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Nile Cruises
14
Nights / 15 Days
05 Nights Cairo / 02 Nights Sleeper Train / 07 Nights Cruise
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Luxor / Luxor )
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| Day 1: |
| Arrive Cairo International Airport meet and
assist by Our Representative with sign of your name and assisting
you through passport control formalities, luggage identification &
portage then transferring you by air-conditioned Car to your hotel
in where you will be assisted by Our Representative for check-in Overnight
at your hotel in Cairo |
| Day 2: |
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo then meet
our Egyptology English Speaking guide To Start Your Full Day Sightseeing
Tour to visit Pyramids & Sphinx one of the seven wonders of the
ancient World The Ancient Egyptians carved spacious areas in the rock,
near the Pyramids. There they placed wooden boats, to be at the disposal
of the King when he went on his journey of Day and Night with the
sun god, Ra, in the after world ( Possibility For Camel Riding At
pyramids Area ) then visit Sakkara Pyramids Sakkara is one section
of the great necropolis of Memphis Sakkara is best known for the Step
Pyramid Across the Great Court of the Pyramid Complex of Zoser and
then Transfer to Cairo Railway Station to take your Sleeper Train
to Luxor ( Train number 84 leave Cairo at 20.00 P.M ) Dinner &
Overnight at train
Kindly Note That The Schedule Sailing Date For Nile Cruise For 07
Nights ( Luxor / Luxor ) { Every Saturday , Monday & Wednesday
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| Day 3: |
| Breakfast at train, Arrive Luxor Railway Station
at 05.15 A.M & meet Our Representative to transfer to your Nile
Cruise For Check-in , ( Your Accommodation On Board Cruise Will Be
On Full Board Basis Starting With Lunch & Ending With Breakfast
) free at leisure , Overnight in Luxor |
| Day 4: |
| Breakfast on Board Cruise then visit Luxor
Museum The Luxor Museum is surprisingly entertaining. Displays of
pottery, jewelry, furniture, statues and stelae were created by the
Brooklyn Museum of New York. They include a carefully selected assortment
of items from the Theban temples and necropolis , There are a number
of exhibits from Tutankhamun, including a cow-goddess head from his
tomb on the first floor and his funerary boats on the second floor.
However, some of the real attractions include a statue of Tuthmosis
III (circa 1436 BC) on the first floor, and 283 sandstone blocks arranged
as a wall from the ninth pylon of the Karnak Temple then visit ( The
East Bank ) Karnak temple & Luxor temple The Temple of Luxor was
the center of the most important one, the festival of Opet. Built
largely by Amenhotep III and Ramesses III , it appears that the temple's
purpose was for a suitable setting for the rituals of the festival
The festival itself was to reconcile the human aspect of the ruler
with the divine office , The Temple of Karnak is actually three main
temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples. This
vast complex was built and enlarged over a thirteen hundred year period.
The three main temples of Mut, Monthu and Amun are enclosed by enormous
brick walls , Dinner & Overnight in Luxor |
| Day 5: |
| Breakfast
on Board Cruise Cross to ( the West Bank ) valley of kings,Hatshepsut
temple at Deir El Bahari & Colossi of Memnon Once a year, on the
occasion of the Festival of Opet, in the second and third month of
the flood season, a solemn procession would transport the sacred barque
of the god from the temple of Karnak to the temple of Luxor, called
Ipet-resit , sail to Esna Cross the Look , Sail to Edfu , Dinner &
Overnight in Edfu |
| Day 6: |
| After breakfast visit the Temple of Horus
Dedicated to Horus, the falcon headed god It was believed that the
temple was built on the site of the great battle between Horus and
Seth. Hence, Sailing to Kom Ombo.visit the temple of two gods Sobek
and Haroeris, Arriving at the Temple of Haroeris and Sobek, near Kom
Ombo, Dedicated jointly to Haroeris, The Good Doctor, and Sobek, the
crocodile god, the temple is famous for its twin entrances , Sailing
to Aswan. Dinner & Overnight in Aswan |
| Day 7: |
| Breakfast on board cruise then visit The world-famous
High Dam it was built in the1960s , then visit Phila temple dedicated
to the goddess lsis, which include a temple of Hathor, a Birth House
and two pylons, celebrate all the deities involved in the lsis and
Osiris , view the Elephantine Island and view the Agha Khan Mausoleum
, atop a hill at the southern end of the west bank. The Agha Khan
use to spend every winter in Aswan and was buried here in this magnificent
mausoleum, modeled on the Fatimid tombs in Cairo. Dinner &. Overnight
in Aswan |
| Day 8: |
| Breakfast on Board Cruise free at leisure
Sailing to Edfu Stop For View of Kom Ombo Temple Dinner & Overnight
in Edfu . |
| Day 9: |
| Breakfast on Board Cruise then Sail to Esna
visit the temple of Khnum Sailing to Luxor. Dinner & Overnight
in Luxor. |
| Day 10: |
| Disembarkation after breakfast then P.M Meet
Our Representative To transfer to Luxor Railway Station to take your
Sleeper Train to Cairo ( Train number 85 leave Luxor at 21.20 P.M
) Dinner & Overnight at Train. |
| Day 11: |
| After
breakfast at train , arrive Cairo Railway Station at 06.45 A.M then
Transfer to Your Hotel In Cairo , free day & Overnight at your
hotel in Cairo |
| Day 12: |
| Breakfast
at your hotel in Cairo & then meet our Egyptology English Speaking
guide For Half Day Sightseeing Tour to visit Egyptian Museum contains
the largest & finest collection of pharaonic antiquities in the
world, where 100.000 piece dating from 4000 years are exhibited including
the treasure of king Tutankhamon , Perfumes, Leather, Silver, gold
and then Drive Back To Your Hotel & Overnight at your hotel in
Cairo |
| Day 13: |
| Breakfast
at your hotel in Cairo & then meet our English Speaking guide
For Half Day Sightseeing Tour to visit the Old Cairo , visit the Church
of St. Mary or El-Moallaqah ( meaning overhanging or suspended ) Built
over the ruins of the two towers of this fortress , which is why the
most popular name for this church is the hanging Church. then Visit
the Church of St. Sergius, founded at the end of the 4th century,
it stands on a crypt that is said to have sheltered the Holy Family
during their flight to Egypt. & visit Abu Serga Church & then
Visit Ben Ezra Synagogue , lying at the end point of church buildings
, is reported to have been erected in the 6th or presumably the 9th
Century AD. The temple site and the surrounding grounds, originally
a property of the church, was acquired by the Jews in return for "kantars
of gold" & At the back of the temple, there is a very deep
well, where the coffers in which Prophet Moses as an infant was placed
by his mother, was reportedly found , and then Drive Back To Your
Hotel & Overnight at your hotel in Cairo |
| Day 14: |
| Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo free day
& Overnight at your hotel in Cairo . |
| Day 15: |
| Breakfast
at hotel in Cairo & then Meet Our Representative To Transfer To
Cairo International Airport For Final Departure .
Program
Includes :
05 Nights in Cairo on bed & breakfast basis
02 Nights at First Class Sleeper Train ( Cairo / Luxor & Luxor
/ Cairo ) on half board basis ( Breakfast & Dinner )
07 Nights On Board Five Stars Nile Cruise On Full Board Accommodation
( Start With Lunch & End With Breakfast ) With Sightseeing As
Mentioned Above in Your Program Itinerary .
Entrance fees during sightseeing in Cairo & During The Nile
Cruise with Egyptology English Speaking guide as program
All transfers in the program By Air Conditioned Private Car
All Meet & Assist Through Airport & Station Transfers Through
Our Representatives
All Service charge & taxes
Program Excludes :
International
Flight Tickets
Entry visa to Egypt
Domestic flight tickets between ( Cairo / Luxor / Cairo )
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