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EGYPT ENCOMPASSED
CAIRO / NILE VALLEY / RED SEA RIVIERA |
CAIRO |
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.Arrive at the Cairo International Airport. You will be met our representative who will assist you through the immigration.Transfer to your hotel..
Transfer to your hotel. Rest of day at leisure.
Meal plan: Nil |
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After breakfast at the hotel, start your tour by visiting the Pyramids of Giza. Cheops (Khufu) Pyramid, largest of the three, was built in the 3rd Dynasty about 2690 BC, and is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. In front of the Pyramid of Chephren (Khafre), we find the Sphinx carved from a single piece of stone. It is a lion with a Pharaoh's head thought to be a portrait of the pharaoh Chephren (Khafre). Then proceed to the perfumery and the papyrus museum.
Lunch will be served at local restaurant The start your sightseeing by visiting the Egyptian Museum, famous for its antiquities from Egypt's Pharaonic period, which dates back some 50 centuries and includes the fabulous treasures of King Tut-Ankh-Amon. The tour also includes a visit to Khan El Khalili, the most famous of oriental bazaars Khan El Khalili is a treasure of trove of medieval craftsmanship. Shop to your total hearts content for the Egyptian artifacts…or order yourself a sheesha, indulge and watch the world go by…both very enjoyable pass times!!
Transfer to the Ramses Train Station to board your sleeper train for Aswan. Dinner and overnight on the train.
Meal plan: breakfast/ lunch/ dinner |
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Breakfast in the train. Arrive in Aswan in the morning. Transfer to the Nile cruise.Embark before lunch. After lunch, visit the Aswan high dam- the high dam is the largest rock-filled dam in the world and one of the most important engineering feats of the 20th century. An artificial Lake Nasser lies behind the dam. This will be followed by felluca sailing. A felluca is a traditional Egyptian sailing boat. We shal l sail by the felluca
around the Elephantine Island to view the Aga Khan Mausoleum and the Kitcheners botanical garden
Overnight in the cruise liner.
Meal plan: Breakfast /Lunch /Dinner.
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Breakfast in the cruise. Today we sail to Luxor via Kom Ombo, Edfu and Esna. The temple of Kom Ombo is exquisitely situated on a dune above a bend in the nile and is shared equally by two gods- Sobek,the crocodile god of Nile fertility and Haroeis, the elder Horus. The town of Edfu boasts Egypt’s most best preserved temple dedicated to Horus, the god of sun and planets. The falcon –his symbol-is a prominent decoration.
A very delightful hantour(horse carriage) ride takes you from the Nile to the temple grounds.
Overnight in the cruiser.
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Breakfast in the cruiser. Begin the day by visiting the pharaoh’s at their tombs at the Valley of the Kings shelters the fabled tombs of the pharaohs. More than 40 pharaohs were laid to rest here in ornate subterranean palaces penetrating sometimes under 100 m into the face of the rock. The Colossi of Memnon dominates the desert to the east and is the home to the sole relics of the funerary temple of Amenhotep 111.
On the plains at the foot of the rugged Theban mountains,set in a dramatic amphitheatre of rocky cliffs,stands the terraced Temple Of Deir El Bahari-a splendid example of architecture which Queen Hatshepsut had built about 1490 BC.Hatshepsut was the only woman to rule Egypt as a pharaoh. Following is the great temples of Luxor and Karnak- “Here are works in whose presence it is a task for the imagination to overtake the eyesight.’ The impressive Temple of Luxor with itsnoble bud columns stand in the heart of modern town.It served only as the setting for the solemn New Years pageant honouring the chief god, Amon.
The Temples of Luxor appears only minor when compared to the awesome karnak temples, which for many is pharonic Egypts grandest monument of all. The temple complex covers a hundred acres: its history spans throughout thirteen centuries.
Overnight in the Nile cruiser.
Meal plan: breakfast /lunch/dinner.
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| DAY 6 |
LUXOR //RED SEA RIVIERA |
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Breakfast in the cruise. Disembark from the cruise. Transfer to Hurghada by private van. Arrive Hurgada and check-in to your Red Sea resort. Rest of day at leisure to enjoy the many facilities at the resort
MEAL PLAN: ALL INCLUSIVE |
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Breakfast at the resort. Day at leisure
MEAL PLAN:ALL INCLUSIVE |
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Breakfast at the resort. Day at leisure
MEAL PLAN:ALL INCLUSIVE |
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Breakfast at the resort. Transfer to Cairo by road
On arrival transfer to your hotel and rest of day at leisure.
Meal plan breakfast
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DAY 10 CAIRO
Breakfast at the hotel, rest of day at leisure to enjoy the vibrating city of Cairo. Late evening transfer to the airport for your final departure
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| Egypt encompassed(cairo/cruise/red sea)-10days |
| Nile Bliss (cairo/cruise/cairo) |
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