Platinum Escapes package: King Tut Expedition 10 nights/11 days

Euro 1090 per person (min. 2 pax).

Package includes:

Accommodation : Night s desert camp with individual tents, mattresses, sleeping bags and pillows . Hotel accommodation will be on double room basis.
Meals : 11 breakfasts, 10 lunches and 10 dinner s .

Unlimited non-alcoholic beverages

Unlimited wine and beer

Desert Kit: Individual flashlights, shampoo, wetwipes, tissues

Guides : English speaking guide (mother-tongue)
Tours : as mentioned in the program
Entrance Fees : included

Day 1 – 08:00, we depart from Cairo , on our way to El Alamein . This is approximately 260-km from Cairo . There we will visit the WWII Museum and the war memorial. Lunch will be served on route. Moving on, we drive through Marsa Matruh and onto Siwa. Upon reaching Siwa, approximately 300-km from Marsa Matrouh, We tour the old Siwan village of Shalli . Dinner and overnight in a hotel.

Day2 - After breakfast we will visit Mountain of the Dead, Temple of the Oracle and take a donkey- drawn cart for a tour around the city. We will serve lunch at a local restaurant. Afterwards, we will off road 17-km into the Great Sand Sea . Here we will rest at the hot spring of Bir Wahid. This is an opportunity to bathe in a hot spring. Dinner will be served. Overnight camping.

Day3 - After breakfast we off road on a 450-km journey to the Bahariya Oasis. We will pass by Bahrein, Nawemisa and Sitra Oases. Lunch will be served on route; we will pass through the magnificent sand dunes of the Great Sand Sea . Upon reaching the Bahariya oasis, we check in our hotel, after dinner and overnight in a hotel.

Day4 - After breakfast we go 160-km on/off road to the black desert and the dune area. Here we will start our climb of a 50m dune. On route to Farafra we will visit the Crystal Mountain , the area of the wonders with the desert roses and the arch. Moving on we enter the White Desert , we start exploring the formations and wind carved sculptors that resemble both human and animal figures. The night is spent in the desert, dinner and overnight camping.

Day5 – After breakfast, we will drive to Farafra oasis 40-km on road. We will explore the village and bathe in the hot spring. Once refreshed, we will visit the museum of “local artist”, Badr. We then move on to the Dakhla Oasis. This is approximately 280-km. Upon reaching Dakhla, we will visit the Old Covered City with its oil press, school, Courthouse and dwelling chambers, Muzzawaka & Deir El Hagar, have lunch, dinner and overnight in the Hotel.

Day6 - Leaving Dakhla behind, we head to Kharga. Approximately 190-km away. We will off road towards the Labakha Roman area, and explore the old living quarters, the Temple and the Spring. Lunch picnic, upon arrival to Kharga Oasis we check in the hotel. In Kharga, we visit El Bagawat Cemetery, visit of temple of Hibis . Dinner and overnight.

Day7 - From Kharga we head to Luxor . Here we shall visit the Karnack & Luxor Temples. Dinner and overnight in Luxor .

Day8 – Full day tour of the West Bank . Dinner and over night in Luxor .

Day9 - Departure by private mini bus from Luxor to Aswan visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu.  Lunch will be served on route to Kom Ombo. Here we will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo . We will enjoy an Egyptian dinner.  Overnight in Aswan .

Day10 – After breakfast we will visit the High Dam, Old Dam & the Temple of Philae . In the afternoon we will visit the souk (local market) of Aswan . Dinner and overnight in Aswan .

Day11 – After breakfast we will sail around elephantine island on a felucca. You will then be transferred to the train station on the last leg of the journey back to Cairo .