Egypt Unique 2025

Welcome to the bustling metropolis of Cairo. Settled on the banks of the Nile for more than a thousand years, this exciting capital offers everything a tourist could ask for and more: ancient monuments, culture and gastronomy mixed with the frenetic bustle of life. Pick up at the airport by your Spanish-speaking guide and transfer to the hotel in a luxury air-conditioned vehicle. During the journey, your guide will give you all the information about the excursions for the next few days. Accommodation.

Breakfast. Picked up by your guide to visit one of the remaining Seven Wonders of the World, the ancient Pyramids of Giza with their guardian the Sphinx. These incredible structures, each dedicated to a different pharaoh, are a testament to the richness and importance of Egyptian civilization 4,000 years ago. The Egyptian pharaohs hoped to become gods in the afterlife. In order to prepare for the afterlife they erected temples to the gods and enormous pyramidal tombs for themselves, filled with everything each ruler would need to guide and sustain themselves in the afterlife. Along with the famous Sphinx, a mysterious limestone monument with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, which before the 19th century spent thousands of years buried in the sand with only its head visible. He was probably the sentinel of Pharaoh Khafre's funerary complex. This is an essential visit to understand Egyptian civilization. Lunch and continuation to the Sakkara necropolis where we can admire the famous step pyramid of Djoser. 100 years before the construction of the Pyramids of Giza, the renowned architect Imhotep decided to expand the mastaba tomb of Pharaoh Djoser to turn it into the first pyramid of the history. With its 60 meters high, it was the most grandiose construction that the Egyptians had undertaken up to that time. Return to the hotel and accommodation.

Breakfast. In the morning visit to the Museum of Egyptian Art, the richest and oldest museum of Egyptian antiquities in the world (it is more than 120 years old) relevant, not only for the quantity of objects it exhibits but also for the quality of some of them. It ts examples that allow us to appreciate more than 4000 years of history, culture and art of this ancient civilization. At the end of the tour there will be time to visit the renowned treasure of Prince Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The funerary trousseau that Howard Carter found in 1922 in the famous tomb of the Valley of the Kings contained everything necessary to guarantee the pharaoh a peaceful and safe afterlife. Here lunch. In the afternoon we will make a charming visit to the Alabaster Mosque located in the Saladin Citadel, in the heart of Cairo, which was the residence of the rulers of Egypt for more than 700 years. Today it is an area with museums, mosques and viewpoints that offers the best visits to the capital. Return to the hotel and accommodation.

Breakfast. Transfer to Cairo airport to take the flight to Aswan. Arrival and transfer through the desert to the renowned Abu Simbel Temples located on the shore of Lake Nasser. Carved in the rocks of the Nubian Desert, with statues up to 30 meters high, they pay tribute to the great Pharaoh Ramses II and his wife Nefertari. Check in at the Hotel and in the afternoon visit the temples built to celebrate his victory in the Battle of Kadesh. They symbolize the power of the pharaoh with its four gigantic colossi that preside over the façade, representing Ramses II enthroned and deified, and transmitting to each visitor a overwhelming feeling of dominance and splendor. Return to the hotel and dinner, at night departure to witness the Sound and Lights show in the Temples. Accommodation.
Note: If the show does not take place, it will be changed to Sound and Lights at the Karnak temple.

Breakfast. Transfer back to Aswan. Arrival and visit of the most beautiful places of this Nubian city. First we will take a ride on a felucca, a typical Nile River fishermen's boat to see the Nile Falls. Then we will visit the Granite Quarry with its Unfinished Obelisk and the High Dam from Aswan. Check in on the Cruise and lunch on board. In the afternoon possibility of taking an optional excursion. Dinner and overnight on board.
Optional excursion to Philae Island to see the temple dedicated to the goddess Isis.

Breakfast on board and in the morning we will take a walk through the Souk of Aswan to see its spices and perfumes. The story goes that Cleopatra charmed Julius Caesar not only with her beauty but with the use of perfumes brought from Nubia, the use in ancient Egypt even more than 3,000 years before the meeting between Caesar and Cleopatra, is reported in the hieroglyphs in the temples of Edfu and Hatshepsut. The Pharaohs who held great powers in life were mummified and scented with luxurious perfumes to accompany them in their new life in the afterlife. Lunch on board. Sailing north to the Kom Ombo Temple and visiting the Temple, which is particularly strange because it is double, dedicated to both the god Haroeris, with the head of a hawk, and the god Sobeck, with the head of a crocodile, it is completely symmetrical. It has two entrances, two hypostyle rooms - roofs supported by columns - and two sanctuaries. It also has a curious museum dedicated to crocodiles, a space that exhibits mummies of these animals that were found around the city. Dinner and night on board.

Breakfast on board and in the morning transfer to the Temple of Edfu. Dedicated to the god Horus, it is one of the four temples and places where the events of the legend of the gods Osiris, Isis and Horus take place. Continuation to Luxor, arrival and visit of the Luxor Temple, located in the heart of ancient Thebes and consecrated to the God Amon, it was built mainly during the 18th and 19th dynasties of the New Kingdom. Initiated by orders of Amenophis III (or Amenhotep III ), was completed in its original form during the rule of Ramses II, around 1250 BC. C. Dinner and night on board.

Breakfast on board. Today we will travel to the other side of the river from the city of Luxor where the famous Valley of the Kings is located. For the Egyptians, the sun disappeared every evening in the West, symbolizing death, and was born every morning in the East, symbolizing life and resurrection. That is why the necropolis and funerary temples were always located on the west bank, here we visited the Valley of the Kings, where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, continuing through the valley we will visit the Temple of the only female pharaoh of Egypt The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and then to the Colossi of Memnon, guardians of the tomb of King Amenhotep III. Transfer back to the shore of the living to visit the Temple of Karnak, the greatest monument of pharaonic culture, great sanctuary of Amun that over more than two millennia, the pharaohs embellished this place as the main center of worship of Egypt, dedicated to the great god of the new empire. Check in at the hotel and accommodation.

Picnic breakfast and departure for the Hurghada road, arrival in Denderah. Visit of the temple dedicated to Hathor, because the temple was left under the sands of the desert until its discovery in the 19th century, its hieroglyphs maintain their original colors as they are dedicated to the goddess. Cosmic par excellence, the enclosure has a strong celestial vocation, where astrological constellations play a predominant role. In the hypostyle room you can see bas-reliefs full of zodiacal constellations. Continuation of the trip to Hurghada renowned resort on the Red Sea. Dinner and accommodation.

Free day, with the possibility of enjoying the beaches that surround the Red Sea. Go scuba diving and take boat trips to various places of interest around the area or go on desert safaris, by camel or jeep, to a Bedouin village to spend the day in an oasis. You can also do diving in different places of interest such as cliffs, caves, sandy bottoms, sunken ships, amphorae, reefs and sea cliffs, with depths between 15 and 40 meters. Accommodation.

Free day as the previous day with the same possibilities. Enjoying the beaches that surround the Red Sea, go scuba diving and take boat trips to various places of interest around the area. Or go on desert safaris, by camel or jeep, to a Bedouin village to spend the day in an oasis. You can also do diving in different places of interest such as cliffs, caves, sandy bottoms, sunken ships, amphorae, reefs and sea cliffs, with depths between 15 and 40 meters. Accommodation.

Breakfast and at the agreed time transfer to take the flight back to the capital, arrival and transfer to the center where you will have free time to stroll through the famous streets that form the Khan El Kahili bazaar. Here you can test your haggling skills, the favorite pastime of the Egyptians. Transfer to hotel and rest of the day free. Accommodation.

Breakfast. Departure for Cairo International Airport to take your departure flight.