6-Day Egyptian Adventure Tour

Your facilitator will meet you at Cairo International Airport and assist with airport procedures and hotel transfer. Enjoy a private driver and air-conditioned ride to your hotel. You will check in to your five-star hotel and enjoy the evening at your leisure.

After breakfast, your driver and your guide will pick you up at your Cairo hotel and travel with you throughout your day. 

Visit the Great Pyramids of Giza

Drive to Giza Necropolis to see the last remaining wonder of the seven wonders of the ancient world: the Great Pyramid. You will hear stories about the people and Pharaohs who built the pyramids over 4,500 years ago, and have the chance to explore these ancient structures with your expert Egyptologist guide. Optional additions at Giza include a camel ride or entry to the burial chamber inside the Great Pyramid.

See the Great Sphinx of Giza

The Great Sphinx of Giza has stood watch over the Great Pyramids of Giza for thousands of years. It is made from the limestone of Giza Plateau itself, and is one of the largest carved statues in the world.

Return to your hotel for overnight stay.

After breakfast, your driver and your guide will pick you up at your Cairo hotel and travel with you throughout your day.

Drive to the Faiyum Oasis (1.5 hours)

Visit the Faiyum and explore the stunning contrasts of desert and oasis in this historic locality

Visit Wadi Hitan National Park (Valley of the Whales)

This UNESCO world heritage site contains hundreds of ancient whale fossils, including some of the best-preserved fossils in the paleontological record. 

Explore the desert around the Faiyum Oasis and experience driving in a four-wheel drive vehicle across across sand dunes

Tunis Village and pottery workshops

You’ll visit the charming village of Tunis, home to pottery schools and shops dedicated both to preserving ancient Egyptian pottery styles and beautiful modern ceramic art.

Lunch Included

Return to your hotel for overnight stay.

After breakfast, your driver and your guide will pick you up at your Cairo hotel and travel with you throughout your day.

Visit the Saqqara Necropolis and the Step Pyramid of Djoser

Saqqara is home to the oldest stone building in history: the Step Pyramid of Djoser. Here you will learn about the architect-engineer Imhotep, later deified by ancient worshippers. You will have the chance to beautifully decorated Old Kingdom tombs and view the pyramid texts inscribed inside. This visit will give you insight into the tremendous skill of ancient craftsmen and offer glimpses of daily and religious life thousands of years ago. 

Stop for Lunch at a Local Restaurant

Enjoy a relaxed lunch before continuing your tour.

Tour the Grand Egyptian Museum

Enjoy a guided visit of Egypt’s history with an expert eye at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum ever made to focus on a single civilization - from pre-dynastic antiquity to the present. During your visit, you’ll see the grand treasure of King Tutankhamun, on display for the first time in its entirety since 1922, and come face to face with the gilded mask of a king. 

Return to your hotel for overnight stay.

After breakfast, your driver and your guide will pick you up at your Cairo hotel and travel with you throughout your day.

Tour the Hanging Church and Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church

The Hanging Church (named due to its unique architectural feature of ‘hanging’ above a Roman tower that makes up the foundations of the church) is one of Cairo’s oldest churches. Nearby sits Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, built on a limestone crypt where the Holy Family rested when they fled to Egypt.

Visit the Citadel of Salah ad-Din

Spend time getting acquainted with the vibrant city of Cairo, and learn more about the history of Africa’s largest city. You will explore the medieval Citadel of Salah ad-Din, built in the 12th century to overlook the city and defend the city from incoming Crusaders. This striking complex is now a UNESCO world heritage site.

See the Mosque of Muhammad Ali

Visit the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, or the ‘Alabaster Mosque’, built in the Ottoman style by the influential Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1832 with sweeping views over Cairo.Return to your hotel for overnight stay.

After checking out of your hotel, a private driver will transport you to the airport for your departure flight.