills.
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After the "meet and greet", the guest will be
transferred to his hotel, his home away from home,
using the best comfortable wheelchair accessible
air-conditioned minivans.
The guest will check
in the hotel in a few minutes to enable him/her to rest
and refresh for an amazing tour of Cairo in the next
day.
The rooms in the hotel are designed to
suit and the needs and requirements of all travelers
having all sorts of facilities - Overnight in
the hotel |
 
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Day 2 : |
Cairo
Arrival |
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The guest
will enjoy a delicious breakfast to energize his power
for his tour in Cairo
Your first visit of the
day will be to the Pyramids of Giza, the most popular
monument in the whole world, built by the pharaohs from
the period starting from 2590 BC to 2480 BC.
You will
have the chance to explore the wonders of the Great
Pyramid, the largest Pyramid ever constructed in Egypt
which was built by King Cheops in 2589 BC, and it is the
only remaining item in the list of the Greek Old Seven
wonders of the world. You will discover the beauty of
the lion's body and the human headed sphinx, one of the
largest monolith statues in history of mankind.
The next stop of the day will be at the Egyptian Museum
of Antiquities hosting the largest collection of
Pharaonic displays in the whole world including the
startling treasures of King Tut Ankh Amun and the Royal
mummies' hall.
This is besides many other exhibitions
form different Pharaonic periods.
Your tour of the
Museum will be accompanied by the perfect illustration
of different stages of the Egyptian history
Your last visit of the day will be to Khan El Khalili,
the largest and most famous touristic market in the
world. This bazar, built in 1382 during the Mamluk
reign, is the best place to shop for Egyptian gifs and
souvenirs to take home from Cairo.
At the end
of the day you will be transferred to your hotel for a
free evening to explore Cairo on your own style or relax
for the tours in the coming day
You will have a
marvelous chance in the evening to go on an optional
tour to the sound and light show in the pyramids, which
will be an amazing opportunity to listen to a wonderful
demonstration of the ancient Egyptian history and the
story behind the pyramids building. Languages of the
show may vary according to the schedule Overnight in the hotel |
 
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Day 3 : |
Cairo
Fayoum |
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After
having the best breakfast in the hotel we check in to
take our comfortable private minivan towards the Fayoum.
located 100 kilometers to South West of Egypt, the
Fayoum is one of the interesting oases of Egypt and the
home of many monuments and amazing natural scenery
We start our tour in the Fayoum by visiting the Qarun Lake, one of the largest salty lakes in Egypt
located in the South West of the Fayoum. The lake is
famous for its wonderful different species of birds. We
will spend some time bird watching before we go on in
our trip
We start our visits of the day with
the protected area of Wadi Al Rayan, One of the most
interesting and popular natural protected areas in
Egypt. The site is huge and divided into seven sections
the most famous among them are the waterfalls, the only
ones in Egypt, and Wadi Hitan, an area that contains
skeletons and fossils of ancient whales. The natural
scenes and the wild life in Wadi Al Rayan are marvelous
and the whole atmosphere is great.
The next
step of the visit is that we will have tour in the
villages of the Fayoum depression to view the natural
greenery, palms trees, waterwheels, and peasants life of
the inhabitants of the Fayoum
Our next visit
will be the archeological site of Karanis, The ruins of
this city that dates back to the Greco Roman era contain
two temples both dedicated to the Sobek, the crocodile
god.
The ancient city of Karanis still has some of the
structure that once served the people who lived in the
city like houses and public buildings. There is also a
small museum hosting the statues and papyrus that was
found in the area.
Check in our hotel in the
Fayoum and overnight |
 
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Day 4 : |
Fayoum El
Menya ( city of Nefertiti) |
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After the
breakfast in the hotel, we take the private minivan to
travel from Fayoum to Menya, 245 kilohertz to the South
of Cairo.
The first thing we do in Menya is to
visit the Beni Hassan Necropolis, carved into limestone
mountains, this burial site belongs to the Middle
Kingdom of the Pharaohs (2055 – 1650 BC).
The tombs of Beni Hassan belong to the military leaders of this area
and they are considered a transition between the Old
Kingdom style of burial chambers and the New Kingdom.
The first visit will be to Tell El Amarna,
Which was the capital of Akhenaton.
This city which was
once an impressive city that was stretched over a
surface area of 15 kilometers from North to South. Most
of the beauty of the city is now lost except from some
ruins of the great temple of Aten, the sun god, and some
other ruins of temples and palaces.
Our next
visit will be to Tuna Al Gabal, the necropolis of the
ancient city of Hermopolis, the cult center of the god
Thoth.
This burial site includes many streets and tombs.
The most remarkable among them is the tomb of Petosiris, the high priest
of Throth in the 4th century BC containing beautiful
wall paintings -
Check in the hotel in Menya and overnight |
 
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Day 5 : |
Menya -
Dandra & Abydos - Luxor |
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After
breakfast, we take our minivan and head towards Luxor
We stop in our way in the city of Sohag to
visit Abydos, the cult center of the worship of Osiris,
the god of the dead. It was the dream of every member of
the community during ancient times to make the
pilgrimage to this site and to be buried here.
Abydos
was a vast city with many walls, lakes, and temples.
However, right now, the only structure that is worth
visiting is the impressive temple of the Seti I (1294-
1279 BC).
Our next visit will be to explore one
of the most remarkable and exotic Pharaonic monuments in
Egypt, the temple of Dendara.
This was where Hathour
gave birth to the son of Horus. This temple was the
center of the worship of Hathour since pre dynastic
times.
The whole complex was buried under the sand until
the 19th century. Maybe this is why it is still
perfectly preserved. This temple was built during the
Greco Roman era imitating the Pharaonic style of
architecture -
We reach Luxor after lunch time
Check in the hotel in Luxor
A free
evening to enjoy the city of Luxor
Overnight in
the hotel |
 
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Day 6 : |
Luxor
(Full Day visit West Bank & East Bank) |
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After the
tasty breakfast in the hotel we start a full day touring
Luxor
Your first visit of the day will be the
Valley of the Kings, the necropolis of the Pharaonic New
Kingdom. Starting from 17th dynasty, the Pharaonic Kings
tried to hide their royal tombs from robbers.
This was
why they began to dig their tombs deep inside a Theban
mountain that has a natural pyramid structure.
These
tombs have the finest colored decorations with the
famous tomb of Tut Ankh Amun discovered by Howard Carter
in 1922 and may other royal tombs belonging to the kings
of the 18th and the 19th dynasty. - Your next
stop will be the amazing the mortuary Temple of
Hatshepsut.
This temple was constructed by the 18th
dynasty Queen Hatshepsut (1473 – 1458 BC) as a unique
structure rising from the desert in the shape of
imposing terraces. This temple was used as a monastery
in the Christian era.
This is why it is famous for the
name "El Deir Al Bahry", or the Western Monastery.
Your last stop of the day will be at the
gigantic Colossi of Memnon. These two 18 meters high
statues are the only remaining items of the mortuary
temple of Amenhotep III.
During the roman era, music was
heard coming out of one of the statues that were
attributed, by the Greeks, as the legendary figure of
Memnon greeting his mother Eos in one of the Greek
myths. - Afterwards in the afternoon we visit
The Karnak Temple, the largest religious
Pharaonic structure ever built in the world. The kings
of the Pharaohs staring from the 11th dynasty (2055 –
1985 BC) began adding their mark, one after the other,
to this huge complex of Pharaonic temples.
The Karnak
temple includes the breathtaking hypostyle hall of the
god Amun built by Ramses II in 1244 BC, the sacred lake
of god Amun, and many more attractions.
Your
next visit this evening will be to the Luxor Temple.
Dedicated to the holy Theban triad, the gods Amun, Mut,
and Khonsu, it is one of the finest examples of the
Pharaonic architecture.
Although the construction work
of the temple was mainly completed by Amenhotep III
(1390 – 1352 BC) and Ramses II (1279 1213 BC), many
kings who came afterwards have added their marks to this
great complex including Alexander the Great.
The Luxor
temple was buried under sand and dust for years until it
was discovered in 1881.
Overnight in the hotel
in Luxor |
 
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Day 7 : |
Luxor -
Edfu - Kom Ombo - Aswan |
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After
having breakfast in the hotel, we check out to proceed
with our journey with the comfortable minivan -
Our first stop of the day will be to visit the Temple
of Horus in Edfu.
This temple is the largest and best
preserved Ptolemaic temple in Egypt. The building work
of the temple started during the reign of Ptolemy III in
237 BC and the construction continued until 80 BC.
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temple includes wonderfully decorated walls and stone
capitals.
Your next stop will be to visit the
amazing Temple of Kom Ombo dedicated to two gods; Horus,
the falcon god, and Sobek, the crocodile god.
The
Greco-Roman temple is famous for its matchless location
overlooking the Nile. Construction work of the temple
started in the 2nd century BC by Ptolemy VI and was
completed during the reign of Ptolemy XII during the 1st
century AD.
Reach Aswan and overnight, check in
the hotel, overnight |
 
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Day 8 : |
Aswan -
Full Day High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk, Philae Temple -
Cairo |
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-After
breakfast in the hotel, it would be the time to explore
the amazing attractions in Aswan
We will start
the visits with one of the most beautiful temples
constructed in Egypt, the Temple of Philae.
This
fabulous temple dedicated to the goddess Isis was
constructed as one of the finest examples of the
combined architecture of ancient Egyptians and the
Greco-Romans styles.
This temple, due to the construction of the High Dam was all covered with
water until it was relocated in its present day location
in the Agilika Island by the UNESCO project that took 8
years from 1972 to 1980 to be completed
Your
next visit of the day will be to the High Dam, built by
the former Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser in the
1960s to reserve the Nile Water that was lost every year
in the artificial Nasser Lake.
The High Dam, that was viewed as an architectural
miracle at the time, also generates a lot of the
electricity consumed in Egypt
The guest afterwards will go to visit the
famous unfinished obelisk, a gigantic granite obelisk
dating back to the Pharaohs New Kingdom. If this huge
obelisk was completed it would have weighed more than
1197 tons.
This will be a marvelous chance to understand how the ancient Egyptians
were capable of building such gigantic structures.
in the afternoon, we will
have a relaxing romantic Felucca ride down the Nile to
feel the magic of this great river in Aswan.
Enjoy the evening touring Aswan on your own style
Transfer to the Aswan train station to take the
sleeper train to Cairo - Overnight in the train |
 
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Day 9 : |
Cairo
Arrival |
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It is time
for your amazing delicious breakfast
You will
meet the representative of Select Egypt Travel to assist
you to be transferred, using your wonderful cozy
air-conditioned minivan, to the Cairo airport
Your final departure after spending a marvelous
memorable tour in Egypt that you will remember for the
rest of your life. |
 
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Number of guests |
1st May - 30th
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Easter Period
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3 Star |
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4 Star |
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Price includes: |
02 nights accommodation at 5 Star hotel in Cairo on
bed and breakfast basis.
01 night accommodation at 3 Star hotel in Fayoum on
bed and breakfast basis.
01 night accommodation at 4 Star hotel in Menya on
bed and breakfast basis.
02 nights accommodation at 5 Star hotel in Luxor on
bed and breakfast basis.
01 night accommodation at 5 Star hotel in Aswan on
bed and breakfast basis.
01 night Sleeper train on H B basis.
Sightseeing tours as mentioned in the program
including transportation by our deluxe coach,
entrance fees and qualified guide
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Entry visa of Egypt.
Personal expenses.
Beverage during meals.
Tips.
Entrance inside any of the Pyramids of Giza.
Visit the Mummies’ room in the Egyptian Museum. |
Notes |
Sightseeing is based on
private basis and not joining other guests.
we offer you with the possibility of having any optional tour to visit any cities or monuments that you wish to explore in any destination in Egypt that are not included in your travel package |
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Monuments included in this
travel package:
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The Pyramids of Giza |
The colossi of Memnon |
The Botanical Garden |
The Temple and the ruins of Hermopolis Abydos |
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The Sphinx |
The Temple of Horus in Edfu |
The Kalabsha |
Lake Qarun Wadi Al Rayan Karanis |
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The Egyptian Museum |
The Temple of Sobek in Kom Ombo |
The Saladin Citadel |
The Saqqara Necropolis |
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The Khan El Khalili Market |
The High Dam |
Mosque of Mohamed Ali |
The tomb of Petosiris |
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The Karnak Temple |
The unfinished Obelisk |
Tell el Amarna |
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The
Luxor Temple |
The Philae Temple |
Beni Hassan |
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The Valley of the Kings |
The Queen Hatshepsut Temple |
Temple of Dendara |
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