08 Days / 07 Nights Program
03 Nights CAIRO / 04 Nights SINAI JEEP SAFARI
Only 275 US$ per person
based on double occupancy
Itinerary:
Day 1: Cairo
Arrival at Cairo International Airport, meet/assist through immigration and customs and transfer to your hotel, check-in, overnight.
Day 2: Cairo
Breakfast, full day sightseeing tour to visit the famous Egyptian Museum, after that you will visit Old Cairo, lunch, then continuo the tour by visiting the great Pyramids of Giza, the Valley Temple and the Sphinx, return to the hotel and overnight. (B/L)
Day 3: Cairo / Serabit El Khadem
Breakfast, then we start our journey and departure early in the morning across the Eastern Desert to the Suez Canal. We cross into Sinai, the land bridge between Africa and Asia. The drive takes us along the coast of the Gulf of Suez Canal to Abu Zeneima, lunch, and from here we drive towards east to the area of Serabit El Khadem, dinner and overnight camp. (B/L/D)
Day 4: Temple of Hathor
Breakfast, we start our day by visiting the ancient Egyptian Temple dedicated to the goddess Hathor high on the sandstone plateau above the Bedouin Village. Visit the ancestral shrine of Sheikh Habus on the way to the Forest of Pillars - a rare geological phenomena - set under the great limestone plateau of El-Tih, lunch, drive through Wadi Sieh to Wadi Maghara, dinner and overnight camp. (B/L/D)
Day 5: Old Kingdom Turquoise Mines
Breakfast, visit the Ancient Egyptian turquoise mines are set above the acacia lined valley. Hanging over the entrances are old Kingdom inscriptions. Drive to Wadi Mukattab, the Nabatean trade passage, with inscriptions marketing the route which brings us to Wadi Firan, lunch, here in the midst of the beauty of South Sinai's largest oasis is the convent of Moses. Its small church is built from the remains of the Archbishop's palace, dinner and overnight hotel. (B/L/D)
Day 6: Mount Sinai
An early morning climb to see the dawn from the summit of Mount Sinai (Gebel Musa 2285m). Breakfast, visit inside the magnificent Basilica Church of St. Catherine, founded in the 6th Century by the Emperor Justinian. It houses on of the world's most famous collections of early Christian Art (The Monastery is closed on Holy Days), lunch. Drive along Wadi Safra with an opportunity to climb sand dunes surrounded by the great sandstone lattice work, dinner and overnight hotel. (B/L/D)
Day 7: Ein Khudra / Colored Canyon / Cairo
Breakfast, we pass the great pilgrimage landmark, Gebel El Makhroom before visiting the Nawamis. There extremely well preserved burial chambers from the Early Bronze Age, cover the nearby red sandstone. From here the Crusader Pilgrimage route brings us to the Rock of Inscriptions (Nabatean and early Christian inscriptions survive side by side). A short walk brings us to the date palm gardens of Ein Khudra Oasis. Meet the jeeps and drive through Wadi Ghazala to Wadi Nakhel to the Colored Canyon. After lunch we head towards Cairo, check-in at your hotel, overnight. (B/L)
Day 8: Cairo
Breakfast, transfers from the hotel to Cairo International Airport for final departure. (B)
Included:
- 03 nights accommodation at hotel in Cairo based on bed and breakfast.
- 05 days / 04 nights modern A/C 4 X 4 wheels Jeep Safari based on full board, soft drinks and mineral water.
- 01 full day sightseeing tour in Cairo with lunch.
- Private guided tours and transfers as indicated above.
- All entrance fess.
Excluded:
- Egypt entry visa.
- Personal expenses such as drinks, tips, laundry, telephone calls, etc.
08 Days / 07 Nights Program
03 Nights CAIRO / 04 Nights WESTERN DESERT JEEP SAFARI
Only 295 US$ per person
based on double occupancy
Itinerary:
Day 1: Cairo
Arrival at Cairo International Airport, meet/assist through immigration and customs and transfer to your hotel, check-in, overnight.
Day 2: Cairo
Breakfast, full day sightseeing tour to visit the famous Egyptian Museum, after that you will visit Old Cairo, lunch, then continuo the tour by visiting the great Pyramids of Giza, the Valley Temple and the Sphinx, return to the hotel and overnight. (B/L)
Day 3: Cairo / Al Almein / Marsa Matrouh
Breakfast, early departure from Cairo for a 3 hour drive to Al Alamein, which is the place where battles of World War II took place. Visit the war museum which displays Al Alamein battle remains as well as the remains from other battles that took place in North Africa, lunch. Proceed to Marsa Matrouh to visit the Rommel Museum which was originally the place where Rommel designed his military operations, dinner and overnight at hotel in Marsa Matrouh. (B/L/D)
Day 4: Oasis of Siwa
Breakfast in the early morning, drive to the Siwa Oasis to visit the Shali brick town with its panoramic view over the oasis, lunch. And visit the ancient Temple of Oracle of Amun and the Mountain of the Dead “Gabal El Mouta”, as well as tombs from the Greek Roman period. Dinner and overnight at hotel in the Oasis. (B/L/D)
Day 5: Baharia Oasis
Breakfast, visit the Cleopatra Bath and you can bathe in the Siwa’s naturally healing salty water spring, lunch. Then drive to Baharia Oasis, we tour the city by visiting the monuments including the Museum of Golden Mummies, the Temple of Alexander the Great and the newly opened tombs of the nobles. After that you will visit the English House on the Black Mountain which was a look out post during World War I and enjoy the sunset view from over there. Join the international health center with its healing spring. Dinner and overnight at the camp. (B/L/D)
Day 6: White Desert / Farafra
After breakfast drive to the White Desert to enjoy the fabulous landscapes of sand dunes, the wind carved chalk cliff and see the transformation of Black and White Desert. We visit the Crystal Mountain and the area of the wonders with the desert roses and the arch. Lunch, move to Farafra Oasis while enjoying on the way the fascination scenery of the sand dunes in the white desert. Enjoying a bath in the natural spring water in Bir Seta at Farafra Oasis and enjoying the beautiful scene of palm trees that is surrounding the spring. Dinner and overnight camping in Farafra. (B/L/D)
Day 7: Farafra / Cairo
After breakfast we go on/off road to the black desert and the dune area. We start our climb of a 50 meter dune. On route to Baharia we visit the Crystal Mountain and the area of the wonders with the desert roses and the arch. After lunch we head towards Cairo 370 km. After lunch we head towards Cairo, check-in at your hotel, overnight. (B/L)
Day 8: Cairo
Breakfast, transfers from the hotel to Cairo International Airport for final departure. (B)
Included:
- 03 nights accommodation at hotel in Cairo based on bed and breakfast.
- 05 days / 04 nights modern A/C 4 X 4 wheels Jeep Safari based on full board, soft drinks and mineral water.
- 01 full day sightseeing tour in Cairo with lunch.
- Private guided tours and transfers as indicated above.
- All entrance fess.
Excluded:
- Egypt entry visa.
- Personal expenses such as drinks, tips, laundry, telephone calls, etc.
