Egypt Tour with Airfare from South Africa Is Your Way Into The Heart of Ancient Egypt To Live Great History In 8 Days

Explore the greatness of ancient Egypt with this private guided Egypt Tour with Airfare from South Africa. A unique holiday takes you to witness the ancient Egyptians when raising giant stones to the sky to establish a pyramid that embraces the eternity of the kings while the secrets surround them. Your professional Egyptologist narrates each event that has occurred and accompanies you to see the pharaonic secrets with your own eye to feel as if you live these great historical periods not just seeing the monuments.

So, with this Egypt Tour with Airfare from South Africa, you will live building the Giza Pyramids and the Great Statue of Sphinx. And also, you will travel to Luxor to live the events that had occurred in the great Luxor temples, and also the magic of the afterlife world of the pharaohs, Theban Necropolis, to live a time amid the charming of the ancient Egyptian Next Life beliefs.

Then, you walk where the daily life of the pharaohs was running. You also will witness the first time the pharaohs had thought of building a pyramid in history, finding yourself in front of the first limestone structure in humanity, the Saqqara Pyramid. And also you will see the first pyramids in history in the Dahshour district. While the magic of the Mediterranean Sea takes you to the Roman and Ptolemaic eras. As well, you will live a time amid the vibrant oriental atmosphere in the historical eras in El Moez Street, and Khan El Khalili Bazaar.

Read the itinerary of this Egypt Tour with Airfare from South Africa to get to know more about the landmarks you will visit and the magic you will live at each attraction.

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Trip Summary

Tour Starts: Cairo
Tour Ends: Cairo
Trip Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights
Accommodation: 4 stars
Tour Category: Egypt Travel Deals 2023/2024
Trip Theme: Egypt Private Tours
Cities to Visit: Cairo - Giza - Luxor - Alexandria
Tour Difficulty: Easy
Available for Handicap: Yes
Group Size: 2-6 persons
Style: Enjoyment- Culture

Itinerary

  • Day 1

    Departure from Cape Town

    Arrival at Cairo International Airport

    Your flight lands on the land of great history, Egypt. Once you arrive at Cairo International Airport, your gate to ancient Egypt wonders, your private tour manager meets you to facilitate all the airport formalities. You live the airport comfortably with a private modern vehicle driven by a friendly Egyptologist, going ahead to the hotel in Cairo.

    Have a relaxing nig

    Our Egypt Tour with Airfare from Ireland 8 days excludes:

    • Hard drinks.
    • Personal needs & Any site/meal/activity out of the above itinerary.
    • Tipping.

    ht at the hotel and relish your tasty dinner meal; your tour manager completes all the check-in formalities.

    Your Day Includes Dinner Meal

  • Day 2

    Giza Pyramids Plateau & Egyptian Museum Day Tour

    Pyramid of King Cheops- Chephren Pyramid- Menkaure Pyramid- The Great Statue of Sphinx- Mortuary Temple of Chephren- Six Pyramids of the Queens- Giza Pyramids Panorama- Egyptian Museum

    First of all, have your breakfast meal at the hotel. After that, your private Egyptologist takes you from the hotel lobby to visit the historical miracles that announce about great civilization was living in this district and magical events had set in this spot that you stand in at Giza Pyramids Plateau. The pharaonic secrets and their great facts meet you in the Cheops Pyramid, then at Chephren Pyramid, and also at Menkaure Pyramid. Then, the puzzles that surround The Great Statue of Sphinx attract you. Next, you find in front of the Sphinx, a historical sound coming from this Mortuary Temple of Chephren to witness the great events of mummifying this king by the priests' hands.

    The surprise is that you find six small pyramids dedicated to the queens, and you have the chance to visit one of them from the inside. Finally, you complete your tour at Giza Pyramids Panorama to take incredible images of this great history.

    After that, at a local restaurant with a fantastic view of the Giza Pyramids, experience the delicious Egyptian food, relishing your lunch meal.

    Next, your private Egyptologist takes you to the heart of Cairo, Tahrir Square; where you find a unique historical building surrounded by pharaonic statues, The Egyptian Museum. You wander amid the brightness of the pharaonic treasures, including Tut's collection, rare tools from the daily life of ancient Egypt, and unique monuments. You are amid two floors teeming with the unique historical antiques.

    Finally, your private Egyptologist takes you to the sleeping train station to travel to Luxor. Have a relaxing night at your cabin with a dinner meal.

    Your Day Includes Breakfast Meal, Lunch Meal, and Dinner Meal

  • Day 3

    Valley of the Kings & East Luxor Attractions

    3 Tombs in the Valley of the Kings- Karnak Temple- Luxor Temple

    Firstly, enjoy your breakfast meal at the sleeping train station; After that, your private Egyptologist takes you to the magic of the afterlife world of the pharaohs, where the kings would be gods as per the ancient Egyptian beliefs amid the shiny treasures and the rare inscriptions from the book of the deads. You go amid the west bank of Luxor to find yourself amid a road that was secret to the pharaohs, which takes you to the charm of the Valley of the Kings.

    After that, you cross to the Luxor East Bank to walk amid where the daily life of the pharaohs was running, going amidst great pharaonic architecture, statues, columns, and obelisks. You find a historical enclosure wall that arrives you at the amazement of the largest temple in ancient Egypt, and the complete religious complex, the Karnak Temple.

    Next, at a lovely local restaurant, you enjoy your delicious Egyptian lunch meal.

    Afterward,  you visit Luxor Temple, where you find a great secret of a pharaonic king in front of you, Amenhotep III, and also the conflict between Hatshepsut and Tohotmos III, and also the fingerprints of a lot of the ancient Egyptian kings.

    Finally, your private Egyptologist takes you to the hotel in Luxor for a resting night with a dinner meal.

    Your Day Includes Breakfast Meal, Lunch Meal, and Dinner Meal

  • Day 4

    West Luxor Day Tour

    Hatshepsut Temple- Colossi of Memnon- Deir El Medina Temple

    First, relish your breakfast meal at the hotel. After that, your private Egyptologist takes to the marvels of Theban Necropolis again to wander amid this unique era of ancient Egypt, when this great lady ruled ancient Egypt successfully. you live a time in this charming temple in the heart of a mountain with amazing design and a wonderful facade to witness the era of Hatshepsut in the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir El Bahari.

    After that, your private Egyptologist accompanies you to those giant pharaonic guards who had challenged all the natural factors, The Colossi of Memnon.

    Then, at this wonderful rare pharaonic architecture, where Ramses III memorized his period, complete your day tour in Medinet Habu Temple.

    Your day tour also includes a fantastic Egyptian lunch meal at a local high-quality restaurant.

    Finally, your private Egyptologist takes you to the sleeping train station to return back to Cairo.

    Your Day Includes Breakfast Meal, Lunch Meal, and Dinner Meal

  • Day 5

    Saqqara Pyramid- Dahshour Pyramids- Memphis

    Saqqara Pyramid- Memphis- Red Pyramid & Bent Pyramid in Dahshour District

    After enjoying your lovely breakfast meal at the cabin of the sleeping train station; your private Egyptologist takes you to the first spot where the ancient Egyptians had set a limestone structure in humanity, Saqqara Pyramid. Then, you visit the first capital in ancient Egypt and this large open-air museum, Memphis.

    After that, you visit the first pyramids that had built-in history and from where the theory of building the pyramids had launched. You visit the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid in Dahshour District.  Your day tour also includes a lunch meal.

    Finally, your private Egyptologist escorts you to your hotel in Cairo for a relaxing night with a dinner meal.

    Your Day Includes Breakfast Meal, Lunch Meal, and Dinner Meal

  • Day 6

    Alexandria attractions Day Tour

    Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa- Pompeys Pillar- Roman Amphitheater- Citadel of Qaitbay

    First of all, enjoy your breakfast meal at your hotel. After that, your private Egyptologist takes you from the hotel lobby via a private air-conditioned vehicle driven by a professional captain to travel to the magic of Alexandria. The fresh atmosphere and the unique view of the Mediterranean sea welcome you to the glory of the Roman and Ptolemaic eras. Amid underground shiny historical treasures begin your tour while the unique mix of the pharaonic and Roman designs, inscriptions, decoration,s, and beliefs meet you charmingly. It is the charm of the Catacombs of Kom El Shokafa. Then, you meet one single column raises to the sky with pharaonic stones to narrate the greatness of the Roman era, it is the marvel of Pompey Pillar.

    After that, you find yourself amid a unique design of the Roman Amphitheater in Egypt.

    Then, at a local restaurant with a fantastic Mediterranean sea view, you relish a lovely seafood lunch meal.

    Next, you find a small sandy castle appears from far to come close finding yourself in front of the strongest castle on the Mediterranean coast since the Middle Ages while the sea waves touch it magically, it is the Citadel of Qaitbay; enjoy wandering amid the soldiers' rooms, and go up to the Sultan throne. You will live great historical events at each site.

    Finally, your private Egyptologist returns you back to Cairo; have a comfortable traveling to Cairo with the private modern vehicle. Enjoy a relaxing night with a dinner meal at your hotel in Cairo.

    Your Day Includes Breakfast Meal, Lunch Meal, and Dinner Meal

  • Day 7

    Old Cairo Day Tour

    El Moez Street- Khan El Khalili Bazaar-Hanging Church- church of St.Sergius and Bacchus- Ben Ezra Synagogue

    Firstly, have your breakfast meal at your hotel. After that, your private Egyptologist takes you to the magic of the oriental atmosphere in the historical eras of the Fatimid and Mamluks periods to go amid the colorful vibrant Islamic architecture in El Moez Street. And then to the shiny crafts and amazing colorful lanterns with the aroma of perfume and the wonderful oriental incense in this open-air historical market,  Khan El Khalili.

    Then, take your tasty Egyptian lunch meal at a nice resturant.

    After that, live the Coptic eras inside the Babylon Fortress, to find the holy steps of the Holy Family takes you to the Hanging Chruch, and St.Sergius and Bacchus Church. You also visit the Ben Ezra Synagogue.

    Finally, your Egyptologist accompanies you back to your hotel for a relaxing night and a dinner meal.

    Your Day Includes Breakfast Meal, Lunch Meal, and Dinner Meal

  • Day 8

    Departure Day

    The Last Day of This Egypt Tour with Airfare from South Africa

    First, enjoy your breakfast meal at the hotel. Then, your tour manager takes you to Cairo International Airport; Enjoy a comfortable departure to Cape Town after spending a fantastic holiday in Egypt.

    Your Day Includes Breakfast Meal

Inclusions

Our Egypt Tour with Airfare from South Africa 8 days includes:

  • Return International Flight Ticket ( Cape Town/Cairo) (Cairo/ Cape Town).
  • Professional pickup service & drop-off at Cairo International Airport.
  • Private transfers from/to Cairo Airport by modern air-conditioned vehicle.
  • Private transfers to all the sites that are mentioned in the itinerary of this Egypt tour with airfare from South Africa.
  • Egyptologist accompanies you to all the attractions and sites that are mentioned.
  • Entrance fees and tickets to all the mentioned attractions.
  • Bottled water.
  • 2 First-Class sleeping train tickets (Cairo/Luxor) (Luxor/ Cairo).
  • 4 nights accommodation in a hotel in Cairo with half board.
  • 1-night accommodation in a hotel in Luxor with half board.
  •  7 Breakfast meals, 6 Lunch meals, and 7 Dinner meals.
  • Taxes and service charges.

Exclusions

Our Egypt Tour with Airfare from South Africa 8 days excludes:

  • Hard drinks.
  • Personal needs & Any site/meal/activity out of the above itinerary.
  • Tipping.

Tour Attractions and Highlights

Package Price

Start from $2650$2925  / Person

The above rate is US Dollars per person in twin sharing.
The rate is based on the Summer season from 1st June to 31st August.

5$ reduction per person per night for triple sharing.
Single supplement is 50% over the above rate.

An extra supplement of 30% extra is applicable for travel between 1st Sep to 31st May except for peak periods.

During peak periods of Christmas and New Year from 20th Dec to 10th Jan the supplement increases to 50%.

Rates Policy for Children

  • 0 - 1.99 Years are Free of Charge
  • 2 - 5.99 Years get a 75% discount from adult tour rates.
  • 6 - 11.99 Years get a 50% discount from adult tour rates.
  • 12+ Considered an adult person

Notice

  • Our Rates policy for children above is applicable to children sharing rooms with their parents with a Maximum of 2 children per room.
  • In case your tour to Egypt includes domestic air flights, an additional charge may apply for children according to the flight ticket rate.

Important Notes

  • On arrival Please look for our Airport Team will be holding a sign with your name on arrival.
  • We use modern A/C touristic vehicles, however, we won't guarantee the same vehicle every day as we change it from one city to another.
  • In Egypt, drivers are not tour guides and we select the most professional drivers for your trip.
  • We only use licensed tour guides "Egyptologists" to grant a good experience for your trip.
  • Our tour guides will join you in the vehicle and will escort you to all sites as mentioned above.
  • We use a local tour guide in each city and we don't accommodate tour guides at the same hotel or cruise you stay.
  • We follow up daily with all travelers 24/7 to ensure our client's health and safety.

Egypt United Tours Safety Precautions During Covid 19

  • For your safety, our Team is following the covid precaution, and our staff is checked daily for negative covid PCR tests.
  • Egyptian Authorities might check travelers’ body temperature upon arrival and departure.
  • Regular daily sanitizing at all accommodations.
  • Complementary face-mask daily for all travelers.
  • For Accommodation, we deal only the licensed hotels, Nile Cruises, and tourism resorts that meet the International health regulation.
  • We ensure to keep social distance during all our tours.
  • We provide hand-free sanitizer for your use with all our staff.
  • Taking The necessary action immediately for travelers and team in case of any symptoms appears.

Recommended Things To Pack For Your Egypt Trip

  • Hand Sanitizer - Comfortable walking shoes – a hat – camera or good mobile – sunscreen cream – sunglasses.
  • If you plan your trip to Egypt in winter from November till March, a Jacket and warm clothes are advisable, the rest of the year comfortable cotton summer clothes are OK.
  • A six-month valid passport and make sure to keep a printable scan copy.
  • A small bag to keep your personal belongings for daily use.
  • Make sure to print your trip itinerary to follow with our tour guides.

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Egypt United Tours Payment Policy

We highly recommend early reservations to guarantee and book preferred selected accommodation. During normal season we require a 50% deposit of the full package rate minimum one month prior to your trip starting to secure and guarantee tour space.

On High Seasons, Christmas, New Year, and Easter holidays, In addition, the packages that include airfare we require a 75% deposit minimum 2 Months before the tour starts.

Tour Deposit could be made by Bank Transfer to our company bank account or Credit Card.
Balance payment should be received a minimum of 15 days before your arrival in Egypt.

Tour Tipping

It’s not obligatory to tip every person giving you a service here in Egypt it's now part of Egyptian culture for appreciating your satisfaction with a good service.

 

Giving and Charities

We make a donation to the Egyptian Thalassemia Association ETA for every reservation.