6 Day Luxury Custom Tour – Cairo / Luxor

Start your day with a customized private tour which includes a private vehicle with a drive, a trained Egyptologist guide. You will view the highlight of the Saqqara monuments, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, which is the first pyramid built in Egypt. This pyramid dates to 2700 BC and was built for the 3rd Dynasty Old Kingdom pharaoh Djoser who ruled about 2691 -2625 BC.

Djoser Step Pyramid was built a full one hundred years before the Great Pyramids’ work even begun. For a structure of 4,600 years old and 200 feet tall, the Step Pyramid of Djoser was the perfect introduction to Egyptian pyramids. They only got better after that, giving us the most amazing architecture in ancient history. Lunch will be provided at a local restaurant where you can enjoy the wonderful aromas and flavors of an Egyptian cuisine.

Travel back to Giza plateau and explore the Great Pyramids and the famous Sphinx on the Giza Necropolis plateau.Learn about the Great Pyramids of Giza and how they were covered with casing stones. The casing stones were made of highly polished limestone. The ancient Egyptians covered the Great Pyramids with casing stones so it can reflect the sun’s light. The reflected sun’s light with the casing stone made the pyramid shine and look like a jewel.

The Great Pyramids’ original look with its shining casing stones would act like huge mirrors and reflect light so powerful that it would be very visible from the moon as a shining star on the earth. No wonder why the ancient Egyptians called the Great Pyramid “Ihket”, which means the glorious light.This wonderful tour includes entry to the Pyramid of Khufu, also known as Cheops Pyramid. You will visit a fascinating papyrus institute and enjoy a wonderful dinner meal at a great local restaurant to end your 2nd exciting day in Egypt.

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Visit Coptic Cairo and fascinating Coptic Museum. Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites.

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is a large museum in the ancient city of Fustat, now part of Cairo, Egypt. The museum partially opened in February 2017 and has a of 50,000 artefacts, presenting Egyptian civilization from prehistoric times to the present day.

Enjoy an afternoon lunch before visiting a wonderful essence factory. Then return to your hotel for the evening.

***OPTION – The new GEM – Grand Egyptian Museum is scheduled to open fall of 2022

Your airport liaison will meet you at your hotel and assist with your departure to the Cairo International Airport, and your final check-in process.

Your airport liasion in Luxor will meet you at your hotel and will assist you with your return flight back to Cairo International Airport, where you will be met by your private driver and local airport liason. They will transfer you to the Marriott Mena House near the Giza Pyramids plateau or to the Four Seasons Nile View hotel for your return to Cairo prior to your departure date.

Visit the famous Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Tahir Square, then walk along El Moaz Street, which connects with the souk, Khan el Khalili. The famous bazaar and souk is loud, crowded, colorful, and exciting. It's filled with all kinds of food, shiny baubles which tourists find wonderful souvenirs. Even if you're not looking to buy talking a walk thru the maze of shops and winding alley ways of this labyrinthine district, you are sure to find something to catch your eye. Be prefared to bargain.

Enjoy a dinner at the well known Naguib Mahfouz Restaurant. Perhaps visit an essence factory before you return to your hotel for the final evening in this wonderful and memorable Middle Eastern country.

Note: The GEM - Grand Egyptian Museum is scheduled to open in the fall of 2022.

Your airport liasion and driver will meet and assist at hotel as they prepare to transfer you to the Cairo International Airport.