Sun East Tours

Day 1:

Arrival to Egypt. Sun East Tours  Representative will meet you at the airport, assist you through customs and will be with you to help you check into your hotel,  review your itinerary, answer questions and most of all, help to make sure that your trip will be of the best experiences you’ve ever had.

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Day 2: (B)

Breakfast. Then Meet with your Egyptologist tour guide at the lobby to enjoy your tour visiting to:

• The Egyptian Museum of antiquities. On display is rare collection of 5000 years of art the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry.
• Then visit Great Pyramids – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. It is the last of the seven Wonders of the ancient world that still standing. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx – a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren
• Then continue to Khan El Khalili Bazaars. Shops in this district are legendary for fine border brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques …etc.

At the end of the day we will transfer you back to your hotel.

(Optional) Nile Dinner Cruise with Show including transportation, dinner, Belly Dancer, Tanura Show.

The cost is 49 Euro per person.

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Day 3:  (B)

Breakfast.

Leisure Day

(Optional) Overday trip to Alexandria. Meet with Start your Egyptologist tour guide to start your over day Tour to Alexandria Visiting:

• The Roman Theater (A theater with marble seats up to 800 spectators, Galleries, Section of mosaic flooring & a pleasure garden surrounded by Roman Villas & baths).
• Then visit Pompay’s Pillar.
• Followed by visit to The Catacomb of Kom El-Shoqafa (Tombs on three levels, also contains The Triclinium where relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast the dead, a center with relieves of bearded serpents. Inside, there are 2nd Century AD statues of Sobec & Anubis wearing Roman Armor).
• Followed by Visiting Elsawary,montaza Garden & Alexandria Library& Also from out side you will Visit Qaytbay Citadel & El Mursi Abu Elabas

Back to Cairo by air conditioned car.

The cost is 90 Euro per person

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Day 4:  (B +D)

Breakfast.

Then Meet with your Egyptologist tour guide to enjoy your tour visiting:

• Sakkara is 27-Km Southwest of Cairo. Including a visit to the step Pyramids of Sakkara (The first proper Pyramids built for the king Zoser, it is considered evolution of the Pyramid from the simple Mastaba to the Pyramid in its known form)
  • Followed by a visit to The Pyramids of Unas & Oser-Kaf the Mastaba. Tomb of Mereruka, Ti & Pta-Hotep (carved and painted tombs)
• Then Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt where Colossal Statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx,
  • Then start your tour by visiting The Old part of Cairo, as Egypt was one of the first countries to embrace Christianity. We visit The Church of St. Barbara & Abu-Serga one of the places where the Holy Family rested after fleeing Israel from King Herod. At the turn of the century this little church, which dates from the 10th-century, was the most important pilgrimage spot in Old Cairo for visiting Christian tourists. There are 24 marble columns lining the central court, and a series of 12th-century icons depicting the 12 apostles.
  • Followed by a Visit to The Mosque of Amr Ibn El-Aas the first and oldest mosque ever built on the land of Egypt.

At the end of the day we will transfer you to the train station for your overnight Sleeper train to Luxor. Dinner on the train.

Overnight in sleeping train.

Day 5: (B)

Breakfast on the train. Arrival, meet & assist by Sun East Tours    representatives and transfer to your Hotel.

Leisure Day

(Optional)  Full Day Tour to Denderah by Nile Cruise

Pick you up from your Hotel at about at 6:00 am onto a cruise sailing to Dandara, enjoying the peaceful river and viewing the farming villages along the river banks. Upon arrival at Dandara, visit Temple of Hathor, goddess of love and joy, which is located on Dendara which is situated at the north of Luxor. It was built by the Ptolemies and Romans in an effort to show their dedication to the main Egyptian gods. Lunch and tea are served on your cruise boat in the afternoon.

The Cost is 80 Euro Per Person

Overnight at your hotel in Luxor.

Day 6: (B + L + D)

Breakfast Then Meet with Sun East Tours    representative at the lobby to Transfer you to the Nile Cruise.

Boarding before Lunch. Lunch on board.

• Visit The Temple of Karnak & the Temple of Luxor. Excursion to the Luxor Temple to see its courtyard and The granite statues of Ramses the Great Proceed by bus to Karnak, which is a serious of temples built in different reigns.

• Starting by the Avenue of Sphinxes visit The Unfinished Propylon, the Hypostyle Hall with it’s 134 gigantic columns, The Obelisks of Queen Hatchepsut and Tutomosis III, the temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake.
  • Afternoon tea. Dinner on board & Belly Dance

Overnight in Luxor

Day 7: (B + L + D)

Breakfast.

• Visit The West Bank – The Valley of the Kings, The Colossi of Memnon and The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari. Excursion to the Necropolis of Thebes, on the Eastern bank. Crossing the Nile, drive to the Valley of Kings; visit the tombs of various Dynasties, The Temple of Deir El Bahari.
• On the return journey stop at The Colossi of Memnon which are two gigantic sitting statues representing Amenopis III facing the Nile and visit The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
• Lunch on board. Sail to Esna.
• Afternoon Tea. Disco Party.

(Optional) Hot Balloon: Should you want to make your stay in Luxor an unforgettable. Drifting peacefully over the Valley of King, Valley of the Queens and the Mountain on the Nobles.

The Cost is 110 Euro Per Person.

Overnight in Edfu.

Day 8: (B + L + D)

Breakfast on board.

• Visit The Temple of Horus in Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo.
• Lunch on board.
• Visit The Temple Shared by the Two Gods Sobek & Haroeies in Kom Ombo. Afternoon Tea.
• Dinner on board & Galabeya party

Overnight in Kom Ombo.

Day 9: (B + L + D)

Breakfast on board. Sail to Aswan. Start you tour visiting:

• The High Dam which was completed in 1964. From here you can gaze across Lake Nasser.
• The Philae temple Sail by felucca (Egyptian sailboat) to the island of Agilkia. Visit the temple that was removed from their original island of Philae which lies submerged most of the year by the waters of Lake Nasser. The main Temple of Isis and its monuments were built between the 26th-dynasty and the Roman period.
• Lunch on board.
• Sail on the Nile by felucca around Kitchener’s island and Agha Khan Mausoleum.
• Afternoon Tea. Dinner on board.

Overnight in Aswan.

Day 10: (B)

Breakfast on board. Disembarkation.

Then you’ll Meet with Sun East Tours representative who will Transfer you to your hotel.

(Optional) Departures by air-conditioned bus, to Abu Simbel visit the Temple of Abu Simbel back to Aswan, The colossal Temple of Abu Simbel built by Ramses II (XIXth. Dynasty) and lately saved from inundation of the Nile waters in among the glories of ancient Egyptian monuments. The temples were built out of a sandstone rock cliff, and representation of the deities to which each was dedicated is carved on its huge façade. Nearby, also saved, lies the small Temple of the King’s wife Nefertari, dedicated to the goddess Hathor.

The Cost is 95 Euro Per Person

Overnight in Aswan. 

Day 11: (B + D)

Breakfast.

Leisure Day

(Optional) Nubian Village
Pick you up from your Hotel at about 9:00 am to enjoy Nubian Villages are situated at the bottom of Elephantine Island. You are going to discover the simple and natural life of the very kind and hospitable Nubian people. During this tour , you can stop by the Crocodile Park. Back to your hotel in Aswan. At the end transfer you back to your Hotel.

The Cost is 35 Euro Per Person

Then you’ll Meet with Sun East Tours  representative who will Transfer you to the train station for your overnight Sleeper train to Cairo. Dinner on the train.

Overnight in Sleeper train.

Day 12: (B)

Breakfast in Train. Arrival to Cairo, meet & assist by Sun East Tours    representatives. Transfer to your hotel. Check in.

Leisure Day

(Optional) Pyramid of  Dahshur: and Islamic Cairo The Citadel
Start your day visiting :

• The Red and Bent pyramids at Dahshur, dating back to the 4th-dynasty
• Then visit the Citadel (it comprises a number of important monuments which are; the Mosque of Soleiman Pasha, the Alabaster Mosque, Joeh’s Walls, Mohamed Ali Pasha Palace & Provides a panoramic view of Cairo from Moqattam mountain.
• Next you visit the Mosque of lbn Tulan, built in 876 AD, the oldest original mosque in Cairo

The cost is 65 Euro per person

(Optional) Sound & Light Laser Show at Pyramids area.

The cost is 38 Euro per person

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Day 13: (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Then Meet with Sun East Tours  representative at the lobby to Transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities.