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This combined tour consist of 4 Nights in Cairo - 4 Nights Nile Cruise from Abu Simble to Aswan - 4 Nights Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor – 4 Nights Desert Safari Trip- 1 Night Alerxadria.

Daily Itinerary:

Day 01
Arrive Cairo International Airport (Kindly advice me with your Flight details)  meet and assist by Our steward with the sign of your name and assisting you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage then drive by air-conditioned private Car to your hotel in which you will be assisted by our  steward for check-in. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 02
Breakfast at your hotel. our professional English Egyptologist tour guide will meet you at your hotel and accompany you by A/C private car to visit Great Pyramids & Sphinx one of the seven wonders of the ancient World. Then visit Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt, and then visit Sakkara more ancient site than that of Giza contains tombs and temples spanning a 3,000 year period. Time for Shopping as you will visit Bazaars . then drive you back to your Hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 03:
Breakfast at your Hotel. our steward will meet you and accompany you by A/C private car to Cairo Airport to fly to Abu Simble. Arrival Abu Simbel to board your nile cruise. Lunch on board. Cruise professional Egyptologist tour guide will meet you & Visit Abu Simbel. A welcome cocktail will be served. Sound & Light show at Abu Simbel temples. Candlelight dinner on board. Overnight on board Cruise.

Day 04:
Breakfast on board Cruise. Those who would like to watch the spectacular sunrise at Abu Simbel, may enjoy an early morning visit to the temples (entrance ticket is not included). Morning at leisure. Lunch will be served while sailing to Kasr Ibrim. Arrival at Kasr Ibrim. Tour conducted from the ship's sundeck as entrance to the site is not permitted. Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 05:
Breakfast on board Cruise. Sailing to Amada. Morning visit to the temple of Amada and Derr as well as the tomb of Penout, viceroy of Nubia. Lunch will be served while sailing to Wadi El Seboua. Afternoon visit to Wadi El Seboua, the temple of Dakka and temple of Meharakka. Dinner and overnight aboard at Wadi El Seboua.

Day 06:
Breakfast on board Cruise. Sail to Aswan and cocktail while crossing of the Tropic of Cancer. Lunch served on board. Visit the Kalabsha temple, Beit El Wali, and the Kiosk of Kertassi. Dinner and overnight aboard in Aswan.

Day 07:
After breakfast, disembarkation. Our steward will meet you and accompany you by A/C private car to then drive you to your Presidential Nile cruise with full board basis start with lunch end with breakfast.
Embarkation before lunch. Lunch on Board Cruise. then sail by felucca (Sailing Boat) to the View of the Elephantine island  and  the Agha khan Mausoleum This is the Mausoleum of the spiritual leader of the Ismailis, a Shi'ite sect (as were the Fatimid) based principally in India but with followers around the world. It is a very elegant pink granite structure of late 1950 origin, which also resembles the Fatimid tombs in Cairo.  Dinner. Overnight in Aswan.

Day 08:
Breakfast on board cruise, Then Cruise professional  Egyptologist tour guide will meet you & Visit High Dam was an engineering miracle when it was built in 1960. Today it provides irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt,then visit the Temple of Philae. Dedicated to the goddess lsis, wonderful views for visitors. Lunch on Board Cruise. Sail to Kom Ombo.Visit the Temple shared by two Gods Sobek and Haroeris. is recommended: the magnificent Ptolemaic temple is in a dramatic setting on high ground beside the Nile, surrounded by sugarcane fields. Captain party,include Egyptian folklore, belly dance & Dinner. Sail to Edfu. Overnight on board Cruise.


Day 09:
Breakfast on board cruise Then Cruise professional Egyptologist tour guide will meet you then Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Edfu is a friendly town which produces sugar and pottery. It is also a hub of a road network. The main attraction here is the Temple of Horus, which is considered by most to be the best preserved cult temple in Egypt. Lunch, Sail to Esna. then to Luxor Dinner and overnight on board Cruise.

Day 10:
Breakfast on board cruise then Cruise professional Egyptologist tour guide will meet you and Cross to the West Bank to visit Thebes Necropolis,The tombs date from the 6th dynasty to the Greco-Roman period although most of them actually date from the New Kingdom,Then visit Valley of the Kings  The valley is to the north of Hatshepsut's Deir El-Bahari temple. It was here that kings from 18th to 20th dynasties cut their tombs in the limestone cliffs. That was long time after their ancestors abandoned the pyramid-shape tomb. Then visit El Deir El Bahari of Hatshepsut The great temple of Hatshepsut is built at the bottom of sheer cliffs in Luxor's west bank in a wonderful site.  Then visit Colossi of Memnon.The sitting mighty Colossi of Memnon originally belong to King Amenhotep III. They were once flanking his big mortuary temple that was leveled to the ground by time.  Lunch on Board
Then Cruise Egyptologist tour Guide will meet you to visit Karnak & Luxor temples dating from the time of Queen Hatshepsut.  . Overnight on Board Cruise.

Day 11:
Disembarkation after Breakfast from Nile Cruise. Our steward will meet you & check out from your hotel then he will accompany you by air-conditioned Car to Luxor Airport to Fly to Cairo. Arrive Cairo, Meet & assist by Our steward with the sign of your name, then transfer  to your hotel for check-in. Our professional English Egyptologist tour guide will meet you at your hotel and accompany you by A/C private car to visit Egyptian Museum contains the largest & finest collection of pharaonic antiquities in the world, visit the Citadel, built by Saladin in the 12th Century, was the seat of Power for the next 700 years. Mohammed Ali Mosque, built in Turkish style, very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey, visit Church of St.Mary or El-Moallaqah (meaning overhanging) Visit the Church of St.Sergius, Then move to the Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra, then drive you back to your hotel.
PM (Optional tour can be arranged to Sound and Light Show  you will meet our Steward to accompany you by private Air-Conditioned Car to attend English Sound & Light Show in the evening performances of the extravaganza at the worlds most famous ancient sites, the Pyramids in Giza then Drive back to your hotel) Overnight in Cairo.

Day 12
Breakfast at your hotel. start from Cairo to Bahariya (500 KM). arrive Bahariya at about 11.00 AM "" lunch"" visit the black mountains then cross the desert to the north till El Serw spring in the desert, Lunch, we continue to the south towards the white desert (an area of limestone formation where the forces erosion has created fantastic natural rocks. Sculptures some of which are shaped like mushrooms & animals. Overnight camping.then go to white desert "" over night camping""

Day 13
Breakfast. Drive to farafra oasis visit the gardens, the old village, the museum   where a local artist exhibits different craft, painting & sculptures. Then to a warm spring to swim lunch, visit Crystal Mountain then to Baharia Oasis Visit baharia visit the museum to see the roman Golden mummies Pharonic temple Alexander temple, the old village, the garden over night hotel Bahariya safari camp

Day 14
Breakfast. Drive to siwa ""lunch"" in road over night in Hotel (Siwa Paradise)

Day 15
Breakfast. visit siwa visit Shali the old city of Siwa. Death Mountain,  Fatnas Island. Oracle of Amoun (Alexander the great), Cleopatra bath & the gardens."" overnight hotel "" (Siwa Paradise)

Day 16
Breakfast. Then drive to Alexandria. Overnight in Alexandria.

Day 17
Breakfast at your hotel. Our steward will meet you & accompany you by private Air-Conditioned Car to Alexandria. (The distance between Cairo and Alexandria is 218 KM) Arrive Alexandria. Our Egyptologist English Speaking Guide will meet you and accompany you by A/C private car to visit  The Pompy`s Pillar, mistakenly named so in the middle ages, the granite pillar is over 25 meters high, Catacombs  Kom El Shukafa, this is the largest roman cemetery in Alexandria, then visit El Montaza Palace was built east of Alexandria and overlooking a beautiful beach, it is now a state guesthouse .then visit the Library of Alexandria The ancient city of Alexandria was at the beginning of the third century B.C. the birthplace of the great plan to build a library: the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Then drive back to Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 18

After Breakfast Our steward will meet you check out from your hotel & drive to Cairo international airport for your international flight helping you for portage luggage & receive your boarding pass assisting  you through passport control formalities,  to final departure.

Program includes:

  • 04 Nights in Cairo
  • 04 Nights Nile Cruise from Abu Simble to Aswan.
  • 04 Nights Nile Cruise from Aswan to luxor
  • 01 Night in Alexandria
  • Domestic Flight Tickets from Cairo to Abu Simble and from Luxor to Cairo.
  • All transportation in the program by air-conditioned private car
  • All Sightseeing in the program with professional Egyptologist English Speaking tour guide (or as per your request according to your language)  & Entrance fees during sightseeing as I mentioned in the Program.
  • Service charge & tax.

Safari tour includes

  • 2 night in siwa safari paradise hotel, based on half board basis.
  • 1 night in Safari Camb hotel in Bahariya , based on half board basis
  • 1 night camping in the White desert, based on full board basis.
  • Transfer Cairo –Bahariya– White desert – Farafra – Bahariya-  Siwa –Alexandria  with private A-C coaster and Jeep 4 x 4 cars
  • All entrance fees of the sight seeing tours.
  • All safari equipments, American tents, sleeping bags, mattress. Blankets and Food.
  • safari tours are on full board basis & with complete camping equipment, Breakfast on The first day & Lunch on the last day are not included in Safari trip.
  • All transfers in Cairo & Oasis via Air-conditioned Bus & 4x4 Jeep.
  • Assist & transfer to Cairo international Airport for final departure.

Program excludes:

  • Entry visa to Egypt (Cost 15.00 U$D)
  • Your international Flight.
  • All Tips & private Expenses.
  • Departure tax.

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