Budget Tour in Egypt: Nile Cruise, Desert Safari,...

Arrive at the Cairo International Airport, you will be greeted by TourEgyptTravel® representative who will meet and assist you at the airport. Then transfer to your hotel. There will be a short briefing with your guide about your itinerary, Check in overnight at your hotel.

Overnight: Cairo

Take breakfast at your hotel then meet our professional Egyptologist tour guide in the lobby to start an unforgettable day tour. Stop at the great pyramids of Giza, pyramid of Cheops, Chephen and Mykerinus then visit the Great Sphinx of Giza, the head of pharaoh with a lion's body. The tour includes a visit to the granite temple beside Sphinx know as the Valley temple. From there, head to Sakkara necropolis to visit the Step Pyramid of Djoser, first completed Pyramid in Egypt in addition to some other amazing tombs. Have lunch in a traditional restaurant serving local food like falalfel before you move to Memphis, the oldest capital of Egypt. Transfer to Giza Train Station take your first class sitting train to Aswan overnight. 

Overnight: first class sitting train

Meals: Breakfast, and Lunch

Arrive in Aswan around 10:00 am; you will meet our representative who will transfer you to your hotel in Aswan. Get your breakfast box and start a tour excursion in Aswan by air-conditioned vehicle visiting the majestic Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and famous High Dam of Aswan which constituted Lake Nasser after completion in 1971. Spend a free evening at your leisure, and an overnight at your hotel in Aswan.

Overnight: Aswan hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Today you have a choice for an optional tour to visit Abu Simbel village where the famous Abu Simbel Temple stand by a modern air-condition (group bus) starting early in the morning at 4:00 am. In the afternoon, we get back to tour basics and jump onboard a felucca sail boat, en route to the Elephantine and Kitchener's Islands on the River Nile. The beautiful floating felucca continues north and we pull out the old sleeping bag for the night on deck while our local captain makes us at home with locally made meals, and an overnight on board. 

Overnight: Felucca Sail Boat

Meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Take your breakfast on board, and check out to transfer to Luxor by our A/C vehicle to visit Kom Ombo Temple and Edfu Temple of Horus. Arrive in Luxor to check in your hptel for some rest and relaxation. Reach Kom Ombo to visit the Temple of Sobek, the crocodile headed god of evil and Haroeris the falcon headed good god. We then head to Edfu to visit the most preserved and completed temple in Egypt, Temple of Edfu, dedicated to god Horus and Hathor of Dendera. Continue towards Luxor. Arrive in Luxor and take an afternoon tour on the East bank of Luxor city, the ancient city of Thebes. There you will know more about the Temple of Luxor, the most beautiful temple in Egypt in addition to the Temple of Karnak which is the largest temple in the world. Move to have an overnight at your hotel in Luxor. 

Overnight: Luxor hotel

Meals: breakfast

Take breakfast at your hotel then meet our tour guide again to complete your tour for the sightseeing in Luxor. Take the adventure of the sacred Valley of the Kings among the tombs of King Tutmosis I, Tutmosis III, Tut-Ankh-Amon, King Ramssess VI, King Mrenptah and AmonhotepII. From the kings take another adventurous tour to the Valley of Queens where tombs of the queens and princesses of the XVIII, XVIV, and XX Dynasties were buried. You will visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, built by Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt for about 20 years during the 18th Dynasty (1490–1469 B.C). Depart Hatshepsut Temple to get transferred by train to Cairo. 

Overnight: Hotel

Meals: breakfast, and lunch

Arrive in Cairo to meet our representative in the Cairo Railway Station to transfer you to your hotel to check in. At a later time, meet our qualified tour guide to take you to Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. Take lunch in Abu Tariq Restaurant, serving local traditional food; namely, Koshary (Kushari); an Egyptian dish of rice, lentils, chickpeas and macaroni topped with tomato sauce and fried onion. After lunch-time, visit Old Cairo to see the Islamic area of Cairo including citadel of Salah El Din and the famous alabaster mosque of Mohamed Ali. Then onto the Coptic area of Cairo, where the Romans constructed the Babylon Fortress which is built over the ruins of two towers of the fortress the church of St. Mary or more commonly known as the Hanging Church, followed by Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church said to be the resting place of the Holy Family. At evening, visit the old market of Khan El-Khalily then transfer back to your hotel.

Overnight: Cairo

Meals: Breakfast, and Lunch

After breakfast, our representative will meet you in the hotel lobby to start your tour to Baharyia Oasis by an air-conditioned public bus used only to transfer tourists equipped with bathroom. Arrive in Baharyia Oasis and have lunch in Bawity Village, as well as the Bedouin tea. From there, get ready to your adventure desert safari by 4X4 jeep car to reach the massive sand dunes, and visit Swiss Tomb as well as the Black Mountain to climb its top for an amazing view of the Black Desert. Afterwards, you will visit Aghabat area then continue driving to the White Desert to see the sunset before setup the camp in one of the most beautiful areas in Egypt. Have a barbeque lunch and stay for overnight under the glimmering stars at your desert camp.

Overnight: Desert camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Have an early breakfast at the camp, and derive back through the desert to have a local tour of Baharyia Oasis visiting the many therapeutic hot and cold springs, English House of the British ruler during the British colonization, and Jebel Dist "Pyramid Mountain" with its symmetrical sides and pointed peak. At the end of your tour, enjoy the inspiring Baharyia Oasis Museum of Golden Mummies before you transfer back to Cairo to have an overnight at your Hotel. 

Overnight: Cairo

Meals: Breakfast

After check-out, you will be transferred by your tour manger to take you to the Cairo International Airport for your flight back home. 

Meals: breakfast