EGYPT & THE NILE
9 DAYS 7 NIGHTS
SATURDAY: ENROUTE
Depart New York on your non-stop flight to Cairo.
SUNDAY: CAIRO
Arrival Cairo International Airport. Our hosts will meet you at baggage claim and transfer you to the Conrad Cairo hotel. Remainder of the day at leisure.
MONDAY: CAIRO
The day begins with a visit to the world-famous Egyptian Museum with its 100,000 objects covering 5000 years of ancient Egyptian civilization; view Tutankhamun’s treasures and the fascinating Mummy Room. Drive to Giza; enjoy lunch at Le Meridien Hotel. Afterwards, see the Three Great Pyramids, the oldest surviving structures built by man; enter one of the Pyramids. Visit the astonishing Solar Boat Museum, housing the oldest known ship in the world, uncovered after being buried for over 4500 years. Stand in awe at the magnificent Sphinx carved out of a single piece of stone, guarding the Giza plateau. Try a camel ride before continuing to the unique Karnak Bazaar; refreshments await you – the gems will dazzle you! Overnight in Cairo. (B.L)
TUESDAY: CAIRO / LUXOR
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your early morning flight from Cairo to Luxor. Upon arrival, you’ll be transferred to the Movenpick “Radamis II Nile cruise” a 5 Day/4 Night Nile Cruise. After lunch, your tour begins with a visit the vast Karnak Temple-Complex, built by generations of Pharaohs over a 2000 year period. Continue to the Avenue of the Sphinx and the imposing Temple of Luxor with its grand colonnades. Explore the mighty temple of Amun with its mass of obelisks, pylons, colossi and courts. Dinner on board & Overnight in Luxor. (B.L.D)
WEDNESDAY: LUXOR-ESNA NILE CRUISE
After a buffet breakfast, visit the Valley of the Kings. Secluded in the Theban Hills, it is where the New Kingdom pharaohs were buried in dramatically shafted tombs built into the hillsides; Valley of the queens. Continue to the beautifully terraced Temple of Queen Hatshepsut’s. Pass the imposing and famed Colossus of Memnon. Return to the boat. Buffet lunch on board while sail to Edfu via Esna. Afternoon tea; dinner on board followed by a oriental show “Gallabia Part”. Overnight in Edfu (B.L.D)
THURSDAY: EDFU – KOM OMBO NILE CRUISE
Today, visit the Temple of Horus, the best preserved of all large Egyptian temples, built over a 180 year period and dedicated to the falcon god Horus. Then, sailing to Kom Ombo, Relax on deck and watch primitive villages on the banks of the river glide by; they have changed little in a thousand years. In the afternoon, visit on foot the Greco-Roman Temple, dedicated to Horus, the Sun God and Sobek, the Crocodile God. Sailing to Aswan, Dinner on board followed by belly dance show. Overnight in Aswan. (B.L.D)
FRIDAY: ASWAN NILE CRUISE
After breakfast, visit the Aswan High Dam and the granite quarries where the stone for the ancient monuments and modern dam of Aswan were cut. View the gigantic, unfinished Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut. Continue by motorboat to the beautiful island of Philae to see the exquisite, sandstone Temple of Isis. In the afternoon, sail on a typical Egyptian “felucca” which glides along the Nile, passing Elephantine Island, Lord Kitchener’s Botanical Garden and the dramatic white marble Aga Khan Mausoleum. Overnight in Aswan. (B.L.D)
SATURDAY: ASWAN – CAIRO
Morning disembarkation bidding farewell to the crew of Radamis II Nile Cruise. Then, transfer to Aswan airport for your flight from Aswan to Cairo. Upon arrival, you’ll be transferred to the Fairmont Heliopolis Hotel. Remainder of the day at leisure & overnight at the hotel. (B)
OPTIONAL: ABU SIMBEL TOUR BY FLIGHT
Abu Simbel is a set of two temples near the border of Egypt with Sudan. It was constructed for the pharaoh Ramses II who reigned for 67 years during the 13th century BC (19th Dynasty). The temples were cut from the rock and shifted to higher ground in the 1960s as the waters of Lake Nasser began to rise following completion of the Aswan High Dam. The Great Temple is dedicated to Ramses II and a statue of him is seated with three other gods within the innermost part of the rock-cut temple (the sanctuary). The Small Temple was probably completed ahead of the Great Temple and is dedicated to Ramses’ favorite wife, Nefertari. At the entrance stand six 10-metre-high (33 feet) rock-cut statues – two of Ramses and one of Nefertari on either side of the doorway.
SUNDAY: EN ROUTE
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your return flight home arriving the same day. (B)
Please Note: The cruise line reserves the right to alter the sailing schedule.
(B) Breakfast (L) Lunch (D) Dinner
TOTAL COST $2750
Price per person Air & Land*
(including fuel surcharge)
Tour Highlights:
• Round trip Air JFK/Cairo on Egypt air
• Flights within Egypt as per the itinerary
• 3 nights at Deluxe hotels in Cairo:
- 2 Nights – Conrad, Deluxe Nile View rooms
- 1 Night – Fairmont Heliopolis
• 4 night Nile Cruise aboard the Deluxe Movenpick Radamis II
• Full day tour in Cairo including the Egyptian Museum , Pyramids, Sphinx, Solar boat
• Entry to the Mummy Room at the Egyptian Museum
• Entry to one of the Pyramids
• Camel Ride at the Pyramids
• Nile Cruise Excursions to Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan
• 16 Meals: Daily Buffet Breakfast in Cairo, 1 lunch in Cairo, all meals on Nile Cruise
• All Transfers and Entrance Fees
(Optional Tour to Abu Simbel can be arranged at a supplement)
* Price based on double occupancy. Single Occupancy add $395. Add $88 U.S. Departure Tax. Visa for Egypt required and can be secured for US & Canadian passport holders upon arrival at Cairo Airport at a cost of $15 per Person. Other nationalities, please inquire. Air Fuel Surcharge of $144 is included in the price and is subject to change. For Land/Cruise only including flights within Egypt deduct $785 per person. This special is not combinable with any other promotional offers/coupons. Optional Abu Simbel Excursion $395 per person ($530 singles traveling alone).
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