Cairo & Sharm

ITINERARY:

• DAY 1: ARRIVAL CAIRO
  • Welcome to Cairo, Egypt
  • Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport and then he will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air- conditioned deluxe vehicle. At hotel the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo. Welcome Drink
• DAY 2: PYRAMIDS / SAKKARA
  • After breakfast you will be accompanied by your personal guide to Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus – Famous Sphinx and Valley temple facing the great statue. Additional visit to the Solar Boat in front of Cheops Pyramid (extra ticket on spot). Lunch will be served in a good quality restaurant, and then proceed to Sakkara area to visit Sakkara Complex and first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid). Move to Memphis; Old kingdom’s capital and famous Necropolis.
  • Overnight in Cairo.
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• DAY 3: CAIRO SIGHTSEEING – FLY TO SHARM EL SHEIKH
  • Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then you will be escorted by your private guide to visit: Egyptian Museum, Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen, alongside many other fascinating artifacts. Additional visit to the mummies room at the museum (extra ticket on spot) Lunch through out the tour at local restaurant, then moving to visit Saladin Citadel including Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque inside. Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Continue driving to Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar. Later you will be transferred to Cairo Airport for your flight to Sharm.
  • Overnight in Sharm.
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• DAY 4: SHARM EL SHIEKH
  • Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to Ras Mohammed National Park which is both a terrestrial and an aquatic nature reserve. The 480 square kilometre protected area lies where the Gulf of Suez meets the Gulf of Aqaba in Sinai’s southern extremity. The arid desert terrain of sand dunes, gravel plains, fossilized corals and granite mountains is home to a number of rare mammal species: Dorcas gazelle, Nubian ibex and red fox. Easier to spot are the resident birds like terns, herons, gulls and ospreys. Thousands of white storks pass through Ras Mohammed each year, heading south during September/October and back north during April/May. About 85 flora species live in the park, including mangroves.
  • Overnight in Sharm.
  • Meals: Breakfast
• DAY 5 : SHARM EL SHIEKH
  • Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to one of the natural wonders of the Sinai, the Colored Canyon is majestic. Take a walk among dramatic sandstone canyon walls streaked with melting yellows, purples, reds, magenta’s and gold. In certain places the canyon walls reach up to 40 meters. You feel as if you are enclosed in a spectacular coloring book.
  • Overnight in Sharm.
  • Meals: Breakfast
• DAY 6: SHARM EL SHIEKH
  • Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to The Monastery of St. Catherine located at the heart of Sinai and at the foot of the Gebel Musa, or Mount Moses. Fronted by gardens and cypress trees, the monastery is owned and run by the Greek Orthodox Church. Its rich library houses the world’s second largest collection of illuminated manuscripts after the Vatican. You can see the Burning Bush and a large number of antique works of art: invaluable icons, beautifully carved doors, exquisite wall paintings and other fine religious ornaments.
  • Overnight in Sharm.
  • Meals: Breakfast
• DAY 7: BACK TO CAIRO
  • Breakfast at your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh and then you will be transferred to Sharm El Sheikh Airport for flight to Cairo.
  • Overnight in Cairo.
  • Meals: Breakfast
• DAY 8: FINAL DEPARTURE
  • Breakfast at the hotel with free time at your leisure, then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.
  • Meals: Breakfast