Program 10 days / 09 nights Arrival on Monday or Wednesday (01 or 03 June 2009) 02 Nights Cairo/01 Night Sleeper train/03 Nights Nile Cruise/03 Nights Hurghada
Day 1: Arrival at Cairo international airport, meet and assist through formalities,Then transfer to your hotel for check in and overnight in Cairo
Day 2: Buffet breakfast at Cairo hotel,
Full day tour to visit The Great pyramids & Sphinx,
Though the three Great Pyramids are the most famous and prominent monuments at Giza, the site has actually been a Necropolis almost since the beginning of Pharaonic Egypt. A tomb just on the outskirts of the Giza site dates from the reign of the First Dynasty Pharaoh Wadj (Djet), and jar sealings discovered in a tomb in the southern part of Giza mention the Second Dynasty Pharaoh Ninetjer. But it was the Fourth Dynasty Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) who placed Giza forever at the heart of funerary devotion, a city of the dead that dwarfed the cities of the living nearby
On its southwest diagonal is the pyramid of his son Khephren (Chephren, Khafre). Although it is smaller, a steeper angle results in the illusion that they are the same size. Further along the southwest diagonal is the smallest of the three, the pyramid of Khephren's son, Menkaure. It is also the most unusual.
Then The Egyptian museum of antiquities. On display is a rare collection of 5000 years of art the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry, as it was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated.
Lunch serve en route at local restaurant.
Then continue to the Citadel of Salah El Din, One of Cairo's most popular tourist attractions is the Citadel which houses a number of museums, ancient mosques and other sites, located on a spur of limestone that had been detached from its parent Moqattam Hills by quarrying. The Citadel is one of the world's greatest monuments to medieval warfare, as well as a highly visible landmark on Cairo's eastern skyline. Particularly when viewed from the back side (from the north), the Citadel reveals a very medieval character
Then start your visit to Khan El Khalili Bazaars. Shops in this district are legendary for fine brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques and more.
Transfer to Cairo train station for your overnight-seated train to Aswan, overnight on board of the train.
Day 3:
Meet at Aswan train station and transfer to board your cruise for three nights sailing to Luxor,Embarkation & lunch on board the cruise.Afternoon tour by Felucca around Elephantine Island, the Botanical garden and the Agha Khan.
Dinner & Overnight on board cruise ship in Aswan.
Day 4:
Buffet Breakfast on Board.Proceed with the visits of Aswan including the high Dam and the unfinished obelisk Lunch will serve on board, and sail to Kom Ombo.Visit the temple of Kom-Ombo, dedicated for gods Sobek and Haroeris.Afternoon sail to Edfu Dinner and overnight on board cruise ship in Edfu.
Day 5:
Buffet Breakfast on board the cruise.Visit the temple of Edfu, dedicated to the god Horus.Lunch on board during sailing to Esna.Cross Esna lock and sail to Luxor Dinner and Overnight on board of the cruise ship in Luxor.
Day 6:
Buffet Breakfast and Disembarkation from the cruise
Proceed with the visits of West bank including the two colossi of Memnon, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahari and Valley of kings then you will continue with the Karnak and Luxor temples then you will take Lunch at Local restaurant.Then taking your coach to transfer to Hurghada, after arrival transfer to your hotel for dinner and overnight in Hurghada.
Day 7:
Buffet breakfast at hotel,Free day at leisure,Dinner & overnight in Hurghada.
Day 8:
Buffet breakfast at hotel,Free day at leisure,Dinner & overnight in Hurghada. Day 9:
Buffet breakfast at hotel,Transfer to Hurghada airport for your flight to Cairo, after arrival transfer to your hotel for check in and overnight in Cairo. Day 10:
Buffet breakfast at hotel,Transfer to Cairo international airport for your final departure flight. |
