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Day 1: Arrival Cairo
Santa Maria Tours representative meets you upon your arrival in Cairo airport and handle all your procedures through passport control, luggage area and customs formalities, and transferred to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2: Cairo
Following a sumptuous buffet breakfast at the hotel, board the bus for a full day sightseeing. We will start the day by paying our respects to the Sphinx, the great lion sentinel of the Giza plateau with its craved body of a lion and the headdress of the Pharaohs. We then visit the 3 Pyramids of Kings Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos. Proceed to Sakkara visit the step Pyramids of Zoser. Then continue to Memphis Ancient Egypt’s old capital and view the statue of Ramses II. Back to hotel. Overnight in Cairo. (Breakfast)
Day 3: Cairo / Bahariya Oasis
After the breakfast, leave Cairo behind. We will drive 370 Km on road to Bahariya Oasis, upon arrival, we check in our hotel. Lunch. In the afternoon visit the Temple of Alexander the Great, the Golden Valley of Mummies and the English House. Dinner and overnight in the hotel in Bahariya. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 4: Bahariya Oasis / White desert / Black desert / Crystal Mountain
After breakfast, we head towards the White desert by 4x4 jeep visit the Temple of Ain el-Maftella, Tomb of Bannantiu, after visit the Black Desert and Sand Dunes area. Lunch, on the route to Farafra we visit the Crystal Mountain and the area of the wonders with the desert roses. Then we will visit El Akabat. Drive back to the White Desert. We will explore the formations that resemble the surface of a different planet. In the late afternoon, we prepare our campsite; have a barbeque dinner and relax while looking at the stars, overnight camping. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 5: Bahariya Oasis / Cairo
After breakfast, we start heading back to Cairo 370-km. Arrive Cairo, check-in our hotel and overnight. (Breakfast)
Day 6: Cairo / Fayoum
Today we will board our 4x4 jeep to explore the collapsed Pyramid of Meidum, the pyramid of Meidum has a special magic we believe that it was built by the 4th Dynasty King, Snefru. Then visit the pyramid of Hawara, proceed to Fayoum Oasis visit Lake Qarun that covers an area of 200 Km2 and is ideal for fishing, duck shooting and rowing, also we will see Water-wheels: there are about 200 of them, which are used to draw underground water and irrigate agriculture lands. Overnight in Fayoum. (Breakfast)
Day 7: Wadi El-Rayan / Wadi Hitan / Cairo
After breakfast we drive towards Wadi al-Rayan, a depression with two lakes. At Wadi Rayan we visit the waterfalls. Via Jebel al Mudawara, we arrive at Wadi al-Hitan. Also known as the Valley of the Whales. Since 2005 this unique area is placed on the UNESCO's World Heritage List. It is the most significant place in the world to show the evolution of whales. More than 400 identifiable whale and sea cow skeletons and other bones and plant fossils have been identified. Considered as an open museum, dates back to 45 million years and contain petrified primitive whales skeletons, shark teeth, shells and roots of Mangroves preserved in soft rocks. Afterwards, back to Cairo. Check-in our hotel and overnight.
(Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 8: Departure Cairo
Check out, Santa Maria Tours representative will transfer you to Cairo airport for your final departure with memories that will stay alive forever.
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