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Nile Cruise + DAHAB:
This program for visiting
Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Kom-Ombo, Edfu, Luxor, Dahab & St. Catherine
(14 nights – 15 days) REF # (CALD/14/C)
The Package Includes:
* 3 nights in Cairo (based on Bed & Breakfast).
* 1 night in Aswan (based on Bed & Breakfast).
* 3 nights on 5 star cruise boat (Full Board).
* 2 nights in A/C train Cairo / Aswan & Luxor / Cairo (1st Class spanish / recliner seats train).
* 4 nights in Dahab (Bed only).
* 1 night on Moses Mountain (for sunrise)
* 2 ways A/C bus Cairo / Dahab / Cairo.
* Tours in:
- Upper Egypt: Aswan, Kom-Ombo, Edfu & Luxor.
- Cairo & Giza
- Dahab & St. Catherine.
* English speaking guide in Aswan & Luxor.
* All transfers & Pick-up services (according to the itinerary).
* Tipping for drivers, hotels & cruise staff. |
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| The Program: |
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| Day 1: Arrive at Cairo Int'l Airport, meet & transfer to hotel check-in, overnight at hotel. |
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Sakkara Pyramid |
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Alabaster Mosque |
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Philae Temple |
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Kitchner Island |
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Dahab |
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Moses Mountain |
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Alexandria |
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| Day 2: Breakfast drive to Giza Plateau visiting the Three Pyramids (Cheops, Khaphren & Mekarinos) Sphinx & the Valley Temple, afternoon visiting Memphis, the old capital of ancient Egypt, where you will visit the original statue of Ramses the second, then Sakkara pyramids the first step pyramid, Mere-Ruka Tomb showing all scenes of ancient life (Hunting, cattle slaughtering, fishing, crownation...etc) & Titi Pyramid (sculptured by Hieroglyphs characters from inside), overnight at hotel. |
| Day 3: Early breakfast, visiting the Egyptian Museum where you will see thousands of statues & antiquities, includes the golden collection of King Tutankhamun, then transfer to Citadel, visiting Mohamed Ali Mosque (Alabaster Mosque), afternoon, drive to Coptic Area, visiting the Hanging Church & Ben-Ezra Synagogue, overnight train to Aswan. |
| Day 4: Arrive to Aswan, meet, transfer to hotel, check-in, then visiting Philae Temple, built on Agelika Island & the High dam of Aswan, overnight at hotel. |
| Day 5:
Early breakfast, (Optional trip to Abu-Simbel), transfer to Nile Cruise & check-in, having lunch, visiting Elephantine Island & Kitchner Island, having dinner, overnight on Cruise sailing on the way to Kom-Ombo. |
| Day 6: Breakfast, visiting Kom-Ombo Temple, having lunch, visiting Edfu Temple, having dinner over night on Cruise on the way to Luxor. |
| Day 7: Breakfast, arrive to Luxor, visiting East bank of Luxor: 1. Luxor Temple 2. Karnak Temple, overnight on cruise in Luxor. |
| Day 8: Breakfast, then visiting West Bank of luxor: 1.Valley of Kings 2.Valley of Queens 3.Hatchepsut Temple 4.Colossi of Memnon, overnight train to Cairo. |
| Day 9: Arrive to Cairo, afternoon bus to Dahab, arrives to Dahab bus station, transfer to Hotel to check-in & overnight. |
| Day 10: Transfer to the Blue-Hole, the best place ever for snorkeling, back to hotel, free at leisure & overnight in hotel. |
| Day 11: Free at leisure day in Dahab to relax, at midnight drive to Moses Mountain, climb it up, reach the top at sun rise, overlooking the most lovely view of South Sinai Mountains. |
| Day 12: On the way down you will stop to visit Saint-Catherine Monastery, then back to hotel, free at leisure day, overnight in hotel. |
| Day 13: Drive to south to Blue Lagoons to swim & snorkeling, back to Dahab & overnight. |
| Day 14: Afternoon, catch the bus back to Cairo, arrive to Cairo at night, transfer to hotel & overnight. |
| Day 15:Breakfast, transfer to Cairo Int'l Airport, to fly back home. |
| ## The optional trips, which could be fit in the above itinerary, are: |
1. Sound & Light Show at Pyramids plateau in Giza:
Start 6:30 pm / End 7:30 pm in Winter and Start 8:30 pm / End 9:30 pm in Summer - check with our guide for the language program; Sound & Light Show, at Giza Plateau, where all the plateau lighten up by laser animated show after the sun set, while the sphinx tell (in 7 languages) the history of Cairo since he start guard the plateau of Giza (since his existence), till the French army left Egypt with their commander Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte 1801 AD.
Includes the entrance fees of the show & transfers.
Price (US$ 30) per person. |
2. Sound & Light Show at Karnak Temple in Luxor:
Start 6:30 pm / End 7:30 pm in Winter and Start 8:30 pm / End 9:30 pm in Summer - check with our guide for the language program; Sound & Light Show, at Karnak Temple in Luxor.
Includes the entrance fees of the show & transfers.
Price (US$ 30) per person. |
3. Sound & Light Show at Philae Temple in Aswan:
Start 6:30 pm / End 7:30 pm in Winter and Start 8:30 pm / End 9:30 pm in Summer - check with our guide for the language program; Sound & Light Show, at Philae Temple in Aswan.
Includes the entrance fees of the show & transfers.
Price (US$ 40) per person. |
4. Camel or Horse riding at the pyramids :
Start & End within the day tour of Giza pyramids; Camel or Horse ride in Giza, at the Pyramids plateau, includes one hour ride on a horse or a Camel & desert guide.
Price (US$ 20) per person. |
5. Pharaonic village :
Start 9:00 Am / End 12:00 pm; At the Pharaonic Village, visitors sail on comfortable motorized barges down a network of canals and view incredibly accurate tableaux of the recreation of ancient Egyptian life. Sights include recreations of agriculture, industries, games, arts, and moments from history and legend.
Also you will visit the tomb of Tutankh Amun as full packed as found in 1922 by the British excavators.
Moreover you will visit the mummification museum, Pyramids builders' museum, Nobleman house and peasant house, the trip includes entrance fees & transfers.
Price (US$ 25), per person. |
6. More of Islamic Cairo:
Start 9:00 Am / End 02:00 pm; City of dead, Rifae Mosque, Sultan Hassan Mosque, Ebn Tulun Mosque & Gayer Anderson House, includes transfers & Egyptologist English speaking tour guide (exclude entrance fees which cost US$ 16).
Price (US$ 25) per person (for at least 2 persons) (US$ 40) for single traveler. |
7. Dinner Cruise :
Start 6:30 pm / End 10:00 pm; An open buffet dinner & Show (Belly Dancer, Whirling Darwish, folklore dance & oriental Western songs & music) while cruising the Cairo Nile river for 2 hours. Includes transfers, Show & Dinner.
Price (US$ 30) per person. |
8. Felucca at Sun Set in Cairo:
Start 4:30 pm / End 6:00 pm; Enjoy peaceful sailing on the Nile River in Cairo for one hour whith soft drink and a peace of mind.
Include transfer, sail for one hour & soft drink:
Price (US$ 20) per person. |
9. Alexandria:
Start 7:00 am / End 7:00 pm; Drive to Alexandria, visiting the Roman Tombs of Catacombs, Roman theater, Alexandria Great Library (Newly Opened), Qaitbay Citadel & Montazah Royal Palace, drive back to Cairo the same day.
Include transfers in A.C van & Egyptologist English speaking tour guide (exclude entrance fees which cost US$ 24):
Price (US$ 60) per person (for at least 2 adults) Single traveler (US$ 100). |
10. Abu-Simbel : Visiting Ramses II & his wife Nefertari.
Start 5:00 am / End 10:00 am; By Plane: (includes round trip fly ticket Aswan / Abu Simbel / Aswan (includes plane tickets & the airport transfers, exclude entrance fees which cost US$ 15)
Price (US$120) per person.
Start 4:00 am / End 01:00 pm; By Bus: (includes round trip by A/C bus Aswan / Abu Simbel / Aswan English Speaking guide, exclude entrance fees which cost US$ 15)
Price (US$ 30) per person. |
11. Hot Air Ballooning over Valley of the Kings in Luxor:
Start 4:30 am / End 7:00 am; Transfer to the take off field, where you will enjoy a briefing for the adventure you are about to experience, then fly over the valley of the kings for one hour, then you will land smoothly, to receive a certificate that you flu over the Valley of the Kings in Luxor on board of the Hot Air Balloon.
Price (US$ 110) per person |
12. Colour & white Canyons:
Start 8:00 am / End 6:00 pm; Drive by Jeep 4X4 for 2 hours on road & off road, reach the Colour Canyons, where you will explore it with an English speaking guide. Drive for 2 hours to Mashroum stone, where you will get pictures there, then drive off road for 15 minutes to Ain Hudra oasis, where you will have lunch after exploring t he oasis. After that, walk through the White Canyons for 1:30 hrs, as the jeep will be waiting for you to drive you back to Dahab.
Price (US$ 35), per person. |
Package Price:
* Out of peak DBL occupancy (US$ 678) Single occupancy (US$ 995)
* Christmas, new year & Easter package price DBL occupancy (US$ 877) Single occupancy (US$ 1297).
Notes:
* The entrance fees of sightseeing (cost only US$ 141 or US$ 85 for students or youth travelers cardholder),
International flight tickets, Egyptian entry visa, guides'
tipping, snorkel equipment, beverages & personal expenses (phone bills, laundry service ...etc.) are not included.
* Hotel in Cairo, Aswan & Dahab will be 3 star hotel, but the Cruise boat will be 5 star cruise boat (all classified by the tourism ministry).
* All our programs could be started any day and still flexible to make any requested changes (upgrading hotels to 4 or 5 star, and upgrade the recliner train to deluxe sleeper train
with dinner & breakfast with an extra of US$ 90 pp).
* 35% deposit is required upon receiving our primary confirmation, either by
bank transfer or by Western Union. While the rest of payment
will be on arrival in US$, GBP or Euro and on cash basis by
local market exchange rate. |
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