CAIRO STOPOVER

Day 1 - Cairo
Arrival at Cairo airport. Meet and assist by our representative, and you will be transferred to your hotel overnight.

Day 2 - Cairo
Have your breakfast at the hotel. Your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up to start your day tour.

Drive to Sakkara to see the Step Pyramid, built for the 3rd Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser by the exalted architect Imhotep. You will experience visiting one of the mastabas in Sakkara that dates to more than 4500 years ago and see the amazing carvings and colors which gives an idea about how life in ancient Egypt was.

You will end your time in Sakkara in a carpet school where you will be involved in an experience including locals who are being trained in an amazing handcraft of weaving following their ancestors who started it thousands of years ago.

Have lunch at a restaurant.

Continue to Giza to visit one of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramids. See the Valley Temple and the Sphinx. (Optional: Possibility to have extra fun and enjoy a camel ride through the desert around the Pyramids).

On your way, you will visit a papyrus institute.
Return to your hotel overnight.

Day 3 - Cairo
Have your breakfast at the hotel. Your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up to start your day tour.

Visit the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, including the extraordinary Mummies’ room. The museum is in Old Cairo, the historic heart of the city.

Enter Old Cairo and walk back in time. Visit the Old Coptic Churches, the Hanging Church, and the church of St. Sergius or the Cavern church. In this church, there is the cave where the Holy family (virgin Mary and Christ) were staying during their journey in Egypt.

Have lunch at a restaurant.
Return to your hotel overnight.

 Day 4 - Departure
You will be transferred to the airport for your departure flight.