Spirit of Ancient Egypt
Code:#84046

  Duration : 16 Days:15Nights

  Cities : cairo,aswan

Overview

Unlock the Secrets of Ancient Egypt with Golden Gates Travel. Delve into the mysteries of the pyramids, temples, and tombs as you journey through the land of the pharaohs. Experience the magic of the Nile aboard our luxurious Dahabeya sailing boat. Join us for an adventure of a lifetime and immerse yourself in the spirit of ancient Egypt..

Highlights

• saqqara,dahshur,giza pyramids,the egyptian museum,tell el amarna and ashmunein,abydos temple,dendera temple,the western and estern valleys of the kings,mut-sekhmet and the isheru sacred lake.,el kab,edfu,gebel el silsila,kom ombo,philae and the unfinished obelisk,abu simbel

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Cairo.

Our rep will meet you at the airport. Transfer to the Marriott Mena House Hotel.

Day 2: Saqqara and Dahshur.

Visit Saqqara- The Step Pyramid Complex of King Djoser, The first big scale building in stone in history, including entry to the Step Pyramid. * The Pyramid of King Unas, with the first theological writings in history.* Lunch at Saqqara Palm Club next-door to the Saqqara Plateau.* Visit Dahshur: The first smooth sided pyramids, the Red and Bent Pyramids of King Snefru, father of King Khufo. Including entry to the Red Pyramid of King Snefru.

Day 3: Giza Pyramids and the Egyptian Museum.

A detailed visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum (if not open then, we will visit the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square)* Lunch Break with Pyramids view* Visit the Pyramids of Giza, including the Great Pyramid of King Khufo and its Pyramid complex.* Visit the Sphinx, including a special entry to the Paws of the Sphinx.* A private entry to the great Pyramid of Khufo after it closes for the public

Day 4: Morning Drive to Minya city, ancient Menat khufo

Visit the Tombs of Beni Hasan upon Arrival* Lunch break at the site cafe* Visit Istabl Antar silent Valley, with the rock cut temple of Queen Hatshepsut and other features of caves of Batn el Bagara ancient site.* Check into the Nefertiti Minya Hotel

Day 5: Tell el Amarna and Ashmunein

Lunch break at at the site cafe* Visit Ashmunein Ancient City of Creation

Day 6: Morning drive to Abydos

The most atmospheric and beautiful Temple in Egypt* Check into Abydos House of Life Hotel

Day 7: A long visit to Abydos Temple with its seven shrines

Lunch at the hotel* Afternoon visit to the Shunat al Zebib and Kom al Sultan Ancient ruins, rarely visited by tourists, and a wonderful atmospheric site full of positive energy.

Day 8: Drive to Dendera

Visit Dendera Temple with its astronomical scenes newly cleaned revealing beautifully preserved colors* Continue to Luxor, and check into the Pavilion Winter Luxor Hotel

Day 9: The Western and Estern Valleys of the Kings

Visit the rarely visited Western Valley of the Kings, an ideal meditation silent valley with the tomb of King Ay, the immediate successor of King Tut Ankh Amen* Lunch at Nur el Qurna Restaurant* Afternoon visit to the Eastern Valley of the Kings, the most magnificent ancient royal burial grounds in the world.

Day 10: Mut-Sekhmet and the Isheru sacred lake.

Visit Karnk Temples, the largest ancient temple complexes in the world. Our visit will focus on the Temple of Ptah at the North Eastern corner of the complex. Visit the Temple complex of the Mother Goddess Mut with Hundreds of Goddess Mut-Sekhmet Statues, and its own crescent-shaped sacred lake, the Isheru- A quiet rarely visited site. Embark the Dahabeya sailing boat* Lunch on the boat* Visit Esna Temple* Back to the boat and set sail southward

Day 10-14

on the boat, sailing and visiting the following sites* El Kab, Edfu* Gebel el Silsila* Kom Ombo* Philae and the Unfinished Obelisk.

Day 15: Disembark the boat and Fly from Aswan to Abu Simbel

Visit the Temples of Abu Simbel and fly Abu Simbel- Cairo* Check into Le Meridien Cairo Airport

Day 16: Fly home

End of program