Cairo Fayoum Program5 days / 4 night
Cairo Fayoum Program5 days / 4 night
Day 1 (Arrive Cairo)
- Arrival at the airport, meet and assisted by a company representative
- Transfer to the hotel
- check-in
- overnight stay at the hotel
Day 2 (the Saqqara and Memphis, the Giza Pyramids area)
- After breakfast, visit the Saqqara and Memphis area, the capital of ancient Egypt, and see the tombs and attempt to build the first pyramid in history, dating back to King Zoser.
- Then lunch at a local restaurant.
- Then visit the Giza Pyramids area, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which was built in the era of the ancient Egyptian state (Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure) to see the stages of the state’s power in building tombs in that era and the famous Sphinx statue, a model of a human head and a lion’s body.
- Return to the hotel. Overnight stay
Day 3(Egyptian Museum, the Citadel of Saladin and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha)
- After breakfast, visit the Egyptian Museum, which includes many artifacts from different eras of Egyptian history (ancient, medieval and modern eras) and artifacts dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras.
- lunch at a local restaurant.
- Visit the Citadel of Saladin and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, where you stand in front of a building with a time difference between the wall of the citadel and a mosque dating back more than 700 years. See different mosques in the art of construction in Islam between each era of the different eras of Islamic Egyptian history.
- Islamic Cairo area Visit Khan El Khalil, one of the most important bazaars in Cairo, and Al-Muizz Street, where you will stand in front of a number of the most important Islamic buildings and different architectural art in the history of Islamic Egypt, representing the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk states in one place, and the most important mosques in terms of style.
- Return to the hotel. Overnight stay
Day 4 ( Fayoum)
- A representative of the agency will pick you up at your hotel in transfer to the city of Fayoum, about 95 km from the capital.
- The tour will start with the excursion to Lake Qarun, considered the oldest lake in the world and the third largest lake in Egypt. It is what remains today of the Old Lake of Morisi, a lake from the Pharaonic era.
- Afterwards, you will have lunch at a local restaurant and after lunch, you will make a stop at Wadi El Rayan, a picturesque valley located in the Western Desert, where there are two lakes connected by waterfalls.
- Finally, you will reach Wadi Hitan or “the valley of the whales”.
- Visit Wadi Hitan, a valley located in the protected area of the Ryan Valley Park. UNESCO considers Wadi el Hitan a paleontological site of world importance, as whale fossils dating back 40 million years have been found there.
- Transfer to the hotel cairo & overnight stay.
Day 5 (Departure Day)
- Departure day
- Check out from the hotel
- Transfer to the departure airport
include
- Accommodation for 4 nights in Cairo, including daily breakfast
- Tour guide
- Meet and greet service by our representatives upon your airport arrival
- Assistance with guest relations during your stay
- All transfers via private air-conditioned vehicle
- Entrance fees to all sites mentioned on the itinerary
- All service charges and taxes
exclude
- International flight
- Domestic flight
- Visa
- Tiping
- Personal expenses
- Optional trips
- Trips not mentioned in the program
price
per person in single room 1177 $
per person in double room 777 $
per person in triple room 700 $
Hotel
- Triumph Plaza Hotel Cairo or similar
Description
Day 1 (Arrive Cairo)
- Arrival at the airport, meet and assisted by a company representative
- Transfer to the hotel
- check-in
- overnight stay at the hotel
Day 2 (the Saqqara and Memphis, the Giza Pyramids area)
- After breakfast, visit the Saqqara and Memphis area, the capital of ancient Egypt, and see the tombs and attempt to build the first pyramid in history, dating back to King Zoser.
- Then lunch at a local restaurant.
- Then visit the Giza Pyramids area, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which was built in the era of the ancient Egyptian state (Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure) to see the stages of the state’s power in building tombs in that era and the famous Sphinx statue, a model of a human head and a lion’s body.
- Return to the hotel. Overnight stay
Day 3(Egyptian Museum, the Citadel of Saladin and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha)
- After breakfast, visit the Egyptian Museum, which includes many artifacts from different eras of Egyptian history (ancient, medieval and modern eras) and artifacts dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras.
- lunch at a local restaurant.
- Visit the Citadel of Saladin and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, where you stand in front of a building with a time difference between the wall of the citadel and a mosque dating back more than 700 years. See different mosques in the art of construction in Islam between each era of the different eras of Islamic Egyptian history.
- Islamic Cairo area Visit Khan El Khalil, one of the most important bazaars in Cairo, and Al-Muizz Street, where you will stand in front of a number of the most important Islamic buildings and different architectural art in the history of Islamic Egypt, representing the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk states in one place, and the most important mosques in terms of style.
- Return to the hotel. Overnight stay
Day 4 ( Fayoum)
- A representative of the agency will pick you up at your hotel in transfer to the city of Fayoum, about 95 km from the capital.
- The tour will start with the excursion to Lake Qarun, considered the oldest lake in the world and the third largest lake in Egypt. It is what remains today of the Old Lake of Morisi, a lake from the Pharaonic era.
- Afterwards, you will have lunch at a local restaurant and after lunch, you will make a stop at Wadi El Rayan, a picturesque valley located in the Western Desert, where there are two lakes connected by waterfalls.
- Finally, you will reach Wadi Hitan or “the valley of the whales”.
- Visit Wadi Hitan, a valley located in the protected area of the Ryan Valley Park. UNESCO considers Wadi el Hitan a paleontological site of world importance, as whale fossils dating back 40 million years have been found there.
- Transfer to the hotel cairo & overnight stay.
Day 5 (Departure Day)
- Departure day
- Check out from the hotel
- Transfer to the departure airport
include
- Accommodation for 4 nights in Cairo, including daily breakfast
- Tour guide
- Meet and greet service by our representatives upon your airport arrival
- Assistance with guest relations during your stay
- All transfers via private air-conditioned vehicle
- Entrance fees to all sites mentioned on the itinerary
- All service charges and taxes
exclude
- International flight
- Domestic flight
- Visa
- Tiping
- Personal expenses
- Optional trips
- Trips not mentioned in the program
price
per person in single room 1177 $
per person in double room 777 $
per person in triple room 700 $
Hotel
- Triumph Plaza Hotel Cairo or similar
Shipping & Delivery
