Tour Itinerary |
Day (01)
Wednesday |
Cairo
Arrive Cairo international airport, upon arrival you will be met by World Avenues representative and transferred to your chosen hotel. |
Day (02)
Thursday |
Cairo
This morning explore one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Giza, and the nearby mysterious Sphinx carved from a single block of limestone. |
Day (03)
Friday |
Cairo
This morning visit the fabulous Egyptian Museum, home to priceless antiquities; including statues, reliefs, sarcophagi, and the King Tutankhamun’s treasures discovered in the valley of the kings in Luxor by Howard Carter in 1922. |
Day (04)
Saturday |
Cairo – Aswan
Fly to Aswan in the early morning to Aswan, upon arrival at Aswan airport you will be transferred to your chosen cruise boat.
Embarkation before lunch. After lunch sail on a traditional sailing boat “felucca” around the Kitchener’s Island to view the Botanical gardens and the Agha Khan Mausoleum. Overnight in Aswan. |
Day (05)
Sunday |
Aswan – Kom Ombo - Edfu
Out tour today includes the High Dam this is the world’s largest rock-filled dam created to control the Nile, we continue to visit the ancient quarries that produced granite for temples, obelisks, shrines and sarcophagi, to see the Unfinished Obelisk. A short boat ride to the temple of Philae dedicated to the Goddess Isis one of the finest Ptolemaic temples recently dismantled from the submerged Island of Philae and reconstructed on a nearby island. Sail onwards to Kom Ombo. On a hill overlooking the Nile, we visit the ruins of a Great temple of Kom Ombo which is dedicated to the falcon-headed god “Haroeris”, and the crocodile god “Sobek”. Continue sailing to Edfu and overnight. |
Day (06)
Monday |
Edfu – Luxor
In Edfu take a horse-drawn carriage through the village to visit the beautifully preserved sandstone temple, and the most outstanding example of a true layout of an Egyptian temple, the temple of Horus built by the Ptolemaic Pharaohs. After our visit we sail to Luxor and overnight. |
Day (07)
Tuesday |
Luxor
This morning we start by visiting the magnificent West Bank famous for its royal tombs. Visit includes the Valley of the Kings, and Queens, The temple of Queen Hatshepsut to see the bas-reliefs which illustrate her expedition to the land of Punt. Then visit the Colossi of Memnon. In the afternoon explore the extraordinary monuments on the East Bank, the splendid temples of Karnak and Luxor. The Karnak temple was built by Ptolemy III, is a vast complex of several temples and is the most celebrated temple in Egypt by means of small avenue of sphinxes. View the Great Court, the magnificent Hypostyle hall with it 100 massive columns standing 23 metres high. Queen Hatshepsut’s granite obelisks and the sacred lake guarded by a giant granite scarab. Situated south of the Karnak temple is the Luxor temple, built by Amenophis III and Ramses II to host the festival of Opet. Luxor temple has a magnificent colonnade with its 14 papyrus-headed columns, some 15 meter in height. |
Day (08)
Wednesday |
Luxor – Cairo
After breakfast disembark your cruiser, and transfer to Luxor airport for flight to Cairo. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred by World Avenues Representative to your hotel. |
Day (09)
Thursday |
Cairo
World Avenues representative will escort you to Cairo international airport for your onward flight home. |
| Package Rate |
May 1 – September 30, 2008 |
starting from US$2005,00 per person in a double |
Package rates during Peak periods to be advised upon reservation request
Above rates exclude International flight tickets To/From Egypt
- Breakfast daily in Cairo
- Full board on Cruise ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner )
- 4 nights accommodation in Cairo
- Sightseeing tours in Cairo as mentioned with English speaking Egyptologist
- 4 nights on the Nile Cruise
- All shore excursions as motioned
- Transfers on arrival and Departure in Cairo, Aswan and Luxor
- All entrance fees per itinerary
- Domestic airline ticket ( Cairo/Aswan - Luxor/Cairo) - economy class
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- Pyramids, and Sphinx
- Egyptian Museum
- Felucca Sailing around Aswan Islands
- High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk and Philae temple
- Kom Ombo temple
- Edfu temple
- West bank of Luxor
- East bank of Luxor
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- Cairo : Semiramis Inter-cont. or similar
- Cruise: Movenpick Cruise or similar
- Cairo : Concorde El Salam or similar
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- International airline ticket not included
- US citizens will need an entry visa to Egypt – This can be arranged on arrival – at a cost
- Cruise itinerary is subject to change
- For your arrival and departure transfer flight information will be needed
- For domestic flight – Egypt-air changes the schedules of its’ flights, final schedule will be reconfirmed only in Egypt.
- During the Esna lock closure in June & December – itinerary will be altered but all excursions will executed
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Cairo:
- From 01st July till 15th July
- From 15th July till 01st September
- From 01st October till 31st October
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