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Day 01: Arrival at Cairo International Airport you will be met & transferred to your hotel for overnight

 

Day 02: Breakfast visit Giza Pyramids, sphinx, solar boat museum, camel ride, Memphis & Sakkara, evening visit the sound & Light show at Giza Pyramids   (B)

 

Day 03:  Breakfast you will be met & transferred to Cairo Airport for your flight to Aswan, upon arrival meet your representative to transfer you to your Nile Cruise in the afternoon a felucca ride visiting the botanical garden island, diner & overnight on cruise    (B, L D)

 

Day 04: Breakfast, Visit the Philae Temple, the High Dam and the unfinished Obelisk, sail to Kom Ombo, lunch on board. Visit Kom Ombo temple, sail to Edfu, dinner on board, overnight in Edfu   (B, L, D)

Day 05: Breakfast Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu, Sail to Luxor, lunch on board,  dinner on board, overnight in Luxor    (B, L, D)

 

Day 06: Breakfast visit the Valley of the Kings and Queens the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Eldeir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch on board, after noon Visit the Karnak Temple, visit Luxor temple, dinner on board, overnight in Luxor    (B, L, D)

 

Day 07: Breakfast disembarks your cruise, meet your representative to drive to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo upon arrival meet your tour manger to drive you to your hotel for overnight    (B)

 

Day 08: Breakfast visit the Egyptian Museum, Old-Cairo - Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra - Coptic Churches,  the Citadel & Mohammad Ali Mosque & Kan ElKalili Bazaar  (B)

 

Day  09: Breakfast meet your representative to drive to Cairo airport for your departure flight   (B)

 

   Tour prices & Accommodation        Discover Egypt  I   

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Double
2  Persons

Single
1  Person

                                                               3 STARS 
 
3 Stars Accommodation   ***
 Cairo:   President             First Stay
 Cairo:   ElNeil Hotel          Second Stay
 Nile Cruise:   Presidential (5 Stars)                    
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$860 USD
 
per person

$1035 USD
per person

                                                                4 STARS 
 
4 Stars Accommodation  ****
 Cairo:   Zoser                                   F. S.
 Cairo:   Flamenco                            S. S.
 Nile Cruise:   Presidential (5 Stars)                   
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$1200 USD
 
per person

$1470 USD
 
per person

                                                                 5 STARS
 
5 Stars Accommodation   *****
 Cairo:   Meridian Le Pyramide     F. S.
 Cairo:   Sheperd                            S. S.
 Nile Cruise:   Presidential (5 Stars)                 
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$1320 USD
per person 

$1820 USD
per person 

                                                              5 STARS DLX
 
5 Stars DLX Accommodation  *****Deluxe
 Cairo:   Mena House  Palace Section OR 4 Seasons  F. S.
 Cairo:   Cairo Marriott                                                    S. S.
Nile Cruise: Oberoi  PhilaeOR  Sonesta OR  Movenpick      
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Upon Request

Upon Request


Economic Tours & Packages

Dear Traveler please note that we always use the best of 3, 4 , 5 stars hotels as well as lots of sights in our day tour, so if you are on budget & like to reduce the price, please add the word economic packages in comments & we will send you it's  price.

Upon Request

Upon Request

                                                               3 STARS 
 
3 Stars Accommodation   ***
 Cairo:   President             First Stay
 Cairo:   ElNeil Hotel          Second Stay
 Nile Cruise:   Presidential (5 Stars)                    
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$750 USD
 

$900 USD
 

 

 


 
·  F. S. =  First Stay     S. S. =  Second Stay
 
· 2 Persons / Double Tour = Means  this price is applicable for 2 travelers booking the trip & the price given is for
     each person (must be 2 travelers)

 
· 1 Person / Single Tour = Price per person when accommodated in a single occupancy room/cabin already traveling with others (minimum 2 persons)  -   For single traveler traveling alone please request price.
 
· All Tour Prices are subjected to change due to regular change in prices & in High season: (Christmas & Easter)
 · For 3 & 4 Stars Accommodation The Nile Cruise used  is 5 Stars

 

For More information about hotels & Nile cruises and accommodation categories

 

All above rates Includes the following:              Discover Egypt I
·         4 Nights in Cairo Accommodation at hotels including bed & breakfast
·         4 Nights Accommodation on Nile cruise full board (breakfast – lunch – diner)
·         Transfers & tours all over Egypt are operated in a private A/C van
·         Guiding fees for English (Or other language) speaking Egyptologist guide
·         All entrance fees to all Sight seeing, as mentioned in our program  
·         English speaking tour manager escorting guests from the Airport to Hotel and vice verse
·         Domestic Air tickets Cairo – Aswan / Luxor – Cairo   (included in price of 4, 5 or 5 stars deluxe categories)   
        OR
sleeper train tickets (Included in price of 3 stars accommodation only) 

Above rate Excludes the following:                      Discover Egypt Tour I
·         International Air Tickets
·       Entrance Visa fees
·         Gratuities & Tips for  tour guides, tour escort, Egyptologist and drivers
·       All Charges not mentioned mineral water, laundry, personal calls and other items of personal nature


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Please note that all timings stated in Discover Egypt 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 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 04: Breakfast on board, visit the Philae Temple, the High Dam, and the unfinished Obelisk 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 05: Breakfasts on bored Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu, the best preserved Egyptian Temple, sail to Luxor, Lunch on board, afternoon tea dinner on board & Galabeya party, overnight in Luxor.  (B, L, D)

 

Day 06: Breakfasts on bored 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 Deir el Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon facing the Nile. Lunch on board. Visit the Karnak Temple, which is considered the World’s largest religious complex, and then visit the Temple of Luxor, 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 07: Breakfast disembarks your cruise, meet your representative to drive to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo upon arrival meet your tour manger to drive you to your hotel for overnight   (B)

 

Day 08: 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 09: 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.   (B)

 

 

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