2 Continents,
Africa and Asia (Cairo _ Mount Sinai)
First Day
Arrival in Cairo with reception and assistance by our team inside Cairo Airport, followed by a private transfer to the hotel in an air-conditioned tourist vehicle. Check-in and rest.
Second Day
In the morning
Visit the Giza Plateau, home to the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Menkaure, built during the 4th Pharaonic Dynasty more than 4,600 years ago in the Egyptian Sahara. We will have the opportunity to see the Valley Temple up close, as well as the Great Sphinx, carved from a single block around 2500 BC, symbolizing the enigma, mystery, and grandeur of ancient Egyptian civilization.
In the afternoon
Visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, recently inaugurated in Cairo on the first day of November 2025. The GEM is the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilization, the Egyptian civilization. We will explore its fascinating halls with 100,000 items and artifacts from Ancient Egypt on display, as well as its intelligent and modern architecture, where light and air interact. The visit also includes the Tutankhamun or Tut Ankh Amun collection, who lived in 1330 BC, where his treasures are brought together for the first time in history. It was discovered in 1922 by the English archaeologist Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings in the city of Luxor (Thebes), south of Cairo.
At night
Enjoy a 2-hour cruise on the Nile River with dinner and a show. Overnight in Cairo.
Third Day
We head to Saqqara, the largest archaeological site in northern Egypt and part of the necropolis of ancient Memphis. In Saqqara, we will visit the Step Pyramid, also known as the pyramid of six mastabas or the stepped pyramid, three names for the same monument, designed by the architect Imhotep in honor of Pharaoh Djoser around 2630 BC. We will also visit a mastaba, a tomb dedicated to a vizier, priest, or noble person. A mastaba is characterized by scenes of daily life depicted on its walls, such as harvesting, hunting, and rituals practiced by the ancient Egyptians.
We continue to the Coptic Quarter to understand how Christianity began in Egypt. We visit the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, built above the cave that sheltered the Holy Family during their flight from Bethlehem to Egypt from the massacres of the Roman Emperor Herod. Next to it is the Ben Ezra Synagogue, which we will also enter to learn a little about Jewish culture.
In the afternoon, we head to Khan El Khalili Market, or “yalla bina to the souq,” as the local community likes to say. It is the oldest market in Egypt still in operation, functioning since 1382 until today. It is famous for the Mirror Café, or Café Al Fishawy, which was frequented by the Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Free time in the market to buy Egyptian souvenirs, enjoy mint tea while sitting in its historic cafés, or simply take a walk through its narrow and beautifully decorated streets.
Overnight in Cairo.
Fourth Day
Leave the African continent to enter the Asian continent, while still remaining within Egyptian territory. Departing from Cairo southeastward, after 5 hours of road travel we reach Mount Sinai. The landscapes along the road represent another journey within the journey itself: passing beneath the Suez Canal, having lunch by the Red Sea, seeing biblical sites, and discovering the route of the Exodus taken by Moses to reach the Promised Land. We continue our journey through the beautiful mountains of the Sinai Peninsula to the city called Saint Catherine, where we spend the night.
Opportunity to climb Mount Sinai, at 2,286 m, to reach the summit in time to watch the sunrise and visit the biblical site where the Prophet Moses spent 40 nights before receiving the Ten Commandments. Descend during the day to enjoy the views of Mount Horeb, the Plateau of Elijah, and Mount Catherine at 2,642 m, the highest mountain in Egypt.
Overnight at Mount Sinai – Egypt.
Fifth Day
After breakfast at the hotel in the Saint Catherine area, still in Egypt, depart toward the Egyptian border and the city of Taba on the Gulf of Aqaba. The group will then continue the journey to the Dead Sea, which is no longer in Egypt.
