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Egypt Tours and Travel Packages on Christmas 2012, Egypt touring holidays to Cairo, Luxor and Aswan: imagine sailing down the River Nile on Christmas day with fantastic Nile cruise shore excursions in and around Luxor
| USD ($) |
| Price Per Person | |
| Triple | $ 1150 |
| Double | $ 1175 |
| Single | $ 1425 |
| Price Per Person | |
| Triple | $ 1190 |
| Double | $ 1225 |
| Single | $ 1650 |
| Price Per Person | |
| Triple | $ 1999 |
| Double | $ 2050 |
| Single | $ 2850 |
Your tour manager will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures) and then he will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At hotel the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo.
Welcome Drink
After your relaxing breakfast at the hotel in Cairo your own private English speaking Egyptologist guide will take you to the famous Giza Plateau, home of Egypt’s greatest attractions to visit The Great Pyramids, ONE of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world including the Great Pyramid of Cheops, middle pyramids of Chephren and the little one of Mykerinos with camel ride and family photo in front of Pyramids, then visit the mysterious Sphinx, the "Father of Terror" for the ancient pharaohs, the tour includes visit to the Valley Temple facing the great sphinx. From there you will be transferred to visit the world-renowned Museum of Egyptian Antiques that was built in neo-classical style designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon which exhibits a collection now over 120000 masterpieces ranges from pre-dynastic era, Pharaonic era to the Greco-roman period in Egypt including the treasures of the child King Tutankhamen, Pharaonic Gods and Goddess, with option visit to the mummies room at the Egyptian Museum where you may learn about the Great Egyptian civilization and the mummification art in ancient Egypt. then visit the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo including some of the early religious monuments of the city such as the Hanging Church or the suspended church this basilica church was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon the church became the center of the Christian Church of Egypt finally you will be taken to the Khan El Khalili Bazaars and Old Market for a free walking tours in Cairo and from there you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo for overnight stay
Breakfast + Lunch
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then you will be met and assisted by Memphis Tours Representative and transfer to Cairo airport to fly to Luxor where you will be met and assisted and transfer to your Nile cruise ship in Luxor for embarkation before lunch. You will be accompanied by Egyptologist tour guide to visit Luxor East Bank of the Nile starting with Karnak complex, the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means “the most sacred of places.” The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great “Hypostyle Hall” is an incredible forest of giant pillars .Then you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor Temple which built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun, and then you will be transferred back to your Nile cruise in Luxor with free time at leisure and overnight stay.
Breakfast + Lunch+Dinner
Breakfast onboard the cruise, and then you will be taken into the West Bank of the Nile to visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs. Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it then back to the cruise for lunch, sailing to Edfu via Esna Lock, after afternoon tea on the ship with free time at leisure and overnight stay.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Breakfast aboard the Nile Cruise ship. Tour to visit Edfu's Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved Ancient Egyptian temples on the Nile, continue the cruise up the Nile to Kom Ombo to visit Kom Ombo Temple, the crocodile-headed God of fertility and creator of the world, lunch aboard your cruise with free time at leisure. Afternoon tea is served on the sun deck with dinner and overnight stay onboard cruise.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Breakfast aboard your Nile cruise ship in Aswan and then you will be taken in an exciting tour to the world famous High Dam that was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops; continue to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the famous Unfinished Obelisk and then you will be taking by motor-boat to islandof Egilka visit the majestic Philae Temple that was dedicated to the Goddesses Isis. For our enjoyment, a Felucca Ride is included on the Nile River in Aswan this afternoon. A final optional evening excursion will offer the Sound and Light show at the Temple of Philae. Return to the Nile Cruise ship in Aswan free time at leisure and overnight stay.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Breakfast aboard your Nile cruise ship in Aswan followed by disembarkation and free time at leisure in Aswan with optional excursions in and around Aswan to Abu Simbel temples either by road or by Egyptair flight to explore the impressive temples of King Ramses II and his favourite wife Queen Nefertari and then you will be transferred to Aswan airport to fly back to Cairo, where you will be met and assisted and transferred to your hotel in Cairo for overnight stay
Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel with some leisurely free time and then you will be met by our company representative in the hotel lobby for transfer to Cairo airport for your flight back home.
Breakfast
| USD ($) |
| Price Per Person | |
| Triple | $ 1150 |
| Double | $ 1175 |
| Single | $ 1425 |
| Price Per Person | |
| Triple | $ 1190 |
| Double | $ 1225 |
| Single | $ 1650 |
| Price Per Person | |
| Triple | $ 1999 |
| Double | $ 2050 |
| Single | $ 2850 |