Best Tours of Egypt and Jordan | Egypt and Petra Tours

Relish the Best Tours of Egypt and Jordan to see the most important sites in the Middle East. Visit the Rose Red City of Petra and float in the Dead Sea salty water. See the Giza Pyramids, Relax on the Nile Cruise to Luxor and Aswan. Fly to Sharm El Sheikh and enjoy the snorkeling tour at Ras Mohamed. Explore the amazing wonders of ancient Egypt while riding comfort and a classy 5-star Nile Cruiser along the coast. This ancient culture is surprising to any traveler with its incredible structures and places. As you leave Egypt, breathtaking sites of Jordan, Wadi Rum, Petra, Madaba, Nebo, and much more will be waiting. Before you make your way back to Cairo, you'll make a final stop at the Dead Sea. Know More!

Included:

Meet and greet service by our representatives at airports and station
Assistance with our guest relations during your stay
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo hotel including breakfastin
Accommodation for 1 nights in Aswan Hotel including breakfast
Accommodation for 3 nights on board a 5-star cruise on full board
Accommodation for 3 nights in Sharm El Sheikh including breakfast
Accommodation for 3 nights in Amman including breakfast
Domestic Flight ticket (Cairo/Aswan - Luxor /Sharm El Sheikh)
International flight Sharm/Amman
All sightseeing tours in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel, and Sharm as mentioned in the itinerary
All tours on the cruise sharing Memphis Tours group
Day tour to Madaba, Nebo, and the Dead Sea in Jordan
Day tour in Petra to major sights as described above in the itinerary
Private English-speaking guide in Cairo
English speaking guide on the cruise (You may share Memphis Tours group)
English assistant driver in the Dead Sea, Madaba & Nebo
Spot a Local English speaking guide in Petra for about 02/03 hours
Entrance fees to the sights in Egypt and Jordan as mentioned above
Meals in hotels, Nile cruise and during your tours as mentioned in the itinerary
All service charges and taxes

Excluded:

International Airfare
Entry visa to Egypt & Jordan
Any optional excursions
Extras at hotels and aboard the cruise (additional meals, drinks, laundry...etc)
Tipping

N.B,
- Petra tour requires considerable walking, the number of horses in Petra is limited.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Welcome to Cairo

Your tour manager will meet and assist you upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport. After that, you will be transferred to your hotel in Cairo by a private air-conditioned vehicle for check-in. Upon arrival at the hotel, he will check you in and give detailed information concerning your tomorrows’ trip. Overnight in Cairo.

Welcome Drink

Day 2: Pyramids Tour

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then meet your guide who will accompany you to the Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus - the Famous Sphinx and Valley temple facing the great statue. Lunch is included during the tour and then proceed to the Sakkara area to visit Sakkara Complex and the first pyramid ever built ( Djoser Pyramid ). Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3: Cairo City Tour

After breakfast, you will be escorted by your a private guide to visit the Egyptian Museum where you will see many fascinating artefacts. Lunch throughout the tour at local restaurant. Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church. Continue driving to Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar, Back to your hotel and accommodation in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 4: Aswan Tours

Early morning, transfer to Cairo International Airport for the flight to Aswan. Upon arrival, you will be met at Aswan Airport, then enjoy visiting the awesome Philae temple, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor, and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk, Overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 5: Abu Simbel Tour

Check-out from your hotel after getting your breakfast box, then at 03:30 am start your trip to Abu Simbel Temples. It takes about a 3 hour and a half drive one way from Aswan to Abu Simbel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Upon arrival at Abu Simbel, enjoy the impressive Temples of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, which is dedicated to the four universal gods Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, and to Ramesses II. Then transfer to embark your Nile River Cruise and overnight on the cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6 : Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples

Sail to Kom Ombo, have breakfast on board and Visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu, lunch on board after that Visit the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, Horus Temple in Edfu. Take afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7: Luxor Sightseeing Tours

Sail to Luxor, have breakfast on board then visit the West Bank, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings, then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 15th century BC , at El-Deir El-Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch on board. Enjoy afternoon tea during sailing. Dinner on board Overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8: Luxor Trip - Fly to Red Sea

Breakfast on board, disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast at 08:00 a.m. Then transfer to visit Karnak and Luxor Temples, then you will be transferred to Luxor airport for flight to Sharm El Sheikh. Most flights are indirect flight via Cairo Airport. Upon arrival in Sharm, transfer to your hotel for free time at leisure with overnight in Sharm El Sheikh.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 9: Ras Mohamed Snorkeling Trip

After breakfast, transfer to Ras Mohamed National Park for snorkeling / a fantastic day out to the Red Sea underwater Marin life and then transfer back to the hotel in Sharm el sheikh free time at leisure in Sharm El Sheikh with overnight at your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 10:Sharm El Sheikh

Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to The Monastery of St. Catherine located at the heart of Sinai and at the foot of the Gebel Musa, or Mount Moses. Fronted by gardens and cypress trees, the monastery is owned and run by the Greek Orthodox Church. Its rich library houses the world's second largest collection of illuminated manuscripts after the Vatican. You can see the Burning Bush and a large number of antique works of art: invaluable icons, beautifully carved doors, exquisite wall paintings and other fine religious ornaments.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 11: Sharm Flight to Amman

Breakfast at your hotel in Sharm and then you will be transferred to Sharm International Airport for a flight to Amman. Your tour manager will meet and assist you upon your arrival at Amman International Airport. After that, you will be transferred to your hotel in Amman by a private air-conditioned vehicle for check-in. Upon arrival at the hotel, he will do your check in and give you detailed information concerning your tomorrow’s trip. Overnight in Amman.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 12 : Madaba, Mt. Nebo and Dead Sea Tour

After breakfast drive to Mt. Nebo, the place where Prophet Moses gazed at the promised land before he died and his alleged burial place. You visit the old monastery and overlook the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, Jericho and Jerusalem. After we proceed to Madaba, where to find the famous mosaic 6th century map of Palestine in St. George’s church. Afterward we drive to the lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea, where you have leisure time and the chance to float on water. Overnight Amman hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 13: Tour to the Red Rose City of Petra

After breakfast drive, 2.5 hours to the rose red city Petra, the biggest attraction of Jordan. Petra was first established around the 6th century B.C. by the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe who settled in the area and laid the foundations of a commercial empire that extended into Syria. Upon arrival, you will begin the trip on horse back to the canyon, the so called Siq, and then by foot to the most beautiful monument: the Treasury. Among other monuments you will see are the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs, and Pharaoh"s Castle. Afterward back to the hotel in Amman for overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch