11D8N Magical Egypt

Check in at Singapore Changi Airport, where your Dreams begin!

St. Catherine - a city in the South Sinai Governorate of Egypt, located at the foot of Mount Sinai, 1586 meters above sea level.

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• Mount Sinai - also called Mountain of Moses, which rises to 7,497 ft (2,285 meters) above sea level, was under Israeli administration from 1967 until 1979, when it was returned to Egypt. It has become an important pilgrim and tourist site. See St. Catherine Monastery, one of the world’s oldest active Monastery built in the 530 CE by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, renowned for its extraordinary holdings of Byzantine art, also tradition identifies it as the place of the Burning Bush.

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• Great Pyramids of Giza - One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, also the last are perhaps the most famous and discussed structures in history. The three primary pyramids on the Giza plateau were built over the span of three generations by the rulers Khufu,  Khafre, and Menkaure.
• Great Sphinx of Giza - is a sculpture of a man with the body of a lion. It was called a “Sphinx” by the ancient Greeks, as it resembled the ancient Greek mythical winged monster. To the Arabs, it was known as Abu Al-Hol (which translates to “Father of Terror”).
• The Valley Temple - it was the home to Pharaoh Khafre, built in the mid- to late twenty-sixth century BC. It was buried under until the 19th century which made it the best-preserved structure from the Fourth Dynasty.
• Sakkara Complex - an ancient burial ground of Egyptian kings and royals, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis. It contains numerous pyramids, including the world-famous Step pyramid of Djoser.

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• Aswan (Free Day) - a city on the Nile River and on the northern end of the First Cataract, marking ancient Egypt's southern frontier, Aswan has always been of great strategic importance. the land of beauty and charming, the icon of the middle east, characterized by its the warm climate and rare plant islands.
• Abu Simbel (Optional) - south of Aswan along Lake Nasser’s shore is the most famous in all of Egypt after the Giza Pyramids. Built by the greatest of the pharaohs, Ramesses II, these huge rock-cut temples marked the southern boundary of the Egyptian Empire, they were meant to convey the power of Egypt’s rulers to anyone who laid eyes upon them. The four statues guarding the doorway to the larger of these temples are the largest sculptures that survive from the ancient Pharaonic era.

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• High Dam - Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan. The dam is fed by the River Nile and the reservoir forms Lake Nasser. it measuring 550km in length and 35km in width, with its surface area of 5,250 square kilometers, the dam was constructed with the aim of regulating the flow of the River Nile, which serves as a lifeline to almost all of Egypt.”
• Island of Philae - The tiny island of Philae, a mere 450 meters long and less than 150 meters wide, captured the imagination of countless travelers to Egypt from early times. It was famed for its beauty and was known as the "Pearl of Egypt'.  Gracious Graeco-Roman temples and colonnades, kiosks and sanctuaries rose proudly against the skyline. There was a sense of mystery. Not furtive,  in violate secrets,  so much as veiled mystification.
• Unfinished Obelisk - Abandoned thousands of years ago in the quarries of Aswan, the Unfinished Obelisk is a granite would-be monument that was never finished. It is one of the most important archaeological finds in Egypt for the insight it has provided into ancient stonemasonry methods.
• Nile Cruise - enjoy an enchanting trip across the divine waters of Egypt that brought the greatest archaeological wonders ever created. Guests can enjoy the best services which include the best Egyptologist tour guide, the most magical Nile Cruise, a journey of 3 Nights / 4 days Nile River cruise from Aswan to Luxor visiting the most famous archaeological sites along the Nile River.

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• Kom Ombo - one of the most unusual place in Ancient Egypt, Kom Ombo was mainly built during the  Ptolemaic Dynasty from 180 - 47 BCE, although there is evidence that it is stood upon an earlier temple, the temple is unique for its dedication to  two different deities: the local crocodile-headed god Sobek, and the first "god of the Kingdom".

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• Edfu Temple - built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC, the Temple of Horus at Edfu is generally regarded to be the best-preserved of the Ancient Egyptian sanctuaries. For 200 years, the structure was buried under almost 40 feet (12 meters) of desert sand and silt from the Nile, which incredibly helped to conserve it to near perfection!

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• Karnak Temple - a city of temples built over 2,000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. This derelict place is still capable of overshadowing many wonders of the modern world and in its day must have been awe-inspiring.
• Luxor Temple - The temple of Luxor is  one of the best-preserved of all the ancient monuments containing large amounts of structure, statuary and relief carvings that are still intact to this day, making it one of the most impressive places to visit in the Luxor area and all of Egypt.
• Valley of the Kings - The most famed collection of such elaborate tombs, it lies on the Nile's west bank near Luxor. the valley was a royal burial ground for the queens, high priests, and other elites of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties during Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.).
• The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut - Queen Hatshepsut would become the greatest pharaoh that ever lived. However, the daughter of Thutmose I lived in a time when women didn’t become pharaohs. Her stepmother gave birth to a baby boy named Thutmose II. She married her half-brother and becoming the Queen of Egypt. When her husband died she controversially maintained her rule. The Temple partly rock-cut and partly freestanding, it dramatically rises out of the desert plain. It’s easy to see why it’s one of Egypt’s most photographed monuments.
• Colossi of Memnon - The Colossi of Memnon are two enormous statues of  18th Dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III originally designed to guard his mortuary temple, These two faceless colossi are the first thing visitors see when they reach the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. This isn't surprising when you hear their dimensions: they tower 60 feet (18 m) above the plains  and are estimated to weigh an enormous 720 tons each.

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• Egyptian Museum - it is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East and houses the largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities in the world. The museum displays an extensive collection spanning from the Predynastic Period to the Greco-Roman Era.
• Coptic Cairo - also known as mogama’ el adyan (Interfaith Complex), is an area unlike any other in Egypt. It’s part of ‘Old Cairo’, the original city center for centuries - and Coptic Cairo, with its fortress, churches and synagogue, predates the actual founding of Cairo by the Muslim Fatimids in 969 AD.
• Khan El-Khalili – the oldest and most famous bazaar in the Egypt, located at the historic center of Cairo, Egypt. Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar district has since become one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, with some free time before your flight.

Home sweet home.