Embark on a stunning 15 days Egypt hidden gems by land from UK. Discover in 15 days, the famous attractions and hidden gems of Egypt by land. Experience one of the best Egypt tour packages from UK. Explore on this 15-day bus tour, the wonders of Cairo, Meidum, Al Minya, Abydos, Dendera, Luxor, and Aswan.
Begin your Egypt 15-day bus tour (Egypt Hidden Gems from UK) in Cairo. Explore the Great Pyramids of Giza, Saqqara, Dahshur, Saladin Citadel, and the Grand Egyptian Museum. Head to Alexandria to discover the Roman Catacombs and the Citadel of Qaitbay. Venture from Cairo southward to Luxor via Meidum, El-Minya, Abydos, and Dendera. Discover Meidum Pyramid, Bani Hassan Tombs, and Tell Al Amarna. Explore the stunning Temple of Seti I in Abydos and the wonderful Temple of Hathor in Dendera.
Witness the great highlights of Luxor’s west and east bank in three days with a breathtaking sunrise balloon ride over Luxor. Be amazed by the Karnak Temple, Habu Temple, Deir El-Madina, Valley of the Queens, and the Valley of the Kings. Continue to Aswan visiting Edfu and Kom Ombo temples on your way. Visit the phenomenal Temples of Abu Simbel and Philae Temple in Aswan. Fly from Aswan back to Cairo for the rest of your 15-day Egypt holiday from the UK by land. Complete your 15-day Egypt Hidden Gems tour from the UK with lasting memories of history, culture, and adventure. From iconic pyramids to off-the-beaten-path wonders, this land journey reveals Egypt’s soul at every stop.
Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, you will meet and assist by our representative of “Egypt Best Vacations” who will help you through the arrival and visa regulations. Transfer to your hotel for free time and the beginning of your 15 days Egypt by land tour from UK.
Meals Plan: No Meals Included
Your actual 15 days Egypt by land (Egypt Hidden Gems) begins when our tour guide picks you up from your hotel for the tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the GEM Museum.
Today, you will explore the Giza Plateau. Today’s tour includes the Great Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure with the great Sphinx. The only ancient wonder which still exists (Khufu’s pyramid) awaits you. Are you ready to explore it from the inside? Today you will learn about the history of the pyramids, how they were built, and why they were built.
Savor your lunch at a local restaurant, then proceed to the Grand Egyptian Museum. Explore the world’s largest collection of ancient Egyptian treasures in one stunning modern complex. You’ll stand face-to-face with the full Tutankhamun collection and enjoy immersive galleries that bring Egypt’s history to life. Then, transfer back to your hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
Following your breakfast at the hotel, you will visit the Citadel of Saladin, which was built in 1172 to protect Cairo from the Crusaders. At the citadel, you can visit the White Mosque of Mohammed Ali Pasha, which is one of its most prominent features. Continue to Coptic Cairo District to visit the Hanging Church, Abu Serga Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Your tour will conclude in the largest market in Egypt, Khan El-Khalili, a historical bazaar. Then, head back to your hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast Only
Today, your 15 days Egypt tour by land from UK takes you to the beautiful City of Alexandria. Your tour includes the famous Roman Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa. The catacombs are huge Egyptian tombs and royal cemeteries with Ptolemaic and Roman influences. The catacombs of Kom El-Shoqafa are one the largest Roman burial sites not just in Alexandria but in Egypt. These catacombs started as a private tomb for a wealthy family, then became a public cemetery. The catacombs house more than 300 tombs.
From the catacombs to the Pompey’s Pillar. Many of the ancient historians did not tell us more details about the “Pompey’s Pillar” but about the buildings that stood nearby and have disappeared now. The hill on which the pillar is erected was covered with temples and houses a long time before the Roman era. It was the place of the Citadel of Rhakotis. A temple was dedicated to Osiris-Serapis was built on the mountain.
Then proceed to the Citadel of Qaitbay. The Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria is one of the most important fortifications in Egypt. It was constructed by Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay to defend Egypt against the Ottomans/Turks. End your tour to Alexandria highlights with visiting the Library of Alexandria. Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant, then travel back to Cairo.
Meals Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
Travel by land from Cairo toward Meidum to visit Senferu’s first pyramid at Meidum. Started as a Step Pyramid but then converted into a true pyramid, the pyramid at Meidum marks the transition from the Early Dynastic Period to the Old Kingdom. Then proceed to El-Minya to visit Tuna El-Gabel. Tuna El-Gabel is the necropolis of Hermopolis Magna, ancient capital of the 15th nome and cult centre of Thot, god of writing and sciences. Continue to Ashmunein, the site of the ruins of the ancient city of Hermopolis (Magna). Then, transfer to your hotel in El-Minya for a free evening.
Meals Plan: Breakfast & Dinner
Visit the wonderful tombs of Bani Hassan. This site includes some of the most impressive tombs of the Middle Kingdom. Its rich and well-preserved tombs attest the economic prosperity that it enjoyed. Then your 15 days Egypt tour by land from UK takes to Tell El-Amarna (Ancient city of Akhetaten), the city was founded by King Tutankhamen’s father, Akhenaton, and where King Tutankhamen was born. Artifacts discovered here in the 19th century included hundreds of cuneiform tablets, known as Amarna Letters. Archaeological finds of the late 20th century included sculptures and paintings. Then, transfer back to your hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast & Dinner
Travel from El-Minya to Abydos to Visit the stunning temples of Seti I and Ramses II in Abydos. Abydos is the Greek name of the ancient Egyptian name (Abdju). Abdju was the great necropolis of Thini. Thini, the capital city of the 16th nome of Upper Egypt, held a great position during the Predynastic period. The temple of Seti I is built of limestone and laid out on three levels. Unlike other Egyptian temples, it is L-shaped rather than rectangular and incorporates seven great doorways and seven sanctuaries. The temple was dedicated to the major gods Osiris, Isis, Horus, Amun-Ra, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah as well as the deified Seti I himself. Then, transfer to your hotel in Abydos for a free evening.
Meals Plan: Breakfast & Dinner
Travel from Abydos to Dendera to visit the wonderful temple of Hathor at Dendera. The temple of Dendera dates back to the Ptolemaic Period, although evidence points to older structures once existing on the site, dating as far back as king Pepy I, from the Old Kingdom. Among the temple’s most notable features are astronomical engravings on its ceiling.
Then transfer to your hotel in Luxor for two full days of your 15 days Egypt by land tour from UK. Visit the majestic Luxor Temple by night. The Temple of Luxor was built by the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III (1387-1349 BCE), the grandson of the military genius Tuthmosis III, and expanded by the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramses II (1279-1213 BCE). Numerous other sovereigns, including Tutankhamun, Horemhab, and Alexander the Great enriched the construction with reliefs, inscriptions, and minor buildings. Then, transfer back to your hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast Only
Enjoy a breathtaking sunrise hot air balloon over Luxor, then back to your hotel for breakfast. Then, visit the impressive Valley of the Kings. The Valley of the Kings is one of the most important highlights not only in Luxor but throughout Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians named it (Ta-Iset-Ma’at), which means “the Place of Truth”. The Valley of the Kings is the necropolis of the great Egyptian pharaohs of the 18th to the 20th Dynasty (1550-1080 BCE). Tuthmosis I was the first pharaoh who was buried at the Valley of the Kings while Ramses XI was the last pharaoh who was buried there. From the Valley of the Kings to the unique Temple of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, and then to Colossi of Memnon of Amenhotep III. Then, transfer back to your hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast Only
Today, you will return back to the west bank of Luxor to visit the Valley of the Queens. It was part of ancient Thebes and served as the burial site of the queens and some royal children of the 19th and 20th dynasties (1292–1075 BC). Then proceed to the Valley of the Artisans at Deir El-Madina. Deir El-Madinah is the modern Arabic name for the worker’s village which was home to the artisans and craftsmen of Thebes who built and decorated the royal tombs in the nearby Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens. Then continue to the tombs of the Nobles.
Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant then, proceed to the Karnak Temple. The Temple/Complex of Karnak was the great god’s chief sanctuary and much larger than any other monument in Egypt. This huge and splendid complex which actually contains many separate temples covers 1700 years of expansion and an area of 300 acres. Then, transfer back to your hotel in Luxor.
Meals Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Transfer to the most intact temple in Egypt, the Temple of Horus in Edfu. The Temple of Horus in Edfu is the most intact temple in Egypt and one of the most beautiful temples built during the Greco-Roman period. The Temple of Edfu is fully inscribed with reliefs and hieroglyphs on its exterior and interior walls. Then proceed to the twin Temple of Horus and Sobek in Kom Ombo. It was built during the Greco-Roman period. The temple began during the time of Ptolemy V and was completed by the time of Emperor Tiberius. The emperors Domitian, Caracalla, and others added to the temple. So it took about 400 years to finish. Then, transfer from Kom Ombo to your hotel in Aswan.
Meals Plan: Breakfast Only
Venture to the phenomenal Temples of Ramses II, and his beautiful wife Nefertari at Abu Simbel. The temples of Abu Simbel are considered among the most celebrated achievements of ancient Egypt. The two temples were cut in the cliffs about 310 Km south of Aswan. The Great Temple was built for Ramses II (1279-1213 BC), while the Small Temple was built for his beloved wife, Queen Nefertari. Because of the rising water of Aswan High Dam, the temples had to be saved and rescued in a magnificent world rescue operation of temples in Lower Nubia. Transfer back to your hotel in Aswan.
Meals Plan: Breakfast Only
Explore the highlights of the beautiful City of Aswan such as the High Dam, one of the great engineering feats of the 1960s. Then proceed to the beautiful Temple of Isis at Philae Island. This temple was built during the Greco-Roman era and, was dedicated to Isis, goddess of Love and Magic in ancient Egypt. You will end your Aswan tour at the granite quarry of the Unfinished Obelisk. Transfer to Aswan Airport to fly back to Cairo for the rest of your 15 day Egypt by land tour from UK. Transfer from Cairo Airport to your hotel.
Meals Plan: Breakfast Only
Step beyond the famous Pyramids of Giza and unlock Egypt’s deeper secrets with a captivating Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur Tour. Begin your journey in Saqqara, home of the iconic Step Pyramid of King Djoser, the world’s oldest stone monument. Discover how Saqqara became the blueprint for pyramid construction.
Continue to Memphis, Egypt’s first capital, where history comes alive among open-air statues and colossal masterpieces. Stand before the legendary fallen statue of Ramses II and explore the treasures that once watched over the heart of the Old Kingdom. Your adventure concludes in Dahshur, a tranquil desert site that showcases the evolution of pyramid engineering. Marvel at the Bent Pyramid and the perfectly crafted Red Pyramid, enjoying quiet moments away from the crowds. Then, return to your hotel for the final night of your 15 days Egypt by land tour from UK.
Meals Plan: Breakfast Only
Conclude your 15 days Egypt by land tour from UK by a transfer to Cairo Airport for final departure. It is really sad to leave, but feel free to contact us about your next adventure in Egypt.
Meals Plan: Breakfast Only
