06 Nights – 07 Days Cairo & Siwa

Highlights of the program: Cairo City: It’s the capital of Egypt & one of the largest cities in Africa & Middle East which built more than 1000 years old ago. It’s very rich of historical sites (Pharaonic, Coptic & Isl...

Highlights of the program:

• Cairo City: It’s the capital of Egypt & one of the largest cities in Africa & Middle East which built more than 1000 years old ago.
• It’s very rich of historical sites (Pharaonic, Coptic & Islamic sites) which need at least 02 full days to cover just the major of its sites.
• The Giza Plateau: It’s a plateau in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, site of the Fourth Dynasty (around 4,500 years ago) Giza Necropolis, which includes the only ones surviving of the seven wonders of the ancient world which are the Great Pyramids of Khufu beside the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure as well as the Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex and it’s a Cairo's most popular attraction & drawn thousands of visitors every year.
• The Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu): The only ones surviving of the seven wonders of the ancient world & the oldest pyramid in Giza and the largest in Egypt, Khufu’s Great Pyramid stood 146m high when it was completed around 2570 BC.
• Pyramid of Chephren (Khafre): it is the second-tallest and second-largest of the 3 Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza and the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chefren), who ruled c. 2558−2532 BC.
• Pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus): It’s is the smallest of the three main Pyramids of Giza, located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. It is thought to have been built to serve as the tomb of the Fourth Dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaure.
• The Great Sphinx: The Sphinx is carved from a single piece of stone. One of most famous monuments in the world, it is indeed a legendary statue for it has the body of lion and the face of a man. lt is 70 m long and 20 m high. The face of the Sphinx closely resembles that of King Kephren.
• Museum of Egyptian Antiquities: known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or the Cairo Museum. It is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display and the remainder in storerooms. Built in 1901 by the Italian construction company, Garozzo-Zaffarani, to a design by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon, the edifice is one of the largest museums in the region.
• Shali City: it’s a historical city which built around 600 years ago.
• Gabal El Mawta (The Mountain of dead): there are tombs from twenty-sixth Dynasty and the Roman periods.
• The Salt Lake: it’s a magical lake as you will never sink as the water takes you always above but take care and don’t let this water reaches your eyes.
• Queen Cleopatra Bath: it’s one of the beautiful attraction in Siwa where the queen Cleopatra built her own bath and swimming pool.
• Al-Dakrour Mountain: It’s a landmark of Siwa where you can climbed it and see the whole area of the oasis as well as take a sand bath which considered as a cure treatment of rheumatism and arthritis.
• Safari Trip: deep inside the desert and enjoy the adventure and the soft sands.
• Fatnas Island: can you imagine an Island inside the desert beside you enjoy a magnificent sunset view which is something you can’t find in any other place in the world.