Pyramids, Nile and the Red Sea Family Adventure

Get a Lay of the Land

The Great Pyramids of Giza are the most notorious picture of Egyptology and an outright should see on any excursion to Cairo. Meet with your private guide, driver, and Egyptologist, and head to Giza to find this wonder and the lone enduring site of the first Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Start with a visit to the adjoining Solar Boat Museum, home to the remade Khufu sun-based boat. Step back from the historical center and wonder about the amazing landscape of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Great Pyramids of Giza compared against the well-known Sphinx sculpture. The sheer excellence and appeal of the Sphinx have bewildered world voyagers any semblance of Alexander the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte, an overwhelming scene against the setting of the limitless desert behind it. The secrets of the Great Pyramids have provoked the interest of guests for millennia. Enter the Pyramid of Chephren, otherwise called the Pyramid of Khafre. The second tallest and second-biggest of the significant pyramids, it sets on bedrock 33 feet higher than Khufu’s pyramid, which causes it to seem, by all accounts, to be taller.

A camel ride is an unquestionable requirement accomplish for all first-time Egypt voyagers. Following your visit through this entrancing zone, climb onto your dromedary and appreciate a ride in the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Cross the desert scene monitored by a portion of the planet’s most seasoned old constructions and take in the perspectives on the strong pyramids, including the Pyramid of Chephren and Mykerinus. Camel rides in the Giza complex accommodate phenomenal photograph openings!

Unwind and appreciate a smorgasbord lunch at a nearby café, including a decision of a little jug of water, soda pop, tea, or espresso.

Eat at one of Marriott Mena House’s tasty in-house eateries this evening.

Investigate with an Expert

Appreciate a private air terminal exchange accompanied by an English-talking delegate.

Get onto a trip in Cairo with direct assistance to Aswan. The surmised flight span is one hour and 30 minutes.

Kindly note, gear limitations apply to this provincial flight. 1) Maximum of one checked sack, weighing up to 50 lbs (23 kg) – Economy, 70 lbs (32 kgs) – Business; Checked things can’t be bigger than 62 direct inches (158cm). 2) Guests can likewise welcome a piece of portable gear with the greatest load of 17 lbs (8 kg). Travelers flying in Business Class may welcome two bits of lightweight gear.

Appreciate a private air terminal exchange joined by an English-talking guide.

Welcome on board!

Set aside some effort to get gotten comfortable in your stateroom and investigate the boat. Around evening time you’ll expedite at the port in Aswan.

Set sail on a Nile experience and take in the landscape around Aswan on board a conventional, non-mechanized felucca. Tenderly sail past the little, oval-molded El Nabatat Island, otherwise called Kitchener’s Island, and investigate the lavish Aswan Botanical Island that highlights trees from the 5 mainlands. View the Mausoleum of Aga Khan having a place with Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah prior to cruising once again into Aswan.

The amazing Aswan High Dam was a wonder of design when it was developed. Initially considered to Egypt’s water system of farmland to moderate against dry spell and starvation in low-water years, and flooding in high-water years. Visit the dam with your private guide and go through half-day finding out about Aswan. The dam dislodged more than 100,000 Nubians in Sudan and Egypt the same and was important for a significant migration project for archeological destinations under the UNESCO Nubia Campaign, including the Abu Simbel sanctuaries and Philae. Different destinations were at last overflowed by Lake Nasser, the world’s biggest fake lake that was made by the Aswan High Dam. At that point head to Philae and the Temple of Isis on Agilikia Island. Stop at the stone quarries to see the incomplete monolith, the biggest known old pillar, and an awesome viable exhibition of the techniques utilized by old experts to make noteworthy minutes. Imprints from laborers’ devices are still plainly obvious on the bedrock.

Loosen up this evening ready the solace of your Nile journey and appreciate the evening of amusement, including nearby Egyptian music.

Sights and Insights

Meet with your private guide and land from your Nile voyage to investigate by walking the Kom Ombo Temple, an exceptional Greco-Roman sanctuary committed to two divine beings: Sobek, the crocodile god, and Haroeris, the sun god. The Temple in Kom Ombo dates from around 180 BC, during a period known as the Ptolemaic time, and had a few increases based on it during Roman occasions. It stands directly on the bank of the Nile among Edfu and Aswan. The sanctuary is uncommon in that it is a twofold sanctuary, with one side devoted to the god Haroesis and the opposite side to Sobek. The plan is totally even, with two next to each other safe-havens and two equal ways driving through the external pieces of the sanctuary. The correct side is committed to Sobek-Re (the crocodile god joined with the sun god Re), alongside his significant other (a type of Hathor) and their child Khonsu-Hor. Sobek is related to Seth, the adversary of Horus. In the fantasy of Horus and Osiris, Seth and his devotees changed themselves into crocodiles to getaway. The old Egyptians accepted that by regarding the fearsome crocodile as a divine being, they would be protected from assaults. The left side is committed to Haroeris, the ”Great Doctor” (a type of bird of prey-headed god Horus the Elder) alongside his partner Ta-Sent-Nefer, the ”Great Sister” (another type of Hathor).

This evening you’ll expedite a port in Edfu.

A pony carriage will be sitting tight for you and your private guide when you land from your Nile journey to investigate the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Devoted to Horus, the hawk god, the sanctuary was worked from 230 to 57 BC by Ptolemy III and his replacements and is viewed as the best-safeguarded religious sanctuary in Egypt in light of its later development date. Regardless of its late period starting points, it mirrors the conventional pharaonic engineering, and the Temple’s engraved structure messages give a great thought of how every one of the sanctuaries once looked, with insights concerning their development. It fell into neglect as a strict landmark when the Roman Empire restricted all non-Christian love inside the Empire in 391. Edfu is a great sanctuary and is the second biggest in Egypt after Karnak Temple.

Loosen up this evening ready the solace of your Nile journey and appreciate the evening of amusement, including nearby Egyptian music.

It’s All Ancient History

This evening you’ll expedite at the port in Luxor.

The absolute most dynamite locales altogether of Egypt can be found on the West Bank of the Nile, close to Luxor. Meet with your private guide and driver to go through a half-day investigating the West Bank of the Nile, home to the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. Start with a visit to the Valley of the Kings to investigate the well-known Tomb of Tutankhamun alongside two other intriguing burial chambers. Ruler Tut became Pharaoh at the young age of nine or ten, and the disclosure of his almost unblemished burial chamber in 1922 captivated the world. For a time of almost a long time from the sixteenth to eleventh century BC, burial chambers were built for the rulers and amazing aristocrats of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt). Investigate the as of late revamped morgue sanctuary of Queen Hatshepsut, the second truly affirmed female Pharaoh. She is by and large viewed by Egyptologists as perhaps the best Pharaohs, ruling longer than some other lady of a native Egyptian administration, and recognized as the primary incredible lady throughout the entire existence of whom we are educated. Next head to the close by Valley of the Queens, where the spouses of Pharaohs were covered during the 18th through 20th Dynasties. End the visit toward the West Bank with a visit to the Colossi of Memnon, the last landmarks of the morgue sanctuary of Amenhotep III.

Luxor is home to one of the world’s most prominent outdoor exhibition halls, with the vestiges of Karnak and the Temples of Luxor in simple reach alongside the East Bank of the city. With your private Egyptologist control, visit the amazing UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the landmarks of Karnak and Luxor, studying old Egypt’s entrancing and extensive history. Start with a visit to the Temples of Karnak, walking around the Avenue of Sphinx to enter the complex. The Temples of Karnak make up the historical backdrop of Thebes and comprised of enormous sandstone segments moved 100 miles along the Nile stream, all-encompassing friezes. Find with your guide how the huge façade was built. Proceed to Luxor Temple which was once joined to the Temples of Karnak by a 1.25-mile-long Avenue of Sphinx, a part of which denotes the passage to the sanctuary. The sanctuary dates to roughly 1400 BC and is committed to the revival of sovereignty instead of the Pharaohs, religion divine beings, or revered forms of the lord in death. During the Roman time, the sanctuary and its environmental factors filled in as a legionary post and went about as the home of the Roman government nearby.

Loosen up this evening ready the solace of your Nile journey and appreciate the evening of amusement, including neighborhood Egyptian music.

The Journey Continues…

Today you’ll land from your boat and say goodbye to the team.

Appreciate a private air terminal exchange joined by an English-talking guide.

Get onto a trip in Luxor with the administration to Sharm El Sheik by means of Cairo. The rough flight length is two hours and 30 minutes.

If it’s not too much trouble, note, gear limitations apply to this territorial flight. 1) Maximum of one checked pack, weighing up to 50 lbs (23 kg) – Economy, 70 lbs (32 kgs) – Business; Checked things can’t be bigger than 62 direct inches (158cm). 2) Guests can likewise welcome a piece of lightweight gear with the greatest load of 17 lbs (8 kg). Travelers flying in Business Class may welcome two bits of lightweight gear.

Appreciate a private air terminal exchange joined by an English-talking guide.

Sun and Sand

Unwind in the untainted setting of Sharm el-sheik, where you can appreciate the shocking submerged landscape in the warm waters of the Gulf of Aqaba. Pursue a wide scope of discretionary exercises at your retreat (excluded from the visit cost and payable straightforwardly to the lodging) like remote ocean fishing, exciting boat outings, scuba plunging, swimming, windsurfing, or even ocean paddling.

You will be gotten before dusk from your inn and moved to the desert to meet your guide. The guide will lead you out into the desert on quad-sprinters (ATVs) where you watch the delightful dusk and stop for tea at Bedouin tents prior to getting back to your lodging.

Supported by Nature

This half-day visit incorporates entrance into the Ras Mohammed National Park, a roundtrip move, an English talking driver, and a guide. Consolidating excellent settings for touring and lavish coral reefs for swimming, the recreation center bids to an assortment of gutsy voyagers.

On the Road Again

Appreciate a private air terminal exchange joined by an English-talking guide.

Load onto a trip in Sharm El Sheik with direct help to Cairo. The inexact flight span is 60 minutes.

Kindly note, gear limitations apply to this territorial flight. 1) Maximum of one checked pack, weighing up to 50 lbs (23 kg) – Economy, 70 lbs (32 kgs) – Business; Checked things can’t be bigger than 62 direct inches (158cm). 2) Guests can likewise welcome a piece of portable baggage with the greatest load of 17 lbs (8 kg). Travelers flying in Business Class may welcome two bits of portable baggage.

Appreciate a private air terminal exchange joined by an English-talking agent.

Unwind and appreciate a smorgasbord lunch at a neighborhood café, including a decision of a little container of water, soda, tea, or espresso.

As the day attracts to a nearby, Cairo’s Khan Khalili Bazaar turns into a lively scene: a labyrinth of shops fixed with gifts and collectibles, cafés and coffeehouses, workshops, mosques, and food sellers. The sights and sounds intermix in a charming showcase over floating fragrances of newly heated bread and cooking meats. Walk around Al Moaz Street with your private guide, and wonder about the biggest centralization of archaic building treasures from the Islamic world. End the evening with a noteworthy supper at the Egyptian café Naguib Mahfouz, situated in the core of the market. The eatery is one of Cairo’s top-of-the-line eating foundations. After supper, get back to your inn by private vehicle.

Social Immersion

The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, otherwise called the Egyptian Museum, is an authentic secret stash of Ancient Egypt’s relics, with a broad assortment of in excess of 120,000 things split between its displays and storerooms. Dive into the recorded foundation of Egypt on an entire day private visit with your Egyptologist manage through the world’s biggest assortment of Pharaonic ancient pieces, appreciating the fortunes that are put away here for care. Tie together the loftiness of Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and Abu Simbel with an assortment of archeological finds including sculptures, gems, special necklaces, stone caskets, papyrus, antiquated coins, and the narratives of celebrated Egyptologists. Wonder about the flawless magnificence of the Mask of Tutankhamun and his casket – Egypt’s most renowned high school ruler – despite the fact that his mummy is as yet in its unique burial place in the Valley of the Kings. Investigate the Royal Mummy Hall with your included extra charge, where a portion of the world’s most influential individuals are currently resting, exhumed from their burial chambers in the Valleys of the Kings and Queens.

Unwind and appreciate a smorgasbord lunch at a neighborhood café, including a decision of a little container of water, soda pop, tea, or espresso.

Appreciate supper with an Egyptian Family.

A night out on the town

The Pharaonic Village is an encounter like no other. The moment you start cruising down the trenches that circuit through the island you are drenched absolutely in Egypt’s set of experiences and legend. Wherever you look, you will discover increasingly more of the sights and hints of old Egypt, until, at long last, you accept that you have really gone through an ideal opportunity to an inaccessible and heavenly past. Committed to making an engaging and instructive capital, the Pharaonic Village offers extraordinary displays that cover Egypt’s 5000 years of history. Each display has been made to the most demanding norms. From Cleopatra to the Mummification display to the Art Center where youngsters can figure out how to write in Hieroglyphs and make their own papyrus, the Pharaonic Village has something for everybody.

Unwind and appreciate a smorgasbord lunch at a neighborhood eatery, including a decision of a little container of water, soda pop, tea, or espresso.

This evening participates in a Nile River supper journey on board the ”Nile Pharaoh”, quite possibly the richest cruising cafés cruising the world’s longest stream. Appreciate top-class administration onboard your Nile journey, floating past Cairo’s enlightened horizon while you eat. Diversion is given by an astounding hip twirling and fables show. As you float along the River Nile, the house band plays out record-breaking most loved Western and Oriental tunes – with a wind! Browse the set menu or go for the individually choice contribution fish, Lebanese, and Chinese cooking styles. At that point take it easy while you appreciate a beautiful hip twirling show with an old stories band, highlighting the exceptional tannoura turn, with regards to Egypt’s spinning dervishes custom. The supper voyage incorporates get and drop off from your inn.

Head Home

Appreciate a private air terminal exchange joined by an English-talking delegate.