Private 2-Day Tour to El Minya from Cairo Visiting Tuna El Gabal & Tel El Amarna

4.0 (4 reviews) Cairo, Egypt
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Duration2 days
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LanguagesArabic, German, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Greek, Japanese, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
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Overview

This tour will take you off of the traditional tourist track to El Minya, 4 hours south of Cairo in Upper Egypt. Enjoy two day touring the sights in the area, including pharaonic tombs and ruins at Tuna El Gabal, Beni Hassan and Tel Amarna.

Options

Guide Languages option 2

Option 2: Japanese, Russian, Italian guide
Pickup included

Guide Languages option 1

Option 1: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic guide
Pickup included

What's included

  • Entrance fees to all the sights in Minya
  • All services charges and taxes
  • Two lunch times during tour in El Minya at local restaurant
  • Pick up services from your hotel in Cairo and return
  • Lunch
  • Breakfast
  • Accommodation at 4* hotel (Aton Hotel or Siva Nefertiti Hotel) including bed and breakfast
  • Bottled water on board the vehicle
  • All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
  • Any Extras not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Tipping
  • beverages and water during breakfast, lunch

What to expect

Day 1: El Minya – Tuna El Gabal
  1. Tuna el-Gebel
    6h · Admission ticket included
    At the morning you will be picked you up by your private guide and driver from your hotel in Cairo or Giza to El Minya, about 4 hours. Arrive El-Minya and start to visit the city’s site, including the great plain where Akhenaton received his divine inspiration to build his city. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant in El Minya, then proceeds to Tuna El Gabal where you can see the tomb of Petosiris, Ibis catacombs and Isadora tomb (This tomb goes back to the 2nd century AD and belongs to Isadora the renown for her beauty in the city of Hermopolis ), overnight in El Minya.
Day 2: Beni Hassan – Tel El Amarna – Cairo
  1. Tell el-Amarna
    6h · Admission ticket included
    In the morning, your tour guide will escort you to Beni Hassan, where you can see Bakhet III tomb (Bakhet III was the Governor of the Oryx Nome), Khnumhotep tomb (Khnumhotep was a governor under Amenemhat III in the 12th dynasty) and Khety tomb (It belongs to a governor in the 11th dynasty). Lunch at a local restaurant, then proceeds to Tel El Amarna where you can see the northern tombs among of which Ahmose tomb and Huya tomb. Later, drive back to your hotel in Cairo.

    Note : For pick up / drop off form Cairo airport, Sphinx airport, New Administrative Capital, New Cairo, Helioplis, Badr City, Shorouk, Rehab, Obour, Sheraton Almatar, Sheikh Zayed city, Ring Rd, Mirage City, Meridian Airport or Madinty City will be for additional cost.
    Note: if the mentioned hotels or cruises are not available, the company have the right to Change the hotel or Cruise as it of same category .

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

from your hotel in Cairo or Giza
Please provide a copy of passport which must be sent to the local partner at the most 2 days before the tour

Additional information

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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