Cairo, Upper Egypt & Alexandria Package With Deluxe 5 stars Hotels & Nile Cruise 13 days / 12 nights
Day 1
Monday: Arrival Cairo International Airport
Arrive Cairo Our representative will be waiting for you inside the arrival hall at Cairo airport holding a sign in hand with your names and will help you through the immigration and customs then you will be transferred to start your tour. During your transfer will provide you very helpful information that you will need during your trip in Egypt and you will have the chance to ask him any questions – Check in your Hotel – Overnight in Cairo
Day 2
Tuesday: Pyramids of Giza & Sphinx – Saqqara Pyramids – Ancient City of Memphis
Breakfast at hotel – 08.00am Join your Egyptologist Tour Guide and Enjoy your photo session of the first day and tour to visit Giza Plateau to explore the world famous Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, Mycrenos & Sphinx - then proceed to visit the Step Pyramid of Zoser at Saqqara & Pyramids Of King Titi where you can see the exclusive pyramids texts inside the Pyramid - Lunch at local restaurant - later you will visit Ancient city of memphis, the city of God Ptah and the capital of the Old Kingdom, including the Open Air Museum and the Colossal statue of King Ramses II – After the tour transfer to your hotel in Cairo – Evening free (Alternative Optional Sound & Light show at the Pyramids Of Giza and Sphinx can be offered upon request) - Overnight (Breakfast - Lunch)
Day 3
Wednesday: Egyptian Museum - Citadel of Saladin & Alabaster Mosque – Khan El Khalili Bazaar
Breakfast at hotel – Meet your Egyptologist tour guide - Enjoy your tour to visit one of the most important Museums in the world, the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities that houses a magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities, especially the golden treasures of Tut Ankh Amun - you will explore the city center of Cairo - Lunch at local restaurant – After Lunch visit Citadel Of Salah El Dien - Alabaster Mosque Of Mohamed Ali – later visit Khan El Khalili Bazaar – After the tour we will transfer to your Hotel – after your tour back to hotel – Evening free at lesiure – Overnight in Cairo (Breakfast - Lunch)
Day 4
Thursday: Fly to Luxor - Check in Nile Cruise – East Bank tour “Karnak and Luxor”
Breakfast at hotel – Transfer to Cairo Airport for departure to Luxor – Fly to Luxor via Egypt Air ... at ... - Arrive Luxor at ... - Meet & Assist – transfer by your private van to your Nile Cruise - Check in before Lunch - Afternoon is devoted to discovering the richness of the Luxor River; the visit of the temple of Karnak, where each Pharaoh rendered homage by bringing a stone to build the temple. No other sacred edifice ever designed included as perfect illustrations as this temple: The temple of Amon Râ was an enormous permanent construction site for over 2,000 years. Then the visit of the temple of Luxor, one of the most majestic Pharaoh temples and one of the most picturesque because of it's suspended mosaïcs. Finally, free time in Luxor before dinner. (Alternative Optional Sound & Light show at Karnak temples can be offered upon request) - First night and dinner aboard the ship at the port of Luxor. (Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner)
Day 5
Friday: West Bank “Valley Of the Kings – Hatshepsut – Madinet Habu - Memnon” - Esna - Edfu
Breakfast on board - Morning visit to Thebes Necropolis including the Valley of Kings with entry to 3 tombs in the area, possibilty to enter the tomb of the famous king Tut Ankh amon with extra ticket – then visit Colossi Of Memnon - El Deir El Bahary temple of Queen Hatshepsut and later visit Visit the temple of Ramsey III of Medinet-Habou; just about perfectly conserved, they are examples of the most perfect funeral temples of the Ramesside Dynasty. – back to your Nile Cruise – Lunch on board - Then begin navigating towards Esna at 1:30p.m, which is about 60km south of Luxor – Cross the lock - dinner on board and Overnight. (Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner)
Day 6
Saturday: Edfu temple – Kom Ombo temple – Sail to Aswan
Breakfast on board – Enjoy your visit to the Temple of Hours in Edfu which is consider the most well preserved temple and the only one we know it has been completed built from Sandstone blocks related back to the Ptolemaic period in Egypt - then you will be back to the ship after the visit and Sail to Kom Ombo – Lunch on board – Afternoon visit the Temple shared by the two Gods Sobek & Harores – Sail to Aswan Dinner on board – Galabya party and Overnight in Aswan (Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner)
Day 7
Sunday: Aswan visits High Dam – Philae temple Of Isis – Felucca around the Islands
Breakfast on board – Early morning at 7.00am Start your tour to visit the High Dam which was an engineering miracle when it was built during the reign of the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1960 - then continue your tour to visit beautiful temple of Philae dedicated to Goddesses Isis and Hathour and is consider one of the most famous temples in Egypt for centuries for its hertiage now lies submerged beneath the waters of Lake Nasser to the south of Aswan - Afternoon enjoy felucca ride around the Islands – Dinner on board the Cruise and Overnight in Aswan (Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner)
Day 8
Monday: Abu Simbel temple – Free afternoon for optional
Breakfast on board - Check out your Nile Cruise after having your breakfast. Later on,we will be ready to drive by our A/C vehicle towards Abu Simbel, located to the south of Aswan, near Nubia. Upon arrival, we will proceed to visit the Abu Simbel Temples, simply the greatest achievement of ancient Egypt. Constructed by Ramses II, the two temples are cut out of rocks and buried under the sand for centuries before being discovered in the 19th century. The temples were actually relocated after the building of the High Dam by a UNESCO project. After a memorable tour of the temple of Abu Simbel, we will drive back to Aswan and check in a fancy hotel on the Island.
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Day 9
Saturday: Fly to Cairo
Check out the hotel, transfer to Aswan Airport for a flight to Cairo - Arrive in Cairo – afternoon at leisure in Cairo – Overnight in Cairo ( Breakfast )
Day 10
Sunday. Alexandria
Breakfast at Hotel – transfer to Alexandria via Desert Road, Lunch upon arrival, and visit to the Qaiet bey Fortress , Pharos Island where the Famous Light House of Alexandria Used to be, then move to visit the famous Amphitheater, Then check in the Hotel. (Breakfast – Lunch)
Day 11
Monday Tours of Alexandria
Breakfast at Hotel, then start the tour of the famous Catacomb of Alexandria 2nd century A.D., then continue to the Pompey’s Pillar Site, then drive to visit the National Museum of Alexandria, and after that drive to have a scheduled tour at the Famous Library of Alexandria, then proceed to have Lunch at the panoramic Restaurant by the sea. And back to the Hotel for overnight. (Breakfast – Lunch)
Day 12
Tuesday, Drive back to Cairo
Breakfast at the Hotel, then visit Al Montazah Park and the see the Royal Place of Al Montazah, then drive back to Cairo, and check in the Hotel, Overnight at the Hotel. (Breakfast)
Day 13
Departure
Breakfast at Hotel then Transfer to Cairo International Airport for your flight back home.
Accommodation in Egypt
- 03 nights’ accommodation in Cairo at Le Meridian Pyramids 5* Hotel or Similar based on BB Basis
- 04 nights’ accommodation at Amwaj Livingstone 5* deluxe Nile Cruise or Similar based on FB Basis
- 01 night accommodation in Movenpick Aswan 5* deluxe Hotel based on BB basis
- 01 night accommodation in Cairo at Conrad Cairo Hotel 5* Hotel based on BB Basis
- 02 night accommodation in Alexandria Sheraton Montazah Hotel 5* Deluxe Hotel on BB basis
- 01 night accommodation in Cairo Hotel 5* Deluxe on BB basis.
General Conditions
- All above mentioned rates for Private tour per person in double per package for 13 days / 12 nights in US Dollars including of all service charge and all taxes.
- Payments should be made 45-60 days before arrival
- Children from 0 – 4 years old will be free of charge sharing parent’s rooms and same meals plan, and Children under 12 years old will enjoy special discount sharing Adults rooms. 12+ years old will be considered adults.
- All above Rates including All accommodation at 05 stars deluxe Hotels and Nile Cruises
- Price includes all domestic flights ( Cairo/ Luxor – Aswan/ Cairo )
