2 Days in Cairo and Luxor | Safaga Shore Excursions

After disembarking from your cruise in Safaga, you will have the option of joining Cairo tours from Safaga. You will be driven in a private vehicle to Hurghada airport for your flight to Cairo. After landing at the airport in Cairo, you will be greeted by one of Osha Tours' tour guides and taken to see the Great Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure as well as the Sphinx, a lion with the head of a pharaoh carved during the reign of Pharaoh Khafre. Additionally, you will explore the Valley Temple of the Pyramid of Chephren. There will be a nice lunch at a well-known eatery in Cairo. After lunch, you will visit the Egyptian Museum, which houses collections of ancient Egyptian civilization. The museum features an exceptional collection of 5,000 years of artistic works, the most extensive collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 real exhibits are presented, including a special show containing the artifacts, gold, and adornments of King Tut, whose tomb was lost for over 3,500 years until the archaeological excavations of the 1920s unearthed it. The day will end with a tour of Islamic Cairo and the Khan El Khalili market, the oldest market in the city. Accommodation will be provided in a five-star ranked hotel in Cairo. For those arriving via cruise, tours from Safaga port offer a convenient way to experience all that Cairo has to offer.

Once you reach Luxor, a guide speaking English from Osha Tours will receive you with an air-conditioned private van, taking you to the Karnak temple, which is the biggest temple complex ever built. For those interested, Luxor trips from Safaga offer an excellent opportunity to explore this historic site. Lunch will take place in Luxor at one of the restaurants. Later on, you will be taken across the Nile to the west bank to view the two huge statues of Amenhotep III and the Colossi of Memnon. After that, you will visit the Valley of the Kings, famous for its remarkable tombs; you will explore three tombs, excluding the tomb of King Tut. After this, you will proceed with a visit to the Hatshepsut Temple in El Deir El Bahary, which is dedicated to the one female king who ever ruled Egypt. At the end of your trip from Luxor, you will be driven back to your cruise in Safaga – a distance of 4 hours by a private air-conditioned van. This is a small experience of our Egypt tours, aimed at introducing you to the deep history and cultures of this ancient civilization.