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Travel to Giza, see pyramids and the Sphinx
Learn more about ancient Egypt at the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
Enjoy cruising on the River Nile
Explore the ancient cities of Luxor & Aswan
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4 nights in Cairo & 1 night in Alexandria in 6 star hotels. 3 nights in a cruiseMeals: breakfasts during Cairo & Alexandria stay. Full board meals in cruisePickup and drop off service. Flights: Cairo - Aswan & Luxor - Cairo. Transfer by an air-conditioned vehicle from Cairo to Alexandria and back to CairoAn expert tour guideActivities: 1 day tour in Cairo to visit the Egyptian Museum, pyramids & the Sphinx. 1 day tour in AlexandriaEntrance fees to destinations as per the itineraryAll taxes and service charges
Travel through Egypt’s legendary past on the Three Cities of Egypt Tour & Nile River Cruise—an ideal getaway for families and young adventurers. Over 9 days, unravel the mysteries of Cairo’s pyramids, marvel at the treasures within the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, and visit the ancient step pyramid of Sakkara. Cruise the Nile in luxury from Aswan to Luxor, exploring the Valley of the Kings and the temples of Edfu and Hatshepsut. Continue to Alexandria, where history echoes through the famed Library and remnants of the Lighthouse. The tour’s unique selling point is the combination of five-star accommodations and a luxury cruise, making this a seamless blend of comfort, education, and excitement for families and curious travelers alike.
day 1 - Cairo arrival
Meet our representative upon arrival in Cairo International Airport. He will be waiting for you holding the sign of Ramasside Tours Egypt. Transfer by an air-conditioned car to your luxury hotel in the Egyptian capital. Stay overnight in Cairo.
Accommodation:6 Star Hotel
Meals:Breakfast
day 2 - Cairo
Have your breakfast and head for the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. On display in the museum is the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Included in the collection is an exhibit dedicated to Tutankhamun.
Head for the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerions next. Also see the Sphinx. Stay overnight in Cairo. You also have the option of attending a sound and light show in Giza, among the pyramids. Stay overnight in Cairo.
Accommodation:6 Star Hotel
Meals:Breakfast
day 3 - Cairo - Aswan (flight) & Nile River cruise
Have your breakfast and transfer to the domestic airport for your flight to Aswan. See Aswan's high dam as well as the temple on the island of Philae.
Head for the cruise after that. Sail to Kom Ombo while enjoying your lunch on board. Visit the temple shared by gods Sobek and Haroeris. Spend your night onboard the cruise in Edfu.
Accommodation:Nile Cruie Other
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
day 4 - Nile River cruise (Edfu – Luxor)
Have your breakfast on board. Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu before sailing to Luxor. Enjoy your afternoon tea and dinner on board. You have a galabya party in the evening. Stay overnight in Luxor.
Accommodation:Nile Cruise Other
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
day 5 - Nile River Cruise
Have your breakfast on board the cruise. Visit the Valley of the Kings (the resting place of the kings of various dynasties), the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Also visit the Necropolis of Thebes, located on the West Bank. Enjoy your lunch and afternoon tea on board the cruise.
Accommodation:Nile Cruise Other
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
day 6 - Luxor - Cairo (flight)
Enjoy your breakfast before disembarking from the cruise. You also have the option of flying in a hot air balloon, should you want to make your stay in Luxor an unforgettable one. The flight lasts approximately 30 to 45 minutes depend upon the weather. Transfer to Luxor's airport to catch your flight back to Cairo. Transfer to your hotel upon arrival.
Accommodation:6 Star Hotel
Meals:Breakfast
day 7 - Alexandria
Your guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to Alexandria. Start the tour with the library of Alexandria, once the biggest and most important library in the world. Visit its open court and free museums. Please note that the library is closed on Fridays and on every public holiday.
Then visit the site of the Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world on which now stands the castle of Qaitbey. Head for the royal garden of King Farouk (the last king in the history of Egypt) and see the royal palaces of Haramlek and Salamlek as well as the private beaches of the queens.
Continue your Alexandria tour with a visit to the biggest mosque in the city, the Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque, as well as the Alexandria Naval Unknown Soldier Memorial and the statue of Alexander the Great.
You can then stop for lunch if you want to (optional) before visiting the Church of St. Mark, which is also the oldest church in the continent, before driving along Alexandria Cornish (30km) to see the whole city.
Stop over the famous Stanley Bridge, the landmark of modern Alexandria, before visiting Alexandria's old town and taking a walk in its city centre, which was built by Alexander the Great. Stay in your hotel in Alexandria.
Alexandria has much to see in addition to all that is mentioned above. If you have time and want to explore the place more, please let us know about it beforehand. Stay overnight in Alexandria.
Accommodation:6 Star Hotel
Meals:Breakfast
day 8 - Free day in Cairo
Have your breakfast and transfer to Cairo by car. You also have the option of visiting the Step Pyramids of Zoser, the world’s oldest major stone structure that was built during the reign of the 3rd Dynasty (around 2630 BC) for King Djoser.
Transfer to Memphis, founded by King Menes, which was the capital of the Old Kingdom and was the centre of power and culture in ancient Egypt for over 3,000 years. See the Statue of Ramses II as well as the Red and Bent pyramids in Dahshur. Stay overnight in Cairo.
Accommodation:6 Star Hotel
Meals:Breakfast
day 9 - Cairo departure
Have your breakfast and prepare for your departure. Our representative will transfer you to the airport and help you board your departure flight.
Accommodation:6 Star Hotel
Meals:Breakfast
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Andrea KraemerVerified Traveler
1.0 out of 5
Be careful!!! Bait and switch!
For anyone going on a Ramasside tour in Egypt please be very careful. I would recommend making sure they provide you with a driver/guide that speaks English and you don’t get into a car that looks like it might break down. My husband and I experienced an absolute nightmare last week where we feared for our lives on a tour with them and did not recieve what we were promised.
I’d like to share my experience to hopefully save you from what happened to us.
We booked a private tour (my husband and I) months ahead of the cruise. A couple days before the excursion, I received an email saying we have to go in a small group, not private because too many people signed up. To make up for it, they will include lunch which we already had in our package. The private tour cost a lot more than the small tour. We paid $1050! After making it clear I was not happy with that, we were told we would get a private tour.
The morning of our tour, when we were walking to meet our guide, we received a text that they were changing the schedule. No pyramids that day, instead we would go to the museum and pyramids the next day. We were quite Disappointed but, in the end, that worked out better for us.
When we got to the spot where they said to meet them, no one was waiting for us. They advertised “your Ramasside tour guide and manager will be waiting for you. They will be holding a sign showing your name. You do not need to look for them, they would look for you”. Not the case! We had to ask many people to finally be told our guide was on his way, he was running late. Then, after about an hour of standing on the street, we were told he was not coming, and to go with some else. We had no idea who this person was and, if they were even connected to Ramasside. We were told our guide would meet us in 3 hours in Cairo. The driver did not speak English at all! He couldn’t show us any sights per advertised. They say “from the moment your tour starts your guide will give you his full attention, once in the car your driver will talk to you about all the things on the ways well as other aspects of your tour that interest you”. Not the case!
The seat belts in the car were broken and the traffic was the CRAZIEST we’ve ever seen! The lane dividers must have just been a suggestion. People drive anywhere they want. We held on for dear life! The car had 285,000 miles on it and was in terrible condition! I couldn’t believe we were in it. On the 5 lane freeway, people run across on foot constantly. Scary!! The driver (and everyone else on the road) was constantly honking and swerving. We felt very unsafe.
About an hour into the drive the car overheated. The driver stopped the car ON the 5 lane freeway with people driving fast and crazy swerving to avoid us!! He couldn’t communicate with us so, we had no idea how long we would be there and what the plan was. He was using his phone but, not sure who or what was being said. He had a huge bottle of water and a rag so, I can only conclude that this happened often. Found out later the car belonged to Ramasside. It was 104 degrees and it was HOT!!!! REALLY hot with no way to get relief. The one bottle of water we were given was warm and, we couldn’t drink it. My husband who is a mechanic, was standing on the freeway helping the driver (again no way to communicate with him). I was scared for our lives. All I could do was look behind us, hold my breath and pray! One we got back on the road after thirty minutes, We drove over 2 hours with no AC. Remember it was 104 degrees. We were also breathing nasty polluted air because the windows were down. The pollution is out of this world and we had a hard time breathing. The whole time I was questioning if we would make it. I’ve never experienced heat like this and I’ve been in Florida in the middle of summer!!
We finally met the tour guide in front of the museum. We thought when we met him, we would get in his AC car but nope, he was on foot. He walked us to the museum. I was overheated and very dizzy. I’d never felt like this in my 52 years of life. I literally could not see clearly. He didn’t know anything about our tour. Had no idea that lunch was included. No idea what time we go on Nile River cruise. No idea what time we need to be back to the ship next day.
After the museum (which had no AC), the original driver picked us up in a different car, thank god! Our tour guide left again and we had no way to communicate.
The driver took us to lunch at four thirty pm. We were starving! The lunch was in a boat that sits on the Nile which was cool but, the lunch itself was no good. Pita bread with dip. Salad, pickled veggies. We were the only ones there. Felt weird. The people who worked on the boat said the dinner cruise we were scheduled for through Ramasside would be at 7pm and 9pm. We were told 8pm so, now we didn’t know when it was. Quite frustrating! Then, after we ate we had to wait for the driver to finish his food and his phone calls before we could leave. We were SO ready to go to the hotel. He doesn’t speak English so there’s no way to communicate with him.
We finally get to the hotel and they don’t have a reservation for us. We had to wait at the desk while she checked with her supervisor. She came back and said she found it. But, now we were told NO Nile River view as promised by Ramasside. Only city view. My husband is a Diamond member with Hilton and was able to talk to a manager to get the upgrade to river view otherwise, we would have not got it. It took 30 minutes to get a key for our room.
At this point we were not sure we even wanted to go on the Nile River cruise because we were afraid of what would happen next and we only had 30 minutes to get ready. Well, we decided to go and guess what? The driver (same one as before) was not waiting where he said he’d be to take us. We looked everywhere and called him (he answered but we couldn’t understand each other) and he was no where to be found. We finally found someone to call him and translate. He was waiting in a different spot than he said. We barely made it to the cruise on time.
The cruise was really nice. Good food, good entertainment and amazing views!
At this point, I sent a message on Whats App the manager of Ramasside (Rakaia) to explain the situation and she said she will get us a driver that spoke English for the next day and, for our trouble she will upgrade our lunch to one with a view of the pyramids. That’s nice and all but, it did not begin to make up for our experience and, our package already included lunch.
The 2nd day we were met by our guide (who showed us the museum) and another driver who showed up to pick us all up, who did speak a little English. They took us to the pyramids, sphinx, rode the camels and to a paper and oil making factory and lunch. This day was perfect!!! No complaints. We chose to skip going into the pyramids to save time and, we chose to be taken directly back to the ship with no tour of Alexandria because we were afraid of being stranded again and, not making it back to the ship in time for departure. We did make it back thank goodness!
Our guide explained to us that all of this happened because they overbooked and didn’t have the right people in place. I’m really not trying to be rude but, how can that be our fault. It was as if we were to be ok with that explanation. The guide we had was really great and the driver could not help he didn’t speak English and that Ramasside gave him a really old car with issues but, it certainly is Ramasside fault.
My husband and I are very easy going people but, this was way to much for anyone to deal with. We will not be using them ever again! Very disappointed and upset! I’ve since emailed Rakaia the manager again and she said they would offer us or our friends a discount on future excursions with them. I find this insulting! How could or why would we ever put ourselves in this situation again! NO WAY!
Please be wary!
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SoloTraveler123456Verified Traveler
5.0 out of 5
info@ramsestours.com
This was my first time in in Egypt, it was an unforgettable experience! After seeing the Great Pyramids in Giza I took an overnight train to Luxor and spent several days exploring everything Luxor has to offer. I found the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank to be particularly fascinating (So much Ancient Egyptian history in a relatively small area!). I then spent three nights on a Nile cruise towards Aswan. The weather was perfect and we stopped at two Ancient Egyptian temples, Edfu and Kom Ombo. My tour guide was a certified Egyptogolist named Ahmed Haggag Ali. He really seemed to enjoy being a tour guide and his English was perfect. He explained the temples to me and was able to answer all of my questions. Kom Ombo was particularly fascinating to me because it was an ancient hospital. After arriving in Aswan, Ahmed was also my tour guide for visiting Abu Simbel (Another must see part of Egypt!). I highly recomend visiting Egypt and having Ahmed as a guide, you will not be disappointed.
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Ramasside Tours EgyptVerified Traveler
5.0 out of 5
The best way to visit Egypt
I've been in Egypt for in october/2018 with my husband and organized the entire trip with this tour operator.
I've talked to other agencies, but this one was the most organized, fast to answer all my questions and made me feel more safe, thanks to Mohannad Mehany who was always avaiable and helpful until the end of the trip (even when my husband forgot a washbag in the ship, he asked the motorist to pick it up for us and delivered in the next day).
Our trip was totally tailor-made, since the begining we already new all places and temples we wanted to visit, where we wanted to stay longer to explore by ourselves, and these things never were a problem.
We made all tours with motorist and guide exclusive for ourselves, always punctual and helpful.
We had 3 great guides during the trip (Cairo, Aswan/during the Nile cruise and the last one in Luxor), but one of them was outlier, Osama, the best guide in Egypt, always showing the most interesting things, in a good mood, extremely helpful... I really recommend this guide.
Thanks again, everything was perfect in our trip!
