Wed, Mar 13
|Egypt
Egypt 2024
Come explore Egypt with our group. 3 days in Cairo and 3 day on the Nile Cruse. You don't want to miss this wonderful experience. Space is limited
Time & Location
Mar 13, 2024, 7:00 PM – Mar 19, 2024, 7:00 PM
Egypt
About the event
$2599 per person - Single supplement $995 - Flights not included.
Non-Refundable deposit of $200 due at booking. - Flexible monthly payments.
Whats Included:
§ Enjoy breakfast at the hotel.
§ Take a full day tour to visit the Pyramids & the Sphinx, Mempjos and Sakkara.
§ First stop visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus.
§ Get up close to the Great Sphinx, the head of pharaoh with a lion’s body and let your imagination run wild, dating back to the time of Chephren.
§ Enjoy a 30-minute camel ride along the pyramids and take in the sheer beauty of these man-made wonders of the ancient world.
§ Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.
§ After lunch visit Memphis and Sakkara.
Memphis served as the capital of Upper & Lower Egypt some 5,000 years ago during the 1st Dynasty.
Menes, the first pharaoh of this dynasty, built a great, white-walled palace & the Temple of Ptah here.
Sakkara one of the most exciting historical & archaeological area in all of Egypt is Sakkara, situated about
12 miles Southwest of Cairo. The site is dominated by the famous step pyramid of King Zoser. It was
the first pyramid to be built in ancient Egypt, preceding those at Giza by many centuries, & is the work
of the famous pharaonic architect, Imhotep.
CARIO – AWAN FLIGHT; EMBARK CRUISE
§ Enjoy breakfast at the hotel.
§ After breakfast transfer to Cairo airport for your flight to Aswan (the flight is included in your package)
§ On arrival board the Nile Cruise.
§ Enjoy lunch on board followed by a visit to the Aswan High Dam, The Unfinished Obelisk and the Philae Temple.
NILE CRUISE
§ Enjoy breakfast on board
§ Sail to Kom Ombo and visit the Kom Ombo Temple
§ Enjoy Lunch and Afternoon Tea on board
§ Visit the Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the crocodile God Sobek and the Falcon -Headed Horus, God of the morning sun.
§ Sail to Edfu while enjoying dinner on board
The Horus Temple in Edfu is the largest and most completely preserved Pharaonic temple in Egypt.
Construction began on this temple in 237 BC and was completed nearly 200 years later. Today sail
onward to Luxor via Esna. The premier destination in Upper Egypt, Luxor features an array of ruins and
monuments and is considered the most extraordinary open-air museum in the world. The city is also
known for its horse carriages, which offer a charming way to enjoy the areas many sightseeing opportunities.
View the Citadel which is situated on a spur of the Muqattam Hills and dominates Cairo's skyline. This
was the nerve center of the city and all of Egypt for almost 700 years. Its construction was initiated in
1176 by Saladin and completed by Muhammad Ali. Mameluke sultans and Turkish governors later on
made it their residence, building palaces and mosques within the Citadel walls.
Facing the Citadel is the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, built between 1356 and 1363 and perhaps the most
majestic monument of Arab architecture in Egypt.
Visit the Khan El Khalili, known as the Turkish bazaar during the Ottoman period. It was built in 1382 by
Emir Djaharks El Khalili, in the heart of what was then Fatimid City. Until this day, the bazaar is a center
of trade and communion in the city, and offers a wide array of antiques, handcrafts of gold, silver and
copper as well as numerous old coffee shops and local restaurants which attract both Egyptians and
tourists alike.
Return to the hotel after the tour.