Day 11 (last day) of the Essential Egypt Tour
We left Cairo at 6am, and drove 3 hours north to Alexandria, visiting a Roman Catacombs, Roman Ampitheater Ruins, the Library of Alexandria, and Qaitbey Citadel.
A delicious seafood feast at a local, family-run restaurant was our final meal together 🥺.
We rested during the 3 hour drive back to Cairo, and everyone said their goodbyes before going up to pack bags and get ready for the next day’s flights back home.
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On Day 10 of the Essential Egypt Tour, we:
1️⃣ Saw 22 royal mummies of pharaohs like Hatshepsut, Ramses the Great, and Seti I at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
2️⃣ Ate at Koshary Abou Tarek, and tried Egypt’s national dish in the most famous local restaurant serving it
3️⃣ Inspected the treasures of King Tut like his golden funerary mask and thousands of other artifacts at the Egyptian Museum (old museum) in Tahrir Square
4️⃣ Explored Zamalek, stopping at several local shops to get last minute souvenirs and gifts
5️⃣ Settled in at the Cairo Marriott, a former palace that is now a beautiful 5-star hotel on an island in the Nile
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Essential Egypt Tour, Day 9
A sunrise hot air balloon ride over Luxor’s West Bank was the start to our day, and after bidding farewell to the wonderful staff of Kemet Dahabiya (Kemetale), we visited 5 tombs at the Valley of the Kings:
⭐️Tutankhamun’s Tomb
⭐️Ramses V and VI’s Tomb
⭐️Tomb of Ramses I
⭐️Tomb of Ramses III
⭐️ Tawosret and Setnakht’s Tomb
Then we experienced #Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple and the Colossi of Memnon before enjoying lunch at the Marsam Hotel, surrounded by the Egyptian countryside.
We flew back to Cairo, checked into the Marriott Hotel, and had a posh dinner at Pier88 Italian Restaurant on the Nile River.
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Essential Egypt Tour, Day 8
After arriving in #luxor , we visited #karnak Temple, the largest ancient Egyptian Temple, with astounding colors and reliefs, and then we enjoyed a lunch of Egyptian staples, followed by a visit to #luxortemple at sunset. We stayed at Luxor Temple until we had the opportunity to see it lit up majestically in the dark.
A local music troupe performed for us at dinner onboard Kemet (Kemetale), including a talented local singer who also played the Rebab, a fascinating Egyptian instrument.
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Essential Egypt Tour, Day 7
In the morning we visited the best preserved ancient Egyptian Temple, #Edfu Temple, dedicated to the god Horus.
Then we enjoyed #koshary for lunch, Egypt’s national dish 😋!
We went through the Esna lock that evening in order to lower down around 10 meters to continue cruising northward on the Nile River.
Our personal chef prepared a BBQ feast that night, complete with a homemade date soufflé, my favorite desert on Kemet Dahabiya 😍😍! Kemetale
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Essential Egypt Tour, Day 6
Today we continue cruising the Nile River, and:
❇️ Visited Kom Ombo Temple, with astonishingly well-preserved reliefs
❇️ Explored Gebel el Silsileh, an ancient rock quarry
😋 Enjoyed home-cooked meals by our personal chef onboard our luxury Dahabiya yacht, Kemet (Kemetale)
❇️ Stopped at a remote Egyptian village to meet with a local family and visit a local farm and school
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Essential Egypt Tour, Day 5
We woke up at 6am for breakfast, and by 6:45 we were on the desert highway to Abu Simbel Temple. Leaving a bit later than other companies (who usually leave around 4:30am) meant that when we got to Ramses the Great’s temple complex, it was almost empty!
My guests loved having Abu Simbel almost to ourselves, and after a couple hours at this ancient site we did the 4 hour drive back to Aswan, and started cruising north on the Nile River on our Dahabiya Yacht, Kemet (Kemetale).
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Essential Egypt Tour, Day 4
✈️ We flew from Cairo down to Aswan on EGYPTAIR , and then hit the ground running, visiting Philae Temple and the Aswan High Dam.
⛵️ Then we checked into Kemet Dahabiya (Kemetale), our luxury yacht for our 5-night Nile Cruise. Our personal chef had lunch ready for us, and after a perfect meal we relaxed and recovered from the early morning start (with a delicious dessert before bed, of course!).
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Essential Egypt Tour, Day 3
We started out at the Saqqara Complex, and:
📌Saw the Saqqara Step Pyramid
📌Went inside the Pyramid of Unas (hieroglyphs and colorful reliefs!)
📌Visited Old Kingdom Tombs
Then we explored Dahshur, and:
⭐️Went inside the Red Pyramid
⭐️Went inside the Bent Pyramid
⭐️Enjoyed having the ancient site almost all to ourselves!
We finished the day with a Lebanese lunch at Taboula Restaurant, followed by walking around downtown Cairo, checking out local street food spots, and enjoying a treat from local bakery and Gelateria Mandarin Koueider🍦😍
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Essential Egypt Tour, Day 2 - In the morning, we saw the last remaining Wonder of the World, the Giza Pyramids! Some guests climbed all the way to the burial chamber of Khufu’s Great Pyramid, rode camels, and we took plenty of pictures and videos. We enjoyed lunch at the 9 Pyramids Lounge with panoramic views of the entire plateau, and then got up close to the Sphinx. After we finished at Giza, we went to the Grand Egyptian Museum, and viewed all the main galleries (the museum is about 60% open), and after seeing Egypt’s newest museum, we went to my friend Hakeem’s restaurant, Tabkhaa Space, a delicious homemade Egyptian kitchen and sidewalk cafe 😍. Want to join me on a tour of Egypt? All upcoming tours are linked in my bio!#egypttravel #egypttour #grandegyptianmuseum #gizapyramids #visitegypt
Essential Egypt Tour, Day 1
😴 We slept in (recovering from jet lag!) and then visited:
⛪️ Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo)
📍 The Cavern Church (Abu Serga)
📍 Ben Ezra Synagogue
📍Church of St. Barbara
📍 The Hanging Church
☪️ Then we went to the Khan el Khalilii Souq (market) and El Moez Street, taking in the 1,000+ year old Islamic buildings and monuments, and enjoying dinner at @zeeyara.restaurant rooftop with sunset views of the historic UNESCO World Heritage Site.
🌜We finished the evening by haggling for souvenirs at the market and enjoying the monuments lit up at night.
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@fasahetsomaya is a delicious Egyptian restaurant where all the food is served home-cooked style. It’s just steps away from Tahrir Square, in the center of downtown Cairo.
Somaya is only open two hours, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and she might run out of food before 7:00 p.m, so try to show up early if you can.
Their menu is in English and in Arabic, and the food changes every day, so Somaya posts on Instagram and also Facebook the night before for the following day’s menu.
This time, we had amazing mombar (sausage casings stuffed with rice), fattah (rice, beef, bread, and tomato sauce),torshy (pickles), and kebda (liver) all Egyptian food cookedjust like it would be in someone’s home.
And as you can see, we ate everything in sight and I’m definitely going to be back soon.
Would you eat at an authentic local restaurant like this in Cairo? What do you think? Or what questions do you have? Drop a comment and let me know 🙂
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