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Egypt & Jordan Combined (15 Days)
offered by supplier M19743 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 15
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 46
people
Destination(s):
Egypt
Jordan
Specialty Categories:
Archeology/History
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 1400 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 1600 US Dollar (USD)
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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Our representative will meet and assist you at Cairo International airport, and handle all your procedures at passport control, luggage area and customs formalities. After that you will be transferred by a private air-conditioned vehicle to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2: After breakfast, enjoy an excursion to the great pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus at Giza, and proceed to the Sphinx and Valley Temple. Then visit the Egyptian Museum where you can see the great pharaonic treasures including those of Tutankhamen. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 3: Trip to Alexandria, visiting Qaitbay Citadel, built in the 15th century by Sultan Qaitbay on the spot of Alexandria's ancient lighthouse. See the grand Montazah Palace, which combines Turkish and Florentine architectural styles, then move on to the new and much acclaimed Alexandria Library. Also visit the Roman cemetery cut out of the rock, the Catacombs. Return to Cairo, then move to the train station taking Sleeper train to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on the train.
Day 4: You will be met at Aswan station and transferred to the cruise before lunch. Sail by Felucca Ride to visit The Botanical Gardens and Agha Khan Mausoleum. Dinner on board. Overnight in Aswan.
Day 5: Breakfast, visit the High Dam, the Old Dam and the Granite Quarries and the Temple of Philae. Sail to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board. Visit The Temple shared by the two gods Sobek and Haroeris in Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu. Dinner and overnight in Edfu.
Day 6: Breakfast, visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Sail to Luxor. Lunch on board. Dinner on board and overnight in Luxor.
Day 7: After breakfast, disembarkation from the cruise, then proceed to visit the West Bank to see Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens and Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Visit Karnak and Luxor Temples. Transfer to you hotel and overnight.
Day 8: Check out after breakfast. Departure by a private air conditioned car to Hurghada where you will be met and transferred to hotel and overnight.
Day 9: You will be driven to a ferry boat to Sharm El Shiekh where you will be met and moved to St. Catherine by bus. At mid night move to Moses Mountain and climb it up to join the sun rise.
Day 10: Come down, breakfast in hotel, visit the monastery, room of skulls, burning bush, back to your hotel, overnight in St. Catherine.
Day 11: Early morning, drive via A/C van to Taba port, take the ferry boat to Aqaba, meet and assist at Aqaba port, drive to Wadi Rum, one of nature's wonderlands that has attracted human beings for thousands of years. Wadi Rum is an unusual desert terrain. In Wadi Rum which was known as "Lawrence of Arabia Land" time to ride a camel and join a jeep safari, drive to Petra and overnight.
Day 12: Breakfast, start your full day tour to visit Petra "The rose red city". Its entrance, a one-kilometer long fissure through the towering cliffs, "The Siq", provides a dramatic approach and induction to the city. The narrow winding path through the canyon dramatically opens up to expose the awesome facade of the El-khazneh, "the treasury". Overnight in Petra.
Day 13: Breakfast, you will be driven again to Aqaba, catch the ferry to Taba where you will be met and moved to Cairo by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Overnight Cairo.
Day 14: You will be transfered to see Memphis, the first capital in Egypt and see the Statue of Ramsses II. Then onto Sakkara where you can see the step pyramid of Zoser. Overnight Cairo.
Day 15: Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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