Private Tour Egypt – The Pyramids -Grand Egyptian Museum and Luxor

Arrive in Egypt, meet and assist at Cairo airport. Our rep will help you get your visa; he will then escort you to Four Seasons Nile Plaza, Nile view room.

After breakfast, meet your guide to starting a private guided tour of the first stone building in the world, the Pyramid of Sakkara. Afterwards, explore the pyramid of Unas, which has the oldest written hieroglyphic text from Ancient Egypt. Also, you will enter the burial chamber of King Zoser. These chambers were closed right after they found the pyramid, but now they welcome guests. After the lunch break, We will tour to the Great pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, then go back to your hotel, Four Seasons Nile Plaza, Nile view room.

This morning, join our expert Egyptologist to explore the Egyptian Museum for a full day. The museum exhibits a vast trove of artefacts, some never before displayed. Some of which include the famous golden mask of King Tut Ankh Amun, One of Egypt’s most controversial kings. Additionally, the museum has a large collection of monuments of all ages. Lunch, then drive back to your hotel, Four Seasons Nile Plaza, Nile view room.

After breakfast this morning, we will take the 1-hour flight to Luxor, where we will check in your hotel. Lunch in a local restaurant to get a taste of Egyptian food. Then a private tour to Luxor East bank. There, you will visit Karnak, which is the largest temple complex globally. The 64-acre temple includes its oldest parts dating back to 2000 BC and added to 1200 years of pharaoh’s dynasties. Then we will follow the Sphinx avenue to Luxor Temple, smaller in size than the Karnak but still full of wonders. It includes the remnant of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, and even Coptic and Islamic eras buildings. We will then head to your hotel Winter Palace Nile View. Meals B. L.

On this day after breakfast, you’ll visit the famed Valley of the Kings, the final resting place for the kings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties, which was concealed between rocky cliffs. It’s mainly famous for its vivid wall paintings. The walls are decorated with texts and scenes describing one’s afterlife journey giving them instructions to complete their journey successfully. There are 63 tombs in the valley, including the famous boy-king Tutankhamun. The tombs are open on a rotating basis to protect the paintings from damage by humidity as much as possible.

We will then visit the Worker Village, which describes the life of the ancient Egyptian middle-class life, and how their graves were completely different from the royal class’s graves, small, humble yet honourable, sacred and radiant with colours.

Last but not least, we will pay a visit to the tomb of the great woman pioneer: Queen Hatshepsut. The Temple of Deir Al-Bahri or Queen Hatshepsut’s Temple is situated at the foot of the sheer cliffs fringing the desert hills. The colour contrast between the almost white sandstones of the temple and the golden yellow rocks and sand of the desert brings out the Temple in a magnificent image. Having survived the destructive attempts from King Thutmose lll, the temple still stands with glory amongst other great temples.

And at last, drive back to Luxor airport to catch your flight to Cairo, and from there, fly back home.