Alexander The Great
7 Nights / 8 Days
Cairo / Alexandria / Siwa / Bahariya / Farafra
Day 1
- Cairo
- Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, the group will be met by Our Representative who will assist them through the immigration and customs formalities.
- Transfer by our deluxe coach to your hotel for check-in and overnight.
Day 2
- Cairo / Alexandria
- An early drive to Alexandria 230-km, we visit the Catacombs, Alexandria Bibliotheca and the National Museum (lunch in Restaurant), the evening is spent touring the city.
- Check in at hotel, Dinner & overnight.
Day 3
- Alexandria / Marsa Matruh / Siwa
- After breakfast, we leave Alexandria behind, we arrive to Alamein 60-km.
- There we visit the WWII Museum and the war memorial. (lunch en route) Moving on, we pass by Marsa Matruh.
- Upon reaching Siwa 300-km, we tour the Old Siwan Village of Shali, Dinner and overnight in hotel.
Day 4
- Siwa / Camping
- After breakfast we visit Cleopatra’s Spring, Mountain of the Dead, and Alexander the Great Temple (Temple of the Oracle).
- Lunch in Restaurant.
- Take a donkey-drawn cart for a tour around the city before heading off road 17-km to the Great Sand Sea, where we rest at the hot spring of Bir Wahid.
- We bathe, have dinner and relax while looking at the stars, overnight camping.
Day 5
- Camping / Bahariya
- After breakfast we head off road on a 450-km journey to Bahariya Oasis.
- We pass by Bahrein, Nawemisa and Sitra Oases.
- Lunch en route, we pass through magnificent sand dunes of the Great Sand Sea.
- Upon reaching Bahariya, oasis, we check in our hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 6
- Bahariya / Farafra
- After breakfast, we tour the city; visit the Temple of Alexander the great, the Tombs of the Nobles, the Golden Mummies and the English Mountain.
- Lunch en route.
- Upon reaching the White Desert 160-km on/off road, we start exploring the formations, the wind carved sculptors that resemble both human and animal faces.
- Explore the formations that resemble the surface of a different planet.
- Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Farafra.
Day 7
- Siwa / Camping
- After breakfast, we go on/off road to the black desert.
- On route to Bahariya, we visit the crystal mountain and the area of the wonders with the desert roses and the arch.
- After lunch, we head 370 KM towards Cairo.
Day 8
- Cairo / Final Departure
- Check-out after breakfast and transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure.