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8-Day Egypt Tour | Cairo, Fayoum & El Minya Adventure

  • 08 Days
  • Private
  • Every Day
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🏛️ 8-Day Egypt Tour: Cairo, Fayoum & El Minya

✈️ Begin Your Adventure in Cairo

Egypt Tour | Your grand journey begins in Cairo, the energetic heart of Egypt. First, you will stand before the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. Since these giant stone monuments are world-famous, seeing them in person is a moment you will never forget. Afterward, you will visit the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) to see the glittering gold of the pharaohs. Because our expert guides lead the way, you will learn the secret history of every treasure. Meanwhile, the city’s lively streets offer a fun look at modern life. Consequently, your first few days are packed with excitement and culture.

🌿 Explore Fayoum

Next, you will travel to Fayoum, a beautiful green oasis tucked inside the desert. Here, you can admire the Wadi El Rayan waterfalls and the calm waters of Lake Qarun. Since we provide private cars and guides, you can explore the local mudbrick villages without any stress. 🌴.Then Visit Lake Qarun, enjoy the Wadi El Rayan waterfalls, and explore the Fayoum mudbrick villages. Thanks to private transfers and guides, your experience is seamless and stress-free. Fayoum’s landscapes provide a perfect mix of nature, adventure, and photography opportunities.

🏛️ Discover El Minya

Continue to El Minya, rich in history and archaeological sites 🏺. Explore the Tuna El-Gebel necropolis, Beni Hassan tombs, and Tell El-Amarna, the city of Pharaoh Akhenaten. With a private guide and included transfers, every site comes alive with fascinating stories. Therefore, your journey through El Minya is educational, smooth, and unforgettable.

You will explore the ancient tombs of Beni Hassan and the city of Tell El-Amarna. Because a private guide explains every detail, you will understand exactly how the ancient people lived and worked.

💎 Why This Tour is Perfect

This 8-day trip is ideal for families and small groups because it shows you the “real” Egypt away from the biggest crowds. We handle all the details, including hotel stays, expert tours, and entry fees. Furthermore, our private transfers ensure that your travel between cities is smooth and safe. As a result, you can relax and focus on the incredible sights around you. Whether you are exploring a desert oasis or a royal tomb, every day brings a new and wonderful story. Book your spot today and get ready to step into history!

Egypt Tour 📖 End Your Journey

Finally, discover Egypt’s greatest wonders  🗺️. Book now and explore history, culture, and nature ✨. Travel easily, affordably, and stress-free.

Egypt Tour 🌟 Why Choose Us?

We handle every detail so that you can relax completely. First, we pick you up and then carry your bags. Next, you simply enjoy life while everything is ready for you. Moreover, you stay in luxurious palaces and savor fine meals every day.

In addition, safety is our top priority, while comfort is our promise. Therefore, you can explore with confidence and peace of mind. This is your trip, designed entirely for you. Finally, join us very soon and step into history—explore the past today.

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8-Day Egypt Tour | Cairo, Fayoum & El Minya: 8-day Egypt tour visiting Cairo Pyramids, Fayoum oasis, and El Minya historic sites with hotels and guided tours included
Experience Egypt in 8 days: Explore Cairo, Fayoum oasis, and El Minya treasures with guided tours and comfortable hotels.
Itinerary
  • Welcome to Cairo. Your tour begins when you are greeted by our representative. After you have collected your luggage, he will then take you, in our deluxe vehicle, to your Cairo hotel where you will meet your guide who will revise your tour plan.
  • After breakfast at your hotel we will meet in the lobby and start our unique day tour to the Pyramids of Giza
    Giza Pyramids Complex
    The three main pyramids of Giza (Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure) are sufficient enough to build a 2-meter-long wall and span 100,000 square kilometers around the globe along with the equator.
    The Great Pyramid
    The Great Pyramid of King Khufu is considered largely represents the spirit of ancient Egypt, King Khufu who built this Pyramid as a cemetery has left little information about his reign. Khufu ruled for about twenty-four years. Ironically, despite the enormity of his pyramid, the only statue of King Khufu himself is really small statue carved from ivory
    The Magical Sphinx
    Who among us when mentioning the name of the Sphinx does not think about this stone sculpture that carved in the form of the human head and lion body, which is located in the Giza plateau in Egypt the Sphinx is one of the oldest and the largest sculptures in the world, it’s about 73.5 meters long and 6 meters wide.
    After that, continue your day tour from Cairo to Pyramids by paying a visit to: The Valley Temple
    It was used as a place for the embalming process. This temple constructed definitely for two functions: First, it was used for the purification of the mummy before its burial. Second, it was used for making the Mummification process of the king.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
  • Fayoum was a key Ancient Egyptian city, important for its strategic location and often noted as the city of the crocodile god Sobek, which is why the Greeks referred to it as Credophiles. Fayoum was later absorbed by the Roman and Greek Empires.
    I will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo to enjoy El Fayoum famous sites. From Cairo to Fayoum is about 95 km. Today all visits are in Wadi El Ryan
    Wadi El Ryan
    The Protected Area of Wadi El-Rayan is situated in the Western Desert of Egypt about 40 kilometers to South-west of the city of Fayoum, 150 kilometers to the South of Cairo, the Egyptian capital. Wadi El Rayan is separated from the depression of El Fayoum by a large limestone area. The Valley of the Whales in Fayoum
    Wadi Al-Hitan was the location of the Tethys Sea and after 40 to 50 million years the water was gone and left the Western Desert with many fossil skeletons for the sea creatures. These skeletons were discovered due to winds and erosion then the humans interfered to continue discovering this huge treasure which helps in understanding the earth’s development until today. This wonderful open museum made it possible to reach the deeper land of the sea to discover what was going there. The archeological excavations happen now in Wadi Al-Hitan sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the University of Michigan.
    Mudawara Mountain
    Mudawara Mountain is located only a couple of hundred meters to the south of Wadi El Rayyan Road, just after it passes to the north of El Fayoum Lake. You can park at the edge of the road, or some people actually drive across the desert to the base of the formation. Mudawara Mountain, 45 million years old, is associated with the pre-Middle Leocene period, which moved north of Egypt, resulting in arches in the north-east and south-west direction.
    Enjoy your lunch and it will be served at a local restaurant after the day tour. Then return to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
  • Breakfast at the hotel is followed by a full day tour, I will meet you at 8 am in the hotel lobby and start our visit to the
    The Citadel of Cairo
    The citadel of Saladin contains many monuments dating back to different Islamic eras, it was not only just a fortified castle that was used to defend the city but also many mosques and other purposes was in the citadel for 800 years.
    Mohamed Ali Mosque was built on a rectangular area inside Salah al-Din Citadel, it’s divided into two parts
    National Military Museum
    This museum is the first of its kind to be devoted to the history of the Egyptian military through the ages. The museum was located in al-Haram Palace in 1949 in the Cairo Citadel in 1949.
    National Police Museum
    The National Police Museum is one of the museums in the Salah al-Din Citadel, located in its northern section. Its exhibitions display the history of Egypt’s police force.
    Sultan Hassan & Elrefai Mosques
    Mosque of Sultan Hassan is a primal example of the early Islamic Mamluk architecture between 1356 A.D and 1363 A.D. The Mosque is 150m in length and covering 7,906 sq m inland and its walls reach the height of 36 m.
    Moaiz ST & Khan Khaliili
    Elmoaz Street the largest open-air museum for Islamic monuments in the world, and a unique heritage site that was added to The UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979. While Khan Khalili is One of the wonderful places in Cairo and the oldest market in the Middle East it’s a medieval-style mall.
    Enjoy your lunch and it will be served at a local restaurant after the day tour. Then return to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
  • Your day starts with breakfast in your hotel followed by a 2.5-hour drive, in our air-conditioned vehicle, to Alexandria where you will visit the following.
    The Catacombs of Kom Alshaqafa
    The Catacombs of Alexandria are the largest and most important burial site in Egypt that has a mixture of Roman, Hellenistic, and ancient Egyptian decorative art and elements that were all common during this period in Alexandria.
    The Pmpai`s Pillar
    It’s a column that stands on a rocky hilltop in the middle of Alexandria. Pompey Pillar is a triumphal monument erected around 300 AD for the Roman Emperor Diocletian.
    Qait Bay Citadel
    Qaitbay Citadel has been built during the 14th century by (Sultan Qaitbay) to defend Alexandria from the attacks of The Ottoman Empire. You can enjoy the Sea views, wonderful restaurants, and unforgettable touristic items while visiting it.
    Lunch will be served during the day tour in a sea view restaurant in Alexandria and then we will continue our tour to visit
    Library of Alexandria
    Alexandria Library is the most ancient library of classical antiquity. In it, you can find a copy of every book published all over the World. It’s not just a building, it’s a complex where all arts, philosophy, ancient history come together.
    Finally, we will transfer you in a private air-conditioned car to back to your hotel to check in and overnight.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
  • After breakfast you will be taken to the Egyptian Museum: gaze at the wonders of King Tutankhamen, including his golden death mask; stare upon the mummies of some of Egypt's treasures
    The Egyptian Museum
    Centrally located on the edge of Tahrir Square in Cairo, the Egyptian Museum is hard to miss on any tour of Cairo. Opening in 1902, it was purpose-built to house the antiquities of Ancient Egypt. The museum was founded in 1857.
    Coptic Cairo
    Coptic Cairo is unique area with Old Cairo that has a concentration of Christian churches and other sites that date from the centuries between the decline of the pharaonic religion and the arrival of Islam when Egypt had a Christian majority. Coptic Cairo is largely built around the fort of Babylon on upon the remains of its walls.
    The Hanging Church and the Church of St. George the Martyr, 2 churches built into the walls of the Fort of Babylon and its remains could be Cairo's oldest structures; and the Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius) where, the Holy Family took shelter in a cave, with the church being erected her to commemorate this. This whole area is a world-famous destination for Pilgrims.
    Enjoy your lunch and it will be served at a local restaurant after the day tour. Then return to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
  • Egypt, generally speaking, can be considered as an open-air historical museum. Having this long rich diverse history tourists spending their vacation in Egypt usually can never explore all the monuments of the country in only one visit. There are a lot of hidden treasures that the land of the Nile can offer to its guests. One of these treasures is Tell El Amarna Egypt or the ruins of Pharaoh Akhenaten, the capital established by Akhenaton in the 14th century BC.
    You will be transferred at 06:00 a.m. by our air-conditioned vehicle from Cairo to Al Minya, then by a motorboat to Tal Al Amarna which was the capital of Akhenaton. After that, visit Beni Hassan where you will see many tombs from the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom.
    Tell Amarna
    The Egyptian king Akhenaton had marked an important turning point in the royal Egyptian history. This was when he changed the multi gods’ system of ancient Egypt into the worship of one God, Aten, the god of the sun. Although not much has survived from his great city of Akhenaten, many travelers touring Egypt would visit this ancient city of Amarna.
    Beni Hassan Tombs
    The unique monuments of the city of El Minya would surely include the tombs of Beni Hassan, as they are the best example of the mortuary architecture of the Middle Kingdom in Egypt.
    The Tombs of Beni Hassan are situated on the East Bank of the River Nile, in contrary to many ancient burial sites as the Pharaohs always believed that the East Bank of the River Nile is the city of the living and the West Bank is the city of the dead. This ancient necropolis is located 20 kilometers to the South of the city of El Minya. This ancient necropolis was named after the nearby village of Beni Hassan.
    Enjoy your lunch and it will be served at a local restaurant after the day tour. Then return to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
  • Breakfast at hotel. Check out and transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure.
    Meals: Breakfast
    • Experience
    • Highlights
    • 🌟 Experience Highlights
      🏛️ Cairo Pyramids & Sphinx – Marvel at iconic monuments and ancient history.
      🏺 Grand Egyptian Museum – Discover priceless artifacts and royal treasures.
      🌿 Fayoum Oasis – Enjoy Lake Qarun, waterfalls, and mudbrick villages.
      🗿 El Minya Archaeological Sites – Explore Tuna El-Gebel, Beni Hassan, and Tell El-Amarna.
      🚗 Private Transfers – Travel comfortably between all destinations.
      🛎️ All-Inclusive Comfort – Hotels, guided tours, meals, and entrance fees included.
    • Includes
    • 🤝 Airport Meet & Greet – Our representatives welcome you upon arrival and assist with all formalities.
      🛎️ Guest Assistance – Support with guest relations throughout your stay.
      🚗 Private Transfers – All transfers via air-conditioned private vehicles for comfort and convenience.
      🏨 Accommodation – 8 nights in Cairo hotels with daily breakfast.
      🎓 Guided Tours – Private sightseeing tours in Cairo as per the itinerary and sightseeing tours on the cruise.
      🗣️ Professional Guide – Experienced English-speaking guide throughout the tour.
      🎟️ Entrance Fees – All entrance fees to attractions mentioned in the itinerary.
      🍽️ Meals & Drinks – All meals mentioned in the itinerary, plus bottled water during outings outside hotels or cruise.
      💵 Taxes & Service Charges – All applicable service charges and taxes included.
    • ✈️ International Airfare – Flights to and from Egypt not included
      🛂 Visa Fees – Egypt entry visa not included
      💰 Personal Expenses – Laundry, phone calls, minibar, shopping, and extras
      🎟️ Optional Tours & Activities – Any activities not listed in the itinerary
      🍹 Drinks – Unless specified in the meal plan
      💵 Tipping – Gratuities for guides, drivers, and hotel staff
      🛡️ Travel Insurance – Recommended but not included

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