11 Day Abu Simbel Sun Festival Tour

Day  1: 18th,  October 2019  Arrival Cairo, Egypt

Meet and greet in your arrival at Cairo international airport before the passport control by Albaraa Travel Egypt representative, Who will provide you with your entree visa and collect your luggage. Then you will be transferred to your hotel in Cairo by private air-conditioned van for check-in, overnight stay in Cairo

Day 2:  19th,  October 2019   Giza sightseeing Tour – Aswan

Enjoy a tasty fresh breakfast at your hotel, then you will be picked up by a private air-conditioned vehicle to visit Memphis city the ancient capital of Egypt, then proceed Sakkara to visit the Step Pyramid. After that drive to Giza Pyramids, visit the three pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus at Giza. Then proceed to visit the Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion’s body, dates from the time of Chephren, with a visit to the Valley Temple which belongs to the Pyramids of Chephren. From there you will be directly transferred to Giza train station to board the Sleeping train to Aswan, overnight stay aboard the train.

Day 3:  20th, October 2019 Aswan Sightseeing Tours

Breakfast meal will be served aboard the train before reaching Aswan, Arrive in Aswan where you will be met and assisted by our Travel REP, who will escort you to visit the High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk and Philae Temple, then transfer you to your hotel for check in and free time in Aswan,  optional tour to attend the sound and light show at Philae Temple, overnight stay.

Day 4:  21st, October 2019 – Aswan – Abu Simbel

Enjoy tasty breakfast at your hotel in Aswan, 11:00 a.m. you will join the police escorted convoy for 3 hours driving to Abu Simbel. In the evening an optional tour to Abu Simbel Temples to attend the fabulous sound and light show. Overnight stay in Abu Simbel.

Day 5: 22nd, October 2019 – Sun Festival at Abu Simbel Temple

Early morning transfer to see Abu Simbel temples where you will see the great event which represents the perpendicular of the Sun rays on the face of the statue of King Ramses II. Transfer to board the Lake Nasser Cruise Ship. Lunch is served on board before paying a visit to the Temples of Abu Simbel. Return to the cruise for dinner and overnight stay on board the boat.

Day 6: 23rd, October 2019 –  Kasr Ibrim Tour

Enjoy a relaxing breakfast with free time on board. Lunch meal will be served during sailing to Kasr Ibrim. On arrival, a tour of the Citadel of Kasr Ibrim will be conducted from the ship’s sundeck, as an entrance to the site is not allowed. Dinner is served and overnight stay on board.

Day 7:  24th, October 2019 –  Wadi El Seboua Tour

Early sailing to Amada. Enjoy a guided tour to visit the Temples of Amada and Derr and the Tomb of Penout. Return to the cruise for lunch during sailing to Wadi El Seboua. in arrival, visit the Temple of Dakka and the Temple of Meharakka. Dinner is served and overnight stay on board.

Day 8:  25th, October 2019 –  Aswan Nubian sightseeing

Sail to Aswan and enjoy a cocktail while crossing of the Tropic of Cancer. Lunch is served on board. Upon arrival in Aswan, visit the Kalabsha Temple, Beit El Wali, and the Kiosk of Kertassi. Return to the ship for dinner. Overnight on board.

Day 9:   26th, October 2019 – Aswan – Luxor sightseeing – Cairo

Disembark the cruise after breakfast. Drive to Luxor for 3 hours by private air-conditioned vehicle, then you will cross to the West Bank of the river Nile to visit the two statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs. Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut temple, this impressive temple dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut. Back to the east bank to visit the Karnak Temple, the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means “the most sacred of places.” The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs.T hen you will be transferred to Luxor airport to fly back to Cairo with direct transfer to your hotel for check in and overnight stay.

Day 10:  27th, October 2019 – Cairo Sightseeing Tour

Pick you up from your hotel in Cairo where you will be accompanied by your private Egyptologist tour guide to visit Egyptian Museum which exhibits a collection now over 120000 masterpieces ranges from pre-dynastic era, Pharaonic era to the Greco-roman period in Egypt including the treasures of the child King Tutankhamen with an optional visit to the mummies room where you may learn about the Great Egyptian civilization and the mummification art in ancient Egypt. Then you will also visit the Saladin Citadel and Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque, then visit the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo such as the hanging church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Overnight stay in Cairo.

Day 11:  28th, October 2019 – Cairo – Home

Breakfast at your hotel then transfers to Cairo International airport to fly back home.