11-Nights Middle East Combo: Egypt & Jordan - Private Guided Experiences, Goway Select from $4,977

Day 1: Arrive in Cairo

Transfer: Cairo Airportto Cairo - City Centre

Hotel: Ramses Hilton (4 Star Rating)

Located on the banks of the Nile in the heart of Cairo, Ramses Hilton offers a convenient base for exploring the Egyptian capital. Guest rooms and suites offer comfortable accommodations, with many enjoying views across the Nile and city.

The hotel features a choice of restaurants and lounges, an outdoor swimming pool and a range of leisure facilities. Its central location provides easy access to many of Cairo’s cultural and historic attractions, making it a well-positioned base for discovering the city.

Day 2: Full Day Pyramids, Sphinx, and Egyptian Museum Tour

Begin your full-day exploration with a transfer to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), one of the world's largest archaeological museums. Explore the vast halls and encounter iconic exhibits, including the treasures of Tutankhamun. After your visit to the GEM, you will be transferred to the Giza Pyramids plateau. Explore the magnificent Great Pyramid of Giza (Khufu), the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, marveling at their scale and history. Visit the enigmatic Sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh. Conclude your full-day tour with a transfer back to your location.

Day 3: Full Day Medieval Cairo Tour

Today you will enjoy a medieval atmosphere while walking through the old gates of Cairo into Al Moez Street with its heritage of mausoleums, mosques, palaces and schools dating from Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluke and Ottoman Eras. Cross Al Azhar Street to visit the caravansary-like Wekalet el Ghoury, and the Mamluke Style housed of Zeinab Khatoun.


Have lunch at Al Azhar Park amid the minarets of Cairo and the Citadel panorama. After lunch visit the Ibn Tulun mosque, being the oldest intact mosque standing in Egypt dating to the ninth century and characterized by its unique spiral minaret copied from the mosque of Samaraa. Add to your knowledge of Cairo's old houses by a visit to the Next door Gayer Anderson Museum, one of the famous locations where the James Bond film "The Spy who Loved Me" was shot.

Day 4: Depart from Cairo and Arrive in Luxor

Transfer: Cairo - City Centre to Cairo Airport

Transfer: Cairo Airportto Luxor Airport

Transfer: Luxor Airportto Luxor

Hotel: Hilton Luxor Resort and Spa (4 Star Rating)

Set on the banks of the Nile, Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa offers a tranquil retreat surrounded by the timeless landscapes of Luxor. Stylish rooms and suites are complemented by two infinity pools overlooking the river, a full-service spa and a selection of restaurants and bars. Guests can unwind by the water, enjoy riverside dining or relax at the spa, making the resort an inviting base for exploring Luxor's extraordinary ancient sites.

Day 5: Full Day Luxor West Bank and Luxor East Bank Tour

Cross the Nile to the West Bank and visit the impressive
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, a unique architectural marvel set against the cliffs. Explore the Valley of the Kings, the final resting place of many New Kingdom pharaohs (visits to a selection of tombs are usually included). Continue to the Valley of the Queens, where the wives and children of pharaohs were buried (visits to a selection of tombs are usually included). Your tour will conclude with a stop at the Colossi of Memnon, two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.Drive to the Luxor temple where many festivals were celebrated in Thebes. The Temple of Luxor was the center of the most important one, the festival of Opet. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Ramses II, the temple served as a setting for the rituals of the festival, which was held to reconcile the human aspect of the ruler with his divine office. The procession of images of the current royal family began at Karnak and ended at the Luxor temple.

Karnak Temple was erected in 1928 BC as a small shrine dedicated to Amun, god of Thebes. The Temple of Karnak comprises three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples all constructed over 1300 years. The three main temples of Mut, Monthu, and Amun, are enclosed in enormous brick walls, with the temple of Amun at the center. Karnak is now the largest and oldest temple compound on earth.

Day 6: Full Day Dendarah and Abydos

Hathor, the ancient Egyptian goddess of love and joy, was what Aphrodite was to the Greeks and Venus to the Romans. It was at Dendarah, some 60kms north of Luxor that the Egyptians worshipped Hathor in a Temple. You will also include a visit to Abydos a further 60 Kms drive north of Dendarah. Abydos occupies an important place in the religious history of Pharaonic Egypt. By the end of the Old Kingdom, its local god, Osiris, was the most prominent and popular of the Egyptian gods, since he was considered the god of afterlife. According to the popular tradition, Osiris head was buried in Abydos. Here Seti I and his son Ramses II built a beautiful temple in 1300BC.

Day 7: Depart from Luxor and Arrive in Cairo

Transfer: Luxor to Luxor Airport

Transfer: Luxor Airportto Cairo Airport

Transfer: Cairo Airportto Cairo - City Centre

Hotel: Ramses Hilton (4 Star Rating)

Located on the banks of the Nile in the heart of Cairo, Ramses Hilton offers a convenient base for exploring the Egyptian capital. Guest rooms and suites offer comfortable accommodations, with many enjoying views across the Nile and city.

The hotel features a choice of restaurants and lounges, an outdoor swimming pool and a range of leisure facilities. Its central location provides easy access to many of Cairo’s cultural and historic attractions, making it a well-positioned base for discovering the city.

Day 8: Depart from Cairo and Arrive in Amman and the Dead Sea

Upon arrival at Amman's Queen Alia airport, you will be met by Goway's local representative in the arrivals hall and transferred to your hotel at the Dead Sea. The rest of your day is at leisure.

Hotel: Dead Sea Movenpick Resort and Spa (5 Star Rating)

There is a tranquil spot at the lowest point on earth where the soothing, therapeutic benefits of the surroundings give you a most relaxing and revitalizing reward. That spot is right here at Moevenpick Dead Sea, the basin of rejuvenation. Style is of oriental flair featuring a combination of natural traditional local stone, handcrafted wood, luxurious fabrics and textures, with an impressive collection of antiques and artwork. It consists of 340 rooms and suites and several culinary outlets Movenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea, winner of the Gold Award as Best Spa in the MENA Travel Awards 2005, is proud to be nominated at the World Travel Awards as Jordan's Leading Spa Resort.

Transfer: Cairo - City Centre to Cairo Airport

Day 9: Depart from Dead Sea with stop in Bethany and Arrive in Petra

The morning will be at leisure to enjoy the Dead Sea until you check out and depart for your visit to Bethany - the place where Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist and a holy pilgrimage site for Christians the world over. Continue on to Petra and check in to your hotel.

Hotel: Movenpick Resort Petra (5 Star Rating)

The Movenpick Resort Petra is located directly at the entrance to the historic city of Petra. This resort with an oriental flair features an exciting combination of natural stone, handcrafted wood and luxurious Middle Eastern fabrics and textures.

With 183 newly renovated rooms and suites and with seven different dining and entertainment venues, the hotel certainly offers a wide spectrum of choices for your culinary cravings.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 10: Petra Sightseeing and Arrive in Wadi Rum

After breakfast, you will be driven to the Rose Red city of Petra to a guided tour which will include such main sites as the 'Siq', a long winding fissure between two walls of overhanging cliffs, the 'Khazneh', referred to as the Treasury, the Street of Facades, the Court House and the Amphitheatre. After your tour, drive to Wadi Rum, also known as the Valley of the Moon, it is the largest Wadi in Jordan. The area has been used as a background setting in a number of films. Enjoy a 2-hour 4x4 jeep tour inside the desert.

Hotel: Sun City Camp (4 Star Rating)

In the heart of Wadi Rum's majestic desert, stands the incredible Sun City Camp offering serenity and spiritual soothing experience of living in the desert and enjoying the simple Bedouin life of the valley with its unmatched authentic charm and beauty. Such an experience is featured through variety of high standard services, amenities, and accommodation options to choose from alongside a wide range of relaxing and adventurous recreational activities. The camp is located in Wadi Rum about 60 km from Aqaba city and 313 km from Amman. Upon arriving, guests will be welcomed with fresh juice and scented refreshing face towels that will initiate the amazing journey in the desert.

At Sun City Camp, you can enjoy a wide range of adventurous, daring, and fun activities that suit you or simply choose to stop the watch and spend the day with nothing but serenity and the wind. You can also enjoy one of a kind opportunity to connect with the universe through sunrise or sunset yoga or simply gaze at the stars, through the futuristic domes of the valley that take you millions of miles away from earth!

Meal(s): Breakfast, Dinner

Day 11: Depart from Wadi Rum with stops in Mt Nebo, Madaba, and Amman

After breakfast, drive to Mt. Nebo, the mountaintop memorial of Moses with captivating views of the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea and River Jordan. Thereafter visit the endless churches of Madaba known as the city of mosaics for the famous mosaic map flooring the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, the oldest map in the world depicting the Holy Land. Continue to Amman for overnight.

Hotel: Signia by Hilton Amman (5 Star Rating)

Signia by Hilton Amman, the hotel with a busy location centrally located in the heart of Amman. It is the ideal place to stay to make the most of this vibrant city.

At Signia by Hilton Amman, guests can choose a range of room and suite types, modernly styled with a touch of classic. The hotel provides stylish dining offerings that are ready to keep the guest's senses awakened, the Le Café Lobby lounge serves a variety of light bites and sweet treats, alongside a small bar that offers an extensive range of spirits and cocktails. Guests can spend a relaxing day at the spa, which features a wide range of relaxing beauty treatments, and a gym.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Day 12: Depart from Amman

After breakfast, you'll be transferred to Amman Airport for your onward travel.

Meal(s): Breakfast