Package Includes:
• Entry visa to Egypt – available at Cairo Airport
• Tips and gratuities
Day by Day Itinerary
Saturday
Depart the USA
Sunday
Arrival at the Cairo international airport meet and assist by our highly qualified Tour coordinators throughout VISA formalities and transfer to your Deluxe Cairo hotel by our luxurious A/C buses. Overnight in Cairo
Monday
After breakfast start your tour by Driving to Memphis, capital of the Pharaohs during the Old Kingdom. Visit the recumbent statue of Remises II and the 80-ton Alabaster Sphinx. Continue to Sakara to see the prototype of the Pyramids, the Step Pyramid, built for the 3rd Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser by the exalted architect Imhotep. Continue tour to visit the Pyramids and Sphinx. Camel ride Opportunity. Overnight in Cairo
Tuesday
After Breakfast early transfer to Cairo airport for your flight to Luxor. Arrival Luxor airport, Meet and assist by our representative and Transfer to your deluxe Nile Cruise and Check in. After lunch, visit the Avenue of the Sphinx and the imposing Temple of Luxor with its grand colonnades. Continue to the visit to Karnak Temple-Complex, built by generations of Pharaohs. Dinner and overnight on board.
Wednesday
This Morning cross the west bank and visit to the Valley of the Kings containing the secretive tombs of New Kingdom Pharaohs. Visit the beautifully terraced funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari. Then, on to the famed Colossi of Memnon, standing nearly 70 feet tall. Return to boat.
lunch on board, sail to Edfu via Esna Afternoon at leisure. Overnight on board
Thursday
Sail to Edfu and start your Edfu tour by horse-drawn carriage to the Temple of Horus, the best preserved of all large Egyptian Temples. After tour sail to Kom Ombo arrival in Kom Ombo, A hill town overlooking the banks of the Nile, After tour sail to Aswan. Overnight in Aswan.
Friday
After breakfast Visit the Greco-Roman Temple, dedicated to Horus, the Sun God and Sobek, the Crocodile God, after tour Sail to Aswan. Arrival to Aswan and Start your tour in Aswan by visiting the Aswan High Dam and the unfinished Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut’ See the granite quarries where the stone was cut for ancient monuments and visit the High dam. Continue by motorboat to the island of Philae; view the exquisite, gleaming white Temple of Isis, return to our cruise for lunch. After lunch, sail on a typical Egyptian “felucca” (sailboat) gliding along the Nile past Lord Kitchener’s Island and the dramatic Aga Khan Mausoleum. Overnight in Aswan.
Saturday
Disembark, and transfer to Aswan airport for your flight to Abu Simbel. Arrive Abu Simbel and start your tour by visiting The twin temples at Abu Simbel were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefetari. After tour to Abu simbel airport for your flight to Cairo. Arrival in Cairo rest of day at Leisure. Overnight in Cairo.
Sunday
After your breakfast, you will begin your full day of sightseeing in Cairo, which will include the Egyptian Museum, housing the largest collection of ancient monuments in the world including the golden treasures of Tutankhamon, Leave the museum Old Cairo and walk back in time. Visit the Old Coptic Church and the Ben Ezra Synagogue. lunch Continue to the Mohamad Ali Mosque and the streets of Khan el Khalili Bazaar. Return to your hotel for overnight.
Monday
Breakfast at the Hotel. Drive to Alexandria by our Luxuries A/C buses. Transfer to the Four seasons Hotel Alexandria. Free day at leisure. Overnight at the Alex Hotel.
Tuesday
After breakfast. A full day tour to visit the Greco. Romman Museum, Cata Comb, Pompey's Pillar, Bibliotheca, Qait bay Citadel, Montazah Gardens. After tour Dive Back to Cairo. Over Night in Cairo
Wednesday
After breakfast, transfer to airport For your homebound flight.
