Oasis & Luxor
DAY 1
Arrival to Cairo, meet assist. At the airport, transfer to the hotel, accommodation, after breakfast visit of Sakkara (Mastaba of Mereruka, Pyramid of Teti, complex of Dzoser Step pyramid), visit of pyramid in Giza, Sphinx, visit of carpet school, visit of papyrus institute, back to the hotel, dinner, overnight.
DAY 2
CAIRO / BAHARIYA OASIS
Drive to the Oasis of Bahariya on the surfaced road, Visit the museum of the golden mommies, Bawiti, and Tomb of Benintiue at Qasr selim the capital of Baharia in Pharaonic times. Lunch en route. Continue to Ain El Bishmu (Roman spring), and Ain El Muftillah. Dinner and overnight at hotel in the proximity of one of the oasis hot springs.
DAY 3
BAHARIYA / BLACK DESERT / WHITE DESERT
After breakfast, drive to the Black Desert and visit the district of Hayz (35 km from Bawiti), which was a very prosperous area during the Roman period. Lunch en route. In the afternoon, drive to the white Desert, a paradise for rock hounds and amateur geologists, with its impressive limestone formations shaped like giant mushrooms or animals. Dinner and overnight camping
DAY 4
WHITE DESERT / FARAFRA OASIS / DAKHLA OASIS
After breakfast, drive to Farafra Oasis And visit the village of Qasr El Farafra and its quaint museum of local art, lunch en route. Proceed to Dakhla Oasis to visit El Qasr, the old capital of the Oasis, with its picturesque ancient Islamic buildings built over the foundations of a Roman city. Dinner and overnight at Hotel
DAY 5
DAKHLA/KHARGA OASIS
After breakfast, drive to Balat and visit The Mastaba of Khentika the governor of the oasis in the old Kingdom (6th Dynasty). Continue to Kharga oasis, with lunch en route, visiting villages. Dinner and overnight at hotel in kharga
DAY 6
KHARGA OASIS/ QASR LABEKHA
After breakfast, visit the temples of Qasr El Guweita and Hibis (built by Darius the Persian leader). Later, visit the domed mausoleums of Bagawat, one of the best preserved early Christian cemeteries in the world. Later visit the Factory of the local carpets (Klim) and the factory of the Palm Dates. After lunch, drive to Qasr Labekha for the last camping night. Dinner and overnight camping in the proximity of this most beautiful roman fortress lying in the middle of the desert.
DAY 7
QASR LABEKHA / BARIS / LUXOR
After breakfast, drive to Baris Oasis and visit the symbolic village and other attraction before taking the road to Luxor with lunch in route.
Arrival in luxor is foreseen by late afternoon , accommodation , dinner, overnight.
DAY 8
Visit Luxor
After breakfast visit of the West bank (Valley of Kings, temple of Queen Hatsepsovet, Memnon colossus, alabaster manufactory, lunch, after lunch visit of Karnak and Luxor temple, transfer to Hurghada , accommodation , dinner , overnight.
DAY 9
Hurghada
Free & leisure
DAY 10
Hurghada / Cairo
In the afternoon transfer to Cairo airport for final departure.
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