- Itinerary
- Day 1 USA - Cairo
Leave USA
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- Day 2 Cairo
Upon your arrival at Cairo Airport,
you will be welcomed by a Tourcom representative and transferred
to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
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- Day 3 Cairo
After breakfast, you will drive
to desert plateau of Giza for a visit to the only surviving monument
among the seven wonders of the ancient world, the great pyramids.
You will view the awesome Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus
and also the legendery Sphinx who has been staring out over the
desert for so many centuries. Your visit will also include the
Solar Boat Museum. Then you will continue to Memphis, once the
glorious capital of Old Kingdom to see the colossal statue of
Ramses II and the alabaster sphinx. Saqqara, the necropolis of
Memphis, will be waiting for you with its pyramids, temples and
tombs. You will visit King Zoser's Step Pyramid, probably the
oldest pyramid of Egypt and the oldest stone structure of its
size in the world. Overnight in Cairo. (B)
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- Day 4 Cairo - Luxor - Nile Cruise
In the morning you will fly to Luxor.
Upon your arrival, you will be transferred to your Nile cruise
ship. After lunch on board, you will visit the Temple of Luxor
dedicated to the creator god Amun, a strikingly graceful piece
of architecture adorned with colossal statues of Ramses II. You
will continue with the Temples of Karnak, incredibly impressive
complex of numerous temples with the famous Great Hypostyle Hall,
an unforgettable forest of towering stone pillars. Afternoon
tea and dinner will be served on board. (B, L, D)
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- Day 5 Nile Cruise
In the morning you will drive to
the Necropolis of Thebes, including the Valley of the Queens
and the Valley of the Kings, the royal burial site and then the
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahari and the
Colossi of Memnon facing the Nile. Then you will sail to Edfu.
Afternoon tea and dinner will be served on board. (B, L, D)
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- Day 6 Nile Cruise
In the morning you will visit the
extraordinary Temple of Horus, the largest and most completely
preserved Pharaonic, albeit Greek-built temple in Egypt. Then
you will sail to Kom Ombo to explore the dual Temple of Sobek
and Haroeris, where in the ancient times sacred crocodiles basked
in the sun on the river bank. You will return to the ship and
sail on to Aswan. Afternoon tea and dinner will be served on
board. (B, L, D)
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Day 7 Aswan - Cairo
After breakfast and checking out
from your cruise ship, you will drive to the High Dam and Old
Aswan Dam to understand the importance of regulating the River
Niles for Egpytians over the millenia. You will continue with
the beautiful Philae's Temple of Isis which was saved from the
rising waters by being reconstructed on the Agilika Island piece
by piece. You will see the Unfinished Obelisk at the granite
quarries and then weather permitting you will sail on a felucca
at the west bank of the River Nile to view the Aga Khan Mausoleum,
the Elephantine Island and Lord Kitchener's Botanical Gardens.
In the afternoon you will fly to Cairo. In Cairo you will be
transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo. (B)
Day 8 Cairo
You will start your day with a visit
to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities which has an incredibly
vast collection of artifacts from the Old Kingdom to the Roman
era. Your visit in the Museum also includes the Royal Mummy Room.
You will continue to Old Cairo to see the Al-Muallaqa Church,
one of the oldest Coptic churches in Egpyt and Ben Ezra Synagogue,
then go on with the Citadel, a wonderful example of a medieval
fortress which was home to the rulers of Egypt for 700 years.
Then you will be impressed by the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed
Ali with its huge dome and pencil shaped minarets. Then you will
enjoy the oriental ambiance of the Khan el-Khalili Bazaar while
you wander through the labyrinth of its narrow streets lined
with hundreds of shops. Overnight in Cairo. (B)
Day 9 Departure
You will be transferred to Cario
Airport for your return flight. (B)
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