Cairo Tours & Nile Cruise Luxor

Dec. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Trip duration: 7 Nights

Our price starts from: 599 $ (per person)

Day # 1: Arrival Cairo
Welcome to Cairo, Egypt (Around The Clock)
Your tour manager will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures) and then he will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At hotel the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo.
Welcome Drink

Day 2: Cairo Sightseeing Tours / Aswan by Sleeper Train
After your relaxing breakfast at the hotel in Cairo your experienced personal guide will take you to Giza Plateau, home of Egypt’s GREATEST attractions to visit The Great Pyramids, ONE of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world including the Great Pyramid of Cheops, middle pyramids of Chephren and the little one of Mykerinos with camel ride and family photo in front of Pyramids, then visit the mysterious Sphinx, the Father of Terror for the ancient pharaohs, the tour includes visit to the valley temple facing the great sphinx with lunch break. Then you will visit the world-renowned Museum of Egyptian Antiques that was built in neo-classical style designed by the French architect t Marcel Dourgnon which exhibits a collection now over 120000 masterpieces ranges from pre-dynastic era, Pharaonic era to the Greco-roman period in Egypt including the treasures of the child King Tutankhamen, Pharaonic Gods and Goddess, with option visit to the mummies room at the Egyptian Museum where you may learn about the Great Egyptian civilization and the mummification art in ancient Egypt. then visit the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo including some of the early religious monuments of the city such as the hanging church or the suspended church this basilica church was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon the church became the center of the Christian Church of Egypt then you will be transferred to Giza train terminal to board the first class sleeper train to Aswan with dinner and overnight onboard
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

Day 3: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours
Breakfast onboard sleeper train before arriving Aswan railway station and then will be met and assisted by our REP who will transfer you to embark your Nile cruise ship in Aswan for the next 4 days / 3 nights after lunch you will be taken in an exciting tour to the world famous High Dam that was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops; continue to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the famous Unfinished Obelisk and then you will be taking by motor-boat to island of Egilka visit the majestic Philae temple that was dedicated to the Goddesses Isis. For our enjoyment, a Felucca Ride is included on the Nile River in Aswan this afternoon. A final optional evening excursion will offer the sound and light show at the Temple of Philae. Return to the Nile Cruise ship in Aswan free time at leisure in Aswan and overnight stay
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

Day 4: Nile Cruise Tours
Early Sailing to Kom Ombo. After your breakfast will be escorted by your Egyptologist speaking guide to visit Kom Ombo temple, the crocodile-headed God of fertility and creator of the world, then you will take your lunch aboard your cruise with free time at leisure while sailing to Edfu to explore Edfu's Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved Ancient Egyptian temples on the Nile Continue the cruise down to Luxor. Afternoon tea is served on the sun –deck with dinner and overnight stay onboard cruise
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner


Day 5: Nile Cruise Tours
Breakfast onboard the cruise, and then you will be taken into the West Bank of the river Nile to visit the two colossal statues (Colossi of Memnon), and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs. Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it then back to the cruise for lunch, after afternoon tea on the ship with free time at leisure and overnight stay onboard, enjoy an optional sound and light show at the Temple of Karnak
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

Day 6: Nile Cruise Tours /Cairo by Sleeper Train
After breakfast you will be accompanied by your guide to visit Karnak Temple, the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means “the most sacred of places.” The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great “Hypostyle Hall” is an incredible forest of giant pillars .Then you will be transferred to Luxor temple which built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amon, and then you will be transferred to Luxor train terminal to board your sleeper train back to Cairo, dinner and overnight stay on board
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

Day 7: Free Day in Cairo / Tours to Alexandria
Breakfast onboard train before arriving to Giza railway station, where you will be met by our Rep, and then transfer either to your hotel in Cairo, or enjoy amazing optional tour to visit the major sights of Alexandria, excursion to Pompeii Pillar, Catacombs of Kom El Shokafa, Library of Alexandria, Alexandria National Museum and Citadel of Qaitbay - with lunch during the tour in Alexandria. Free time at leisure then transfer to your hotel in Cairo for free time at leisure and peaceful overnight at your hotel in Cairo
Breakfast

Day 8: Cairo / Home
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo with free time at leisure in Cairo with optional excursions available and then you will be transferred to Cairo airport where you will connect with your flight back home.
Breakfast

INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE

Meet and greet service by our representatives at Cairo airport  
Assistance of our personal during your stay, tours and excursions
All transfers by private a/c deluxe van class
Accommodation for 2 nights in Cairo hotel of your choice with breakfast
Accommodation for 3 nights on board cruise Aswan to Luxor on full board
Accommodation for 2 nights aboard sleeper train with dinner and breakfast
Tour to Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley temple, Sakkara and Memphis
Tour to Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Saladin and Coptic Churches
Shopping tour in Cairo to grand bazaars and old market
Tour to Karnak temples and Luxor temple in East bank of the Nile
Tour to Valley of the Kings , Hatshepsut temple & colossi of Memnon
Tour to Kom Ombo temple and Edfu temple enroute
Tour to the High Dam and Temple of Philae in Aswan
Felucca ride in Aswan river Nile and around Islands
Lunch meals during tours in Giza / Cairo
Free mineral water on board the bus during all tours
Entrance fees to the sights in Giza  / Cairo /Aswan/Luxor
English speaking guide in Giza  / Cairo / Aswan/Luxor
Service charges and taxes included throughout the tours
Free Mobile phone charged against 30 min local calls / 5 min. international call

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