Have you ever been on a Safari? Do You Like Wildlife? What about the Desert? Did you enjoyed it before? No worries, You are very fortunate that you are about to experience 8 days in Egypt. as we have prepared a Safari package for you.
We will start with Hurghada, next day to Cairo to enjoy a full day tour with Old Cairo. And sure, you will see the great Pyramids of Giza and the famous Sphinx.
Next days, we will move to Bahariya Oasis along the Tariq El-Wahat. Bahariya Oasis along the Tariq El-Wahat. From here, you can see an amazing view of Bahariya Oasis. We will start out tour in 4*4 Jeeps to the Sand Dunes and the Salt Lake, where we can stop and enjoy walking for a while then we will drive to the Black Desert. Kharga Oasis is the largest and most populated Oasis in the Western Desert.
We will finish our interesting trip with Luxor, where we will enjoy with the the pharaonic temples. them to Hurghada again, our last station.
- Do You Like Wildlife?
- What about the Desert?
- We will visit the Egyptian Oasis.
- Bahariya Oasis, Dakhla oasis& Kharga Oasis.
- White Desert, Black desert & the western desert.
- Hurghada, Cairo & Luxor as well.
- Giza Pyramids, Luxor Temples& and more...
- 2 nights Hurghada in 4 stars hotel on all-inclusive basis
- 1 night Cairo in 4 stars hotel on H/B basis
- 1-night Bahariya in 3 stars hotel on H/B basis
- 1 night camping in the White Desert
- 1-night Dakhla in 3 stars hotel on H/B basis
- 1 nights Luxor 4 stars hotel based on H/B
- All transfer mentioned above with air-conditioned (A/C) vehicle
- Transfer in Bahariya, Black and White desert till Farafra with 4*4 Jeeps
- Single and double domed shaped tent with mattresses pillows and sleeping bags
- All camping fees and permits
- Professional guide speaks your language during the whole trip
- Entrance fees for all the sightseeing mentioned above
- Snack- tea, coffee during days on deserts
- Basic hygienic needs (liquid soap, antibacterial gel, toilet paper, wet wipes, Kleenex, mirror)
- Any personal expenses
- Tipping kitty
- International flight (priceuponrequest)
- Entry visa
Upon your arrival at the Hurghada International Airport, you will be greeted by Golavita representative who will assist you through the immigration and customs formalities. You will be transferred with air-conditioned vehicle to your hotel in Hurghada where you will check-in and stay overnight.
You will be wakeup with an ordered call bit earlier to enjoy little extra breakfast arranged in hotel restaurant before your guide will pick you up with A/C vehicle to Cairo. Approx. in the middle of the distance you will stop in the rest house for a little coffee break or toilette pause.
Upon arrival to Cairo, you will start your full day tour with Old Cairo; you will visit the church of St. Sergius (Abu Serge) where you will see the place where the Virgin Mary and her son rested during their trip in Egypt.
You will visit also the oldest mosque in Egypt, Amr Ibn El Ass Mosque then you will proceed to the Egyptian Museum or the treasure house where you will see the treasure of the king Tutankhamun including his golden mask and his golden sarcophagus. Moreover, in the ground floor, you can find the treasure of the chronological order from the predynastic period until the end of the Roman period.
And sure, you will see the great Pyramids of Giza and the famous Sphinx, the only wonder from the old seven wonders date back to the year 4500 BC but sure not before lunch, will be taken in local restaurant. After you will finish your tour, you will check-in in your hotel in Cairo, dinner and overnight for rest.
Breakfast will be taken in your hotel then your guide will pick you up from your hotel with A/C vehicle straightforward to Bahariya Oasis along the Tariq El-Wahat. Upon arrival, we will check-in at your hotel in Bahariya then we will start touring the village. We will visit the Museum of the Golden Mummies, from a Greco-Roman necropolis (they are called like this because they are covered with layer of gold). Finally you can enjoy a sunset view from the top of a hill where you can see the English House (nickname was given to the old fortress). From here, you can see an amazing view of Bahariya Oasis below, and then back to the hotel, Dinner and free time at leisure or 1 hour walking through the street of the Oasis to explore the night life of the Wahati people or the people who are living there with chance to seat on normal coffee shop and have an Egyptian typical drink.
Breakfast will be taken at your hotel with some free time to enjoy the village activity in the morning. Who wants, don´t miss the chance to try the typical Egyptian Falafel with Aish Baladi or bread or just watch drinking tea on café by local people, discussing the weather or sharing their jokes. Sure you can meet little children approach new visitors with friendliness and curiosity, shouting "HELLO" but want nothing. We will start out tour in 4*4 Jeeps to the Sand Dunes and the Salt Lake, where we can stop and enjoy walking for a while then we will drive to the Black Desert (Mountains and hills rich in black Basalt), seems the wind after thousands of years exposed this basalt and dispersed the rocks everywhere over the area giving it a black appearance, Gebel El Marsos is one of the most famous mountains there and provides nice view over the surroundings landscape, makes you feel like you are not on earth but on another planet. Next stop will be El Heiz village and its spring where you will have a bath (no Jacuzzi can quite compare to Bahariya's springs and wells), till our Chef will prepare the lunch for us. After getting our delicious meal we will continue to the Crystal Mountain, it's said to be sub-volcanic vault dating from the Oligocene age. You can walk up the hill or get a great photo of the sun shining through the picturesque natural arch. From the Crystal Mountain we will drive off road to Aqabat or Agabat is a small beautiful valley of unusual beautiful mountain formations. Next stop is a beautiful land escape which is absolutely out of the world, The White Desert or The White Desert National Park, magnificent natural rock formation by wind over millions of years. Many of the formations are given funny name such as Tents, Mushrooms, Ice Cream Cones, Ostriches, Hawks and Crickets; they are best viewed at sunrise or sunset, when the sun turns them hues of pink and orange or under a full moon which gives the ghostly appearance. Camping in the White Desert, barbeque dinner and folkloric party (special music performances and dancing around the fire, by our drivers) is what you can be expecting. After you will fully enjoy unforgettable scene, visible stars in quite atmosphere will help you to lay outside the tent and gaze until your soul, mind and body will be content.
Wake up from a quiet and peaceful night, having breakfast in Camping area then driving 40 kilometers to Farafra Oasis which is known since antiquity and it’s a single village famous for its strong traditions and piety. You will tour the city and look at the one floor mud-brick houses with short wooden doors and rooftops made of dried palm trees trunks and wooden beams covered with mud. You will visit Qasr El- Farafra and its surrounding and how the people of the Oasis used it like refuge and defensive area against external aggression. Then visit of a unique place in Farafra (Badr Museum), the mine of information for the tradition life of the Oasis in sculpture. Badr Abd El Moghny, Farafra citizen and a self-taughter artist, built his Museum himself from Mud-Brick in Pharaonic design and decorates with animals and plants. All his art work is made from objects found in surrounded areas of the Oasis. You will have the chance to bath in Beir Seta, one out of 100 wells in Farafra, Warm water with high percentages of sulphur useful for some diseases. So do not forget your swimming dress, after finishing bathing we will head to Dakhla oasis directly, 230kilometers away. Dakhla is one of the most beautiful Oases in Egypt with its fantastic Al- Qasr village, the labyrinth or the old town with its fantastic mud-brick houses, wooden door lintels; narrow alleys separate houses, mosque dates back to the Ottoman and Mamluks with its Islamic architecture period and 11 century Madrasa or School. There is a beautiful panoramic view for the village from the top of AL-Qasr, overnight at hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel then drive to Kharga Oasis, 190 kilometers away, its known that Kharga is the largest and most populated Oasis in the Western Desert, it has many places we can visit but we will start with the Cemetery of Bagawat, dates back between the second and seventh century AD. It was the refuge place for the Christians from Roman persecution. They escaped from northern Egypt and restored to Kharga. More than 263 small, domed tombs with a church in the middle, one of the oldest in Egypt. The tomb of Exodus is very important because it shows a pharaoh forcing the Israelis going out of Egypt, The tomb of Peace which has many colored Coptic inscriptions and figures for Jacob, Virgin Mary, St, Paul. Other tombs explain the Coptic life during that period. Not far from here we will visit the temple of Hibis, which was closed for restoration in 1980s, and inaugurated in October 2012. It is the best preserved temple in the Western Desert and was used as a garrison until 330BC. Lunch then driving to Luxor, check-in in a hotel and overnight.
Breakfast at the hotel then start a full day trip with your Egyptologist to Luxor sightseeing, visiting the west and east banks most important sightseeing including Valley of the Kings, the temple of the queen Hatshepsut and Memnon Colossi. Lunch will be taken at local restaurant with Nile view then visiting Karnak temples on the east bank of the River, and then you will be transferred to Hurghada where you will check-in and have overnight.
Breakfast will be taken at the hotel then free time at leisure till final departure to Hurghada international airport.
