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Program includes: - · 2 nights at 3 * Hotel Cairo · 4 nights at 5* PNC Nile Cruise or similar · 2 night first class Spanish seating train · Meet & assist at airport upon arrival and for departure · Private Egyptology tour guide through out your sightseeing · Private A/C Vehicle · All transfers during your stay Sightseeing includes:- · CAIRO Visits- the Pyramid complex, Sphinx Valley Temple and CAIRO Museum - Hanging church- Mohamed Ali alabaster mosque- Ben Ezra Synagogue · ASWAN Visits - High Dam-Unfinished Obelisk –and around the ElephantineIsland-Kitchener’s botanical garden -Temple of Sobek-and Ptolemaic Temple · LUXOR Visits - KingsValley, QueensHatshepsut temple, Karnak temple the 2 Colossi of Memnon and a felucca ride at Luxor. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Itinerary breakdown:- 7NIGHT TOUR OF EGYPT CAIRO – 3 NIGHTS DAY 1 – ARRIVE CAIRO A Louvre Luxor Tours representative will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport and handle all the procedures through passport control, luggage area and customs formalities. After which, you will be transferred to your hotel by a private a/c vehicle. Overnight in Cairo. DAY 2 – PYRAMIDS TOUR After breakfast, enjoy an excursion to Giza’s Pyramid complex See the Sphinx and the Valley Temple, and then pay a visit to the Egyptian Museum where you can view the magnificent treasures of the Pharaoh’s including the great Tutankhamun. Return to your hotel and then transfer in the evening to the overnight seating train for Luxor. 4 NIGHTS - NILE CRUISE LUXOR/ ASWAN DAY 3 – LUXOR You will be greeted by our representative at Luxor station where you will be assisted, through baggage collection and passport control, then taken by private a/c vehicle to board your 5 star Egypt Nile cruise. Check into you’re floating hotel and after lunch on-board, take the afternoon to explore ancient Luxor either on foot or by bicycle! Return to your ship and enjoy a leisurely dinner and first night board. DAY 4 – LUXOR After breakfast on board journey across to Deir al Medina (the west bank of the Nile) to visit Valley of the Kings and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut where you will see the spectacular burial chambers of past King’s and Queens and well-preserved Hieroglyphics.On the return journey to your ship you will visit the Colossi of Memnon, 2 gigantic statues guarding theentrance to Amenhotep’s memorial temple. Lunch on-board. Have a free afternoon in Luxor to take an optional tour (see list). Overnight on-board. DAY 5 – EDFU Take breakfast on the Nile cruiser, anchored at Edfu and take an excursion to the ancient settlement there, where you can take in the most beautifully preserved, Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the God Horus. Sail to Kom Ombo and see the Temple of Sobek, the crocodile god. Have lunch on board then sail to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board. DAY 6 – ASWAN After breakfast on Nile cruiser, enjoy a day’s sightseeing in Aswan starting with the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk.Sail to ElephantineIsland and Kitcheners botanical garden on a local felucca boat, optional (see list) Dinner and overnight on board deluxe Nile cruiser. DAY 7 – ASWAN Disembark from your boat after breakfast and transfer to board the first class Spanish seating train heading for Cairo , arriving cairo early evening – be met and transfer by our tour rep to your hotel for an overnight stay DAY 8 – DEPARTURE TO CAIRO Our rep will collect you from your hotel and transfer you your final destination Service ends ADULT PRICE PER PERSON USD $ 699 Prices quoted are in USD $ and are based on 2 adults sharing, child prices as below.
ACCOMMODATION | INCLUDED IN PRICE | EXCLUDED FROM PRICE | In the event of they’re being no occupancy in the named hotels/ships; a similar accommodation of the same standard will be used. Cairo Hotels: OASIS OR ZOSER HOTEL OR SIMILLAR Nile Cruise Boats: PNC NILE CRUISES OR SIMILLAR | Rep and transfers in a/c vehicle, to & from International flights. 1 nights 4* deluxe hotel Cairo, B&B. 4 nights on board 5* deluxe cruise boat, full board. 2nights first class Spanish train Transfers to/from accommodation to trips. All sightseeing in Cairo and whilst on board the cruise. English speaking Egyptologist. All service charges and taxes. (Tipping at your discretion) | International flights. Entry Visa into Egypt. Any optional tours not mentioned in the itinerary. Internal flights. Meals except where indicated. Drinks, laundry and other personal expenses. | Please note all prices quoted are not valid for the Easter, Christmas or New Year periods. Prices and itinerary’s are subject to change without prior notice. LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUR SIGHTS IN EGYPT
• Abu Simbel Two Temples — Abu Simbel is an archaeological site
comprising two massive rock temples in southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 290 km southwest of Aswan.
• Al-Deir Al-Bahari Temple — Deir el-Bahari “The Northern Monastery” is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt.
• Karnak Temple — Al-Karnak is a small village in Egypt, located on the banks of the River Nile some 2.5 km north of Luxor
• Edfu Temple — Edfu is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the River Nile between Esna and Aswan. The town is known for the major Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 BCE to 57 BCE. Of all the temple
remains in
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PhilaeTemple – PhilaeTemple sits on an island in the artificial lake
between the Old Dam and the new High Dam. This is another edifice rescued from the new water levels caused by the construction of the High Dam. The temple is really a complex of temples, the main temple being dedicated to the Goddess Isis, built by Pharaoh Ptolemy XI
• The Great Pyramid of Khufu (or Cheops) — The Great Pyramid of Giza is
the only remaining structure of the Seven Wonders of the World along with being the oldest. Most Egyptologists agree the pyramid was constructed over a 20 year period concluding around 2560 BC.[1] It is generally believed the Great Pyramid was built as the tomb of Fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh.
• The Pyramid of Khafhre — Khafre’s Pyramid, is the second largest of the ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza and the tomb of the fourth-dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chaperon).
• Pyramid of Menkaure's — Menkaure’s Pyramid, located on the Giza Plateau on the south-western outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, is the smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza. It was built to serve as the tomb of the fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaure's.
• The most interesting section of Cairo is Medieval (Islamic) Cairo. Medieval Cairo is a warren of streets just bustling with life. There are mosques at every corner, Coptic churches, huge medieval gates and bazaars selling everything from motorbike parts to perfumes. Highlights include the Citadel and the Khan Al-Khalili bazaar (for all your tourist
trinkets).
• Felucca on the Nile — A felucca is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in protected waters of the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean including Malta, and particularly along the Nile in Egypt. Its rig consists of one or two lateen sails.
. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo — The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities,
known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world. It has 136,000 items on display, with many more hundreds of thousands in its basement storerooms. The museum’s Royal Mummy Room, containing 27 royal mummies from pharaonic times, was closed down on the orders of President Anwar Sadat in 1981.
Egypt, the Temple of Horus at Edfu is the most completely preserved. LuxorTemple a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes).
• Kom-OmboTemple — the Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple
built during the rule Ptolemaic dynasty in the Egyptian town of Kom Ombo.
One side of the temple is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world.
• The Valley of the Kings — or Wadi el-Muluk is a valley in Egypt where
tombs were built for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt.
. Tomb of Tut- ankh Amoun Tutankhamen Living Image of Amoun”. Tutankhamun is in modern times, the most famous of the Pharaohs, and the only one to have a nickname in popular culture (”King Tut”).
• The Unfinished Obelisk, Aswan — the unfinished obelisk is the largest
known ancient obelisk, located in an ancient quarry near Aswan (Aswan), Egypt. It is nearly twice as large as any Egyptian obelisk ever erected.
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