Egypt 16 Day Special Program Tour
Tell Amarna, Abydos & Abu Simbel

Your English-speaking Egyptologist meets you at Cairo Airport exit with a name sign and welcome drinks. Private A/C transfer to your hotel. Full 16-day itinerary presentation and confirmation of all daily pick-up times.

⛰️ Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren & Mykerinos · Sphinx · Valley Temple

The last surviving wonder of the ancient world — private visit with your Egyptologist, no group pressure, no time limit.

🕌 Khan el-Khalili & El Moez Street

Cairo's legendary oriental bazaar (14th century) and one of Egypt's oldest Islamic streets — history and culture at every corner.

📍 Saqqara — Step Pyramid of Djoser

The world's oldest stone pyramid (~2650 BC) — centrepiece of a 16-hectare funerary complex with temples and hieroglyphs.

📍 Dahshur — Bent Pyramid & Red Pyramid

Two crucial milestones in the evolution toward the classic pyramid form — rarely visited, historically priceless.

🏰 Saladin Citadel & Alabaster Mosque

Panoramic views over all of Cairo from the majestic citadel — a complex of military, residential and religious architecture spanning several centuries.

⛪ Coptic Quarter & Hanging Church

The heart of Christian Egypt — the Hanging Church (Al-Muallaqah) is one of the oldest churches in the world.

🏛️ Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)

The world's largest archaeological museum — Tutankhamun's golden mask, the Khufu boat and over 150,000 artefacts spanning 5,000 years of Egyptian history.

🏺 Memphis — Egypt's First Capital

Founded ~3100 BC by Pharaoh Menes, UNESCO World Heritage since 1979. Centre of the cult of Ptah, whose temple gave Egypt its name ("Hikuptah" → "Aigyptos").

🏛️ Meidum Pyramid (Sneferu)

The first true smooth-sided pyramid — a turning point in the Old Kingdom, paving the way for Giza. Rarely included in tours.

🏺 Lahun Pyramid (Senusret II)

Middle Kingdom treasure with a nearby workers' village revealing unique insights into the lives of pyramid builders.

🏯 Hawara Pyramid & Fayoum Portraits

Famous for the discovery of 146 colour portraits (1st–3rd century AD) — unique artistic treasures of the ancient world.

🚗 Drive to El Minya (~3 hours)

The region of monotheism — where Pharaoh Akhenaten founded his revolutionary capital Akhetaten (Amarna).

🏛️ Beni Hassan Tombs

39 rock-cut tombs from the Middle Kingdom with beautifully preserved wall paintings — scenes of daily life, farming, hunting, warfare and foreign visitors. A rarely visited jewel of Egyptian art.

🏛️ Tell Amarna — Akhenaten's Forgotten City

Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten, ~1352 BC) declared Aten the only god and built this revolutionary capital on untouched ground. Abandoned after his death, forgotten for centuries — one of Egypt's most fascinating archaeological sites.

⚱️ Tuna el-Gebel — Necropolis of Hermopolis

The Tomb of Petosiris, high priest of Thoth — a unique Ptolemaic tomb resembling a temple, with reliefs blending Greek and Egyptian artistic styles.

🛕 Dendera Temple — Goddess Hathor

One of Egypt's best-preserved temples — astronomical ceiling reliefs, secret crypts and a sanatorium where pilgrims sought divine healing. Built under Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII.

🏛️ Abydos Temple — Sanctuary of Osiris

The Temple of Seti I with the famous Abydos King List — a chronology of Egyptian pharaohs. Abydos was ancient Egypt's most sacred pilgrimage site, believed to hold the head of Osiris.

🏛️ Karnak Temple

The largest religious complex of the ancient world — built over 2,000 years. 134 monumental columns, obelisks, sacred lake. A portal into the spiritual world of the pharaohs.

🏛️ Luxor Temple

On the east bank of the Nile — dedicated to the renewal of kingship, likely used for royal coronations. Unique blend of Egyptian, Greek and Roman history.

🚤 Included Nile Cruise (~1 hour)

Romantic sunset sailing on the sacred river with panoramic views of Luxor.

⚰️ Valley of the Kings

63 royal tombs with magnificent paintings — Tutankhamun, Ramses II and Thutmosis III among the pharaohs of the New Kingdom.

👑 Valley of the Queens

Over 70 tombs of pharaohs' wives and children, including the splendid tomb of Queen Nefertari.

🏛️ Temple of Hatshepsut

Three-terraced masterpiece set against dramatic cliffs — monument to Egypt's most powerful female pharaoh.

🏛️ Medinet Habu — Mortuary Temple of Ramses III

One of Egypt's best-preserved temple complexes — unique Syrian-style pavillion gate, colourful reliefs. Rarely included in standard tours.

🏺 Deir el-Medina — The Artists' Village

The village of craftsmen who created the Valley of the Kings — beautifully decorated private tombs and an intimate window into daily life in ancient Egypt.

🗿 Colossi of Memnon

Two 18-metre statues of Amenhotep III — guardians of the Theban plain for 3,000 years.

🦅 Edfu — Temple of Horus

The best-preserved sanctuary in Egypt — built over 180 years in the Ptolemaic period. Spectacular reliefs depicting the mythological battle between Horus and Seth.

🐊 Kom Ombo — Double Temple

Unique symmetrical design dedicated simultaneously to Sobek (crocodile god) and Horus — mummified crocodile museum and ancient medical instrument reliefs.

🏗️ High Dam Aswan

111 metres high, 3.6 km long — one of the 20th century's greatest engineering projects, saviour of the Abu Simbel temples.

🏛️ Philae Temple (boat crossing)

The sanctuary of Isis on Agilkia Island — rescued by UNESCO, accessible only by boat. One of Egypt's most romantic monuments.

🪨 Unfinished Obelisk

42 metres still in the granite quarry — unique insight into the stoneworking techniques of the ancient Egyptians.

Departure at 03:00 AM (~3 hours drive) to the four colossal 20-metre statues of Ramses II and the Temple of Nefertari. Relocated stone by stone in the 1960s — a triumph of modern engineering. Lunch, then domestic flight Aswan→Cairo. Your guide meets you at Cairo Airport.

After breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport. 16 days through the full sweep of Egyptian history — from prehistory to the Ptolemaic era. Safe travels! ✈️