Wonders Of Egypt 8-days Tour
Day 1 ARRIVE IN CAIRO
On arrival in Cairo , you will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel for overnight.
Meal(s) Included: Dinner
Overnight at Le Meridien pyramids Or Similar
Day 2 CAIRO/ OLD CAIRO/ PYRAMIDS/ SOLAR BOAT
After breakfast, meet with your private Egyptologist/guide and driver and begin the tour of Cairo .
Visit Old Cairo, which is the cradle and the flourishing point of the 3 Monotheistic Religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in Egypt and the Middle East,
And explore the areas where Jesus and Mary were staying in Egypt and visit the old Churches, Synagogues and Mosques.
After lunch we drive through the scenic streets on our way to the great pyramids of Giza , where we will see the 3 gigantic pyramids, the Sphinx and the entire Giza Plateau with the royal, private tombs and the original village of the workers who built the pyramids dating back to 3000 years B.C.
We will also see the valley temple and, time permitting, we can visit the amazing Solar Boat that was discovered and dug out from the side of the pyramid and was used for the burial of the King about 5000 years ago.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at Le Meridien pyramids Or Similar
Day 3 CAIRO/ ABU SIMBEL/ ASWAN
After breakfast in the hotel you will be transferred to the airport to board the short flight to Abu Simbel,Visit the awesome and gigantic twin temples of Ramesses II and his queen Nefertari with their facades of colossal statues.
In the early 1960's, by a prodigious feat of engineering and international cooperation, the entire temple complex was dismantled stone by stone and reassembled 90 feet above its original site in order to save it from the rising waters caused by the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
The sanctuary of the Temple is built in such an angel to allow the sun to reach into the room and dawn on the statue of the king twice a year, on the day of his birth and on the day of his coronation.
Fly back to Aswan and board your deluxe cruise vessel
After lunch, go sailing in a felucca on the Nile to Kitchner Island (also known as Lord Kitchner's Botanical Garden, Plant Island, Gizirat al-Nabatat, Plantation Island, or Gizirat al-Bustan).
Lord Kitchner moved there after being given the island for his campaigns in the Sudan. He imported plants from around the world to create his famous garden. From the river you have a nice view of the Aga Khan Mausoleum, an elegant pink granite structure built in the late 1950's.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight at Domina Prestige Emilio Nile Cruise Or Similar
Day 4 ASWAN / KOM OMBO/ EDFU
After breakfast, take a tour of Aswan High Dam, Egypt 's contemporary example of building on a monumental scale. Then proceed to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used to build the pyramids and temples.
The quarries still hold the Unfinished Obelisk, possibly intended as a companion to the Lateran Obelisk, originally at Karnak but now in Rome . It would have weighed over 1,100 tons and would have been the world's largest piece of stone ever handled.
Continue by a short motor-boat ride to the Temple of Philae on the island of Agilka . The temple was dedicated to Isis, sister/wife of Osiris and patroness of the Ptolemaic rule. Sail around Elephantine Island on a felucca, the traditional Egyptian sail boat.
Elephantine Island is the largest of the Aswan area islands, and is the site of some of the most ancient remains in Egypt , with artifacts dating to pre-dynastic periods. Elephantine is Greek for Elephant. In ancient times, the island was called Abu or Yabu, which also means elephant. The name may indicate that the island was once a center for the trade of ivory.
Then sail to Kom Ombo, and after lunch visit the Temple of Sobek, the crocodile-headed god of fertility and creator of the world. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where, in ancient times, sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank.
Sail to Edfu where you will dock for the night
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight at Domina Prestige Emilio Nile Cruise Or Similar
Day 5 EDFU/ LUXOR
After breakfast, visit Edfu temple Set out by horse-drawn carriage to visit the Temple of Horus, the most perfectly preserved of all the Nile temples. Horus, also known as Haroeris, was the falcon-headed solar war god,back to the cruise.
Sail to Luxor and dock for the night
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight at Domina Prestige Emilio Nile Cruise Or Similar
Day 6 LUXOR/ WEST BANK/ KARNAK & LUXOR TEMPLE/ CAIRO
After breakfast, Cross to the West Bank of the Nile and visit the wondrous Valley of the Kings, a vast city of the dead, where the magnificent tombs of 62 pharaohs have been discovered.
The tombs were carved deep into the desert mountains, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs. Visit several of the tombs.
Next, visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. This beautiful monument to the reign of 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.
On the way back to your Nile cruise, stop at the famed Colossi of Memnon, two 66ft, 1 thousand ton statues of Amenhotep III. These colossal statues were known by the ancient Greeks to emit haunting voices at dawn. Though damaged by nature and ancient tourists, the statues are still impressive.
After lunch, visit Karnak Temple, in the north of Luxor, called by some "the Temple of Temples" It is 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 covering an area larger than the whole of Notre Dame Cathedral.
visit the graceful Temple of Luxor built by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun and see it's gigantic statues and obelisks.
Desembark and fly back to Cairo Dinner & overnight in the hotel.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight at Le Meridien pyramids Or Similar
Day 7 CAIRO/ FREE DAY AT LEISURE
the day at leisure.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at Le Meridien pyramids Or Similar
Day 8 CAIRO / DEPART
Decide on your activities with the assistance of your guide. Transfer to Cairo international airport for your onward flight.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
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Egypt Tour Price:
| # of Travelers |
High Season |
Low Season |
| Price Per Person in US$ |
| Double Occupancy |
Single Supplement * |
Double Occupancy |
Single Supplement * |
2 |
$1790 |
$395 |
$1690 |
$395 |
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Egypt Tour Price Includes:
1) Deluxe 5 star hotels with Buffet Breakfast and Dinner Daily.
2) Deluxe 5 star Nile Cruise with all Meals included (Buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner), belly dancing and entertainment shows and all shore excursions and horse carriage rides.
3) Private Egyptologist English-speaking Guide with Private driver and private Vehicle.
5) All domestic flights (Cairo/Aswan/Abu Simbel/ Aswan/Luxor/Cairo).
6) Transfer Agent in the airport to manage the Visa issuance and the Luggage handling.
7) All Transfers from and to the airport and from and to the hotel and all visits transfers.
8) All entrance fees in the visits in Cairo , Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan .
9) All taxes are included in the prices (Airport, fees, tickets, hotels, etc.)
Egypt Tour Price Does Not Include:
International flight to Egypt, travel insurance, visa fees, gratuities
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