Central Holidays

MEMORABLE EGYPT

Africa & West AsiaEgypt Customizable Programs

  • Day 1

    Arrive Cairo

    Arrive in the Land of the Pharaohs. Upon completion of immigration and customs formalities at Cairo International Airport, you will be met at the exit by our representative and escorted to your hotel.

  • Day 2

    Cairo – Full Day Pyramids, Memphis, and Sakkara with lunch

    After breakfast, visit the Pyramids of Giza, the main part of a complex setting of buildings that included two mortuary temples in honor of Khufu, three smaller pyramids for Khufu’s wives, an even smaller “satellite” pyramid, a raised causeway connecting the two temples, and small Mastaba tombs surrounding the pyramid for nobles. One of the small pyramids contains the tomb of queen Hetepheres, sister and wife of Snefru and the mother of Khufu. Visit the Solar Boat Museum at the base of the Pyramid of Cheops. See the Sphinx, with the head of a man and the body of a lion. Enjoy lunch at a Local restaurant and continue to Sakkara, you will see the famous Step Pyramid. At the site of Memphis, you will see the ancient capital that once stood as a flourishing metropolis during the time of the Pharaohs. (B, L)

  • Day 3

    Cairo / Al Fayoum / Tunis Village

    Start early morning your drive towards Al Fayoum, visit the old city of Karan is (Kom oshim) having lunch on Qaroun Lake then head to Tunis village to check in your hotel for overnight. (B, L, D)

  • Day 4

    Tunis Village / Wadi El Rayan / Wadi Al Hitan

    After breakfast you will enjoy a city tour in Tunis Village, then drive to the Wadi El Rayan waterfalls, considered the largest waterfalls in Egypt. having some graphs then driving by the 4-wheel land cruiser 45 km to reach the whale Valley (Wadi Al- Hitan) in the Western Desert of Egypt, it contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct suborder of whales. You will have lunch then drive back to the hotel. (B, L, D)

  • Day 5

    Al Fayoum / Cairo / Alexandria

    After breakfast, transfer from Al Fayoum to Alexandria via Cairo where you will visit the Catacombs of Kom-Alshukafa, the largest Roman Cemetery in Alexandria which is dated back to the second century. Discover Pompey's Pillar the most prominent remaining Greek landmark in Alexandria, then proceed to Visit the Roman Amphitheater, the center piece of the Kom al Dikka archaeological site. Enjoy your Lunch before going back to your hotel for overnight (B, L)

  • Day 6

    Alexandria

    After breakfast, visit Alexandria Library (The Bibliotheca Alexandrina), the largest library in the world now with 8 million books, then you will enjoy your drive along the Cornish to see the whole city passing over the Bridge of Stanley landmark of modern Alexandria on your way to Quitbay fortress, built over the ruins of the ancient light house of Alexandria. Next visit Abu al-Abbas Mosque with its four unique domes and one high minaret, proceed to Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, it is the historical seat of the pope of Alexandria, the head of the Coptic orthodox church, then transfer to your hotel for an overnight stay (B)

  • Day 7

    Alexandria / Cairo – Half Day Museum and Old Cairo

    You will have your breakfast at the hotel then will be transferred from Alexandria to Cairo, start your guided tour of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities which includes the world’s largest collection of Pharaonic artifacts and the treasures of King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Drive to Old Cairo, where early Judaism and Christianity flourished in Egypt. (B)

  • Day 8

    Depart Cairo

    After breakfast, transfer from the hotel to Cairo International airport for your return home. (B)