Easter Travel Package in Wonders of Egypt

Day 1: Arrival Cairo

Meet & assist at Cairo International Airport where you will meet your tour manager. Transfer from airport to hotel by our private air conditioned vehicle. The tour manager will assist you at hotel & will confirm with you the pick up times for each tour before leaving. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx & Valley Temple - Egyptian Museum (B, L)

Breakfast at hotel. Pick up by our representative & transfer to enjoy a tour to Giza Pyramids. Khufu's pyramid is the northernmost and largest of the three. In classical antiquity it was considered as one of the seven wonders of the world, and is the only one to have survived. Khephren's monument can be easily identified by the casing stones that still cling to its pointed top. The much smaller pyramid of Mycerinus had not been completed by the time of the king's death. Its intended granite revetment was only partially applied. The Great Sphinx is part of the funerary complex of Khephren. Its impressive leonine body with the royal head is sculpted in an outcrop of the native limestone. Part of the face, including the nose, has been deliberately damaged. The false beard has fallen off and is currently kept at the British Museum. 

 

Wonderful tour to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities near Tahrir Square in Cairo, which has the richest and most important collection of objects from Ancient Egypt in the world. The collection is constantly growing since the museum is the primary recipient of any finds made on the soil of Egypt. There you can contemplate the precious golden mask of Tutankhamon, most famous king of the Ancient Egypt. Tramsfer back to hotel. Overnight in Cairo

 

Meals: Breakfast

Day 3: Fly to Luxor - Embarkation - Karnak & Luxor Temples. (B, L, D)

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Cairo airport to fly to Luxor. Meet and assist at Luxor airport. Transfer by our air-conditioned vehicle to the Nile Cruise. Embarkation. Lunch on board. Then, enjoy a wonderful visit to Luxor Temple, most important monument, and most sacred of sites. It was conceived as a remote southern annex to the temple of Karnak, at a distance of about 3 kilometres from it. Hence, it faces the Karnak Temple, and was connected to it by a long processional avenue, flanked by rows of sphinxes on either side. Many of those sphinxes have been unearthed and guard the entrance to the temple, but more still lie buried beneath the buildings of modern Luxor.

 

Tour to Karnak Temple. Three temples of Ancient Egypt claimed supremacy over all the others: the Temple of Ptah at Memphis, the Temple of Re-Atum at Heliopolis and the Temple of Amon-Re at Karnak. However, only one has been spared the ravages of time to amaze the visitor even today, 4,000 years after its initial stage of building – the Temple of Karnak. The Temple of Amon-Re was the melting pot of religion and politics. Its monumental courts and halls witnessed the most critical events of Egyptian history. Transfer back to cruise boat. Dinner and overnight on board.

 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Kings'Valley - Deir el Bahari - Colossi of Memnon. (B, L, D)

Breakfast on board. Transfer to a magnificent visit to the Valley of the Kings, the most famous concentration of royal tombs in Ancient Egypt. Disappointed by the failure of the pyramids to protect their royal owners from robbery and desecration, the kings of the New Kingdom decided to adopt a more secure mode of burial. Instead of the pyramid, they opted for deep, rock-cut galleries and halls.

 

Enjoy a visit to Deir el-Bahari, Steep cliffs in the shape of a horseshoe form a natural background to two monumental buildings standing side by side, each belonging to a different period. The earlier one, on the left, was built by King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep (11th Dynasty), as a combined tomb and funerary monument. More than 500 years later, the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty), whose tomb is situated in the Valley of the Kings, used the same site for the construction of her funerary temple.

 

Pay a tour to the Colossi of Memnon. The first monument one encounters on a visit to the west bank of Luxor is the site of the funerary temple of Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty). The temple itself has all but completely disappeared, but the colossal twin statues of the king, which once stood proudly in front of the entrance to the temple, are still there to greet the visitor. Transfer back to cruise boat. Lunch on board. Sail to Edfu. Dinner and overnight on board.

 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Edfu & Kom Ombo Temples. (B, L, D)

Breakfast on board. Enjoy a visit to the Temple of the falcon god Horus at Edfu which is the best preserved example among the Greco-Roman temples of Egypt. It is also the repository of the most detailed legacy on matters of cult and temple function. Lunch on board. Sail to Kom Ombo.

 

Wonderful tour to the double temple of the Hellenistic period on the eastern bank, the Temple of Kom Ombo. This unique construction is an architectonic conflation of two temples in one building. Sail to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board.

 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: High Dam - Unfinished Obelisk - Philae Temple - Felucca ride. (B, L, D)

Breakfast on board. Visit to the High Dam of Aswan, Egypt's modern example of construction on a monumental scale. The controversial Aswan High Dam contains 18 times the amount of material used in the Great Pyramid of Khufu and created Lake Nasser, the world's largest artificial lake.

 

Transfer to visit the Unfinished Obelisk which still lies in its granite bed in the quarry, left behind because of a severe flaw in the stone.

 

Enjoy a marvellous tour to the Temple of Isis on the island of Philae which was famous during the Greco-Roman period. There you can see, in front of the first pylon, two granite lions. On the walls of the temple of Philae were inscribed the latest hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions. Lunch on board. 

 

An amazing felucca ride on the Nile in Aswan to see the Elephantine Island. Enjoy watching the fascinating view and the color mixing between the navy blue for the River Nile, green for land, yellow for desert and the light blue for the sky. Back to the cruise boat. Dinner and overnight on board.

 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7: Disembarkation - Optional tour to Abu Simbel Temples - Fly to Cairo. (B)

Breakfast on board. Disembarkation. Optional tour to Abu Simbel Temples

Transfer by our private air conditioned vehicle to enjoy unforgettable tour to Abu Simbel Temples. The two rock temples of Abu Simbel, mighty monuments of the "Builder Pharaoh" Ramesses II, are very amazing by virtue of its imposing size and the uniqueness of its design. The main purpose of the temples was to glorify the king in his divine aspect, as well as his principal queen Nefertari. This master piece is a unique heritage of Pharaonic Egypt.

Transfer to Aswan airport by our  private air conditioned vehicle to fly back to Cairo. Meet and assist at Cairo airport and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 8: Depart Egypt. (B)

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Cairo international airport to board your international departure flight. End of our services.

 

Meals: Breakfast

Included services:

• Meet & assist service at Cairo, Luxor & Aswan airports.
• Transfers airport / hotel / Nile River cruise & vice versa by our private aire conditioned vehicle.
• All transportation service during the tour by private aire conditioned vehicle.
• 03 nights accommodation in Cairo with breakfast included.
• 04 nights accommodation on board of the Nile River Cruise boat on full board basis (Lunch, dinner & breakfast included).
• Entrance fees to the mentioned historical sites.
• Expert Egyptology guide during the tours. (English speaking)
• Daily mineral water bottle during the excursions.
• Daily mineral water bottle during the excursions. ¨Complimentary¨
• Free bundle for calls & internet access.  ¨Complimentary¨
• All service charges & taxes.

Excluded services:

• Airfare.
• Entry visa to Egypt. Available upon arrival for non-restricted nationalities.
• Domestic flights Cairo/Luxor - Aswan/Cairo. With pleasure we can issue it for you
• Meals & Beverage not mentioned, luggage portage, tipping, personal expenses, optional tours, laundry, or any extras not mentioned.
• Entrance fees to see the Pyramids from inside & the Tutankhamen Tomb in the Kings' Valley.
• Optional Tour: Abu Simbel Temples

Notes:

• Cruise Schedule may be changed in sequence but not in visits according to navigational circumstance.
• The listed cruise is 5 * deluxe. The categories of cruises in Egypt are: 5 * deluxe, 5 * superior deluxe, 5 * grand deluxe. For a better category cruise, I would be grateful if you would inform me to send you the supplement.
• In case of arrival or departure on different flights, there is a supplement for each extra transfer.
• The triple room in Egypt and the surrounding countries is a double room + extra bed or extra sofa. 
• The vehicle service is according to the aforementioned itinerary, for extra activity or extra use of the vehicle, there is a supplement.
• The quote is based on a Standard room / cabin, for a better category of accommodation in the hotel / cruise, I would be grateful if you would inform me to send you the supplement. 

Prices & quoted hotels:

Special price in case of sending request

Accommodation Plan: (or similar)

Cairo: Azal Pyramids 4*
Cruise: Sara / Paradise 5* deluxe