EGYPT
Explore Egypt & Nile Cruise
5 Days /4 Nights
DAY 1: Arrival in Cairo
Arrival to Cairo’s international airport. You will be welcomed and assisted through immigration and customs by our representative, then escorted to your hotel.
Overnight: Cairo
DAY 2: Cairo Full Day Tour
Morning visit to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which includes the world's largest collection of Pharaonic artifacts and the treasures of Tutankhamen's tomb. Drive to Old Cairo to visit Al Moallaka Church (Hanging Church) and the Ben Ezra Synagogue. Stop for lunch, followed by an afternoon visit to the Great Pyramids of Giza and the enigmatic Sphinx, then proceed to Khan El Khalili, the world's largest 13th century covered oriental bazaar.
Overnight: Cairo
DAY 3: Cairo to Aswan
Transfer to Cairo’s domestic airport for a morning flight to Aswan. Upon arrival you will be escorted to your cruise ship where you will spend the next 3 nights. Aswan - Kom Ombo - Edfu - visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries with the Unfinished Obelisk and the Temple of Philae; view of Kitchener's Island Botanical Garden and the Agha Khan Mausoleum by Felucca. After lunch sail to Kom Ombo where you will visit the Ptolemaic Temple of Sobek & Haroeries. Sail to Edfu.Overnight: Nile Cruise
DAY 4: Edfu / Luxor
Travel by horse-drawn carriage to the Temple of Horus, the falcon-god, (237 B.C.) considered to be the best-preserved temple in Ancient Egypt and the second largest after the Temple of Karnak. Sail to Esna, passing through the Esna Lock and continue sailing towards Luxor.
Overnight: Nile Cruise
DAY 5: Full Day Luxor
Visit the West Bank Necropolis including the Valley of the Kings, the Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. (Evening: optional Sound & Light Show at the Karnak Temple).
Overnight: Nile Cruise
DAY 6: Luxor / Cairo
After breakfast, visit Karnak and Luxor Temples, a centuries-old city of pylons, hypostyle halls, colossal statues, shrines and obelisks. Disembark the ship and transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo. Upon arrival in Cairo you will be met by our representative and escorted to your hotel. (Evening: optional Sound & Light show at the Pyramids).
Overnight: Cairo
OR Transfer to the airport for your flight back home
DAY 7: Back home
Hotels
Nights
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Hotel
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Location
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Category
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3
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Barcelo Pyramids
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Cairo
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First class
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3
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Neftis Cruise
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Nile
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First Class
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* Above or similar
* Deluxe hotels are available upon request
Package Includes
- Portage at airport and hotels
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Transfers on arrival and departure
- Touring & sightseeing with English speaking guide
- Entrance fees as per your itinerary
- Domestic flight Cairo/Aswan –Luxor/Cairo
- 6 nights at the above-mentioned hotel or similar & cruise on the Nile
Meals
- Daily breakfast and dinner
- 3 nights on board of cruise ship, based on half board basis
- 3 lunches in Egypt
- 1 farewell dinner
Not Included
- Expenses of a personal nature
- International flights & taxes, fuel surcharges
- Tips to drivers, guides & hotel staff
- Bottled water & any beverages other than those included with breakfast
- Any airline charges for checked baggage are to be paid directly at check in
- Visas and border fees for Egypt
- Travel Insurance
- Any item not mentioned as “Included”
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