Just like any other hot travel destination, Egypt has many tour operators and travel agents to help you plan and arrange your holiday in Egypt. We encourage you to visit Egypt with one of the travel agents listed here.  Egypt holiday agents and Egypt tour operators listed here are reputable with several years of experience in the tourism industry of Egypt. Most of the Egypt tour operators are recognized by the official Egypt tourism board, various travel associations, travel guides such as Lonely Planet and Bradt Travel Guides,

Most of the Egypt tour operators have various tour packages running through the year. They can book your flights to Egypt, visa acquisition, hotel books in Cairo and other travel destinations, car hire services and as well answer your travel related questions.

Its important that as the tour company gives you the tour package, as what is included and what is not. Some holiday packages include or don’t include flights, hard drinks, first day hotel accommodation. If you have a large group, be sure to ask for a discount on Egypt tour prices.

We encourage you to choose a safari company that is local and has on sight offices in Egypt. This will ensure the smooth running of your vacation holiday. There are all sorts of outbound tour operators with packages to Egypt. These whole salers more or else have agents within Egypt. Some reason out that such companies have travel insurances, e.t.c but you are encouraged to promote local agents in Egypt for your travel needs.

There are a few complaints about Egypt tours since there is the Egyptian tourism police to handle fraud and other related misdeeds of tour operators.

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Mut

Named for the earliest Egyptian goddess of the Theban triad, the city o Mut, the capital of modern Dakhla, was referred to as Back of the Oasis in pharaonic times. Mut is developing quickly into a modern city.

When Rohlfs visited this area in 1874, there were several craftsmen in Mut, prepared into guilds: tablemakers, millers, blacksmiths, and tailors. There was also a distillery for date wine and a cotton press. There were even Islamic doorbeams like those in Qasr. Currently, the Dakhla oasis Training and Archaeological Conservation Project funds the people of Dakhla trained to honor and conserve their own tradition. Sponsored by the royal Netherlands Embassy Cultural Fund and supervised by the Dakhla Oasis Project, it will teach men and women in cultural conservation and re-establishment including recovery, handling, and storage of artifacts.

In 1909, when Harding King visited Mut for the Royal Geographical Society, it was still a fortified town. In 1897, 1,078 people staying here.

Ethnographic Museum

Small entrance fee. Take the example of the ground plan of a traditional Islamic home with a haramlik, women’s quarters, and salamlik, men’s public room, the magnificent, small Ethnographic Museum is an obligation. It made up of items used in Islamic times in the oasis including pots, rugs, dresses, baskets, and jewelry. Additionally there are figurines by the artist Mabrouk showing scenes from usual life.

The Ethnographic Museum is situated next to the cinema.(Naming streets is a new concept in the oases towns, and several streets, even if named, are not referred to by those names by the local inhabitants.) There are no set hours for this museum, which is free on request. For admission raise the Tourist Information Office or Culture Office. (See Practical Information for details.

Old Mut Desert Tour Egypt

Falling to ruin, yet fascinating and made up of the ghosts of past centuries, the old area of Mut, along with its major square, is an additional journey into twisting, narrow, dark passages providing cool shade and protection. The all but windowless facades of the houses once created a defensive wall. The city is located on a hill and partitioned into quarters which, in true Middle Eastern tradition, are put a part by gates which were once bolted at night. In the 1908s, the mayor had a wall built around the village when he was informed that the Mahdists had 0 000
Kharga and captured the Mamur of the Wells and other officials. Old Mut is still populated.

Mut al-Kharab

Mut al-Kharab, Mut the Ruined, southwest of Mut, was the temple part of the earliest town, the leftovers of which is perhaps buried below the modern city. Mut al-Khrab has been plundered again and again, but present ruins date from all chief periods. The Desert trip to Egypt tours has less to be adventured by the visitor, but a lot to stimulate the archaeologist. It is enclosed by a Roman wall and is made up of the ruins of a temple. Winlock defines it as 300 meters (960 feet) north to south and 200 meters (640 feet) east to west. He also tells us that Drovetti saw a temple here, Rohlfs mentions pieces of sandstone columns, and Lyons took two stelas of the Twenty-second Dynasty to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. All Winlock describes is a dried up ancient well about 40 meters (128 feet) in diameter, and a short water tunnel. In 1897, 1,341 people lived here.

King Farouk’s Rest house

King Farouk’s Rest house is situated at the southern edge of Mut and is owned by the government and utilized by public officials when they tour the oasis. Even if a tour of the premise may not be achievable, a trip to the Desert trip to Egypt tours is.

Day 1:
When you reach the airport, our company representative will be at your service to welcome you, drive you at Cairo International airport and assist you in all your procedures through passport control, luggage area and customs formalities. afterwards you will be driven to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle.

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.
Day 2:

Having taken breakfast, begin your Islamic tour Egypt by taking a trip to the great Pyramids and Sphinx. Afterwords to the Egyptian Museum.

You’ll have lunch during your tour.

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo
Day 3:

Following Breakfast, begin your day islamic tour Egypt  in Islamic historical Cairo touring Amr Ebn El As Mosque, Ibn Touloun Mosque. Afterwards we head to El Azhar Mosque, El Hakim Mosque & El Aqmar Mosque.

And Salah El Din Citadel including Mohamed Ali Mosque

Overnight in Cairo

Day 4:

Having taken breakfast at hotel, begin touring the Islamic historical Cairo by visits to Sultan Hassan Mosque, Refaai Mosque, Qalaoun Mosque, Bechtaq Palace, Zeinab Khatoun House, Wakala El Ghouri, Sehmi House.

Enjoy your have lunch during your tour.

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Day 5:

Have some luxuriant moments.

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Day 6:

Following breakfast transfer by A/C bus to Cairo International airport for final departure.

Dahab Diving Tours

Tour Itineraries
Day 1:
When you reach Sharm El Sheikh Airport you will be welcomed and assisted by our  Safaris” representative and driven to your hotel for check in.
Overnight at your hotel in Dahab

Day 2-6:
You will take pleasure in a package of 5 days Dahab diving  tours to various diving sites in Dahab
Overnight in Dahab

Day 7:
Free time
Spend the night in Dahab

Day 8:
Drive to Sharm El Sheikh Airport for last departure.

Note: However, the above itinerary subject to alteration without notice. The itinerary will be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, weather,dahab diving tours; ability of guests and the number of other boats by now present at the different dive sites.

The Arab Republic of Egypt, occasional referred to as Egypt , is a Republic located in the northern part of African continent. The word ‘ Egypt ‘ is got from Latin word “Aegyptus” which refers to as the” temple of the God Ptah at Memphis ‘. Capital of Egypt is Cairo, and it is commonly called the land for culture, learning and commerce. This country has numerous exciting locations to tour and take pleasure in. Travelers can opt from a diversity of choices for example, a trip to Cairo , a Sahara wild safari, and also cruise besides the Nile .

Egypt is well connected by train and is also accessible by way of air, but due to its vast area finding out one’s mode of transportation can be time-taking. Those people who have less or imperfect time for their trip on the land can choose an already prepared tour. However, adventurers can prefer for a cruise along the Nile, which carries one by the beautiful river and is a spectacular experience. Private tourist guides can also be hired by the travelers. The government certifies the tourist guides in Egypt and they are very useful.

The prosperous hospitality industry of Safari in  Egypt Africa provides a number of services basing on case-by-case requirements. In Cairo, one can opt from several high class hotels, like Sharm el Sheikh, Luxor, Hurghada, Aswan in addition to Alexandria . Egypt is also a shopper’s Eden with a host of locally manufactured goods. One can obtain daily use items from Khan-al-Khalili bazaar of Cairo. There are a number of shopping complexes in other towns, too. A tourist can find cheap and most excellent handmade carpets, pharaonic object and perfume concentrates. Cotton of Egypt is world well-known for its purity. One can also purchase authentic papyrus from the local markets.

If you are interested to make your tour unforgettable, then you participate in a safari in Egypt Africa at the following points, actually, you may feel homesick about them in the past.

Aswan: This is part of the most gorgeous towns in Egypt with a number of memorials situated next to each other, even the renowned Temple of Philae. High Dam is also a source of attraction and striking zenith of engineering. It generates electricity and irrigation to the whole of Egypt.

Cairo: It is part of the biggest cities in the African continent, set up on the location of Babylon, next to the ruined earliest city, Memphis . Cairo concentrates five thousand years of culture, bordering three continents. World prominent landmarks of the city are the Citadel, Egyptian Museum, a number of renowned mosques, and the Khan el Khalili Bazaar. Just a few miles away from the city one can come across the Sphinx, and the vast Pyramids of Giza.

Edfu: Archaeological enthusiasts can satisfy themselves at the Edfu houses which has best-preserved cult temple in Egypt. It is devoted to the falcon headed God, Horus. This was built in 237 BC, during the reign of six Ptolemies.

Kom Ombo: Here locates a splendid Ptolemaic temple, devoted jointly to Sobek, the crocodile god, and Haroeris, the Good Doctor, the temple is famous for its halls, twin entrances and sanctuaries.

The Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx
A must visit destination for tourists to Egypt. The three pyramids of Giza have one of the historical and perhaps greatest architecture ever known to man by the pat, no wonder its one of the last seven wonders of the world still viewable. You will find 3 tombs in each of a pyramid with a dead king and other artefacts. The 3 pyramids are Khufu, then Kafhre and the perhaps little known Menkaura. At the sight of the pyramid, you will see the Sphinx, something like a cat structure, stunning to see!

Cairo City, Egyptian Attractions
Visiting Cairo is a great as summarizing the culture of Egypt tourist attractions, but thats not all, its beauty with ancient buidings, exotic and Islamic setting marks one of the top city visits in Egypt. The city with over 16 million inhabitants has tourist spots such as the Citadel and the Khan Al Khalili Bazaar. Visit the oldest university on planet earth, since 970A.D, the Al-Azhar mosque, the mosque of Mohammed Ali, Idn Tulin and so much more.

Abu Simbel
This border city, next to Sudan and also the Giza pyramids is famous fot the Abu Simbel cultural festival which occurs twice in a year, Feb and Oct. There are lots of dances, music and sights for the travelers. This city is famous of the monument of the pre- Egypt. You will see the two temples for Ramessess 11 the ancient pharaoh, perhaps the greatest.  You can visit Abu simbel by an Aswan cruise on the Nile, this is perhaps the most adventurous way to get there, but buses and car hire is possible.

Siwa Oasis
On the edge of the Great Sand Sea, its rich history includes a visit from Alexander the Great to consult the Oracle of Amun in 331 BC. Archaeologists, such as Liana Souvaltsis and implied that the great military leader was buried here, but no real evidence has come from this.  The King of Persia lead a 50,000 man army to the area to destroy the oracle, but the entire army was lost in the desert.

Temples of Karnak
Felucca on the Nile
Valley of the Kings
Hurghada
Luxor Temple
Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Egyptian tourist Attractions, Sample package

CairoAfter your arrival, our company representative welcome you at Cairo International airport and help you out with all your procedures through passport control, luggage area and customs formalities. After wards you will be driven to your hotel.Overnight at your hotel in Cairo

Cairo – Giza

Having taken your breakfast, you will take pleasure in a magnificent excursion to the great Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx. Apart from the Sphinx we’ll also tour the Valley temple, lunch in the course of the tour. Tour Memphis and SakkaraOvernight at your hotel in Cairo

Cairo – AlexandriaIn the early hours of the day, take some breakfast at the hotel; we make our way today with an air-conditioned bus to Alexandria. You will tour the Pompeii-pillar, Qaitbay Citadel and the Roman theatre. Head on with us to take a trip to the catacombs. Tour El Mursi Abu El Abbas Mosque and the Greco-Roman museum, lunch during tour.

Drive back to Cairo and overnight Cairo – Sleeper train

Tour the Egyptian Museum, Mohamed Ali Mosque and khan El Khalili Bazaar

Afterwards you’ll be driven to Giza train station for sleeper train to Luxor.

Dinner and overnight on board of sleeper train.

Nile Cruises – Luxor

During your arrival time, our company representative will be at your service you at Luxor station. After, you’ll be driven to your Nile cruise for embarkation.

Begin your trip in Luxor by touring the sites of the East Bank including Karnak and Luxor temples. Dinner and overnight on board

Luxor

Following breakfast head on your trip by touring the sites of the West Bank including Colossi of Memnon, the Valley of the Kings and temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Get pleasure from your dinner during sailing forward to Edfu. Overnight on board.

Edfu – Kom Ombo

Having taken breakfast, take a tour to the temple of Horus in Edfu.

Move on water to Kom Ombo as you’re having your lunch. Tour the temple of Sobek and Horus. Take pleasure in your dinner during sailing to Aswan.

Overnight on board.

Aswan

Following breakfast take a whole day trip in Aswan beginning with the High Dam, the incomplete Obelisk then Philae temple.

Dinner and overnight on board

Aswan – Sleeper train

Disembarkation and take pleasure in a felucca ride around islands

Drive to Aswan train station for travelling back to Cairo by sleeper train.

Overnight on board of sleeper train.

Cairo

When you reach arrival Giza train station, an our  representative will welcome you and driver you to your hotel. Take pleasure in an excursion to Old Cairo walking tour. You will tour: Ben Ezra, the Ruins of a Roman fortress and the Coptic Christian Church of St. Sergius. Head onto the Islamic Cairo and tour Khan El Khalili and Al-Azhar Mosque, lunch during tour.

During the night spend the night at your hotel in Cairo

Cairo – Baharia Oasis

During the early hours of the day participate in an early morning drive by a private A/C bus to Baharia Oasis. Begin your visits with a tour around the old village and observe the groves of palms and fruit trees.

Overnight at your hotel in Baharia

Baharia Oasis

Have breakfast at the hotel; proceed to your visits in Bahariya Oasis. Beginning with a trip to the ruin on a hill, “The English House” and take pleasure in the panoramic view. Afterwards move on to the “Golden Valley of Mummies” from the Greco-Roman period and visit the tombs of the Nobles.

In the evening, tour the village and shops in the oasis.

Overnight at your hotel in Bahariya

Baharia Oasis – Cairo

During the early morning you’ll drive back to Cairo. Free time and overnight at your hotel in Cairo

Cairo – Final Departure

Drive to Cairo international airport for the last departure.

PS. Please take good note of the following that Nile cruise sailing schedule is subject to be altered due to water levels and sailing conditions, meanwhile, all listed sightseeing will be maintained

Here the sun at all times shine.
When you tour Egypt for a vacation in the sun you figure out the following.

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The sun shines a lot down in Egypt, so make sure that you accassionary have a sunprotection cream and try to stay away from the strongest sun in the middle of day. Atleast for the first 2-3 days.

The time you are down at the Egypt Sun Vacation, beach or by the pool make sure that you drink a lot of water. In Egypt you shouldn’t drink tap water just bottled water.
Drink more than 3 liters of water per day.
The water that you quench your thirst with should be room temperature when you drink it. The body will takes in some the water better that way.
In case you have been out in the sun for a longer period of time it’s better to cool down by taking an ip in the sea.
Following your taking a dip in the Red Sea makes sure you take a bath afterwards; this is because the Red Sea is very salty and this can create itchy conditions for you.

Historical travel displays an absolutely old tradition in Egypt. Countless people have been traveling to Egypt’s historical sites in fact during the ancient times. But, there are different traditional types of tour to Egypt. For sure the ancient 150 years lead so many people to visit Egypt for bird viewing along with Egypt’s increasing national park and the activity is well known. Of later, a number of prominent tour companies, to mention, Travel Egypt gives particular birding tours to Egypt.

Birding in Egypt have an important role in its history, particularly their ancient religion where the longest as well as most significant gods, such as Horus, were believed to show themselves in many birds. Still the old creation myths developed around some birds such as the Benu,which may have initially  been styled from the yellow wagtail ( motacilla flava), although later on it was seen as a gray heron ( ardea cinera).A primeval goose known as Gengen-wer ( the great Honker)represented many gods in their creative aspects. Horus

For such a long time, birding in Egypt have been of great use historically.Due to the fact that gods such as Horus were thought to manifest themselves in many birds as a belief in the ancient religions in Egypt. For instance the earliest creation myths developed around birds such as the Benu,it is believed to have originated from the yellow wagtail (motacilla flava),although later on it was noted as a gray heron (ardea cinera).surprisingly, the primeval goose called Gengen-wer (the Great honker)certainly represented many gods in their creative aspects. A number of people respected the Hawk because it was believed that gods manifested in such away. Furthermore gods such as Thoth could also be represented as an Ibis. In its ancient history, soker as well as sopdu were the most significant gods in Egypt.In Egypt, Vultures served a great purpose due to the fact that goddess called Nekhbet was depicted in that form, this was kept in sacred flocks by the ancient Egyptians as well as some individual birds were elevated to temple animals.more still, they considered the souls (ba) of the ancient Egyptians to seen with the body of a bird. Keep in mind that the ancient Egyptians were very good as historians and this was acknowledged on the walls of their temples along with tombs. Egypt is a place of so many birds and about 76 different species can easily be identified.Dont forget that many of these birds represented hunts which were symbolic for instance, scenes showing the pharaoh netting wild fowl which was alleged to stand in for the king taming the inimical spirits.

Egypt has a big population of birds and the other tourist attractions include the lush Nile River valley. There are approximately 150 residents breeding bird in Egypt. Egypt has some important places such as zoogeographical regions that comprise of palaearctic along with Ethiopia were most of these birds belong. Amazingly, they have song and water birds that are found along the Nile valley, Delta and the western oases that further attracts many tourists. As a matter of fact, pintail usually migrate during winter to occupy the lakes, lagoons as well as marshes in Egypt.

Kestrel falcon is one among the most breeding birds that visit Egypt during winter, furthermore are found near villages eating rodents as well as insects. Due to the location of Egypt, it has been blessed to be migration corridor that attracts around 280 different species of birds. The bridge of Egypt between the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa attracts millions of birds that go through the country on their way from Scandinavia, Eastern Europe as well as southern Africa each autumn furthermore on their way back each spring
Keep in mind that migration begins in the winter months from mid February, which is time when the first wave of storks along with raptors may possibly be seen. During summer time, migration begins in early August when water bird migration begins at zaranik in North Sinai and further white stork migration begins in the southern Gulf of Suez. Egypt has quite a number of well suited birds spotting in line with more exotic locations such as Lake Burullus that for anyone to go there must first have permission to visit the place.

Short Itinerary:
Day 1 Arrive in Cairo, Transfer to Hotel  Egypt Adventure Tour (City Tour optional)
Day 2 Cairo sightseeing (Pyramids & Saqqara)
Day 3 Egyptian Museum, Islamic Cairo & Khan El Khalili then take the over night sleeper train to Luxor
Day 4  Visit Karnak & Luxor temples then Nile Cruise Embarkation.
Day 5  Sightseeing in Luxor (Valley of the kings & Hatshepsut Temple).
Day 6  Luxor sightseeing then Sail to Edfu.
Day 7  Tour Edfu and Kom Ombo.
Day 8  Sightseeing in Aswan then take the over night sleeper train back to Cairo
Day 9  Last day Cairo sightseeing
Day 10 Departure

Program Details:
Day 1
Airport drive to your hotel.

Day 2
A day of sightseeing -The great Pyramids of Giza -the Sphinx and Valley Temple -Perfumery & Papyrus Institute –Evening Nile Dinner Cruise
Meals include: 1 breakfast, 1 dinner

Day 3
A 2nd day of sightseeing in Cairo -Egyptian Museum with the treasures of Tutankhamen -Islamic Cairo-the Citadel, Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali -The Khan El Khalili Bazaar -Coptic Cairo-see some of the oldest churches in Christianity –leave for Luxor by overnight sleeper train.
Meals include: 1 breakfast, 1 dinner

Day 4
-Sightseeing in Luxor: -Luxor and Karnak Temples. Embarkation in 5 stars Standard Nile cruise
Meals include: 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner

Day 5
Sightseeing in Luxor: -Valley of the kings (3 tombs) -Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Queen who would be king. -The Colossi of Memnon. –a chance to stroll around the city with its charming market places
Meals include: 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner

Day 6
Rest as you move along the lush Nile Valley with a stop at Edfu Temple
Meals include: 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner

Day 7
Take off some time as you sail along the fertile Nile Valley with a journey break at Kom Ombo Temple
Meals include: 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner

Day 8
After taking breakfast, move on for sightseeing in Aswan -The High Dam-a modern wonder built to divert the Nile to prevent flooding -Sail on a Felucca or Launch to tour Kitchener Botanical gardens -Philae Temple. -check out the Nile Cruise prior to Lunch. -Take the Sleeper Train to Cairo.
Meals include: 1 breakfast, 1 dinner

Day 9
Sightseeing in Cairo area. – Sakkara-the Step Pyramid of Zoser and surrounding complex of tombs – Memphis the olden capital-statue of Ramses II and Alabaster Sphinx – Evening Light and Sound show at the Giza Pyramids
Meals include: 1 breakfast

Day 10
Drive to the Airport and departure.

Day 1:
When you reach Hurghada airport you will be welcomed and assisted by our “tour operator” representative and driven to your hotel for check in.
Overnight at your hotel in Hurghada

Day 2-6:
Begin by enjoying a 5 days Egypt diving tours package to numerous diving sites in Hurghada
Overnight in Hurghada

Day 7:
Free time
Take off the night at your hotel in Hurghada

Day 8:
Drive to Hurghada airport for final departure.

Note: The above itinerary subject to adjustments without notice. The itinerary will be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, weather, headfirst ability of guests and the number of other boats already present at the various Egypt  diving tours sites.