Cairo, Aswan, Abu Simbel & Luxor: 3-Day Journey from Marsa Alam

At 00:00 an air-conditioned car will collect you from your hotel and drive you from Marsa Alam to Hurghada airport. Your flight leaves Hurghada . A journey of around 02.30 minutes to Hurghada airport from Marsa Alam . The flight departs at 05:00 from Hurghada , and lands in Cairo at 06:30 after a one-hour hop. From there your guide takes over for a day of Cairo sightseeing, beginning at Giza with the Pyramids of Giza ( Cheops , Chephren and Mykerinus ). Next comes the Great Sphinx along with the Valley Temple , and lunch is served at a local restaurant near the Pyramids in Giza. The day continues at the Egyptian Museum , the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Tahrir, home to a rare collection of more than 250,000 genuine artefacts spanning some 5,000 years, including a dedicated exhibit on Tutankhamen - treasures, gold and jewelry sealed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before its 1920 excavation. Guests wishing to see the royal mummies hall can ask the guide about a visit to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, payable separately at around 30 $ (the new Grand Museum has yet to open, with a 2022 debut expected). Aswan-Then you fly there and transfer to your hotel, the Basma hotel.

A 04:00 early pick-up from your Aswan hotel starts the drive to Abu Simbel, roughly 3 hours by air-conditioned vehicle.
Carved into the mountainside under Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, the two temples await your Egyptologist guide's stories about one of Egyptian history's most colorful pharaohs. Take in the grand façade of the Great Temple of Ramesses II, fronted by 4 statues of the seated pharaoh reflecting his advancing years - nominally dedicated to Amon-Re Horakhty and Ptah, though really built to glorify its creator, Ramses the Great. Nearby stands the smaller temple honoring his wife, Queen Nefertari, its rock-cut façade depicting both royals. At 09:00 you re-board the coach for the return to Aswan, stopping along the way at the High Dam and the Philae Temple. Lunch follows in Aswan before the drive to Luxor , where you overnight at the Steigenberger Nile Palace.

For those wanting an optional hot air balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings (85 $ per person), pick-up from your hotel in Luxor leads to a visit of Karnak Temple, arguably Egypt's most awe-inspiring site. Karnak stands as the largest temple complex humans have ever built, a joint legacy of generations of ancient builders and pharaohs. In truth, the Karnak Temple is three main temples plus smaller enclosed and outer temples spread across 247 acres. Lunch is served at a local restaurant in Luxor , followed by a motorboat crossing of the Nile to reach The Valley of Kings , the final resting place of Egypt's 18th-to-20th-dynasty rulers, including the great pharaoh Ramses II and the boy pharaoh Tutankhamen. The tombs, well-stocked with everything a ruler might need in the afterlife, retain much of their original decoration. The Hatshepsut Temple, one of ancient Egypt's most beautiful and best-preserved monuments, rises across three levels joined by two broad central ramps. At the Colossi of Memnon, two towering stone statues of King Amenhotep III are all that remains of a once-complete mortuary temple, carved from quartzite sandstone quarried near Cairo and hauled 700 KM to Luxor .
Once your Luxor tour wraps up, you'll be driven back to your hotel in Marsa Alam , arriving around 18:30.