Cairo and Luxor and Aswan

Arrival in Cairo, welcome, assistance with customs formalities and support, then accompaniment and installation in your hotel with swimming pool, (subject to availability), 5 * in the city of 6 October 5 * Hilton Pyramids Golf 15 km from the Giza pyramids, or near the city center, 4* luxury Steigenebereger el Tahrir , or 4* Novetel el Borg. Night at the hotel.  

Departure for the giza plateau, visit the exterior of the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos as well as the mysterious Sphinx.

Then, departure off the beaten track, you will visit the very modest remains of High Temple, or only the basalt soil remains, within which the 42 priests used to perform the ceremony of opening the mouth of the royal mummy before burying it in the pyramid, then visiting of empty pits gigantic hollows dug into the rock, which are difficult to accommodate solar boats of the king during his journey into the afterlife.

Then you will visit the small low temple of the pyramid of King Chephren, whose walls and ceilings are made of granite, and the floor is covered with white alabaster. In the middle of the room is the famous "well", it is here where the statue of Chephren, unique of its kind, was discovered in 1860.

Barbecue lunch in a restaurant in the pyramids district.

Departure off the beaten track to reach the typical village of Dahshour for the discovery of beautiful and lesser known pyramids of Dahshour, discovery of the exterior of the rhomboidal pyramid – the only one in Egypt which still retains its exterior covering, then you enter the pyramid rhomboidal open very recently for the first time to the public. Continuation with a visit to the Red Pyramid, entry into the Red Pyramid.

Transfer to Cairo airport, and flight to Luxor, welcome on arrival, then escort to your hotel (subject to availability), 5* Winter Luxor Pavilion, Where Pretty City, Where Steigenberger Resort Achti, Where Sonesta St. George.  Night at the hotel.

Departure for a in-depth tour of temples of Karnak… The Karnak religious complex—incorrectly called the Temple of Karnak or simply Karnak—comprises a vast collection of ruins of temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings located north of Thebes, today the city of Luxor.

Departure off the beaten track for the visit of one of these small temples unknown to mass tourism then visit of a small unknown dedicated to the goddess healer there lioness highly appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, by first crossing through an impressive spectacle thousands of pieces of stones from the fields of excavations undertaken on the site, where you will be almost the only ones.

Continuation from the discovery of the little-known sites of Karnak, by visiting the magnificent Open-air museum, the wonderful Red Chapel of Queen Hatshepsut, and the magnificent alabaster chapel of King Sesostris I, where you will be almost alone. Lunch in town. 

At the end of the afternoon departure for the visit of the temple of Luxor illuminated under a very beautiful light which shows it in its most beautiful beauty. Night at the hotel.

We will visit part of the grandiose necropolis of Thebes where the sovereigns of the New Kingdom were buried in hypogea, dug into the mountain, possessing luxurious and abundant funerary furniture. In-depth visit to the Valley of the Kings, or we will visit three remarkable tombs in which they still preserve magnificent exceptional painted reliefs thanks to the freshness of the colors and the particular care taken during their creation, visit of the tomb of Rames IV, Sethi II and Taousert and Setnakht (if they are open during your trip).

Departure by car at 6:30 a.m. for Aswan, visit of the temple dedicated to the falcon god Horus, son of Isis. Edfu a colossal temple remarkable for its harmonious plan with perfect proportions which rises in the middle of the city, it is the second largest building after Karnak. Departure by car for the visit of the Kom Ombo Temple located on the banks of the Nile. An unusual temple, dedicated to the worship of two deities worshipped on an equal footing. The first : Haroëris, the hawk-headed god, He has the character of the Sun and the Moon, the second the god crocodile Sobek. Arrival in Aswan, accompaniment and installation in your 5* hotel with swimming pool (2: 3* European standard) Tolip Aswan. Night at the hotel.

 Departure by car then by small motor boat on the small lake to get to “Agilika Island”, visit of the philae temple, which is undoubtedly the “Pearl of the Nile”

You will visit among others, the temple of Isis, which is clearly the main construction of Philae. It is one of the major sanctuaries of the goddess in Egypt.

Departure off the beaten track, you will visit the little-known chapel of the goddess of love and music Hator. Lunch in a typical restaurant in town. Night at the hotel.

Isis is a mythical queen. Most often, she is represented as a young woman wearing a throne or, in the likeness of Hathor, of a wig topped by a solar disk inserted between two cow horns. She is the sister and wife of the king Osiris, a generous being who placed his reign under the sign of cosmic harmony. Isis in the form of a bird of prey united with the mummy of her husband and conceived Horus. Isis makes him the eternal sovereign of the Douat, a paradise world populated by immortal spirits. To ensure his protection, she places him under the watchful eye of the canine god. Anubis, his adopted son.

Free day. Optional: driving tour of the temples of Abu Simbel with departure at 7:30 in the morning. 

Evening transfer at the airport of Aswan and flight to the Cairo, welcome on arrival, installation in your hotel, 5* Cairo Airport Passage, or 5* in the city of 6 October 15 km from the pyramids of Giza 5* Hilton Pyramids Golf, or near city center, 4* luxury Steigenebereger el Tahrir , or 4* Novetel el Borg. Night at the hotel.

Transfer to the airport from Cairo, and assistance with customs formalities.