Attractions - Nile Cruise - Felucca ride - Over night Train - Elephantine Island - Visit many Historic Ancient sites, including the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, the Valley of the Kings - free time for the beach, side trips such as Boat & Diving Tours & Desert Safaris
Places we Visit - Cairo - Aswan - Kom Ombo - Edfu - Esna - Luxor - Sharm El Sheikh
Itinerary Highlights
Day 1 CAIRO - Arrive Cairo international airport. Our Representative will be inside the Arrival Hall to help with customs procedures. Transfer to your hotel.
Day2 B/D - CAIRO After Breakfast your guide will outline your exciting tour of Egypt. This is followed by a tour of the Egyptian Museum (which houses over 100,000 relics) including the magnificent treasures of King Tutankhamun (the Mummies room is excluded). Next a tour of the Great Pyramids & the Sphinx - which ends at the open air Museum of Khan El Khalili. You’ll be transferred to the station at 7.00 pm for your overnight journey on a sleeper train to Aswan.
Day3 B/L/D - CAIIRO & ASWAN You’ll be met at Aswan & transferred to your Nile Cruise. Your first stop is the Phila temple, then on to High dam & the Granite quarries. This is followed by a sail on a felucca and you'll visit Elephantine Island. A transfer back to the Nile Cruise in time for dinner. The Cruise will continue on to Kom Ombo.
Day4 B/L/D - KOM OMBO & EDFU-ESNA Visit Kom Ombo temple of Sobek & Haroeris. Sail to Edfu & visit the temple of Edfu & then on to Esna.
Day5 B/L/D - LUXOR Luxor, has been called the "world's greatest open-air museum, visiting East Bank, Luxor & Karnak temples dedicated to the Pharoah Amun, free time for shopping.
Day6B/D - LUXOR & SHARM EL SHEIKH Visit the West Bank – the Colossi of Memnon. The Valley of the Kings & the Temple of Queen Hatshpsut. In the evening transfer to Luxor airport to take a flight to Sharm El Sheikh, where you’ll be met & transferred to your hotel.
Day7 B - SHARM EL SHEIKH Free day to sightsee. Choose from the many optional activities such as Diving, Boat tours & Desert Safaris.
Day8 B - SHARM EL SHEIKH Day of Leisure & another day for optional extras.
Day9 B- SHARM EL SHEIKH & CAIRO Free time until your transfer to the airport for your flight back to Cairo.
Day10 B - CAIRO Day at leisure & over night at your hotel.
Day11 B - CAIRO Day at leisure till the time of departure. Transfer to the airport.
Ex Cairo from $2045 NZ Twin Share
Single Supplement $850 NZ
Your Experience
- You will experience an Ancient journey steeped in history, outstanding architecture & unforgettable images as you cruise down the romantic River Nile. This diverse tour ventures into the old & touches upon the new of Egypt - a land of monuments & pharaohs. A place where you will travel by boat, land and train.
Included
10 Breakfasts
3 Lunches
5 Dinners
Cairo Egyptian Museum
Great Pyramids
Sphinx
Khan El Khalili market
Nile Cruise
Phila Temple
High Dam
Granite Quarries
Felucca Trip
Elephantine Island
Kom Ombo Temple of Sobek & Haroeris
Temple of Edfu
Luxor & Karnak Temples
Colossi of Memnon
Valley of the Kings
Temple of Queen Hatshpsut
Accomodation
3 nights - Cairo 1 night - overnight Sleeper Train 3 nights - cruise 3 night - Sharm
Tour Excludes
Domestic Flights
Tips & gratuities. Not Obligatory
Entry Visa to Egypt
Entrance inside the Pyramids,
Camel ride
the Solar Boat at the Pyramids
Visit of the Mummies Room at the Egyptian Museum
All beverages during the meals (Mineral water, Soft drinks, Alcoholic drinks…etc.)
All expenses of personal nature (Telephones, Laundry, extras…etc.)