Cairo Holidays

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Day 1: Cairo

Welcome to Egypt and the start of your holiday! Arrive Cairo, included airport arrival transfer to hotel.

Today a visit to the incredible pyramids and Sphinx at Giza Plateau. It’s estimated the largest - Khufu (Cheops) was constructed from no less than 2.5 million quarried limestone blocks, weighing around 6 million tonnes. No mean feat, when you consider the pyramids were built without the use of modern equipment! Maybe opt for a camel ride. Travelling on to the necropolis of Saqqara, innumerable sand strewn temples and tombs await discovery. It’s at Saqqara where you’ll see Zhoser’s step pyramid. Rising 6 steps, it served as the prototype for ancient Egypt’s most enduring architectural legacy. Tonight we board the overnight sleeper train to Luxor.

Day 3: Luxor

On arrival this morning we check into our hotel and then the day is your to explore one of the world’s greatest open-air museums, the 4000 year old site of ancient Thebes - known today as Luxor.

Day 4: Luxor

Today we take a half day tour of the West Bank of the Nile. The massive pair of statues known as the Colossi of Memnon are the first monuments we’ll see as we start our day's sightseeing. They are all that remains of the temple of Amenophis III. Today, we will visit the Valleys of the Kings and the imposing colonnaded temple of Queen Hatshepsut.

Day 5: Luxor - Cairo

On our final day in Luxor we take a half day tour to the Karnak Temple. More than a temple, Karnak is a spectacular complex of sanctuaries, pylons and obelisks - built on a grand scale. During the height of Theban power, Karnak was the most important place of worship. Tonight, we return to Cairo by overnight train.