Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival to the Cairo Airport, meet and assist during formalities, then escort to the hotel, check in, at night optional dinner cruise, then back to the hotel to stay overnight. (B&B)
Day 2: After breakfast, check out and sightseeing in Giza to visit the pyramids and the Sphinx. (Lunch is optional during the tour). Heading to the Papyrus institute and Perfume Factory, then transfer to visit the Egyptian Museum, old Cairo and Khan El Khalili. Transfer to the train station to catch the train heading to Aswan (first class/air-conditioned Spanish train) and overnight in the train. (B&B)
Day 3: Arrival Aswan. Upon arrival, check in the cruise lunch then sightseeing in Aswan to visit the high dam, the unfinished obelisk and felucca ride around the rocky island of the Nile. After that, optional visit to the Nubian Village, where you can experience the daily life and costumes of Upper Egyptians. Then transfer to the cruise, dinner and entertainment on board. Sailing to Kom ombo and overnight on board in the cruise. (F&B)
Day 4: Breakfast, arrival to Kom Ombo and visit to the temple of Kom Ombo. The temple is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Haroeris (Horus the Elder). Continue sailing to Edfu, lunch on board. After lunch, sightseeing of Edfu temple, the major and the best preserved Ptolemaic temple in Egypt. The temple is dedicated to the falcon god Horus and was built over a 180-year period from 237 BC to 57 BC. Continue sailing to Esna to cross the lock. Dinner and entertainment of Galabia party, sailing to Luxor and overnight on board. (F&B)
Day 5: After breakfast, sightseeing in Luxor to visit the west bank, El Dier El Bahari (Queen Hatschepsut temple, valley of the kings, colossi of Memnon), back to the cruise, lunch and dinner. At night optional sound and light show at the Karnak temple. Then back to the cruise entertainment and overnight on board. (F&B)
Day 6: Breakfast, check out from the cruise, then sightseeing of the east bank to visit the Karnak Temple. Transfer to the train station to catch the train going to Cairo and overnight in the train. (F&B)
Day 7: Arrival in Cairo. Upon arrival transfer to Cairo international Airport for final departure.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Meet and assist and round trip transfer Airport/ Hotel/ Airport
- Sightseeing as per mentioned in the enclosed itinerary
- 1 Night accommodation on B.B basis in Cairo
- 3 Nights accommodation on F.B basis at Nile cruise
- 2 Night accommodation in first class/ air-conditioned train
- All transfers, entrance fees and English speaking guide
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Africa
Egypt
Archeology/History
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