THE GREAT BIBLICAL EXODUS

What is the reality of the legend? When did Canaanites come to Egypt?  Where is the land of Goshen?  (Genesis: 47) Who is the Pharaoh of Moses? Did Moses cross the Red Sea? What is the reality of the miracle? And when was the great Exodus? From here, the legacy started, so please start to join us to follow the great steps of Moses till the end of Exodus in the land of Egypt.

Itinerary

Day 1

Cairo

Arrive at Cairo airport, meet with our tour manager, who will help you through your immigration and customs formalities; then, he will escort you to your five-star hotel where you are assisted with the check-in procedures for your- two nights stay.
Accommodations: Cairo 5 stars Hotel. Upon arrival in Cairo, you are met by our local representative as you enter the baggage claim area; look for a sign with your name. He will assist with your luggage and escort you to the waiting vehicle where your driver awaits. Transfer together to your five stars’ hotel, where you are assisted with the check-in procedures for your- two nights stay.

Day 2

visit The Land of Goshen Tanis

After breakfast, you will meet with the Egyptologist tour guide to start the tour, drive to Tanis (Exodus 2: 4-10) to visit the Land of Goshen (Exodus 1:15-22), where Moses was born. Dry lunch, drive back to Cairo. Overnight at the Hotel. (B, L, D)

Day 3

Visit the Pyramids of Giza and Sakkara

After breakfast, meet your Egyptologist this morning and transfer to Giza plateau. You begin the full day’s sightseeing to explore Egypt’s most iconic image—the Pyramids—including the 4,600 -year-old Great Pyramid, the only survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Built for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek), it was the world’s tallest man-made structure for more than 4,000 years. A staggering architectural achievement for any age, Khufu’s Pyramid rises 480 feet from the desert sands and comprises more than two million stone blocks—some weighing as much as 90 tons. Walk up to the top of Giza plateau to marvel at the sight of the three great pyramids: Cheops (Khufu), Chephren (Khafrae), and Mykerinos (Menkaure). While we gaze at its grandeur, we can begin to understand why construction methods used by the Egyptians to build this ancient architectural wonder are debated to this very day.
We can ponder another mystery for the ages at the Sphinx, enigmatic guardian of the Giza Plateau. Dated to about 2,500 B.C., the carved lion with outstretched paws and the head of a king in ancient Egypt’s earliest known monumental sculpture. Lunch at a nearby restaurant. After lunch, you will visit Memphis, where Moses studied various arts, like war, medicine, architecture etc. travel to Sakkara to tour the first stone structure ever built, King Zoser’s famous Step pyramid built a century before the Great Pyramid! Sakkara expanded to cover an area of 3.7 miles from north to south by 1 mile from east to west. As such, it is one of the largest and most important areas of ancient Egypt. Here you will also find the elaborate tombs of the Nobles featuring the multi-chromatic Hieroglyphs, and some has 32 chambers with scenes on the walls depicting ancient daily life from hunting in the marshes to listening to musicians play the Harp. On our way back to the hotel, you may wish to visit the handmade Carpet School where the excellent artistic is being done. The remainder of the evening is at your leisure.
Accommodations: Cairo hotel B L D

Day 4

Cairo

After breakfast, meet your Egyptologist and head to the heart of Cairo. Visit the world-renowned Egyptian Museum, home to the greatest Paranoiac treasures in the world, more than 25000 masterpieces. The museum’s vast exhibits will lend context to our later discoveries as we trace the history of Egypt from Cheops to Cleopatra. A highlight is the life-sized, solid gold death mask (along with 1,700 more items) of the boy king Tutankhamen—and later in our journey, we’ll see where Howard Carter discovered these priceless treasures in 1922. After our guided tour, there will be time to reflect on Egypt’s illustrious pharaohs or wander the museum’s side rooms to glimpse the daily lives of the ancient Egyptians. We’ll also see nearby Tahrir Square, the focal point of an uprising that captivated the world in 2011. Lunch at a traditional Egyptian restaurant. Also, where are the Stella of Israel and a Copy of the birthing chair (Exodus 1:15-17). Then visit the Mummy Room, lunch, continue the tour to Old Cairo to visit St.Sergious Church and Synagogue of Ben Ezra. Return to the hotel overnight. (B, D, L)

Day 5

Luxor

Upon arrival in Luxor, you are met by our representative to assist and escort with the luggage for the embarkation of our private Nile river-yacht to begin one of the highlights of our Egypt adventure. To set your expectation for days ahead, a word about our private 14-passenger Yacht—your accommodations for the next six nights: This is not your typical large river ship, packed with travellers, chugging up and down the Nile (we’re content to let those big boats pass us) Take a panoramic tour of Egypt’s most beloved highlights, from the Pyramids and the Sphinx to Karnak temple. Today, we journey back in time from Egypt’s current capital, Cairo, to its ancient capital of Thebes. After refresh, we will explore the massive Karnak Temples with its huge hypostyle hall consisting of 134 columns and Labyrinth passageways. Be sure to circle to the gains Scarab to ensure a long healthy life successful return to Egypt! The Karnak Temples complex was the ancient Ipet-Isut (The Most Selected of Palaces), the main place of worship of the Theban Triad covered 200 acres. More than thirty Pharaohs contributed to the buildings; you could spend years wandering this amazing complex, Launch. Afternoon ending our day at the fabulous Temple of Luxor with the sun setting over the Nile. This temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun-Ra, (king of the gods), his Wife Mut (mother), and their son Khonsu (the Moon God) Luxor temple has the miraculous Avenue of Sphinxes that stretches from Luxor temple to the Karnak temples for a distance 3, 2 Km (2 miles) This temple has been in continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day. Most of Luxor Temple dates to the New Kingdom period. Ramses the Great built the large bylone and two obelisks (only one remains today); towards the rear end is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great. During the Christian era, one of the hypostyle halls of the Temple converted into a church. Then for thousands of years, the temple was buried beneath the streets and houses of the town of Luxor. Eventually, 12th century, the Mosque of Sheikh Yusuf Abu AL Hagag was built over it. The Mosque was preserved when the temple was uncovered and forms an integral part of the monument today. After the visit, we return to our Private Yacht for dinner and the evening relaxing. Overnight moored in Luxor.

Day 6

Luxor

Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut temple and Beginning the Nile cruise
This morning after breakfast, transfer to Luxor’s West Bank to explore the incomparable Valley of the Kings. Tour various open tombs of the ancient Pharaohs and see where new excavations are taken place. Behind the Valley of the Kings lies the beautiful, almost non-classical temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari, commemorating one of the famous women, Pharaoh. Then continue visiting to admire the 75 feet high, 1000-tons statues of Amenhotep the 3rd -The Colossi of Mammon, as they sit like giant sentinels overlooking the massive banks of the Nile 3400 years old. These massive sandstone statues once flank the entrance of the lost mortuary temple of Amenhotep the third, but now stand virtually alone is a field that the temple has eroded over the last 3400 years. Breakfast on board, then visit the Valley of Kings and Queens and a panoramic Hatshepsut Temple, then visit Colossi of Memnon, return to the Cruise, lunch, Day at leisure, and Sail Edfu, dinner and overnight on Board. (B, L, D)

Day 7

Edfu & Kom Ombo

Have breakfast on board while sailing to Edfu, where you stop to visit the Temple of Hours. after a short ride to the temples, this is your chance to study the exact layout of one of these fabulous pharaonic structures built on the site of an earlier temple, it was dedicated to the Sun God (Horus), (Hathor) of Dendera and their son the youthful (Harsomtus). According to the myth, hours fought one of the great combats with Seth here, presented as a flying falcon in human form with a head of a falcon or as the winged sun disk. The Temple of Horus at Edfu is the most complete and best-preserved ever; the reason is that the temple had been totally submerged under the desert except for the very top of the pylon entrance. A small amount of stone had removed from the exposed part, but it was found to be in near-perfect conditions when excavated. Enjoy the fun of haggling with the local merchants you walk from the temple. Return to the Yacht enjoying sailing to Gebel Silesia Temple; we visit Kom Ombo, a riverside town surrounded by sugar cane fields, home to Egypt’s only double temple shared by two Gods, Sobek and Haroeris. That is. Dramatically situated along a bend on the Nile, the beautiful Greco-Roman Kom Ombo Temple features one side dedicated to the local crocodile god, Sobek (it is said that real crocodiles used to bask here). The other side honours the falcon god, Haroeris. The entire structure is unusual in that everything is doubled and perfectly symmetrical along the main axis: twin entrances, twin courts, and twin colonnades. Another unique feature of Kom Ombo is a series of engravings thought to be among the world’s first representations of medical and surgical instruments. Return to the Yacht for the most beautiful town of Upper Egypt, Aswan, for overnight

Day 8

Aswan

Breakfast on board, visit Philae Temple, Unfinished Obelisk and The High Dam, and go back to the boat for lunch. Afternoon enjoys a fellucca ride back to the boat, dinner and Overnight on board.(B,L,D)
Abu Simbel Tour (Optional)
PM Philae Sound and Light Show (Optional)

Day 9

Cairo

Disembarkation, after breakfast, then you will be transferred to Aswan airport for the flight back to Cairo. Lunch, then check in the hotel, rest of the day free. (B, DL)

Day 10

Ismailia & Sinai

Then check out breakfast at the hotel, drive to Ismailia to visit (Tal El- Maskhtota), where the first Pass Over could be. Lunch, then drive to Sinai, where it could be the first step of the great Exodus. (Exodus 15:1-18) the Exodus Song. Upon arrival, you will visit Marah (Exodus 15:22-25) then visit the Emil, where there are 12 springs and 70 palm trees. (Exodus 15:27), then drive to Rephidim (Exodus 17:8), where Amalek. Lunch, continue driving to St. Cath; upon arrival, check-in the hotel for fresh up and dinner. 1 am climb the mountain (Exodus 19:12-25), where Moses received the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:12-25), enjoy the sunrise above the mountain, back to the hotel (B L D)

Day 11

Sinai & Cairo

Fresh up, breakfast, check out. On the way back to Cairo, visit St Cath Monastery and the burning bush (Exodus 3:2-5) lunch on the way, overnight in the hotel. (B, L, D)

Day 12

Cairo

After breakfast, at a time per-coordinate with the Cairo representative, meet and transfer to the Cairo International Airport for your flight home, with romantic memories and leaving behind new friends always gratitude your coming and wishing you the best.