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Trip Hurghada-Luxor 2 days

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:47:57 +0000

Colosses of Memnon

Luxor is not far from Hurghada, hence, you should “sacrifice” one or two days of your beach vacation to have a look at something what you will not forget again. The Valley of the Kings and the Temples of Karnak are still incredibly well-preserved due to the dry climate. Partially one still recognises the colours of the inscriptions, although those are already thousand of years old !
How can one lie in good conscience on the beach, only a few hundred kilometres away from such a miracle?

Book with us an excursion in a mini-tour group (2-6 people)!
No sales events take place, so that you spend your time only with the places of interest in Luxor!

Tour description Hurghada-Luxor 2 days:

At 5.00 o’clock in the morning you are fetched at your hotel in and around the city of Hurghada and go in about 4 hours with a break to Luxor. Your English-speaking tour guide waits there already for you. We recommend to you the following programme:

Visit first the Karnak Temple. It is the biggest temple of the world with a gigantic column hall which has 134 metre-high columns. The columns are still so well-preserved that you can recognise the old inscriptions! With your tour guide you explore the temple arrangements and can take the time that you need. After the sightseeing of the Karnak Temple you eat a tasty Egyptian lunch in a restaurant at the Nile.
Then you should rest a little and let the present impressions sink a little bit in your mind. Check in at the hotel and come along freshly for the evening.

In the evening you are fetched after your individual dinner to the Sound and Lightshow in Karnak Temple. Run with the show by the Karnak Temple. Different areas are illuminated and the life of the Pharaohs from the I-perspective is told over loudspeaker. You cannot experience history in a better way! After the Sound and Lightshow your driver drives you back to the hotel or to the city of Luxor-completely as you desire!
The next day you are fetched at about 9.00 o’clock at the hotel. You go on the western bank side of the Nile. Visit the legendary Valley of the Kings with the marvellous grave paintings which are really like original due to the very dry climate in this area. We would recommend to visit the Temple of Hatshepsut afterwards, but you decide with your tour guide how you create your day. For example, you can have a look at the Temple of Hatshepsut only from the outside and can get explained, why it stands exactly where it stands. Then you still have time to visit the colosses of Memnon or see the Luxor Temple. Or what about the Valley of the Queens as an alternative? However you decide, your private tour guide arranges with pleasure the plan of your excursion as interest-oriented as possible for you!

The benefits of your excursion to Luxor 2 days in the overview:

- 2 days private, Englisch-speaking tour guide in Luxor
- Sightseeing of the following places of interest in Luxor:
- Karnak Temple
- Valley of the Kings
- Temple of Hatshepsut
- Sound- and Lightshow in the Temple of Karnak
- 2x lunch
- Overnight stay including breakfast in a 4* or 5*-star hotel (your choice)

The following ancilliary services are included in the price:

*reliable transfer from and to the hotel in a small, comfortable Microbus (or comfortable car) with air-conditioning
*All entrance fees of above mentioned places of interest are included
*Lunches and cooled soft drinks in the coach the whole trip long
*The tour guide speaks perfectly English and is there only for your group!

Our travel tips for your excursion Hurghada-Luxor:

- organise a wake-up call for you at the hotel
- Hotels offer in general a free lunch package, order yourself one for the trip
- carry bright, aerial clothes and cover your shoulders, you are often in the sun
- do not forget your camera

Prices per person:

2 people 210 EUR
3 people 185 EUR
4 people 155 EUR
5-6 people 150 EUR

The prices contain the overnight stay at a 4*-hotel. An overnight stay at a 5*-hotel has a surcharge of 20 EUR per person.

Children up to 6 years travel for free. From 6-12 years they pay only half price from the adults price.

When you make a fixed booking with us, we ask for a deposit payment of 10% which you get back in case you should cancel the tour.

You would like to book or still have questions to the Luxor tour? Quite simply contact us by e-mail by our contact form.

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Trip Hurghada-Luxor 1 day

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:40:58 +0000

Temple in Luxor

You should visit Luxor if you make a vacation in Egypt. The ones who are interested more or less in culture, simply must visit Luxor. The historical sites are still very well-preserved, so that one sees not only a few stones and has to add the missing parts in his mind. No, it is not really difficult to imagine how everything looked before thousands of years in the original. Imposing constructions at a time built when there was even no electricity.

If you book with us, experience Luxor privately in a small group of 2-6 people!

No sales events take place, so that you have more time for the places of interest!

Tourdescription Hurghada-Luxor 1 day trip:

Luxor is located only 4 driving hours from Hurghada. According to the group size you travel in a comfortable car or in a clean, air-conditioned microcoach. Chilled soft drinks are available to you all the journey Hurghada-Luxor and back free of charge. At 5.00 o’clock you are fetched at your hotel in the area of Hurghada and you can make a break, whenever you would like to. About 9.00 o’clock you reach Luxor. Your perfectly English speaking tour guide already awaits you there. First of all you visit the famous Karnak Temple.
You visit with your tour guide this temple with nothing but aggregations in God’s presentations which originated in no less than two millenniums. Pester your tour guide with questions and remain as long as you like!

A lot of culture makes hungry and thus a tasty Egyptian lunch is the next point on the program.

After lunch you go with a motorboat across the rive Nile to the other side and then by microcoach to the “Valley of the kings” . As the dead person’s rest should be undisturbed, the old Egyptians tried to protect their graves against grave robbers. After the more than 500-year-old history of the pyramids a king had the idea to hide his grave in the mountains. Many followed him, nevertheless, unfortunately, it has helped nothing. The robbers found the graves.

After the sightseeing of the “Valley of the Kings” you can visit the Hatshepsut temple and can get the explanation from your tour guide, why it is located exactly where it stands. You will be astonished, in which dimensions the people already thought at that time!
In the area of Luxor alabaster stone is diminished. If requested you can visit with pleasure an alabaster factory and find out more about dismantling and processing of this stone.
The return journey to Hurghada is planned at about 18.00 o’clock, so that you are at 22.00 o’clock with miraculous impressions and a lot of new historical knowledge back at your hotel.

Temple of Hatshepsut

The benefits of your excursion to Luxor in the overview:

- 1 day English speaking guide in Luxor who is there only for your small group
- Sightseeing of the following places of interest in Luxor:
- Karnak Temple
- Valley of the Kings
- Hatshepsut Temple
- Only if requested: Alabaster factory

The following ancilliary services are included in the price:

*reliable transfer from and to the hotel in a small, comfortable microcoach (or comfortable car) with air condition*
*English speaking tour guide the whole day only for you*
*All entrance fees of above mentioned places of interest are included*
*Lunch and cooled soft drinks the whole day in the coach*

Our travel tips for the tour Luxor 1 day:

-organise an alarm call at the hotel
-hotel offer free lunchpackages, order yourselves one for the way
-do not forget your camera!
-carry loose, bright clothes and comfortable shoes; cover your shoulders and carry perhaps a hat, you are often in the sun

Prices per person:

2 people 155 EUR
3 people 130 EUR
4-6 people 110 EUR

You would like to book or still have questions? Contact us any time by e-mail here.

With firm booking we ask for a deposit of 10% which you get in case you cancel the booking.

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Hurghada-Cairo 2 days trip

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:49:24 +0000

Pyramids and Sphynx

The people who know Cairo say, one would have to find time at least 4 days to get to know this town cursorily.
Well, your beach vacation should not get too briefly, hence, you have with us the possibility to book shorter excursions to the African metropolis.
But still we must say that we recommend an excursion of 2 days. Not for exploring the city two days only, but by this you experience the night in Cairo. At night the metropolis Cairo looks completely different. It shines in an infinite light, gleaming and glistening neon signs promote an Egyptian movie or western pleasure like Coca Cola. The town becomes simply candy-coloured.
Many big hotels are the centre of the high social life and invite in modern clubs to belly dancing shows with superstars. In noble bars and discos the children of the rich drink gin and cocktails and honour the MTV culture which finds its way thanks to TV satellite to them.
And if you look then at the Nile, you find it full from illuminated and brightly decorated holiday boats, which make their round turns. Couples stroll in the mild night air along the Nile promenade, children romp till late night on the streets and everything works like a gigantic fair.
The liveliness of the night seems to make the worries and the oppressive heat of the day forgotten.
Probably it is exactly the night which makes Cairo so charming!

Book with us Cairo in a small tour group of 2-6 people!

Experience an excursion to Cairo privately with an English speaking tour guide who is there only for you!

Tour description Hurghada-Cairo 2 days:

At 3.00 o’clock in the morning you are fetched at your hotel in and around Hurghada and go in an air-conditioned, clean microcoach to Cairo. The experienced driver drives you safely and pleasantly through the desert and you should sleep a little, because the day becomes long and at night you see anyhow nothing.
The drive from Hurghada to Cairo lasts with break about 6 hours.
At about 9.00 o’clock you are in Cairo. At the Egyptian museum your tour guide already waits for you. He will accompany you all the time and show you “his” town. You visit the Egyptian museum with him and he will answer to you all questions.
Then you will be hungry and thus there is at first a tasty Egyptian lunch. Then you visit the alabaster mosque which is known as the most beautiful mosque of the world.

Then it further continues to the biggest bazaar of the Arabian world for the Khan-El-Khalili-Bazar, here all social and religious layers meet and you still find real craft.
For the bazaar about 1 hour is included in the plan (longer time if requested), then you go to your hotel, depending on what you have booked, a 4*-hotel or 5*-hotel.
After the check in you have some time to rest and to make yourself smartly for the night in Cairo.
You have the evening in Cairo at free possession. Against a surcharge you can book the sound show and light show in the pyramids or enjoy a tasty buffet and a dance show on a holiday ship on the Nile.
The next morning you are fetched at 9.00 o’clock at the hotel and you go on direct way to the pyramids and the Sphynx. In approximately 3 hours you have enough time to watch the pyramids. Then you go onto direction of Sakkara, there is again a tasty lunch for you and afterwards you can visit the step pyramid of Sakkara.
About 16.00 o’clock it is a time to leave the city of Cairo and to set off in the direction of Hurghada. Possibly at 22.00 o’clock you are back at your hotel and can say that you have seen one of the 7 Wonders of the World.

Have a lot of fun!

The benefits of your excursion to Cairo in the overview:

-2 days private Englisch speaking tour guide in Cairo
- Sightseeing of the following places of interest in Cairo:
Egyptian museum (mummy hall against surcharge)
-Mohamed-Ali-Moschee (also known as alabaster mosque)
- Guided tour through the bazaar Khan-el-Khalili
- Overnight stay ink. breakfast at 4*-hotel or 5*-hotel (upon request)
-the pyramids of Gizeh and the Sphinx
-the step pyramid of Sakkara
-2x typically Egyptian food by midday

The following ancilliary services are included in the price:

Transfer from and to the hotel in small comfortable Microbus including chilled soft drinks during the journey
All entrance fees of above mentioned places of interest are included, additional entries of other places of interest in addition (for example, entry into a pyramid or the solar boat as well as the mummy hall in the Egyptian museum or the booking of the sound show and light show at the pyramids)

Our travel advices for the excursion from Hurghada to Cairo:

-take a breakfast package from the hotel with you
-carry loose, aerial clothes, nevertheless, not too freely (shoulders overcast, not
deep cutting) if you like to respect the mentality of the country
-wear firm and comfortable footwear
-do not forget your camera

Prices per person:
2 people 260 EUR
3 people 200 EUR
4 people 165 EUR
5-6 people 155 EUR

The prices include the overnight stay at a 4*-hotel. With overnight stay at a 5*-hotel we calculate 20 EUR of surcharge per person.
After booking we ask for a deposit of 10% which you -of course- get back in case of a cancellation.

Should you have further questions, or would like to book this trip, simply contact us anytime via our contactform

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Hurghada-Cairo 1 day trip

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:06:09 +0000

Cairo is the town richest in population of Egypt. And this becomes conscious if one visits this town. It simply never sleeps, not in the heat of the day and surely not in the coolness of the night.
Cairo is a town of full contrasts. Arm and richly, moulder and traditionally, cultivated and moloch.
What is the nicest, nevertheless: Cairo has the pyramids and the unique Egyptian museum. Who is interested not only in the varied townscape, but in his life once and really before the sagenumwobenen pyramids stand will-der must simply rise once to his beach couch and go to Cairo!

Experience Cairo in a small tour group of only 2-6 people!

Make an excursion to Cairo privately with a perfectly in German speaking tour guide who is there only for you!

Description of the tour to Cairo:

At 3.00 o’clock in the morning you are fetched at your hotel in Hurghada or surroundings and travel in an air-conditioned microcoach without convoy to Cairo. The journey time amounts about 5 hours. In half of the distance there is a motorway service, where you can make a break. You should use the possibility to sleep in the coach still a little, because the day will be long and at night in the desert one sees anyhow nothing and the journey does not happen so long. Coming to Cairo, your tour guide expects you already at the Egyptian museum. He accompanies you the whole day.
At first you look the Egyptian museum, your tour guide leads you into perfect English and with studied knowledge by the museum and shows you the masterpieces and grave treasures.
Then is already midday and you go to eat something. After lunch you will go to the pyramids of Gizeh. In a relaxed way you can have a look at every pyramid and with some luck (the guest’s number is limited per day) also go in to one (extra costs). After the pyramids you go in the Egyptian town life on the well-known bazaar Khan-El-Khalili. It is the biggest bazaar of Middle East and still very originally.
The return journey to Hurghada is about 19.00 o’clock. Have a lot of fun!

The benefits of your excursion to Cairo in the overview:

- 1 day private guide Cairo
- Sightseeing of the following places of interest in Cairo:
- Egyptian museum (mummy hall extra charge)
- to the pyramids of Gizeh and Sphinx
- typically Egyptian food at lunch
- Guided tour by the bazaar Khan-el-Khalili

The following ancillary services are included in the price:

*Transfer from and to your hotel in small comfortable Microbus including chilled soft drinks during the journey
*tour guide is there only for your small tour group, he speaks perfectly English
All entrance fees of above mentioned places of interest are included, additional entries of other places of interest have an extra fee (for example, entry into a pyramid or the solar boat as well as the mummy hall in the Egyptian museum).

Our travel tips for the excursion from Hurghada to Cairo:

-order yourself a packed lunch at the hotel for the journey
-carry loose, aerial clothes, however, not too freely (shoulders overcast, no deep cutting) if you like to respect the culture
-carry firm, comfortable footwear the curbs are not so level and even as in Europe
-do not forget your camera

Prices per person:
2 people 130 EUR
3 people 110 EUR
4 people 80 EUR
5-6 people 75 EUR

You have further questions or would like to book? Quite simply contact us by e-mail here.

With firm booking we ask for a deposit of 10% which you get back in case you cancel the trip.

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Discover Egypt individually

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:48:12 +0000

Holiday time is the most beautiful time of the year. You worked all year hard in order to make a great holiday and we would like to support you with this. No matter how you plan your egyptian holiday, Alex Safari loves to assist you. With us, you can make individual trips in order to discover the country of pharaons and pyramids.

With us, trips and tours in Egypt will become an unforgettable experience!

On our internet page you can get holiday feeling already by watching the photos and reading the many advises and useful hints for travelling to Egypt and feeling like “at home”.

If you have questions about Egypt, please do not hesitate to contact us. We love to answer any question about Egypt to you. We are very happy to get the chance to help you!

Egypt is a country for everybody. For people who prefer the beach, Egypt has fine sandy beaches, gently declining sea, cultivated hotel resorts and a phantastic underwater world for diving and snorkeling. The one who is looking for a culture holiday can feel comfortable in Egypt as well. You can see the pyramids or thousand of years old temples e.g. in Luxor.

Furthermore, Egypt has a climate for everybody. People who like the burning heat should come in summer, in winter Egypt has moderate temperatures; maybe not for the beach, but for seeing cultural highlights.

The most perfect is to devide the holiday in two parts: beach holiday and cultural event.
Make holiday in Hurghada at the Red Sea and start your trips to cultural highlights from there. So your holiday will never get boring!

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3 days / 2 nights White Desert and Bahariya Oasis

admin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:28:27 +0000

Who would like to take a trip which he will remember forever and wants to experience a nature which cannot be nicer and more dreamlike should make an excursion to the White Desert of Egypt.
The White Desert is located in the center of Egypt and far away from border areas which can be dangerous for tourists sometimes.
The White Desert in Egypt is a nature reserve, the scenery a true phenomenon of weather-beaten, surreally seeming rock formations which are especially impressive with sunrise and sunset.
The nicest opportunity to discover this scenery is a camping safari on which you spend day and night in the desert while watching this unique nature scenery.
The enchanting contours of the White Desert were created by a pretemporal ocean. The scenery excels all deserts which you have seen up to now. It reminds of a snowy scenery and conveys to you unforgettable impressions.
From the camel one can admire the fantastic forms which are a result of one annual million continuing erosion of the chalk by wind and sand.

Departure is at 7.00 o’clock in the direction of Bahariya Oasis, approx. 350 km far. About midday is the arrival, and at first there is an authentic Egyptian lunch. Then one visits the oasis with the grave of Bannantiu which still shows well-preserved paintings. Afterwards you can take a look at the temple from the time of Alexander the Great, a great temple with wonderful reliefs which are still well-preserved. From the mountain Englis one has a wonderful view about the whole oasis. Then you can watch the mineral springs with hot sulphur water (40 degrees).
After the sightseeing we enter farther 130 km in the White Desert. Shortly before sunset we reach our destination. A small bedouin’s village where the camel drivers wait for us already and we experience on the back of the camel the sunset. A true spectacle of nature.
Then dinner is cooked and a campfire is kindled. With tea, coffee and a water whistle we experience the silence of the night and enjoy the romantic atmosphere and the black sky with its hundreds of stars which can be seen clearly particularly here. In evenings without moon one can admire even the Milky Way, while shooting stars light up the sky.
This evening you will never forget again!
At 7 o’clock on the next morning, it is time for breakfast and then we continue our journey on a camel. We explore the wonderful forms of the White Desert up to the afternoon, besides, one also experiences surreal formations like pigeons, camels or a mushroom of wild stone.
In the shade of an acacia we will have lunch and take a small break. Then we ride to the sun set. A wonderful evening is waiting for us in the beam of the light of a campfire
The next morning after the breakfast we are picked up from our jeep and will go with our new miraculous impressions back to Cairo.

The benefits of your holiday in the White Desert at a glance:

- Transfer from and to Cairo
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner during your holiday trip (including soft drinks)
- English speaking tour guide around-the-clock
- camel horse riding in the desert
- Covers, cushions and tents for the night

Prices per person:
2 people 350 EUR
3 people 300 EUR
4-6 people 250 EUR

Do you still have questions regarding the White Desert or would you like you to make a booking? Contact us here.

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The Karnak Temple

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:05:12 +0000

The city of Karnak Temple is perhaps the largest religious complex in the world. Here were the gods Amun, Mut and Chon, the thebanische Triad, revered. About 2000 years has been to this temple complex was built, demolished and re-build from scratch. Probably no visitor can the grandeur and beauty of this temple complex escape. The greatest Egyptian pharaohs have left their mark, and even lesser-known rulers have their contribution
As soon as you enter the temple through the first pylon is the view of a single standing column with a height of 21 meters. Once there were 10 of these giant columns, built by Pharaoh Taharqa. But violence is still the great columned hall, built by Sethos I. and Ramses the Great. 134 columns are one of the greatest monuments of human history.
And further ranks pylon to pylon, ten, there were a whole. Intermediate obelisks, statues and shrines, the Holy See and of reliefs covered walls. It is, however, that all these buildings to the gods and the priests were reserved. The people had no access to the temple and got the picture only the gods during the annual processions to be seen.

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The Karnak Temple

Vegetation in Egypt

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:45:31 +0000

Ancient Egyptian murals report from the once lush vegetation of the country. Nowadays, the country has trouble to feed its over 63 million inhabitants. Therefore the country focuses on the cultivation of crops. Meadows and forests are almost not existing, sometimes you can see palm groves. Often you can see eucalyptus trees and prickly pears. The sparse tree vegetation consists of yellow Nile acacia, found in near shore, moreover you can find also tamarisks and flame trees. In the subtropical climate fruit thrives very well: mangoes, figs, oranges and peaches taste as good here, as we are never able to experience at home. Likewise, vegetables and cereals, like millet and rice are cultivated. A popular supplement for meals is therefore rice. Potatoes are also grown, but you can find them more in our supermarkets in spring time than on the plates of Egyptians.
From Sinai to the Mediterranean Sea the view is characterized by barren steppes and scrub-shrub vegetation. In the Nile valley, you can find jasmine (it smells very good and if you have these on a chain offered for sale, necessarily-buy!), Oleander, bougainvillea, hibiscus (resulting in the tea “Karkadeh”) and bamboo.

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Climate in Egypt

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:42:19 +0000

Egypt has a dry climate. Overall, it rains in this country very little. Only the northern coastal city of Alexandria and the Nile Delta, where the city of Cairo is located, are Mediterranean-influenced, and in the winter months (November-February), it rains from time to time. In the South of the city Cairo, it rains very rarely. The winter temperatures in January is between 20-24 degrees Celsius, while at night it cools down strong (there are temperatures to 0 degrees Celsius possible). In July it is the hottest time of the year. Daytime temperatures of 31-41 degrees Celsius are possible. But beware! The big heat is well to endure by the low humidity and not comparable to 40 degrees Celsius in central Europe! The weather in Hurghada on the Red Sea is generally the mid of mentioned above. In summer the temperatures reach an average of 35 degrees Celsius, in the winter months (November to February) it will be at night not below 10 degrees Celsius.

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Alexandria

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:31:49 +0000

Historic Sites in Alexandria

Distinguishing feature of the ancient metropolis of the Mediterranean was the famous lighthouse. Today, the second largest city of Egypt for more than four million people. Away from the tourist flow has the cosmopolitan atmosphere of past centuries preserved, one with a travel guide explore.
The modern metropolis, the ancient Alexandria on buried concrete and asphalt. Only deep under the city and in the distance of the Egyptian desert are certificates issued by the mysterious past of Alexandria reported.
The lighthouse, with its gleaming white marble facade stood proudly 140 meters into the sky. He was an unmistakable landmark and symbol of power Alexandria. In the year 299 BC, the construction of the lighthouse according to the plans of Sostratos ranging from Knidos. After 20 years of construction of the gigantic tower was finally nearing its completion. A symbol of hope for all those from far away came to Alexandria. But the symbol of today is nothing left. Even its location is not clearly determined. Although much evidence that he is at the harbor entrance could have been.

The journey from Cairo to Alexandria is not far!

If you already Cairo watches, why not a trip to Alexandria?

Today, the harbor entrance of a building from the 15th Century dominated the Quait Bey Citadel. A rare opportunity to discover the secrets behind the construction menu. Were the ruins of the lighthouse, the building material for the Citadel?
The Citadel is a huge water reservoir, the soldiers should also be a long siege can survive. The cistern is a museum of architectural history: Corinthian capitals, ancient columns elements. Are including fragments of the lighthouse to find?
The Citadel Quait Bey is now likely to place those on which the lighthouse was once the most powerful of all time was. The best architects of their time back then it was brought to Alexandria, to marvel at it. 1500 years long, he sure the sailors in the harbor of the city, which is rich in attractions. Then he brought an earthquake to collapse. What remains is his legend, to which path you today with a travel guide can walk in Alexandria