Cairo Trip Overview
Visit El Fayoum Oasis That Is Considered To Be One Of The Most Populated Cities In Egypt. The City Is Famous For Producing The Fruit And Different Kinds Of Crops. You Will Visit The Famous Protected Area Of Wadi El Rayan, The Valley Of The Whales And Medinet Madi. Also You Will Visit The Famous Egyptian Museum Located At Tahrir Square In Downtown Cairo, And Explore The Secrets Of The Pharaohs. You Will Visit Giza Pyramids Including The Great Pyramid Of Khufu, The Only Existing Of The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Overnight Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Visit El Fayoum Oasis That Is Considered To Be One Of The Most Populated Cities In Egypt. The City Is Famous For Producing The Fruit And Different Kinds Of Crops. You Will Visit The Famous Protected Area Of Wadi El Rayan, The Valley Of The Whales And Medinet Madi. Also You Will Visit The Famous Egyptian Museum Located At Tahrir Square In Downtown Cairo, And Explore The Secrets Of The Pharaohs. You Will Visit Giza Pyramids Including The Great Pyramid Of Khufu, The Only Existing Of The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World.
Itinerary
Day 1: Great Pyramids & Egyptian Museum
Pass By: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
You will be picked up from your accommodation in either Cairo or Giza by your Egyptologist Guide; you will start the day by visiting the Giza Plateau which is only about 30 minutes from Cairo where your Egyptologist Guide will provide a fascinating introduction to each of the three pyramids: Cheops, Khafre and Menakaure.
A short distance to the city side of the plateau finds you standing at the feet of the Sphinx, for thousands of years the enigmatic symbol of Egypt! Also in Giza, you may visit the valley temple wich belongs to the pyramids of Chephren.
Then you will visit the Egyptian Museum of antiquities. Here is displayed the largest and most precious artefacts of Egyptian items and art in the world. The Museum exhibits a rare collection of over 250,000 genuine artefacts that date as far back as 5000 years, including an exclusive exhibit dedicated to King Tutankhamon.
Meals included:
• Lunch: Egyptian Local Food
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: El Fayoum Oasis And Wadi El Rayan – Departure
Pass By: Al-Fayoum Oasis tours, Fayoum , Taha Hussien Street Fayoum, Al Fayyum 63121 Egypt
In the early morning, our tour representative will pick you up from your hotel. Then you will be transferred by an air-conditioned vehicle to El Fayoum city that is located about 95 km away from Cairo.
Upon arrival, you will head to Wadi Hitan (Valley of the Whales, designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage as it contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, a suborder of whales, Archaeoceti. Then move on to Al Mudawara Mountain (Jebel al- Mudawara).
Then move on to Wadi Al Ryan Waterfalls that is considered to be Egypt’s only permanent waterfall and it was formed in 1970 by an overflow of drainage water from the farmlands in Fayoum.
At the end of the day tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo.
Meals included:
• Lunch: Egyptian Local Food
No accommodation included on this day.
