Highlights of Egypt
III Classic
Tours 8 Days / 7 Nights
Short Itinerary
Highlights of Egypt
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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 & start your tour visiting Philae temple, the Unfinished Obelisk & the High dam, sail to Kom Ombo and visit the temple of Kom Ombo, diner and sail to Edfu (B, L, D) Day 04: Breakfast Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu, sail to Esna. Dinner on board, sail to Luxor (B, L, D) Day 05: Breakfast, Visit the Valley of the Kings and Queens, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Eldeir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon, lunch break visit the Karnak Temple, then visit the Temple of Luxor, diner & overnight in Luxor (B, L, D) Day 06: Breakfast disembarks your cruise, 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 07: Breakfast visit the Egyptian Museum, Old Cairo - Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra - Coptic Churches, the Citadel & Mohammad Ali Mosque & Kan ElKalili Bazaar (B) Day 08: Breakfast meet your tour manger to drive to Cairo airport for your departure flight (B) |
Tour prices
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Highlights
of Egypt
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Accommodation
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Double |
Single |
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3 STARS |
750 USD |
900 USD |
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4 STARS |
980 USD |
1260 USD |
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5 STARS |
1120 USD |
1420 USD |
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5 STARS
DLX |
Upon Request |
Upon Request |
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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. |
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Upon Request |
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· 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 = Means this supplement will be added to the given price of the double in case of a single traveler (must be 1 traveler) · 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 |
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All above rates
Includes the following:
Highlights Of Egypt
III · 4 Nights in Cairo Accommodation at hotels including bed & breakfast · 3 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
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Please note that all timings stated in Highlights of 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. Day02: 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) Day04: Breakfast on board Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu, the best preserved temple in Egypt, afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Captain's welcome cocktail (smart casual attire), dinner on board, sail to Luxor. (B, L, D) Day 05: Breakfast on board, 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, lunch break then continue to 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., diner on board & Belly Dance show, overnight in Luxor. (B, L, D) Day 06 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 to your hotel for overnight. (B) Day 07: 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 ) return back to your hotel (4:00 PM). (B) Day 08: 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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