11 Days Cairo – Bahariya Oases & Nile Cruise.

Upon arrival Cairo Airport, our Royal Way representative will meet and assist you crossing the customs hall, then transfer to your hotel for check-in and overnight.

Around 08:00 am, you will be picked by Royal Way Egyptologist in private air conditioned vehicle to explore one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Visit the impressive 3 Pyramids of Kings Cheops, Chephren, and Menkaure which are guarded by the rock-cut statue (The Sphinx) a large half-human, half-lion statue.

The Great Pyramid of King Cheops is the only standing wonder from the ancient world, although it is 2,000 years older than any other wonder on the list.

Then you will proceed to visit the world-renowned Museum of Egyptian Antiques which exhibits a collection now over 120000 masterpieces ranges from Pre-dynastic era, Pharaonic era to the Greco-Roman period in Egypt including the treasures of the child King Tutankhamen, Pharaonic Gods and Goddess, with option visit to the mummies room at the Egyptian Museum where you may learn about the Great Egyptian civilization and the mummification art in ancient Egypt.

Then back to hotel and overnight Cairo

Breakfast in hotel, then around 07:00 am your tour guide will pick you by air-conditioned vehicle towards Bahariya Oasis, about 360 Km east Cairo (about 4 hours).

Upon arrival will stop for lunch at nice restaurant in Bahariya Oasis, then will take a tour in the local city, visit the Salt Lake, swim in one of the warm springs in the oasis, then visit the Golden mummy show room and Noble’s Tombs (2 tombs) from the 26th dynasty, that is a huge burial site at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt and the Tomb of Bannantiu in the Bahariya Oasis.

Ending our tour by visiting the English Mountain where we can see the remains of the Britain Fortress since the World War I during the colonial period in Egypt. After that going back to hotel to stay overnight at Bahariya oasis.

Breakfast in hotel, then you will be picked up by 4x4 car towards the Black Desert territory where you will see a sandy mountain covered with black stones and minerals like coal and iron. We will take some photos to the area which was created by the actions of the volcanoes which are dating back to the pre historic period.

Then will proceed to the natural hot spring of El Haize where we will have lunch and take some rest. "Also you can buy some Bedouin handmade style souvenirs”, then drive to see the quartz crystal at Crystal Mountain where you will see the mountain consisting of stones looking like glass and you will find mysterious inscriptions that worth to take some photos for it.

On your way to the White desert you will witness El Agabat area which consists of limestone hills and magnificent sculptures.

Upon arriving the White Desert National Park, the most well-known desert destination in Egypt, you will feel that you are walking on the moon surface as you will see the white sand looks like snow and the different limestone rocks all over the area. Enjoy a Barbeque Dinner with a magnificent scenery of the sky full of stars.

Overnight camping at the white desert.

Enjoy your breakfast, drive by Jeep 4x4 in the White Desert, watch the formations, the wind carved sculptures that sympathize both human and animal faces Like Camel, Chicken with eggs, Mushrooms and a lot of magnificent formations.

Then leaving this area and heading to one of the warm springs in Bahariya oasis. It's called "Ein Mady" which is used in irrigation and you will see around it wide spaces planted with palm trees. And knowing how they planting the palm trees as the Bahariya oasis is considered one of the important centers in the world for producing the dates.

After that going back to the city where we change the 4×4 by our previous vehicle and then travelling back to Cairo Upon arrival Cairo, you will be escorted to Cairo railway station for overnight 1st Class sleeping train to Aswan.

Breakfast onboard train before arriving Aswan train terminal where you will be met and assisted by Royal Way Egyptologist who will accompany you in an exciting tour to the world famous High Dam that was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops.

Continue to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the famous Unfinished Obelisk. Then you will be transferred to your Nile cruise ship, where you will enjoy the next 4 Days / 3 Nights Nile cruise holiday from Aswan up to Luxor with fantastic sailing and thrilling tours. Lunch, afternoon tea and free time at leisure aboard your Nile cruise ship in Aswan.

Then you will be taking by motor-boat to island of Egilka visit the majestic Philae Temple that was dedicated to the Goddesses Isis. For our enjoyment, a Felucca Ride is included on the Nile River in Aswan this afternoon.

Return to our Nile cruise ship for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast on board, then you will be escorted by your Egyptologist speaking guide for Optional tour to explore the impressive temples built by Ramses II in Abu Simbel which is one of Egypt's most visited sites. Relocated in the 1960's with the building of the Aswan Dam, Abu Simbel is a feat of modern and ancient engineering.

Then you will be transferred to Aswan to embark your Nile cruise ship. Lunch, afternoon tea and free time at leisure aboard your Nile cruise sailing to Kom Ombo.

After breakfast you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist speaking guide to visit Kom Ombo Temple, the crocodile-headed God of fertility and creator of the world, lunch aboard your cruise with free time at leisure whilst sailing to Edfu to explore Edfu's Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved Ancient Egyptian temples on the Nile.

Continue the cruise down the Nile to Luxor. Afternoon tea is served on the sun deck with dinner and overnight stay onboard your Nile cruise ship.

Breakfast onboard the cruise, check-out the Nile cruise and then will be picked up by our tour guide to visit archaeological sites of the ancient Egyptians on the West Bank of the Nile including the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon).

Then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs.

Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it.

Then heading to visit the two Massive temples on the Eastern Bank of the Nile, visit the Temple of Luxor and Temple of Karnak.

Karnak Temple, the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means the most sacred of places. The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great Hypostyle Hall is an incredible forest of giant pillars.

Then you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor Temple which built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun. After finishing the tour, you will be transferred to Luxor railway station for an overnight sleeping train back to Cairo.

Breakfast on board, upon arrival Cairo railway station you will be escort to visit the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo including some of the early religious monuments of the city such as the Hanging Church or the suspended church this basilica church was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon the church became the center of the Christian Church of Egypt.

You will visit also the famous Jewish heritage in Cairo including Ben Ezra Synagogue the temple contains a Jewish heritage library, containing documents found here in 1896 that describe the economic and social conditions of Jews under Arab rule as well as descriptions of relations between various Jewish sects.

Then Visit the Citadel of Saladin that is overlooking the city from the Muqattam Hills and Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque inside that was built in Turkish style and very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey and simply considered to be one of the landmarks in Cairo whose minaret can be seen from any part of old Cairo. It was built in 12th century to fortify Cairo against the Crusaders. The citadel was used as the seat of the king and his government in Egypt for many centuries and many dynasties including the Ayyubids, the Mamluks, and even some Ottomans ruled over Egypt from the Citadel. It’s one the landmarks in Cairo with its huge space, the beautiful decorations on its walls, and its remarkable domes and minarets.

Ending our tour with going to Khan el Khalili Bazaar which is one of Cairo's main attractions ..the district of Khan el Khalili was originally a mausoleum called "el Zaafran" for the burial of Fatimid Caliphs ,after that it became a district for the Turkish community during the Ottoman period , and now it becomes a bazar where you will find many souvenirs shops ,coffeehouses "Café" serving Arabic coffee and offering Hookah "Shisha", and restaurants throughout the area.

Then you will be picked up to your hotel to stay overnight.

Breakfast at your hotel, check-out then you will be transferred to Cairo airport for flight back home.