4 Days Trip To Wadi El Hitan And El Minya With Drop Off In Luxor

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4 Days Trip to wadi el Hitan and El Minya with Drop off in Luxor,Visit Wadi el Hitan, Visit The Museum of Kom Aushim, Karanis City

Duration

1 Day Trip

Tour Type

Private

Transportation

Bus

Description

4 Days Trip To Wadi El Hitan And El Minya With Drop Off In Luxor

4 Days Trip to wadi el Hitan and El Minya with Drop off in Luxor,Visit Wadi el Hitan, Visit The Museum of Kom Aushim, Karanis City, Hawara Pyramids Fayoum Lake and Wadi El Rayan. Drive to El Minya Visit Tel El Amarana tombs,Bani Hassan,Tuna el Gebel & Ashmounin.

Prices

Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip except during Christmas, New Year & Easter holidays.
Children Policy:
0 – 01.99 Free of Charge
2 – 05.99 pay 25% of tour price
6 – 11.99 pay 50% of tour price
12+ pay full tour price as per adult person.
Notes :
Child pricing applies to children who share rooms with their parents (Max 2 Children in one Room)

Included/Excluded

Pick up and drop off services from Cairo & Drop off in Luxor
Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle
Mineral water
Transportation by private jeep 4x4 from Cairo to Wadi Hitan (Valley of whales)
Tour Guide throughout the Safari trip
Meals as mentioned
Overnight in Camping in Fayoum
2 nights in Hotel in El Minya
Accommodation in El Minya including bed and breakfast
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
Private English-speaking Egyptologist guide throughout tours
Entrance fees to all the sights in Minya
Two lunchtimes during the tour in El Minya at a local restaurant
Bottled water on board the vehicle
All services charges and taxes

Any Extras not mentioned in the itinerary
Tipping

Tour Itinerary

Day 1-Cairo-Fayoum

Start your Trip with Pick up from Your Hotel In Giza of in Cairo- Drive to wadi el Hitan

Wadi Al Hitan ’ is a Protected area and a Natural Heritage Site added in 2005 by UNESCO as world heritage site, WADI EL-HITAN is also known for scientists in the Zeuglodon Valley, have been discovered in 1936, it is located 35 KM west of the Wadi El-Ryan, right deep into the desert western desert, is It is an area of fossils; considered as an open museum, dates back to 45 million years and contains petrified primitive whales skeletons, shark teeth, shells and roots of Mangroves preserved in soft rocks. Everywhere you go here you find petrified sea shell and corals, Visit the Fossil & Climate Change Museum Wadi-Al-Hitan#Change_Climate_Museum Egypt 360
The museum hosts a variety of whale fossils, and skeletons that are displayed outdoors, as for the museum it has a variety of fossils, skeletons, fossilized mangroves, and ancient seashells exhibited indoors in glass boxes

At 12:00 Enjoy your lunch

Drive to The Magic lake and Gebel Al-Mudawara

The Magic lake:

One of the most beautiful lakes in Egypt, overlooking sand dunes, is the Magic lake. Around the lake gives you the chance to witness one of the most eye-catching sunsets you will ever see.

The Magic Lake is a beautiful lake located in Wadi El Rayan in Fayoum. It was named the Magic lake as it changes its colors several times a day depending on the time of year and the amount of sunlight it receives.

It is an amazingly beautiful place surrounded by desert. People spend their time hiking & sand-boarding beside Magic Lake or even swimming in the lake itself.

The lake contains minerals that are said to help treat patients with rheumatism.
It’s simply a magical place for a magical trip.

Gebel Al Mudawara

Seven Kilometres south of the waterfall, Along the left eastern side of the road, Is a picturesque Area known as Al Mudawara, The Lookout, There are three Mountain along the lakeshore, it is a favorite Picnic Area

Wadi El Rayan

Wadi El Rayan is a depression 42 Meters below sea level and covers 673 K.m.In 1966 this depression became a water reservoir when it was connected with Qarun Lake by underground Pipe

Tea time by sunset- Bbq Dinner and overnight in the Camping -Enjoy an amazing night with star Gazing

Day 2- Fayoum -El Minya

Pick up from the camp after breakfast to visit Fayoum attraction

The Museum of Kom Aushim
The Museum is a Good Place to pick guides to all parts of Fayoum. The museum was originally erected in 1974. It exhibits artifacts dating from the Prehistoric to Roman Periods it Also Exhibits Fayoum Portrait.
Karanis.
( The Lord`s Town) is one of the Largest Greco Roman Cities in the Fayoum. Founded in the Third Century B.c and Originally inhabited by the Mercenaries of Ptolemy the Second`s Army. The City has two temples

At 11:00 drive to Hawara Pyramid (( Arsinoiton polis)

The Pyramid of Hawara ( Arsinoiton Polis) was built by King Amunemhat III during the twelfth Dynasty the Pyramid, its casing removed in Roman times, looks like a heap of rubble, but the site was one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Egypt.

The Mortuary temple was the labyrinth that so mazed The greek traveler ( Herodotus) I visited this Place and found it to surpass the descriptions( He said the Labyrinth was believed to have been hewn from one single rock and Contained over 3000 rooms, It was also mentioned by almost every ancient traveler Strabo, Diodorus

Here at Hawara 146, Fayoum portraits were found in the Cemetery North of the Pyramids( You Can see a few of them at Kom Aushim Museum and in Cairo Museum)

Drive to El Minya- Overnight in El Minya

Day-3- Tour to Bani Hassan & Tella Amarna

Enjoy Private day trip to Al Minya from Cairo, Al Minya is one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt. You will Visit Tell El Amarana (Akhenaton) was the Capital City of the King Akhnaton called by some the heretic king. Then Proceed to the tombs of the high officials during the reign of King Akhnaton and the Royal tomb of King Akhnaton. You will visit also Bani Hassan which is small Village south of El Minya, Bani Hassan has the amazing tombs of the rulers of the old City. during the Middle Kingdom.

Back to El Minya- Overnight in El Minya

Day 4 - Al-Minya - Luxor

You will be picked up by our tour guide from your hotel in El Minya .Today ,You will visit Tuna el Gebel , the large site functioned as Necropolis for the ancient town of Khum or Hermopolis, The Cemetery was located 11 K.m from the City, in an area which is perhaps, better known as the northwestern boundary of the Akhnaton`s City of Akhenaton and it is marked by a boundary stela, We will visit the tomb of Petosiris, the high priest of Thoth and the tomb of the Isadora, El Ashmunein was a town of great importance as a cult Center of Thoth, the god of wisdom, healing and writing. During the old Kingdom, the town was known as Khmunw. It was called Hermopolis Magna-The Greek god Hermes was associated with Egyptian Thoth, Who dominates the site in the guise of two famous colossal baboon statues. Lunch during the tri

Drive to Luxor- Overnight in Luxor

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