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Escape the cold and head for sunshine and blue skies with Christmas, New Year or Easter in Egypt! Our special Christmas/New Year and Easter departure dates make the most of your holiday leave time off work. The perfect holiday, escape the winter blues, enjoy Christmas on a felucca, New Year's relaxing by the Red Sea and Easter in the Wadi Rum desert of Jordan. Enjoy enchanting Egypt this holiday season as follow :
This program for visiting
Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Kom-Ombo, Edfu & Luxor
(8 nights - 9 days) REF # (CAL/8/C)
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The Package Includes:
* 3 nights in Cairo (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).
* Tours in Cairo & Giza, Upper Egypt (Aswan, Kom-Ombo, Edfu & Luxor).
* English speaking guide in Cairo, Giza, Aswan & Luxor.
* All transfers & Pick-up services (according to the itinerary). |
| The Program: |
| Day 1: Arrive at Cairo Int'l Airport, meet & transfer to hotel check-in, overnight at hotel. |
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Cairo Int'l Airport |
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Three Pyramids |
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Egyptian Museum |
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Luxor Templ |
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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 Nile Cruise & check-in, having lunch, afternoon visiting Philae Temple, built on Agelika Island & the High dam of Aswan, having dinner, overnight on Cruise in Aswan. |
| Day 5: Early breakfast, (Optional trip to Abu-Simbel), having lunch, then visiting Elephantine Island & Kitchner Island, having dinner, overnight 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, 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 8: Arrive to Cairo, transfer to hotel, free at leisure, overnight at hotel. |
| Day 9: 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.
Include the entrance fees of the show & transfers.
Price (GBP 14/ US$ 25) per person
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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.
Include the entrance fees of the show & transfers.
Price (GBP 14/ US$ 25) 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.
Include the entrance fees of the show & transfers.
Price (GBP 14/ US$ 25) 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 (GBP 8/ US$ 15) in DBL, |
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.
Price (GBP 11/ US$ 20), 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.
Price (GBP 11/ US$ 20) per person in DBL, |
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 (GBP 14/ US$ 25) 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 while having a traditional Egyptian Meal with a drink and a peace of mind.
Include transfer, sail for one hour & traditional meal with soft drink:
Price (GBP 11/ US$ 20)more than one US$ 15 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:
Price (GBP 24 / US$ 44) per person (2 adults persons at least). |
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)
Price ( US$118), per person in DBL.
Start 4:00 am / End 01:00 pm; By Bus: (includes round trip by A/C bus Aswan / Abu Simbel / Aswan English Speaking guide)
Price (US$ 30), per person in DBL. |
11. Hot Air Ballooning over Valley of the Kings in Luxor:
tart 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$ 130), per person. in DBL. |
Notes:
* The entrance fees of sightseeing (cost only US$ 136 or US$
81 for students or youth travelers cardholder), International
flight tickets, Egyptian entry visa, guides' tipping, beverages & personal expenses (phone bills, laundry service ...etc) are not included.
* Hotel in Cairo & Aswan will be 3 star hotels
(air-conditioned room with inside bathroom), 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$, GBP or Euro and on cash basis by local
market exchange rate.
** Christmas, new year & Easter package price DBL / TPL occupancy (US$
638) Single occupancy (US$ 963) |
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