Day 1:
Arrival to Cairo airport, our representative will assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage will greet you. From the airport you will be transferred by a private A/C car to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.
Day 2:
Breakfast. Start your full day visiting the Egyptian museum of antiquities. Collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tut-Ankh-Amon collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry, as it was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated. Visit the great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx - a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren. Then visit Khan El Khalili Bazaars. Shops in this district are legendary for fine brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques …etc. At the end of the day we will transfer to a restaurant to have lunch (on your own cost) having some free time at the restaurant until transferring you the Cairo station to catch the Sitting train to Luxor.
Day 3:
Luxor. Arrival, meet & assist by our local representatives and transfer to the M/S Nile Cruise. Boarding before Lunch. Lunch on board. Visit The Temple of Karnak & the Temple of Luxor. Afternoon tea. Dinner on board & Belly Dance show. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 4:
Breakfast. Visit The West Bank – the Valley of the Kings, Valley of The Queens and The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari. Lunch on board. Sail to Esna. Afternoon Tea. Disco Party. Overnight in Edfu.
Day 5:
Breakfast on board. Visit the temple of Horus in Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board. Visit the Temple shared by the two Gods Sobek & Haroeies in Kom Ombo. Afternoon Tea. Dinner on board & Galabeya party Overnight in Kom Ombo.
Day 6:
Breakfast on board. Sail to Aswan. Visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries & The Temple of Philae Lunch on board. Sail on the Nile by felucca around Kitchener’s island and Elephantine. Afternoon Tea. Dinner on board. Overnight in Aswan.
Day 7:
Breakfast on board. Disembarkation after breakfast. (Optional trip to Abu Simble by plane) visit the Temple of Abu Simble back to Aswan. Transfer to Aswan airport and departure by plane to Cairo. Arrival, meet and assist by our representatives transfer to the hotel, overnight in hotel. (Optional Sound and Light) laser show at Pyramids.
Day 8:
Breakfast at the hotel our representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities.
Program includes:
1. 2 nights hotel accommodation in Cairo on bed and breakfast basis
2. 4 nights on Cruise board; Luxor & Aswan full board – excludes drinks (sight seeing included)
3. All transfers in Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan
4. All your tours and excursions are with A/C cars
5. The service of meet and assist at all your destinations
6. English speaking Egyptologist guide
7. Domestic airfare Aswan/Cairo
8. First class Sitting train Cairo / Luxor
9. Our prices include all taxes and services.
Program excludes:
1. Visa Entry for Egypt (US$ 15 per passport)
2. Tipping
3. All your visits exclude entrance fees
4. Personal expenses (Laundry, Sauna, telephones…etc)
5. Any meals not mentioned in the program
6. Any Optional tours
7. International airfare
Notes :
1. This tour can easily be extended or slightly shortened if required.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price based on 3 stars hotels, 5 stars Nile Cruise
Sleeping train upgrade is : US$ 40 per person per way
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