EGYPT - LUXURY CRUISE

Duration : 08 DAYS / 07 NIGHTS

Cost : Starting from USD 888 (Price Per Person on Twin Sharing basis)

Validity : Tuesday, June 01, 2010 to Thursday, September 30, 2010

Code: WB-010

Day 1:

Arrive at Cairo International airport.
Meet & assist through immigration and customs.
Transfer by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to your 5-stars – Check in
Overnight at hotel.

Day 2:

Buffet breakfast at your hotel & check out.
09:00 Meet your tour coordinator and your Egyptologist guide in airport and start your guided tour to visit Pyramids, Sphinx & Egyptian Museum.
Pyramids: Start a tour of Great Pyramids of Giza. The only present-day survivors of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, they are among the world’s greatest tourist attractions and never lose their ability to inspire and overwhelm visitors.
Sphinx: Enter the temple of the mysterious Sphinx, an ancient figure shrouded in legend and mystery. Your Egyptologist will enthrall you with the tales told of this fascinating figure.
Enjoy a magnificent experience of Shopping at Karnak Bazaar and Papyrus.
Lunch at a local restaurant. Museum: Your Egyptologist will escort you on a tour of 7,000 years of Egyptian history with a visit to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which includes the world-famous golden treasures from King Tutankhamen ‘s tomb.
After the tour, transfer to Giza Train Station fo Sleeper Train to Aswan.
Dinner onboard sleeper train & overnight onborad.

Day 03:

Breakfast onboard sleeper train.
Transfer by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to your 5-stars
Nile Cruise – Check in
Lunch on board
Visit the High dam & the temple of Philae.
High Dam: This morning, your Egyptologist guide will escort you to visit the Aswan High Dam, Egypt’s contemporary example of building on a monumental scale.
Philae Temple: Take a short motorboat ride to visit the romantic and majestic Philae Temple on the Island of Agilka.
Dinner onboard & Overnight on board.

Day 04:

Breakfast on board.
Sail to Kom Ombo. Kom Ombo Temple: Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where in ancient times sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank.
Sail to Edfu
Lunch on board
Visit Edfu temple. Edfu Temple: This morning, explore the largest and most completely preserved Pharaonic – albeit Greek-built – temple in Egypt, the extraordinary Temple of Horus at Edfu.
Sail to Esna & cross the lock
Free afternoon at leisure
Sail to Luxor
Dinner on board & Overnight on board.

Day 05:

Breakfast on board.
Visit of the vally of kings, hatchepsut temple & the Colossi of Memnon. Valley of the Kings: Begin your day with a visit to the WestBank of Luxor to explore the Valley of the Kings, a vast City of the Dead where magnificent tombs were carved into the desert rocks, decorated richly, and filled with treasures for the afterlife by generations of Pharaohs.
Hatshepsut Temple & Colossi of Memnon: Rising out of the desert plain in a series of terraces, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Ancient Egypt’s only female Pharaoh) merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it, as if nature herself had built this extraordinary monument. On the way back to the river Nile, your road passes by the famed Colossi of Memnon, known in Ancient Greek times for their haunting voices at dawn.
Lunch on board
Free afternoon at leisure
Dinner on board & Overnight on board.

Day 06:

Breakfast on board.
Disembarkation - Visit Karnak & Luxor Temple. Karnak Temple: Built over a period of two millennia by generations of Pharaohs, the 62 acre Temple of Karnak was dedicated to the God Amun. It could take days to explore all of the numerous pylons, obelisks and smaller temples within.
Luxor Temple: Proceed to the Temple of Luxor, once connected to Karnak via the Avenue of Human-headed Sphinxes, almost 3 kilometers in length.
Meet your tour coordinator & transfer to Luxor Train Station for sleeper Train.
Dinner onboard sleeper train & Overnight on board.

Day 07:

Breakfast on board & disembarkation.
Meet your tour coordinator & transfer to Luxor airport for short flight to Cairo
Arrive Cairo Airport, transfer by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to your 5-stars Cairo Hotel – Check in and Overnight at hotel.

Day 08:

Breakfast at hotel & Check out
Meet your tour coordinator and transfer to Cairo airport
Arrive at Cairo International airport
Check in & Flight Back Home.

Above rate includes:

v Round trip transfer airport/hotel/airport in Cairo.

v Round trip transfer hotel/ Train station/hotel in Cairo.

v Transfer train station/cruise in Aswan.

v Transfer Cruise/ train station in Luxor.

v Full day Pyramids, Sphinx & Egyptian Musuem with lunch.

v One night at Sonesta Cairo Heliopolis hotel – Superior rooms – or similar on bed & breakfast basis.

v One night onboard Sleeper train – Standard cabins – on half board basis.

v Three nights on board The Nile Express Cruise Division (Amarco II) (Super deluxe 5-Star) – Junior suites – or similar on full board basis including sightseeing.

v One night onboard Sleeper train – Standard cabins – on half board basis.

v One night at Sonesta Cairo Heliopolis hotel – Superior rooms – or similar on bed & breakfast basis.

v All transfers and sightseeing will be by A/C coach with English speaking Egyptologist/escort except on board cruise, clients will share English speaking guide.

v Above rates are valid from May 01^st till September 30^th, 2010

Above rate excludes:

v Visa.

v Tips.

v Beverages.

v Optional tours/sightseeing.

v International or Domestic airfare.

v Personal expenses.

v Any other item not mentioned above.