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6-Day Tour to Cairo and the White Desert
Duration
6 Days
6-Day Tour to Cairo and the White Desert
Tour Type
Private
6-Day Tour to Cairo and the White Desert
Cities
Egypt
6-Day Tour to Cairo and the White Desert
Country
Cairo and the White Desert
6-Day Tour to Cairo and the White Desert
Countries
Cairo and the White Desert
6-Day Tour to Cairo and the White Desert
Location
Cairo and the White Desert
6-Day Tour to Cairo and the White Desert
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EVERYDAY
Cairo and the White Desert

6-Day Trip to Cairo and the White Desert

Overview

The 6-Day Tour to Cairo and the White Desert is a captivating journey through Egypt's ancient wonders and breathtaking natural landscapes. Begin your classic tour in Cairo, visiting the iconic Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, and the Egyptian Museum, which houses priceless artifacts like King Tutankhamun's treasures. After taking in all that was about the city and its rich history, make your way to the White Desert, a natural phenomenon packed with surreal, chalky rock formations and stunning landscapes peppered with salt flats. This tour is a perfect balance between ancient culture and nature; Egypt tours take you from the heart of Egypt's past into the otherworldly beauty of the desert.

Itinerates

Our Next Holiday certified representative will be waiting to meet and assist you inside Cairo International Airport with a signboard bearing your name. He will accompany you by private vehicle to the hotel in Giza or Cairo. Once you arrive at the hotel, we'll assist you with fast check-in and later review your Egypt Day Tours with you to confirm all your pick-up times for your tours in Cairo and any other cities. Your first night will be spent in Cairo.
Welcome drink at the hotel

After enjoying your first meal in the hotel, your English-speaking guide will take you to the Giza Plateau, where your fantasies are turned to reality. The Great Giza Pyramid of the famous King Cheops, whose burial structure has its corner directed in unusual cardinal that even present-day astronomy scientists are still impressed of the construction. And your guide will also take you in order to the Chephren's Pyramids and the twin king Mycerinus, who built the smallest royal pyramid in the Necropolis; after that, you are given all the information you need and also enjoy taking pictures as well. You will also see and learn about the Great Sphinx, which is this large sculpture of a lion with a human head, as well as the area where the mummification of the corpse took place, which is the Valley Temple of King Chephren. High-quality dining will be offered for your lunch within the city, and after that, you will be driven to Islamic Cairo, where the market will be visited and the genuine life in Egypt experienced, including before coming back to the hotel, enjoying the local mint tea at either El Fishawy or Layaly Al-Hussein Cafes, which is the oldest located at Khan El Khalili. Return to the hotel and spend the night in Cairo. Then take a tour of the Egyptian Museum, and then any significant details regarding the priceless treasures will be provided, such as the personal belongings of a certain King Tutankhamun, phenomena that unfolded in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. You will be taken to the Relish or Coptic Cairo tour and the old Roman fort of Babylon, which was built by Emperor Trajan in the first century, and the Hanging Church, which was constructed above the old fortress towers in a mysterious way, 

Begin your day with breakfast at the hotel, then check out and get ready to meet your guide for a journey in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle to the Bahariya Oasis, located approximately four hours’ drive from Cairo. After reaching the oasis, you will be taken to the valley of the golden mummies. It refers to the era of a number of mummies covered in gold who lived in the Roman Empire in Egypt. Later on, you will proceed to see the Tombs of the Nobles, the ruling elites of the oasis in ancient times. There is also the so-called temple of Alexander the Great, built in the Bahariya Oasis, considered the administrative and religious center of Al Qasr town in ancient times. Savor a delicious meal at the oasis prior to being taken back to the hotel, where you will check in and have the afternoon free; you may also make use of the hotel’s hot springs. You will then be escorted just before the sun goes down on a leisurely walk around the oasis, where you will interact with the inhabitants to experience more of the oasis’s culture and unique practices. After this, we shall go and climb the Black Mountain, from where the English house ruins are situated at the summit with a breathtaking view of the entire oasis and its picturesque blue skies at sunset. Believe me, it is worth the climb. Spend your night in Bahariya Oasis.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

After having your delightful breakfast at the hotel, we will start off our day by going to the large salt lake situated in Bahariya, the orange sand dunes, and I take a palm-shaded garden tour before lunch. After having a nice lunch, we will proceed to the dry, blazing hot desert and explore the Black Desert, which features striking black-shaped mountains decoratively covered with many tiny black stones and also made up of volcanic formations. Next, in between brief stops at the El Haize Valley, proceed on to Quartz Crystal Mountain and the Agabat Valley. Once here, we shall enter the White Desert, which is characterized by mountains made out of a white, semipowdery substance due to the intense sandstorms in the area every spring season. The resulting structures that have formed through these processes are rather bizarre in that some look as if they have been sculpted.
To sleep, you will pitch a tent in the expanse of the White Desert, where there is a unique possibility of spotting the eastern desert's rare fox and watching the mesmerizing sunsets while local Bedouins prepare your hot meal. 

Food provided: breakfast, lunch, dinner

After breakfast, head straight to one of the hot springs after taking enough photos and admiring the beauty of the white formations.
Then you, along with your tour guide and private car, will head back to Cairo. Overnight stay in the hotel in Cairo.
Meals included: Breakfast

Enjoy your last breakfast at the hotel and meet our tour leader in preparation for a transfer to the Cairo International Airport, where he will assist you in boarding your flight to international destinations departing from Egypt.
Meal: Breakfast

Included

  • Assistance services will be provided at the airports upon arrival and during departures.
  • Accommodation includes a 5-star hotel stay in Cairo for 3 nights on a bed and breakfast basis.
  • Additionally, there will be a 1-night stay at the Cairo Pyramids Hotel on a half-board basis.
  • Camping arrangements in the White Desert will be for 1 night on a full board basis.
  • Entrance fees to the specified sites in Cairo, Bahariya Oasis, and the White Desert are included.
  • All necessary camping equipment, such as sleeping bags, camel blankets, spacious and well-ventilated tents, and mattresses, will be provided.
  • Transfers within Bahariya Oasis and the White Desert will be conducted using a 4×4 vehicle.
  • Guests will receive bottled water and soft drinks throughout their Egypt travel packages.
  • Shopping tours in Cairo are available upon request.
  • Snack stops can be arranged upon request.
  • All taxes and service charges related to Egypt Vacations are included.

Excluded

  • Visa to enter Egypt.
  • Gratuities 
  • Beverage during meals.
  • The tour price is applicable, especially during such high seasons as the Christmas tours in Egypt, New Year, or around Egypt’s Easter celebrations.

Notes

  • All the above is just an offer subject to your acceptance , no booking are done yet, space will be subject to availability while we go through booking.
  • Rate based on the above mentioned number of travelers, in case there is an increase or decrease in the number of travelers or change of date, Next Holiday Travel keeps the right to change its rate accordingly.
  • All transfers throughout the entire trip on private basis by A/C Deluxe Vehicle.
  • All above mentioned sightseeing on Private basis on Cairo and joining other guests on board the cruise, including entrance fees
  • Rates are including taxes and service charges
  • Full Day tours 6-8hrs.
  • Half Day tours 4 hours.
  • Our rates do not include  insurance.
  • There are 2 accepted ways of payment :
  • Credit card (fees 2.5% of total amount).
  • Bank transfer (excluding banking fees according your bank regulations).

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