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Welcome to Egypt ,the land of the most ancient civilization, you will Enjoy visiting the best of Egypt with Hassaan in 8 days tour package ,you will visit Giza pyramids and The Sphinx, you will realize why Khufu pyramid is consider one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. Next to the Sphinx, is the valley temple, where king Chephren best statue was found. the step pyramids at Saqqara is oldest pyramids in Egypt, it was built around 2700BC,surawnded by many ancient temples ,mastabas and pyramids. the red and the bend pyramids at Dahshour are among the earliest pyramids in Egypt . the Egyptian museum in Cairo contains many treasures of king Tut Ankh Amun, where we will see his golden musk and golden coffin which weight 110kg gold .after 1,5 hours flight from Cairo , we arrive Aswan, we will visit Philae temple,the last temple to be built in Egypt around 200 BC on Philae island ,we will go there by a motor boat with Nubian people,.Aswan is the best place to see the Nile ,it is very beautiful to relax on a sunset Felucca sailing boat between Aswan islands and botanical garden. the biggest obelisk in Egypt is still unfinished in the granite quarry in Aswan,42 mts Long and over 1000 tons ,it help us to know how the ancient Egyptian cut granite .it is very interesting to tray a 3 hours train trip from Aswan to luxor . in Luxor we will see the most famous Valley of the kings, which contain 64 tombs for the the most famous kings incloding king Seti ,Ramsess and Kinf Tut tomb which was discovered intact with 5000 objects. Karnak in Luxor is the biggest temple in Egypt , the Hypostyle hall in Karnak contains 134 columns with Hight of 22 mts ,queen Hatshipsuit erected a 2 rose granite obelisks and bult avery beautiful temple in Luxor west bank, she represented there in her temple as a King with false beard and crown. luxor temple is spectacular at night ,with the sphinx avenue which joining the 2 temples ,Karnak and Luxor temple .
you will be met and assisted upon arrival at Cairo international airport by our representative ,then you will be transferred to your hotel by a private car,
After breakfast in your hotel ,I will pick you up to visit the most famous pyramids in the all world ,Giza pyramids, for the three Kings Kofu,,chephren and Mycerinus ,father ,son, and grandson, we will walk around the biggest pyramids to see the solar boat pets and the three smaller pyramids of his wives, Kufu pyramid is one of the seven winders of the ancient world, whish is still exist in very good conditions, and with extra ticket ,you will have the chance to go inside the pyramid, if you wish ,we will drive to the highest point to have the pyramids panoramic view to take photos and enjoy the camel ride at the pyramids (additional cost )then we will visit the valley temple of khafre, where the king body was mummifiied and prepared for the after world ,then we will meet and talk to the sphinx, who spent more than 4000 years guarding the pyramids, then we will stop for lunch at a local restaurant of fresh and good quality food ,after lunch we drive south to Dahshour, where we will enjoy silence and quite time at the red limestone pyramid ,which has the most difficult and sharp angle corridor leading to the burial room, then we walk to the bend pyramid which was a good try by the king Senefru to reach to a true pyramid.we will drive north towards Saqqara, home to many pyramids and Mastapas ,we will see the step pyramids of king Djoser which is the oldest pyramids in Egypt, dating back to the 2700BC,we will visit Teti pyramids inside and visit the mastapa of Kagemni ,with the most interesting day life activities in Ancent Egypt ,including fishing and hunting. then we will drive back to the hotel
I will pick you up from your hotel after breakfast to go to visit the Egyptian museum whick was built by Augast Mariet pasha in 1898AD,the Egyptian museum is home to the world great collections of the ancent Egyptian cevelization ,we will get agood understanding of the hestory and life in ancient Egypt,we will meet the great kings who bult the pyramids in Giza and Saqqara,you will get amazed by the treasurs of the young king Tut Ankh Amun which covers all the second flour of the museum, from his golden musk and golden coffin to his gelded wood throne and chariot ,after we visit the museum we will go to try a local traditional meal called Koshary ,then we will head to Saladin Citadel, one of Cairo's land marks and attractions, it was by Saladin in 1170 AD, protect Egypt from the crusaders ,the Citadel used as a seat for the government for more than 600 years, we will visit Mohamed Ali mosque inside the Citadel ,this mosque contain the tomb of Mohammed Ali pasha, and decorated with two very high minarets and the French clock ,which was given to king Mohamed Ali as present by king Louis IX of France. outside the mosque we will see the panorama view of the city of Cairo and the pyramids, then we will go back the hotel
Today ,early in the morning we will flay to Aswan, there we will stop to visit the High dam which secure Egypt from famine and produce electricity ,we will see how big is the lake Nasser in front of the dam, then we will drive to visit the beautiful temple of Philae, the last temple to be built in Egypt, this temple was dedicated to goddess Isis, the goddess of joy and love, this temple was moved to the another island after we built the dam ,it was moved in between 1972 and1980,so we will cross to the island by a motor boat run by Nubian captain ,then we will go to our hotel in Aswan and check in, free time to relax.
later in this day ,we will board a felucca sailing boat to enjoy sailing between islands in the Nile river at sunset time ,then we will back to the hotel
today we will visit the unfinished obelisk in granite quarry ,this site is explain how the ancient Egyptian were very clever in cutting obelisk out of a very hard stone like granite, the rest of the day is free, you can go to visit Abu Semple as optional trip by bus or fly there to see the two cut temples of the king Ramesses II ,at the end of the day we will travel to Luxor by train, we will get our transfer from the station to the hotel in Luxor
today ,I will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor to go to visit the valley of the kings, we will visit three tombs there out of 12 tombs open for visitors. we will enjoying visiting deferent design tombs, I will show you the the book of the dead of Ancient Egyptian depicted on the walls of the valley of the kings.you need extra ticket to visit King Tut Ankh Amon tomb, or Seti I tomb. after the valley of the kings ,we will continue or tour by visiting the mortuary temple of the queen Hatshipsut, that temple looks like a modern building with three terraces ,dating back to 1400BC,we will see the statues of the queen showing her in the form of a king with false beard and crown ,after that we will drive to see Habu temple of the king Ramses III ,where we will see his palace and very deep carving in his temple, after that we will see the colossi of Memnon, which represented king Amenhotep III, flanking the entrance of his mortuary temple, then we will go back to the hotel.
Today after breakfast, I will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor to go to visit Karnak, the biggest temple in Egypt ,we see the room with 134 celoms representing the marches of delta where goddess Isis hid her son Horus ,similar to the story of prophet Moses ,we will walk around the sacred lake and the Ram dead sphinx avenue ,the we will go to visit Luxor Temple which is joined with Karnak temple by three km long sphinx avenue which contained about 1200 sphinxes, at luxor temple we will see the cartouche of Alexander the great depicted on the walls of the sanctuary there. After that we will go to Luxor Airport to flay to Cairo, when you arrive Cairo Airport, you will get your private transfer to your hotel in Cairo,
Your private transfer will be ready to pick you up from your hotel in Cairo to Cairo international airport any time you wish for final departure.
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