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Please note that all
timings stated in Ancient Adventure tours are
the average timings & they are totally
flexible.
Day 01:
Upon
arrival at Cairo International Airport you will be met
by your tour manager who will help you
through your immigration and customs
formalities then escort you to your hotel
for check in and overnight.
Day 02: Breakfast meet your Egyptologist guide (8:30) drive
to Memphis at the edge of the western desert, (35 min. drive) the capital of Egypt until the end of the first Kingdom, about 2270 BC, one of the most important cities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt, You will be visiting Memphis open air Museum the most important piece is Ramses the second statue about 20meters long,
Close to Memphis, you will drive to Sakkara, the City of the dead with the famous step Pyramid of Zoser, and the greatest Pharaoh of the 3rd Dynasty 2650 BC, the step pyramids is known to be the first stone building ever build in the world, then you will be visiting a Mastaba (Tomb) for the Nobel
“Mereruka” from the old kingdom the tomb have beautiful colored paintings about life in Egypt during the old Kingdom, Drive to the Pyramids of Giza,
enter the Great Pyramid (Cheops Pyramid) the largest one of the three and one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. In front of the Pyramid of Kefren, stand the
alabaster Sphinx, which was discovered in 1912
carved from a single piece of stone. It is a lion with a portrait of a Pharaoh's head, it is believed by many to be a likeness of Pharaoh Kefren. Continue our tour to the Solar Boat Museum where a dismantled river barge of King Cheops (Khufu) was found buried in front his
pyramid and has been masterfully re-assembled. Drive back to your hotel. (4:30 PM) Evening drive to Giza Pyramids to attend the Sound & Light Show at the Pyramids & the Sphinx. (B)
Day 03: Breakfast meet your Egyptologist guide (9:00
AM)
drive to Down Town visit the Egyptian Museum, (2 hours tour) which contains a vast collection of Pharaonic antiquities including the fabulous treasures of King Tut-Ankh-Amon. Continue your tour to Old-Cairo, visiting the old Coptic Churches the
Hanging Church dedicated to the Virgin Mary built in the 3rd century and the Church of St. Sergius, built in the 4th century and visit the oldest Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra. Drive to Visit
the medieval Citadel of Salah El-Din, built in the 12th century and contains many structures, the most impressive of which is the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali, It was designed in the early 19th Century by a Greek Architect from Turkey. The style is based on the Ottoman mosques of Istanbul, Continue your tour
visiting Kan ElKalili bazaar area ( the old market ) drive back to your hotel (4:00 PM). (B)
Day 04: Breakfast
meet your tour manger who will transfer you to Cairo Airport & help you for check in for your flight to Aswan, upon arrival you will meet your representative to be transferred to your Nile Cruise, Embark your deluxe Nile Cruise ship, lunch on board. Sail on the Nile by felucca
around Kitchener's Island (Botanical Garden Island) and Agha Khan Mausoleum. Afternoon tea, dinner on board & Nubian folkloric show, overnight in Aswan. (B, L, D)
Day 05: Breakfast on board. Visit the
Philae Temple, the High Dam, and the unfinished Obelisk at the Granite Quarries, sail to Kom Ombo, lunch on board. Visit the Ptolemaic Temple shared by the two gods Sobek and Hours in Kom Ombo, sail
to Edfu, afternoon tea. Captain's welcome cocktail (smart casual attire), dinner on board & disco, overnight in Edfu. (B, L, D)
Day 06: Breakfast on board. Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu, the best preserved temple in Egypt, Sail to Luxor, lunch on
board, afternoon tea, dinner on board & Galabeya party, overnight in Luxor. (B, L, D)
Day 07: Breakfast on board. Cross to the West Bank visit the Valley of the Kings and Queens where tombs of 64 Pharaohs and 57
Queens have been discovered, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Eldeir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon facing the Nile. Lunch on board, after noon Visit the Karnak Temple, which is considered the World’s largest religious complex, then visit the Luxor temple, which was started by Amenhotep III and
completed by Ramses II, afternoon tea, dinner on board & Belly Dance show, overnight in Luxor. (B, L, D)
Day 08: Breakfast disembarks your cruise, meet your representative to drive to Luxor Airport for your flight to Sharm El Sheikh, upon arrival you will
be met & transferred to your hotel, free day & over night at your hotel
(B)
Day 09: Breakfast, free time, snorkeling & diving are considered the best activities in Sharm El Sheikh, afternoon Bedouin diner in the desert (B)
Day 10: Breakfast, free time, snorkeling & diving are considered the best activities in Sharm El Sheikh (B)
Day 11: 11:00 AM
Breakfast then met your driver and tour escort to drive to St. Katherine Monastery, 3 hours drive from Sharm El sheikh upon arrival you will check in your hotel, Lunch and free time till diner. (B, L, D)
Day 12:
2:00 AM Wake up call met your escort and drive to Mount Sinai (10 Min Drive), climb Mount Sinai where it is believed that God delivered his 10 commandments to Moses at it’s summit, it is about 2 hours climbing it is an easy climb you can use camels to climb the mountain or you can walk up, watch the
sunrise from up the mountain then climb down, back to the hotel eat your breakfast and then drive back to visit
St.Catherine Monastery, The monastic order was founded in the 4th century AD by the Roman Empress Helena who had a small chapel built beside what was believed to be the burning Bush from witch God spoke to Moses,
The Chapel is dedicated to St. Katherine the legendary martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and then be headed for her Christianity, her body was supposedly carried by angles to Katherine mountain then 300 years later her body was found by monks from the monastery, a fortress was added to the monastery in the 6th
century by emperor Justinian with a Basilica to protect the Christians of southern Sinai since then the place is visited by Christians pilgrims from all over the World, the complex posses many attractive and rare Icons from 6th century to the 18th century, many golden candle holders beside
it’s very important library that poses many historical hand written bibles and many important historical messages and agreement, Lunch break at the hotel then drive back to Cairo. (B)
Day 13: After breakfast you will be met & transferred by your tour manger to Cairo International Airport to help you in check in and immigration
formalities for your departure flight
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