Nile cruises and Cairo
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Tour Itinerary - Departures on Thursdays or
Saturdays or Tuesdays
Day 1:Thursday or Saturday or Tuesday Cairo At the Cairo terminal keep your eyes open for the Travel Talk sign,
as we picked you up from the airport and take you to our Cairo hotel. Gather
round in the hotel lobby at 6:00pm as we meet both the other tour members and
the guide. Listen up for a fast and informal meeting with the leader including
registration and a short brief about the adventures ahead and some country info.
. (No Meals)
Day 2:Friday or Sunday or Wednesday Cairo After breakfast we visit the Giza Plateau to explore the world
famous pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycrenos. The afternoon is left to
site-see Sakkara; the first capital of ancient Egypt, famous for its step
pyramid built by King Zoser in 2700 B.C. This evening it’s the overnight
Sleeping train to Luxor . (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 3: Saturday or Monday or Thursday
Luxor. Arrival, meet & assist by our local representatives. Visit The West Bank
– the Valley of the Kings, Valley of The Queens and The Temple of Queen
Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari. Transfer to the M/S Nile Cruise. Boarding
before Lunch. Lunch on board Afternoon tea. Dinner on board & Belly Dance show.
Overnight on board. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 4: Breakfast. Visit The Temple of Karnak & the Temple of Luxor. Lunch on
board. Sail to Esna. Afternoon Tea. Disco Party. Overnight on board (Breakfast,
Lunch, Dinner)
Day 5: Breakfast on board. Visit the temple of Horus in Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo.
Lunch on board. Visit the Temple shared by the two Gods Sobek & Haroeies in Kom
Ombo. Afternoon Tea. Dinner on board & Galabeya party Overnight in Kom Ombo.
(Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 6: Breakfast on board. Sail to Aswan. Visit the High Dam, the Granite
Quarries & The Temple of Philae Lunch on board. Sail on the Nile by felucca
around Kitchener’s island and Elephantine. Afternoon Tea. Dinner on board.
Overnight in Aswan. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 7: Breakfast on board. Disembarkation after breakfast. (Optional trip to Abu
Simble by plane), Free time. Then Transfer to Aswan train station to catch the
overnight sleeping train to Cairo. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 8: Cairo. Our journey continues with a visit to one of the most important
museums in the ancient world, the Egyptian Museum houses more than 100,000
relics of Egypt. Today we discover the Citadel of Saladin, Mosque of Mohamed
Ali, the Hanging Church and the world famous Kahn El Khalili bazaar. .
(Breakfast)
Day 9:Cairo. Our trip will end after we say goodbye to our new friends over
breakfast, and check-out of the hotel in Cairo. Before your flight we bus you
back to the airport and bid you safe travels. . (Breakfast)
Included in this tour
1. 2 nights hotel accommodation in Cairo on bed and breakfast basis
2. 4 nights on 5 star deluxe Cruise; Luxor & Aswan full board – excludes drinks
(sight seeing included)
3. All transfers in Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan
4. All your tours and excursions are with A/C modern models mini buses 25 seats
or big buses 0 seats “according to the number of groups” and mini vans for
individuals 10 or 15 seats
5. The service of meet and assist at all your destinations
6. English speaking Egyptologist guide
7. First class Sleeping train Cairo /Luxor - Aswan / Cairo
8. All your visits include entrance fees "except entry inside the Pyramids,
entry inside royal mummies room at the Egyptian mummies, entry inside King Tut's
tomb at the valley of kings"
Excluded in this tour
1. Visa Entry for Egypt (US$ 15 per passport)
2. Tipping
3. Personal expenses (Laundry, Sauna, telephones…etc)
4. Any meals not mentioned in the program
5.Any Optional tours
6. International airfare
Prices for deluxe cruise and
hotels: 5Jan 2011 - 5Jan 2012
| Price in US$ based on the number of passengers traveling together | Passengers 2-5 |
Passengers 6-10 |
Passengers 11-17 |
Passengers 18-25 |
| Price per person in double occupancy 5Jan-27May'11 1Sep'11-5Jan'12 |
836 | 787 | 762 | 749 |
| Price per person in double occupancy 28May-31Aug'11 |
755 | 705 | 680 | 668 |
| Single supplement (2 or more people traveling together) | 188 | 188 | 188 | 188 |
| Reduction for third person sharing the same room/cabin | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
*During Easter (16-23Apr) and Christmas New Years (18Dec-5Jan) supplement apply! Add US$ 240 per person to above package prices - plus New Year or Christmas Gala dinner supplement
Hotels : 5 Star Standard
Cairo : Cataract resort or Grand Pyramids or Oasis hotel or Barcelo Pyramids or
Intercontinental Pyramids Park or Swiss Inn resort “06th of Oct district”
Nile Cruise : 5 star superior
Thursdays:
M/S Alyssa, M/S Jaz Minerva, M/S Nile Style, M/S Crown Emperor, M/S crown
Empress
Mondays:
M/S Nile Premium, M/S Regency, M/S Al Kahila, M/S Nile Festival, M/S Tower
Prestige, M/S Domina Prestige Emilio, M/S Nile Dolphin, M/S Sun Ray , M/S Hamees
Saturdays: M/S Jaz
Jubilee, M/S Jaz Jewel,M/S Al Jamilia, M/S Monaco, M/S Mojito, M/S Concerto or
similar
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