Egypt tour itinerary May 2025
Day 01 (Thursday 8th May 2025):
Arrival at Cairo.
Day 02 (Friday 9th May 2025):
Giza plateau in front of Khufu’s pyramid.
Journey into the Old Kingdom: Exploring Sakkara and Dahshur. Includes:
Visit to Red Pyramid at Dashour for a ceremony and external viewing of The Bent Pyramid. Visit to The Stepped Pyramid (and associated temple/courtyard) at Sakkara.
Visit to Imhotep Museum at Sakkara.
Day 03 (Saturday 10th May 2025):
Explore Old Cairo. Includes: Cop church service, St Sergi Church, synagogue, Amr Ibn El Aas Mosque,.
Abdull perfume palace
Visit to Grand Egyptian Museum
Flight from Cairo to Luxor.
Day 04 (Sunday 11th May 2025):
Explore Ancient Egyptian mortuary, burial and memorial sites on the West Bank.
Includes:
Visit to Hatshepsut Mortuary Temple with Meditation for Peace.
Visit to various available open tombs, in the Valley
of the Kings.
- Tausert (Setnakt)
- Saptah
- Ramses III
Visit to alabaster carvers
Brief visit to Colossi of Memnon at Luxor on the west bank of the Nile, Amenhotep III
Day 05 (Monday 12th May 2025):
Explore Dendera and Abydos. Includes:
Visit to temple of Hathor at Dendera, including ceremonies.
Visit to Abydos temple of Seti 1 and the Osirion.
Luxor temple at night.
Overnight on Nile cruise ship
Day 06 (Tuesday 13th May 2025):
Visit to Temple of Karnak, (early morning, immediately after opening) for ceremony in Akh Menu (Constructed by Thutmose III), then private ceremony in sanctuary of Memphis triad of Ptah, Sekhmet and Nefertum. Hatshepsut obelisk, Chapelle Rouge.
Evening visit and ceremony in temple of Horus at Edfu. Ride on caleches to get there.
Overnight on Nile cruise ship.
Day 07 (Wednesday 14th May 2025):
Visit to Temple of Horus the Elder and Sobek at Kom Ombo.
Reflection in front of picture of Pharaoh being purified by Thoth and Horus.
Sailing adventure – Explore Aswan’s splendours. Includes:
Felucca ride
Overnight on Nile cruise ship
Day 08 (Thursday 15th May 2025):
Boat ride to beach on the Nile.
Swim in the Nile.
Aswan markets.
Overnight in Nile cruise ship
Day 09 (Friday 16th May 2025):
Boat trip to Philae Island for sunrise visit Ceremony at Trajan’s Kiosk
Visit to Temple of Isis. Watch sun rising.
Overnight at Seti Abu Simbel Resort
Day 10 (Saturday 17th May 2025):
Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
Flight from Aswan to Cairo
Giza plateau
Overnight in Hyatt Regency Cairo West Hotel (Steigenberger Hotel)
Day 11 (Sunday 18th May 2025):
Akhenaten’s legacy at Tell el-Amarna.
Includes:
Visit to Tell el-Amarna, site of small Aten Temple and ceremony
Visit to rock tombs at Amarna, including tomb of Meryt-Re and tomb of Akhenaten.
Overnight in Hyatt Regency Cairo West Hotel (Steigenberger Hotel)
19 May Day 12 Initiation Fayyum Lake Moeris Sphinx Great Pyramid Khufu