Included
Licensed Egyptologist guide throughout the 3-day trip.
Flight ticket { Hurghada/Cairo-Cairo/Hurghada}.
All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle.
Two nights in a 5-star Cairo hotel
Entry tickets for every site listed.
Hotel pickup and drop off.
Bottled water in the vehicle throughout the tour
Lunches during the tours.
Shopping outings in Cairo
All service charges and taxes
Excluded
Any extras not listed in the itinerary
Tipping. Group pricing: Private tour for 2 people 600 $ per person, for 3 people 590 $ per person, for 4 people 580 $ per person, for 5 people 570 $ per person, for 6-9 people 560 $ per person, for a child 350 $ per child, single traveller 800 $ per person
1) Day 1: Marsa Alam to Giza
Day one of the itinerary
2) Day 2: Cairo - Old City
Following breakfast, meet your private guide for a tour of Cairo's highlights, starting with the Egyptian Museum : this museum showcases a rare collection spanning 5000 years of art, with over 250,000 genuine artifacts on display, including a dedicated exhibit of the Tutankhamen treasure collection, gold and jewelry sealed in his tomb for over 3,500 years. Lunch follows at a local Cairo restaurant, then it's on to Salah el-Din Citadel: functioning as Egypt's seat of government until the 1860s, this magnificent fortress was built during Salah ad-Din's reign, with construction running from 1176 to 1182. Next comes a visit to Mohamed Ali Mosque, built between 1830 and 1848 and nicknamed "The Alabaster Mosque" for its largely alabaster walls; the design is modeled on Istanbul's Blue Mosque. No trip to Cairo is complete without Khan El Khalili Bazaar, one of the Middle East's oldest and most famous markets.
Transfer to the hotel for the night follows.
3) Day 3: Memphis, Sakkara, Dahshour - Hurghada - Marsa Alam
Your guide from Marsa Alam collects you at your hotel for a day tour to Memphis, Sakkara and Dahshur Pyramids. First stop is the Step Pyramid at Sakkara, widely regarded as the world's oldest major stone structure, built for King Djoser during the 3rd Dynasty. Lunch follows at a local restaurant. From there you'll head to Memphis, founded by King Menes and the capital of Egypt through the Old Kingdom, a center of rule and culture for over 3000 years and Egypt's very first capital — here you'll see the Statue of Ramses II and Memphis's Alabaster Sphinx. The final stop is Dahshur: while two of its later pyramids have largely crumbled with time and elements — including the badly damaged Black Pyramid (12th Dynasty, 1929-1885 BC) — Dahshur also holds two of Egypt's best-preserved early pyramids. Both erected under King Sneferu (2613-2589 BC), founder of the 4th Dynasty, the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid at Dahshur stand as powerful evidence of the architectural progress that led to the Great Pyramid and its companions at Giza. From here it's a drive to Cairo airport for a flight to Hurghada , followed by transfer from Hurghada to your hotel in Marsa Alam