EGYPT - JORDAN - ISRAEL - DUBAI
Your tour manager will meet and assist you upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport. After that, you will be transferred to your hotel in Cairo by a private air-conditioned vehicle for check- in. Upon arrival at the hotel, he will check you in and give detailed information concerning your trip. Overnight in Cairo.
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then met by your guide who will accompany you to the Egyptian Museum, Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen. Lunch at a good quality local restaurant. Then transfer to enjoy Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx, and Valley temple facing the great statue. You will enter the burial chamber of the Great pyramid. Back to your hotel, overnight in Cairo.
Breakfast at your hotel then drive to visit Memphis, the capital of Old Egypt, during the Old Kingdom, it is considered to be a center of rule and culture for over 3000 years and had great architectural achievements and it is believed that Memphis was the largest city in the world from its foundation until around 2250 BC. Have lunch at a local restaurant. Then pay a visit to Dahshure, located to the Southwest of Memphis at some 10 kilometres to the South of Sakkara to see the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid which has never been completed. Archaeological research has shown it to date to the 4th Dynasty as well, but it is not clear for whom it was built. Back to the hotel. Overnight in
Cairo.
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be driven to Cairo Airport to take your flight to Aswan then connected flight to Abu Simbel where you will visit the impressive Temples of Ramses II in Abu Simbel. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments," which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan). The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh, and to intimidate his Nubian neighbors. However, the complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir.
The relocation of the temples was necessary to avoid their being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser, the massive artificial water reservoir formed after the building of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River. Abu Simbel remains one of Egypt's top tourist attractions. With your qualified
Egyptologist as your guide, you will enjoy a personalized visit to the temples of Abu Simbel. With its four rock-hewn pharaohs, your guide will explain the history behind this magnificent site, including how the temples were
discovered by accident in 1813. Due to the large number of visitors to Abu Simbel, guides are not permitted inside either of the two temples you will visit. Then fly back to Aswan to your hotel. Overnight in Aswan.
After breakfast at your hotel, you will go on an exciting tour of the world famous High Dam, an engineering miracle built in the 1960s. Thereafter, you will go to the island of Egilka on a motorboat to visit the majestic Philae temple dedicated to the Goddesses Isis. Overnight in Aswan hotel.
Breakfast at your hotel in Aswan then drive down to Luxor. (3-4 hours drive by van) Once you arrive in Luxor, you will check-in your hotel. You will visit the Karnak Temples, the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet- isut means “the most sacred of places.” The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than 2,000 years by generation after
generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, you will find the great “Hypostyle Hall,” which is an incredible forest of giant pillars. After this, you will be transferred to Luxor temple which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals dedicated to god Amen. Overnight in Luxor.
Optional night activity: Sound and Light show at the Temples of Karnak:
included morning activity: hot air balloon over the West Bank in Luxor:
Breakfast at your hotel, and then you will be taken to the West Bank of the river Nile to visit the two colossal statues (Colossi of Memnon). Following this, you will visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent pharaonic tombs were discovered. Here you will have a chance to visit the tomb of King Tutankhamen (included). Then you will visit Valley of the Queens and the tomb of Queen Nefertari (included) Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut temple at El Deir El Bahary, dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut.
You will head to Luxor hotel. Overnight in Luxor.
Breakfast at your hotel, and then you will be driven to Luxor Airport to fly to
Cairo. Once you arrive in Cairo, you will go to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Your Egypt Tours representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo at
05:00 AM, and then drive to Alexandria to visit the Catacomb of Kom El Shokafa and Alexandria Library. Then drive to Alamein, you will enjoy the site where the great battle took place during WW II, and visit the WW II Museum and the Cemetery. Then drive on to the beautiful bay of Marsa Matrouh on the Mediterranean Coast, after that continue to Siwa. It is about a 05-hour drive from Alamein to Siwa. Dinner and Overnight in Siwa.
Breakfast at your hotel then you will visit the salt lakes. In the afternoon
transfer to enjoy the unique Sunset, and view most of the guide books at
Fitnas Island. Dinner and Overnight in Siwa.
Breakfast at the hotel – Start our journey at Siwa Desert with Maraki Village.
Cross the desert to stop near one of the unique archeology signs at Great Siwa Mountain where the first human footprint above the mountain, dates to the pre-history era. Continue our Safari tour between the dunes until we arrive at the fossils area and see the rocky coral reefs, which date to the Cambrian era. Then drive to one of the spring eyes in the middle of the desert (Shiata Lake) and it is a good chance to watch the Flamenco birds and swim in the cold spring and enjoy the bath and relaxing atmosphere. There is another chance to enjoy sand surfing in the desert. After that, it is time to drive to another hot spring, which is, called (Bir Wahid) spring for chilling and tranquilizing our Muscles. Back to the hotel and overnight.
After breakfast, enjoy a visit to the Old City of Siwa ( Shali). Then transfer to
see the Alexander Temple at Aghurmi Village, which is dedicated to the God Amon- 26 Dynasty, and then see Amun Ra Temple at Um Ubeyda. After that head to visit Cleopatra Spring (Ein Guba). Finish your trip to see the Siwa House Museum. Then transfer to your accommodation in Cairo.
After breakfast, you will check out and be driven to Cairo International Airport
for your departure to Jordan.
Upon Arrival to queen alia international airport, our representative holding sign with your names, then our tour guide will take you to drive to Dead Sea hotel for check in, enjoy floating and swimming on the Dead Sea. Dinner and overnight
After breakfast, check out from the hotel and drive to Wadi Rum, do 2hr jeep safari to experience a journey to another world, a silent and timeless place where you will be dwarfed to insignificance. ‘Vast, echoing and Godlike’, that’s how Lawrence of Arabia described the uniquely shaped massive mountains rise out of the rose-red desert sand, check in at Bedouin camp dinner ZAARB our traditional food (cooking under the ground), overnight
Petra by Night is marketed as a night show and a magical way to see part of the rock city by candlelight and explore the old city. It is also advertised as having the area lit with over 1,500 candles to bring the major attraction due to the spectacular view.
The Petra by Night attract all the tourists as the Treasury includes hundreds of candles of lights at night
After breakfast, a visit to the biggest attraction of Jordan. Petra was first established around the 6th century B.C. by the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe who settled in the area and laid the foundations of a commercial empire that extended into Syria. Upon arrival, you will begin the trip on horseback to the canyon, the so-called Siq, and then by foot to the most beautiful monument: the Treasury. Among other monuments you will see are the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs, and Pharaoh"'s Castle. Afterward back to the hotel in Petra for overnight.
After breakfast, checkout from the hotel then drive to boarder, arrive to Jerusalem and overnight.
After breakfast, you will go for a view of the Jewish burial tombs, the Mount of Olives, the Church of all Nations, and the Garden of Gethsemane. We will enter the Old City by the Zion Gate, and go through the Armenian Quarter to the Byzantine Cardo. Stroll through the Jewish Quarter for your first look at the very famous ancient Western Wall. Then we will continue to walk along the Via Dolorosa and follow the Stations of the Cross and finally arrive at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Before leaving the Old City, take a walk through the markets.
Arriving in Bethlehem, take a walk across Manger Square, to arrive at the Church of Nativity, where it is said that Jesus was born. See the star that commemorates Jesus' birth, and the alter dedicated to the 3 wise men. As w are leaving Bethlehem you can view the fields of Ruth in the distance. Then drive to Amman - Amman hotel near the airport. Overnight in Amman.
leave Amman on early morning flight possibly 9:15 am flight; check in Dubai
hotel late (possibly after 10 pm) - if I can’t get the Doha layover on the award flight we will reach Dubai earlier but in any case we will only go to the hotel that day no touring. I won’t book this for a month or so after we confirm this basic itinerary.
Dubai City Tour and entry to Burj Khalifa at the top
drive to airport hotel and end of tour