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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 among the best activities in Sharm El Sheikh, afternoon Bedouin diner in the desert. (B)
Day 10: Breakfast, free time, snorkeling & diving are considered among 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. Katherine 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 & diner
at the hotel. (B, L, D)
Day 13: Breakfast, (10:00
AM) you will be transferred from St. Katherine to Nuweiba Port to cross the
border to Jordan by the Catamaran quick boat (1 hour) to Aqaba (Jordan) upon Arrival to Aqaba port (about 03:00 PM) you will be met by our local representative to drive to Petra (2 hours drive) to your hotel for check in and overnight. (B)
Day 14: Breakfast at hotel, start your full day tour visiting the many sites of
Petra, on horseback and then on foot. Walk through the Siq, to reach the Treasury, then the Roman Theater, the Courts, Qasr bint Pharaoun, Temple of the Winged Lion and other monuments, overnight at hotel. (B)
Day 15: Breakfast at hotel, drive from Petra to Amman (3
hours drive) through Wadi Mujib to Kerak to visit the Crusader Castle. Visit Madaba (St. George Church), Mount Nebo, continue to Amman to your hotel for check in and overnight. (B)
Day 16: After breakfast you will be met & transferred by your tour manger to Amman International Airport to help you in check in and immigration formalities for your departure flight. (B) |
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