9 Days of Romance: Cairo & Siwa Oasis Honeymoon

Upon arrival at Cairo international airport, you will be met by a Aten Tours representative, who will transfer you to the hotel in Cairo and assist you with the check-in procedures. Before your 9 Days of Romance: Cairo & Siwa Oasis Honeymoon Itinerary gets revised, to confirm all the pick-up times, and if you would like to add any optional excursions in Egypt during your Cairo trips and Egypt Honeymoon Holidays.

Welcome Drink

After breakfast at your hotel, our representative will meet you, and start your Cairo day tours. First you will go to the Giza Pyramids, there you can see the Great Pyramid of King Cheops , the Pyramid of Chephren and the Pyramid of Mycerinus. From the Giza Plateau, you’ll get that spectacular view of all three pyramids together, You can also add an optional camel ride, making this a memorable experience during your Egypt honeymoon.

Then, continue to the Great Sphinx, which is often believed to represent King Chephren. After that, you will visit the Valley Temple, where the king’s mummification ceremony happened.

Next, head toward the Saqqara Necropolis to discover the Step Pyramid of King Djoser, Egypt’s first pyramid built fully from stone. You will also tour the Pyramid of King Teti, and stop at the Tomb of Kagemni, who was one of the key nobles during the Sixth Dynasty.

After that, continue to ancient Memphis City, the very first capital of a unified Egypt. Explore its open air museum and don’t miss the Alabaster Sphinx, plus the enormous statue of King Ramses II.

You’ll have lunch at a good restaurant, with views over the pyramids and the Sphinx, before you go back to your hotel.

So after breakfast at the hotel, you will meet your private Egyptologist guide, and then begin your Cairo day with the Grand Egyptian Museum tour. Here you can see one of the biggest collections of Egyptian antiquities in the whole world. Once your approx 2 hours tour is finished, you will move to the area called Coptic Cairo to discover the Christian heritage, there is the Hanging Church of the Holy Virgin Mary built on top of 2 towers from the ancient Roman fortress of Babylon. Also you will visit the Church of St. Sergius, and the Synagogue of Ben Ezra.

You can enjoy lunch in a good quality restaurant, then you will be transferred toward the Islamic Cairo trip district in Khan El-Khalili. Expect some of the most enjoyable walking tours in Cairo, and a chance to see everyday Egyptian life very closely, almost like you are part of the scene. After you complete your Cairo City Tour you will be transferred back to the hotel for overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After you have your delicious breakfast at the hotel , get yourself ready , because later you’ll be picked up and guided by your qualified English-speaking Egyptologist to start the day tour to Alexandria from Cairo with our best Egypt Honeymoon Luxury Tours. You’ll be transferred by an air-conditioned car to Alexandria. The journey takes roughly 2.5 hours drive and yes, there is a short stop on the way for a little break and stretching.

When you arrive in Alexandria, the city founded by the Macedonian-origin ruler Alexander the Great back in 332 B.C, you’ll begin your visit at Pompey’s Pillar. Then you’ll be escorted to the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, after that you’ll continue moving along the coast, drive by the seaside, until you reach the Citadel of Qaitbay. This citadel was built on top of the remnants of the ancient Lighthouse Pharos of Alexandria, which was one of the famous ancient seven wonders of the world.

Also, you should make time for the Bibliotheca of Alexandria. It is a restoration of the earlier library that unfortunately no longer survives. Ptolemy I arranged the library during the third-century B.C, so it could become a kind of hub for science and knowledge, across the world.

Have your tasty seafood lunch at one of the best quality restaurants in Alexandria, overlooking the harbor. After lunch you’ll be transferred to your hotel in Alexandria for check-in, and then overnight.

After breakfast and check-out, we will set off from Alexandria toward Siwa Oasis, it is about 7 hours of driving, so be ready for the road. During the trip, we’ll pause in the Alamein area, to enjoy a set of El Alamein tours, first we’ll visit the Military Museum, then the Commonwealth Alamein Cemetery of World War II, so you can see the army models and truly understand the story of that key battle that happened in WWII, in Alamein.

Then we’ll move on to the friendly city of Marsa Matrouh, for our lunch at a lovely restaurant, before continuing again to Siwa Oasis. When we arrive, we will leave our baggage at the eco-lodge, after that we transfer to one of the most pleasant natural hot water springs in Egypt for a bath, this is meant to ease and soothe our muscles after a long day on the road. Back to the hotel for overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Have your Egyptian cuisine breakfast at the Eco-lodge then you will start our Siwa Oasis tour. Enjoy visiting the ruins of the Shali Fortress where the ancient Siwan people took refuge during the danger of foreign raids. After that you will be transferred, to visit the Temple of The Oracle inside Aghurmi Village and it dates back to the 26th dynasty. Visit also the temple dedicated to the worship of God Amun Ra, it’s known as the Temple of Um Ubeyda. Then you will get introduced to the valuable Siwan heritage through the Siwa House Museum visit, and lunch will be served at one of the Oasis’ beautiful restaurants.

In the afternoon you can relax at Cleopatra Spring, one of the most famous hot water springs in Siwa Oasis, and it is believed to be used by the last pharaoh, Queen Cleopatra. Enjoy swimming and dipping into the glittering water. After that you will be transferred to Fitnas Island to enjoy the charming sunset view.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today, you’ll start with a lovely breakfast at the hotel then straight into your Siwa Oasis Desert Safari your certified Egyptologist will guide you, and you will ride in a 4x4 vehicle to wander around the Great Sand Sea.

First part of the Egypt Desert Safari, we will head toward the Mountain of the Dead. Here you can observe many tombs, for the rulers of the oasis, and after that we keep going across the sand dunes until we get to the fossils from the Cambrian era, to see old corals that still look surprisingly real. Later, we will bring you to one of the mind-blowing places in the Great Sand Sea: a beautiful lake deep in the desert. maybe you are lucky enough to notice flamingo birds swimming in the cool water, looking calm like they are enjoying the serenity of the dunes, and yes they will be bathing in a very relaxed mood.

While passing by Dakrour Mountain, we will switch to sandboarding, basically sliding down the dunes instead of snow, and it feels like pure excitement. After sandboarding, it is time to wash up in the hot spring, known as Bir Wahid, for soaking and easing the muscles. Then, at the end of the Great Sand Sea Tour, you will enjoy another astonishing sunset while you are sitting in the middle of the dunes with Bedouin tea.

Overnight in Siwa, after transfer back to the eco-lodge.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

You will have your breakfast box in the early morning to begging your trip back to Cairo from Siwa Oasis, passing through Marsa Matrouh. Upon arrival in Cairo you will be transferred to the hotel for overnight stay. If we make it back earlier than usual (and if you are lucky) you can squeeze in one of the nice nighttime experiences in Cairo by night, like an optional lively Nile cruise dinner in Cairo. That would include a belly dancing and Tanoura dance show, aboard a sailing boat on the Nile River, really relaxing but also fun.

Meals: Breakfast

Today is the last day of your honeymoon packages in Egypt. We truly hope you enjoyed our Egypt day tours and that the 9 days Cairo and Siwa Oasis honeymoon itinerary fit your plans. You will be transferred to Cairo International Airport to catch your flight back home.