Essential Egypt

Welcome to Egypt! At the Cairo terminal keep your eyes peeled for the Travel Talk sign for your transfer to the hotel. Freshen up and meet in the lobby around 6:00pm for an informal meeting with your guide and other tour members. Afterwards you have free time to start exploring vibrant Cairo or board a cruise for an optional group dinner.

• Accommodation
  Sonesta Hotel Tower & Casino – 5 Star
• Included Activities
  Welcome Meeting
• Optional Activities
  Group Dinner on Cruise – 30 USD

Set your alarms for 7.30am and fill up on plenty of breakfast before a big day exploring Egypt’s iconic Ancient Wonder of the World – the Pyramids and Sphinx! Follow your guide for a tour across the ancient site to learn about the 4,600-year-old wonders. After everyone has had their dose of awe, we’ll head out to Sakkara to see the iconic step pyramid built in 2700 B.C. Later in the afternoon, board an overnight sleeper train to Aswan.

• Accommodation
  Overnight Sleeper Train
• Meals Included
  Breakfast, Dinner
• Included Activities
  Sightseeing of Giza Pyramids
  Sightseeing of Sphinx
  Sightseeing of Sakkara Pyramid
• Entrance Fees
  Giza Pyramids/Sphinx – 360 EGP
  Sakkara Pyramid – 300 EGP

Wake up in Aswan, ready to explore on a city tour with your local guide. Visit the Unfinished Obelisk for a look into the incredible building methods used to create the four-sided, hallmark monuments that are placed at the entrances of Egyptian temples. Take some time to walk along the 42-metre long lying bed of granite and learn about its significance from your guide. Visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, divine mother of the pharaohs. The temple is set beautifully on an island in the middle of the Nile. We will then arrive at the hotel for check in at 5.30pm with the option to join a traditional Nubian dinner in the evening.

• Accommodation
  Tolip Hotel – 5 Star
• Meals Included
  Breakfast
• Included Activities
  Aswan City tour
  Sightseeing of Philae Temple
  Sightseeing of Unfinished Obeliks of Aswan
• Optional Activities
  Nubian Dinner – 32 USD
• Entrance Fees
  Philae Temple – 300 EGP

Enjoy a free morning to explore Aswan and the banks of the Nile River at your own pace. If you are feeling up to it in the afternoon, join the optional trip to the UNESCO World Heritage Listed Abu Simbel. It is a must-do for all keen historians!

• Accommodation
  Tolip Hotel – 5 Star
• Meals Included
  Breakfast
• Optional Activities
  Abu Simbel – 94 USD

Time to relax and enjoy the cool breeze of the Nile. Jump on-board a traditional Felucca sailboat, bound for the Elephantine and Kitchener Islands on the Nile. After our river excursion, the rest of the day is yours to wander around Aswan as you wish.

• Accommodation
  Tolip Hotel – 5 Star
• Meals Included
  Breakfast
• Included Activities
  Sailing on the Felucca

As we hop back onboard the coach and drive north towards Kom Ombo. Visit the  Kom Ombo Temple, dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. Next stop will be Edfu, home to one of the largest and best-preserved temples in Egypt. Dedicated to the falcon god Horus, the temple was built over 180-years from 237 BC to 57 BC. We’ll arrive in Luxor in the late afternoon, before checking out the Luxor Temple in the evening. Explore the dim-light temple after dark and learn from your guide of the temple complexes ancient history, dating back to the 14^th century B.C.

• Accommodation
  Steigenberger Nile palace Hotel – 5 Star
• Meals Included
  Breakfast
• Included Activities
  Sightseeing of Edfu Temple
  Sightseeing of Komombo Temple
  Sightseeing of Luxor Temple
• Entrance Fees
  Edfu Temple – 300 EGP
  Komombo Temple – 240 EGP
  Luxor Temple – 160 EGP

The West bank of the Nile River awaits you! Follow your guide to the Valley of the Kings, also known as the ‘City of the Dead’, home to fancy royal tombs carved into desert rocks and filled with treasures for the Pharaoh afterlife. Next up, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and Colossi of Memnon. Not to forget, a visit to the vast Karnak Temple Complex, one of the most important religious centres of ancient Egypt with its marvellous temples. Your Egyptologist guide will enlighten you with the most intriguing stories and mythologies from the temple complex. Feeling adventurous?

Take to the skies on an optional hot air balloon ride over Luxor. In the evening, board an overnight sleeper train to Cairo.

• Accommodation
  Overnight sleeper train
• Meals Included
  Breakfast, Dinner
• Included Activities
  Sightseeing of Karnak Temple
  Sightseeing of Hatshepsut Temple & Colossi of Memnon
• Optional Activities
  Hot Air Balloon – 124 USD
• Entrance Fees
  Valley Of The Kings – 400 EGP
  Hatshepsut Temple – 240 EGP
  Karnak Temple – 300

The journey continues with one of the most important museums dedicated to the ancient world. Egyptian Museum of Cairo houses around 120,000 ancient Egyptian relics and antiquities. Then roam around Cairo stopping by the Citadel of Saladin, Mosque of Mohammed Ali, the Hanging Church and the world-famous Khan el-Khalili bazaar. Make sure to wear your haggling hats and brace for the mayhem!

• Accommodation
  Sonesta Hotel Tower & Casino – 5 Star
• Meals Included
  Breakfast
• Included Activities
  Sightseeing of Cairo
  Sightseeing of Egyptian Museum
  Sightseeing of Citadel of Saladin
  Sightseeing of Mohammed Ali Mosque
  Sightseeing of Hanging Church
  Sightseeing of Bazaar Khan El- Khalili
• Entrance Fees
  Egyptian Museum – 330 EGP
  Citadel of Saladin – 300 EGP

Have your final breakfast on us and start bidding farewells to your travel mates. Check-out of the hotel in Cairo (11:00am) and catch the transfer to the airport at the end of your tour. Time to start counting days for your next adventure with Travel Talk!

• Meals Included
  Breakfast