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(In Cairo / Out Cairo) – Internal sectors by optional flights.
Day 1: Arrival in the land of the Pharaohs. At Cairo international Airport you will be met and assisted through immigration and customs by our representative and escorted to your hotel. Optional dinner cruise with oriental show.Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2: After breakfast, a scenic drive will take you to the Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza which have stood for the last 5000 years. Continue to visit the Egyptian museum of Antiquities which includes the world’s largest collection of Pharonicartifacts and the treasures of Tutankhamen’s tomb. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 3: After breakfast enjoy your free day at leisure or you may opt for an optional Overday to Alexandria where you will visit the Catacombs of Kom El Shugafa, Pompey’s Pillar, Montazah Gardens, Roman Amphitheatre andQaitbayfortress. Overnight in Cairo
Day 4: After breakfast, transfer to Cairo international Airport for your flight to Luxor. Upon arrival to Luxor Airport, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your cruise boat to drop your luggage. Visit Karnak and Luxor temples, a centuries- old city of pylons, hypostyle halls, colossal statues, shrines and obelisks. Continue to visit the West Bank necropolis including Valley of Kings, funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 5: Early morning sailing to Edfu via Esna enjoying the wonderful scenery and picturesque rural sights by the banks of the river Nile. Overnight in Edfu.
Day 6: Travel by horse drawn carriages to the temple of Horus, the falcon god, in Edfu. This temple is considered the best preserved ancient temple and the second largest after the temple of Karnak. Sail to KomOmbo where you will visit the Ptolemaic temple of Sobek and Haroeris. Sail to Aswan and Overnight in Aswan.
Day 7:Visit the Aswan High Dam, the Granite Quarries with unfinished Obelisk and the temple of Philae. Sail on board a felucca. Overnight in Aswan.
Day 8:After breakfast disembark and transfer to Aswan airport for your flight to Cairo. |
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