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(10 Nights / 11 Days )
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Day 1: |
Upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport you will be met and assisted by our Representative who will be holding a sign bearing your name (Please advise us of your exact international flight details: Airline, flight number and arrival time). Our Rep will guide you through luggage identification, portage and customs clearance. Then he or she will drive you by private air-conditioned car to your hotel and assist you with check-in. Overnight in Cairo |
Day 2: |
Breakfast at hotel Our private professional Egyptology English Speaking Guide will meet you to accompany you by air conditioned private car to visit The Great three Pyramids one of the seven wonders of the ancient World. The largest and oldest of the Pyramids of Giza is that of Cheops (Khufu) was built in the 4th dynasty about 2960 B.C. In the front of the Pyramid of Khephre, we find the Sphinx The body of a lion with the head of a king or God . Lunch at Oriental Restaurant visit Sakkara more ancient site than that of Giza contains tombs and temples spanning a 3,000 year period visiting The Step Pyramid of Djoser. Then visit Memphis the city of Memphis was of great importance throughout Pharaonic history. For much of the time it was the capital of the 'Two Lands (upper Egypt and lower Egypt), but even when Thebes grew to be the royal and religious capital during the New Kingdom. Then Drive back to Your hotel & Overnight in Cairo |
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Breakfast at Hotel & Check-out Our private professional Egyptology English Speaking Guide will meet you to accompany you by air conditioned private car to visit Egyptian Museum which exhibited collections now exceed 120000 objects ranges from prehistoric era to the Greco – Roman period .It has actually been calculated that if you spend one minute at each exhibit it will take nine months to see the whole collection! Of course, everybody wants to see the treasures from Tutankhamen's tomb - these occupy a large area along almost two side of the upper floor..visit Citadel of SALADINbuilt by SALADIN in 12th s to the west on a rare clear day. Saladin built this fortress to protect the old city of Cairo. Alabaster Mosque. visit Coptic Cairo; The Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary) is built on top of southern tower gate of the Babylon fortress, thus the name, which liter all translates from Arabic into ‘suspended’. Then visit Jewish Synagogue lying at the end point of Church buildings, is reported to have been erected in the 6th or presumably the 9th Century AD.. Visit Mary Girgis The image of St George as a Roman soldier mounted on a fine Arabian horse and spearing a dragon is a familiar one throughout Old Cairo, where there are two facilities dedicated to him. Lunch at Oriental Restaurant Khan el-Khalili it is both Cairo’s largest tourist trap after the Pyramids, as well as the heart of Islamic Cairo life, a place Islamic Cairo for a reason. It was the heart of Cairo throughout the reigns of the various Islamic Empires that ruled Egypt, and so, not surprisingly, many of the main highlights are Mosques. Then Our Rep will meet you to escort you to Railway Station to Take First Class sleeping Train to Aswan Based on Dinner & Breakfast , Dinner & Overnight on Board Train |
Day 4: |
Breakfast on Board Train , Arrive Aswan. our Professional Egyptology English Speaking guide will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned Motor Coach to visit The High Dam a modern wonder built to divert the Nile to prevent flooding and provides irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt . Then visit Philae Temple was dismantled and reassembled (on Agilika Island about 550 meters from its original home on Philae Island ) in the wake of the High Dam. The temple dedicated to the goddess Isis is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its original site. then View of Elephantine Island by Felucca (sailing boat) The island is very beautiful, and while many of the artifacts there are in ruin One of its main attractions it's Nilometer, which is one of only three on the Nile, which was d to measure the water level of the Nile as late as the nineteenth century. Then view of the Agha Khan Mausoleum. View of Botanical Garden . Then drive back to hotel. Overnight in Aswan |
Day 5: |
Breakfast on board, after which our Private Professional English-Speaking Egyptologist will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to visit the Temple of Kom Ombo. The temple is unique because it is actually a double temple dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus, the falcon-headed god. Sail to Edfu where the same guide will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to visit the Temple of Horus. This temple was excavated in the last century by Auguste Mariette. Its courtyard and surroundings had been buried beneath centuries of sand, not to mention many houses built by the local villagers. Deep within the temple is the sanctuary where a statue of Horus would have been cared for by priests. Sail to Esna and cross the Lock. Sail to Luxor. Dinner & Overnight Onboard |
Day 6: |
Breakfast at Hotel , our Professional Egyptology English guide will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to visit West Bank Valley of Kings Egyptian thought that (To speak the name of the dead is to make him live again" is certainly carried out in the building of the tombs), where the ancient Egyptians entombed their leaders. Many tombs have been raided, and many artifacts are in museums worldwide, but the guide will tell you interesting stories as you soak in the atmosphere. Then visit Temple of Queen Hatshepsut is one of the most dramatically situated in the world. The queen's architect, Senenmut, designed it and set it at the head of a valley over shadowed by the Peak. Visit Colossi Of Memnon which Amenhotep III, built a mortuary temple in Thebes that was guarded by two gigantic statues on the outer gates they called "colossi of Memnon". then Visit Karnak Temple built over 2000 years and dedicated to the Theben triad of Amon, Mut and Khons. Karnak can be a confusing place, its buildings spanning a long period in Egyptian history. Then visit Luxor Temple the center of the most important one, the festival of Opet (Once a year the divine image of Amun with his consort Mut and their son Khonsu would journey in their sacred barques from Karnak Temples to the temple at Luxor to celebrate the festival which was held during the inundation. Then drive back to hotel & Overnight in Luxor . |
Day 7: |
Disembarkation after breakfast, The Our Rep will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to transfer to Luxor Domestic airprot to fly to Sharm. Arrive Sham Air-Port Our rep will meet you with the sign of your name to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to transfer to your hotel , Check-in . Free Day at Leisure . Overnight in Sharm |
Day 8: |
Breakfast at hotel , enjoy sBreakfast at hotel , Enjoy Sun , Sea & Free time . Our Rep will meet you at your hotel in Sharm to transfer by air-conditioned Motor Coach to St. Catherine ,Arrive St. Catherine then Around 12:00 Midnight start your climbing to visit the Mount of Sinai, Mount of Profit Moses where he received the 10 Commandments, is an indirect route which can be traversed either by foot or on camels or donkeys. Climbing Mount Sinai is an unforgettable endeavor. To witness the sun rising from the summit, the highest point in Sinai, is an experience not to be missed. un , sea & free time at leisure . Overnight in Sharm |
Day 9: |
At 08:00 A.M. after descending from the mountain, then visit Saint Catherine's monastery " Opens at 09:00 A.M. Till 12.00 P.M " The Monastery is Closed Every Sunday & Friday , was built approximately 1400 years ago by Emperor Justinian, encompassing the great church built by St. Helena, the mother of St. Constantine in 330 AD. This tradition is supported by the fact that monks from the monastery were guided by a dream 3 centuries later to the peak of Saint Catherine’s Mount where they found her body. Saint Catherine's martyrdom was carried to Europe by the Crusaders, and she became accepted as a major saint. Then Transfer by your Air Conditioned Motor Coach from St. Catherine back to Sharm , Arrival Sharm , drive you to your hotel , Overnight in Sharm . |
Day 10: |
Breakfast at hotel , Check-Out. Then Our Rep will meet You to escort you to Sharm air-Port to fly to Cairo. Arrive Cairo Our Rep will meet you with the sign of Your name to escort You by private air-conditioned Private A/C car to transfer to Your hotel , Overnight in Cairo |
Day 11: |
Breakfast at hotel & Check-out . our Rep will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to transfer to Cairo International Airport in where you will be assisted in luggage portage and Through Passport Control Formalities for Final Departure.(Please Advise Your Exact International Flight Details: Air-carrier Name, Flight Number and Departure Time). |
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