Tour to Dendera Temple from Safaga Port

Safaga Port Pick up, upon the arrival of your cruise ship, you will meet your guide by the exit of the Safaga port to start your half day tour to Dendera temple. Coffee Break, the distance between Safaga and Qena is about 160km takes like two and half hours with a coffee break on the way in case if you like. You can use the toilet (10 l.e per person), have your coffee and stretch your leg. Your trip to the Dendera temple from Safaga Port will be a lifetime-memory as Dendera is the best-preserved temple in whole Egypt together with Horus temple in Edfu. Dendera is on the west bank of the Nile River that you can reach with our Egypt Nile cruise tours. Actually, Dendera temple started in the Old Kingdom but the temple you will see today dates back to the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Enjoy every minute of your Egypt day tours with your guide and start your visit by the temple Port then walk through the Gate of Domitian and Trajan.

You can visit the Roman Mammisi, The Pharaonic Mammisi, The Christian Basilica, and the Sanatorium before you enter the temple. You can discover the 14 phases of the Moon, the 12 hours of the day and night, Dendera 14 Crypts, and Dendera Bulb. Fortunately, you can visit the Dendera temple second level and marvel at the round Dendera Zodiac, Osiris Room, and the spiral staircase. Exceptionally, Dendera temple is the only place in Egypt where you can see a design for Queen Cleopatra VII. Once you are done with your tour with Golavita Travel Egypt, you will have free time to enjoy by your own and shoot some photos before we drive you back to your Cruise Ship in Safaga.