8 Days Cairo and The Oasis Budget Tour

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Overview

Begin an exciting 8-day budget vacation tour. Our Egypt Day Tours combine wonderful historical and adrenaline-rushing activities. Explore Cairo's pulsating city life and the alluring beauty of the Egyptian oases. These well-designed Egypt tour packages offer the ideal fusion of historical marvels, cultural immersion, and natural landscapes, all these features while keeping your budget in mind.

Discover the Pyramids of Giza. The Pyramids of Giza are not just Egypt’s most famous landmark; they are the last surviving wonder of the ancient world. Built over 4,500 years ago during the Old Kingdom’s 4th Dynasty, this massive archaeological complex sits on the Giza Plateau, right on the edge of the Sahara Desert and Greater Cairo. Witness the Great Sphinx. The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the world's largest and oldest monolithic statues. Combining the body of a lion with the head of a king, it is a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian sculpture and a timeless symbol of mystery, strength, and royal power. Visit The Valley Temple of King Chephren. The Valley Temple of King Khafre is located right next to the Great Sphinx on the Giza Plateau. The Valley Temple of King Khafre (also known by his Greek name, Chephren) is one of the most magnificent and best-preserved structures from Egypt's Old Kingdom.

Enjoy your visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is a monument to both Egypt's ancient past and its modern ambitions. For the first time since Howard Carter discovered King Tut’s tomb in 1922, all 5,000+ items from the boy king's burial are displayed together in one place. This includes his iconic solid-gold death mask, chariots, jewellery, golden shrines, and even his ornate walking sticks.

Explore the Bahareya Oasis. The Bahariya Oasis (often spelt Baharia) is a lush, green depression nestled in the middle of the unforgiving Western Desert of Egypt. Located about 365 kilometres southwest of Cairo, it is the most accessible of Egypt’s famous Western oases. Discover the golden dunes and feel a wonderful adrenaline rush by riding a 4X4 jeep, exploring the desert. Book now and discover Egypt tours in more than one place.

Inclusion

Transportation and assistance of our representatives during the 8-Day Cairo and the Oasis Budget Tour
All your Egypt tours are private.
An Egyptologist guide will be with you during your 8-Day Cairo and the Oasis Budget Tour.
Stops for snacks upon request.
Mineral water bottle daily during your Egypt day tours and airport transfer.
Shopping tours in Cairo. (if you are interested)
All service charges and taxes are included.

Exclusion

Egypt entry visa. Costs 30 USD at Cairo International Airport.
Your accommodation in Cairo for 3 nights is not included.
Tickets and entrance fees to all the sites in Cairo, as mentioned in our cheapest tour, the 8 Days Cairo and the Oasis Budget Tour, are not included.
Beverage during meals.
Tour price doesn't apply during peak seasons like the Christmas and New Year tours in Egypt or during Egypt Easter tours.

Itinerary

Our tour leader will be waiting for you inside Cairo International Airport with a signboard bearing your name to accompany you by private vehicle to the hotel in Giza or Cairo on your first day in the 8-Day Cairo and the Oasis Budget Tour. Once you reach the hotel, we will help with fast check-in.

Spend your first night in Cairo.
Welcome drink at the hotel

In the morning, you will have a delicious breakfast at the hotel, then your tour guide will accompany you to start your 8-day Cairo and the Oasis Budget Tour by visiting

The Giza Necropolis includes three pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, which were built around 25 centuries BC. They are royal tombs, each bearing the name of the king who built it and who was buried in it. The pyramid building here is a stage of the development of tomb architecture in ancient Egypt.

Then you will have memorable photos with the sphinx. Some archaeologists believe that King Khufu was the one who built it, as the face of the Sphinx resembles a statue of Khufu (and does not resemble the statues of Khafre). In fact, the question of who built the Sphinx is still open to research. It is said that he represents the sun god "Hor-em-akhit."

Your lunch will be served in a high-quality restaurant in Cairo, and then you will be driving to the Coptic Cairo tour and visiting the old Roman fortress of Babylon, which was built by Emperor Trajan. Then, proceed to visit the Grand Egyptian Museum; your guide will explain to you all the important information about all the masterpieces.

Then, return to the hotel and overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Lunch

On your third day of the 8 Days Cairo and The Oasis Budget Tour, you will have your breakfast at the hotel, and then you will check out, and the tour guide will meet you in front of the hotel with a private vehicle and drive you to Bahariya Oasis, which will take about four hours from Cairo.

Upon arrival, you will be taken to visit the valley of golden mummies, which was discovered by chance when a donkey carriage was stuck into the hole, which led to the discovery of thousands of mummies in gold.

Then you will visit the Tombs of the Nobles who ruled the oasis during the Pharaonic period.

In addition, the temple of Alexander the Great in the Bahariya Oasis was discovered by Egyptian archaeologists.

Enjoy a pleasant lunch at the oasis and you will be transferred to the hotel for check-in to spend the afternoon.

You will be able to enjoy the minerals of the groundwater when you take a dip in the hot spring of the hotel. And before the sunset, you will be taken to climb the Black Mountain to see the ruins of the English house on top of the mountain and get a panoramic view of the entire oasis.

Then spend the night at Bahariya Oasis.

After having your pleasant breakfast on the fourth day of 8 Days Cairo and The Oasis Budget Tour, you will begin your day by visiting the large salt lake in Bahariya and the golden sand dunes, then you will take an excursion to see the palm trees and the local fruits gardens.

After that, you will have a delicious lunch then you will go to discover the Black Desert which is in Bahariya Oasis is one of the most important natural tourist attractions in Egypt and the world, and it is made of mountains of volcanic rocks scattered like an archipelago of islands then Continue to the quartz Crystal Mountain and the Valley of Agabat after a short stop at the Valley of El Haize.

then you will visit the White Desert which is a strange phenomenon among the deserts of the whole world, which is located in the Bahariya Oasis north of the Farafra Oasis in the New Valley Governorate in Egypt, and its area is more than 3000 square kilometers.

you will spend that night camping in the white desert.

Have your daily breakfast made by the locals and the popular morning tea-mint on the fifth day of 8 Days Cairo and The Oasis Budget Tour we will head to the oasis of Farafra, in Farafra you can enjoy the sulfur hot water spring of Bir Setta then you will visit the old town of Al Qasr and drive from Farafa to Dakhla for about 3 hours.

at that time you will be able to visit the Roman Temple of Deir El Hagar in the middle of the desert and half-buried by the sand dunes.

After taking your lunch, visit the old Islamic Village of Al Qasr dates back to the twelfth century A.D.

then in the afternoon relax by the pool-like hot spring then visit the verdant Dakhla farms which are full of golden sand dunes and the clear blue sky above.

Spend the night in Dakhla at Desert lodge hotel.

On your sixth day of the 8 Days Cairo and The Oasis Budget Tour and after enjoying your breakfast, you will get prepared to begin your tour at Dakhla Oasis, where you will visit Qasr El Labkha, a Roman fortress on the old caravan route, and the Kharga Museum. also visit the Roman Temple of Hibis and Nadura from outside as well as Bagawat, the oldest Christian cemetery all over the world.

then will head to Baris Oasis, the smallest and the cutest of the Western Desert Oases, and visit the Temple of Dush, standing in the middle of an entire flourishing settlement and the fortress, the Temple, which is devoted to Isis and Serapis.

Then you will spend the night. enjoying camping in the middle of the golden dunes in Kharga.

On your seventh day of the 8 Days Cairo and The Oasis Budget Tour, you will have a traditional breakfast in the morning that is freshly made by the Bedouins.

Then you and your tour guide and private driver will return to Cairo,

Spend your night in the Cairo hotel.

Enjoy your last breakfast at the Cairo hotel on the eighth day of the 8 Days Cairo and The Oasis Budget Tour

the tour leader will meet you to be transferred to Cairo International Airport, and he will assist you to board your international flight for your international departure from Egypt.