Tour Itinerary
Thursday 27 Dec. 2012: Arrival Cairo Egypt
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
Friday 28 Dec. 2012: Cairo Sightseeing Tours / Luxor by Sleeper Train
Breakfast at hotel in Cairo and then you will go for a wonderful day trip to see the amazing Pharaonic Cairo to visit the Step Pyramid and the Fine Tombs at Sakkara, the Statue of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx at Memphis that was the ancient capital of Egypt during the old kingdom. From there you will be moved into the Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, Micerinus and the almighty sphinx, the royal human head on a lion's body then to the Valley Temple, two awesome megalithic temples, known as the Sphinx Temple, and the Valley Temple traditionally attributed to the Pharaoh Khephren that is an absolute wonder of engineering. Lunch en route at specialty restaurant nearby the pyramids with free time for shopping. For those who did not get to go the option will be given tonight to relax or join us for another optional evening of out of this world entertainment as we go to the Pyramids for the incredible Sound and Light Spectacular (optional). After that you will be transeferred to train station to board your sleeper train to Luxor with dinner and overnight stay.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Saturday 29 Dec. 2012: Arrive Luxor / Luxor Sightseeing
Breakfast on board train Meet you upon arrival at Luxor train terminal our Rep will transfer you to your cruise ship, Boarding before lunch time with free time at leisure aboard your Nile cruise vessel in Luxor. And then you will be escorted by your Egyptologist guide and driver to visit the East Bank of the Nile ( Karnak complex and Luxor Temple) then you will be transferred back to the Nile cruise ship in Luxor for dinner on board with entertainment program and overnight aboard cruise in Luxor.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Sunday 30 Dec. 2012:Luxor Sightseeing
Breakfast onboard the cruise, and then you will be moved to 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 the chance to visit 3 tombs. Then you will 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 who 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, and sail to Edfu with afternoon tea, Enjoy some leisurely free time aboard the cruise and then have dinner and an enjoyable overnight stay.
Breakfast + lunch + Dinner
Monday 31 Dec. 2012: Edfu / Kom Ombo
After your breakfast aboard the cruise, you will be transferred to visit the famed Edfu temple, then back to the cruise ship to continue sailing up the Nile River to visit KomOmbo Temple and then return to your cruise vessel to sail to Aswan with New Year Eve Gala dinner and New Year festival on Nile cruise with enjoyable overnight stay aboard the cruise.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Tuesday 01 Jan. 2013: Aswan Sightseeing
Breakfast aboard the cruise then you will be transferred for 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 island of Egilka visit the majestic Philae Temple that was dedicated to the Goddesses Isis. Return to your ship for dinner and some leisurely free time in Aswan and an enjoyable overnight stay aboard the cruise.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Wednesday 02 Jan. 2013: Disembarkation / Abu Simbel / Back to Cairo
Relaxing breakfast aboard your Nile cruise in Aswan followed by disembarkation with free day at leisure in Aswan. Extra excursions available to Abu Simbel from your Nile cruise ship in Aswan to discover the impressive temples of King Ramses II and another temple to his preferred wife Queen Nefertari, Abu Simbel excursions by plane and by land available from Aswan. You will transfer to Aswan rail way station to take your sleeper train back to Cairo with dinner and overnight stay inside your private compartment
Breakfast + Dinner
Thursday 03 Jan. 2013: Cairo Sightseeing Tours
Enjoy your breakfast aboard sleeper train before arriving Giza train station, where you will be met and assisted by your Cairo tour guide and driver who will take you for a wonderful day trip in Cairo to the Egyptian Museum of antiquates that was built in the neo-classical style by the French architect Marcel Dourgenon the museum housing over 120,000 objects from different Pharaonic eras especially those of the child king Tutankhamen. Proceed to the Citadel of Saladin and Mohammed Ali`s Alabaster Mosque .Lunch en route at good quality restaurant in Cairo downtown .Then drive to the Old Cairo to visit the old Coptic churches and the Fortress of Babylon where the holy family took a refuge. Leaves the Church of St Barbara and St. George's church to the Islamic Cairo and Khan El Khalili bazaars and Old Market with free time to walk around and discover the amazing area in your way then transfer to your hotel in Cairo with free time at leisure and overnight stay in Cairo
Breakfast + Lunch
Friday 04 Jan. 2013: Cairo to Alexandria Tours
Enjoy a relaxing breakfast at your hotel in Cairo with free time at leisure at your hotel and in Cairo, you can choose to take an optional excursion and sightseeing tour to the ancient city of Alexandria out of Cairo by private air-conditioned minibus and private tour guideto see the “must see” sights of Alexandria including Greco-Roman museum, the Pompeii Pillar, Catacombs of Kom El Shokafa, Library of Alexandria, Alexandria National Museum, Citadel of Qaitbay and El-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque you may go for shopping in Alexandria and see food lunch at local Egyptian restaurant with tasty foods before you drive back to your hotel in Cairo for free time at leisure and overnight stay in Cairo
Breakfast + Lunch
Saturday 05 Jan. 2013: Final Departure
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
