- 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 - Abu Simbel - Aswan
In the morning you will fly to Abu
Simbel, via Aswan. You will never forget the striking view from
the window of your plane: the rock-cut facade of the colossal
Temple of Ramses II and the Temple of Hathor which appear all
of a sudden in the middle of the desert divided by the branches
of the River Nile. After your visit, you will be transferred
to the airport and fly back to Aswan. Rest of the day at leisure
in Aswan. Overnight in Aswan. (B)
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- Day 4 Aswan - Nile Cruise
Before noon you will be transferred
to your cruise ship. After you check in and have lunch on board,
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. 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 High Dam and Old Aswan Dam to understand the importance of
regulating the River Niles for Egpytians over the millenia. You
will continue by motorboat 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. In the afternoon, you will sail
to Kom Ombo to visit 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 Edfu,
a sugar and pottery center, for overnight. 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 Esna, cross the lock and continue to Luxor.
Afternoon tea and dinner will be served on board. (B, L, D)
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- Day 7 Nile Cruise
Today 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. Temple of Luxor dedicated to the creator god
Amun, a strikingly graceful piece of architecture adorned with
colossal statues of Ramses II. In the afternoon, 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. Ddinner will be served on board.
(B, L, D)
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Day 8 Luxor - Cairo
In the morning you will fly to Cairo
and your full day sightseeing program in Cairo will start: You
will 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 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)
Day 10 Departure
You will be transferred to Cario
Airport for your return flight. (B)
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