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The Magic of Ancient Egypt & the Red Sea
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Tour Itinerary |
Day (01)
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Cairo
Arrival Cairo international airport, meet & assist upon arrival by World Avenues representative and transferred to your chosen hotel. Overnight. |
Day (02)
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Cairo – Pyramids and Sphinx
Breakfast at the hotel, This morning explore one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Giza, and the nearby mysterious Sphinx carved from a single block of limestone. Back to the hotel & overnight |
Day (03)
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Cairo – Egyptian Museum
Breakfast at the hotel, This morning visit the fabulous Egyptian Museum, home to priceless antiquities; including statues, reliefs, sarcophagi, and the King Tutankhamun’s treasures discovered in the valley of the kings in Luxor by Howard Carter in 1922. back to the hotel & overnight. |
Day (04)
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Cairo
Early morning start your journey by road to Alexandria. Arrive Alexandria and visit the Alexandria National Museum, contains about 1,800 artefacts that describes the history of Alexandria throughout the Pharaonic, Roman, Coptic, Islamic, and Modern era. We continue our visit to the well preserved Roman Theatre. The Pompey’s Pillar is located on Alexandria’s ancient acropolis, and was originally part of the temple Colonnade. The Catacomb will be our next visit. The Catacombs known as Kom Al Shuqafa, merge both Roman, Greek and Egyptian cultural points. The catacomb probably served as a funerary chapel. View the fort of Qaitbay " from outside" it was established in 1477 AD by a Mamluk Sultan “Ashraf Safi Al Din Qait bay”. It stands on the tip off Pharos Island where one of the Seven wonders of ancient world “Alexandria lighthouse“ once stood. The Fort was built by the ruins of Alexandria lighthouse and its’ location offer a marvellous view of Alexandria. Back to Cairo & Overnight. |
Day (05)
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Cairo
Breakfast at the hotel, check out, and transfer to the airport to take the domestic flight to Aswan.
upon arrival at Aswan Airport you will be transferred to your chosen cruise boat.
Boarding before lunch, lunch on board.
Visit the High dam, the temple of Philae, & the un finished Obelisk.
Sail to Komombo
Reception cocktail.
Visit the temple shared by the two Gods Sobel & Haeroris. Dinner on board, overnight in Kombombo. |
Day (06)
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Edfu – Luxor
Sail to Efdu (early morning).
Breakfast on board, visit Horus temple in Edfu.
Sail to Luxor.
Lunch on board afternoon tea.
Dinner on board overnight in Luxor |
Day (07)
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Luxor
This morning we start by visiting the magnificent West Bank famous for its royal tombs. Visit includes the Valley of the Kings, and Queens, The temple of Queen Hatshepsut to see the bas-reliefs which illustrate her expedition to the land of Punt. Then visit the Colossi of Memnon. In the afternoon explore the extraordinary monuments on the East Bank, the splendid temples of Karnak and Luxor. The Karnak temple was built by Ptolemy III, is a vast complex of several temples and is the most celebrated temple in Egypt by means of small avenue of sphinxes. View the Great Court, the magnificent Hypostyle hall with it 100 massive columns standing 23 metres high. Queen Hatshepsut’s granite obelisks and the sacred lake guarded by a giant granite scarab. Situated south of the Karnak temple is the Luxor temple, built by Amenophis III and Ramses II to host the festival of Opet. Luxor temple has a magnificent colonnade with its 14 papyrus-headed columns, some 15 meter in height.آ |
Day (08)
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Luxor- Sharm El Sheik
Breakfast on board, check out, transfer to Luxor Airport for flight to Sharm, meet & assist upon arrival & transfer to your hotel. Rest & overnight. |
Day (09)
Sunday
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Sharm ElSheikh
Enjoy the day at leisure or enjoy one of our recommended optional tours.
- Ras Mohamed
- Glass bottomed boat
- St. Catherine’s Monastery
- Coloured Canyon
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Day (10)
Monday
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Sharm El Sheikh
Enjoy the day at leisure or enjoy one of our recommended optional tours. |
Day (11)
Tuesday
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Sharm El Sheikh
Enjoy the day at leisure or enjoy one of our recommended optional tours. |
Day (12)
Wednesday
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Sharm El Sheikh- Cairo
Breakfast at the hotel, check out and transfer to Sharm Airport to take the domestic flight to Cairo, arrival Cairo transfer to the hotel & overnight. |
Day (13)
Thursday
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Cairo
Breakfast at the hotel, check out, then World Avenues representative will escort you to Cairo international airport for your onward flight home |
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| Package Rate |
Semeramis intercontinental
+ Sonesta or Movenpick cruises + Maritim
Jolie ville 5* or similar
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Starting from 2,566.00 US$ per person in a double |
Semeramis intercontinental
+ Sonesta or Movenpick cruises + Maritim Jolie ville 5* or similar (PEAK) |
Starting from 3,483.00 US$ per person in a double |
| New year Gala Dinner supplement will be advised upon request. |
- Children policy: 0-2 years old: free of charge.
2-11.99: will enjoy 50 % from adults' rate sharing parents' room without extra bed, same meal plans as adult.
Extra bed will be: 10 $ per night.
Above 12.00 years old will be charged as adult.
- Hotel and cruise upgrades are available at an extra cost
- Breakfast daily in Cairo
- 5 nights accommodation in Cairo
- 3 nights cruise Aswan/ Luxor on full board ( Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner )
- 4 nights Sharm El Sheikh on H.B basis.
- Sightseeing tours in Cairo, and cruise as mentioned with English speaking Egyptologist
- Transfers on arrival and Departure in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and Sharm El Sheikh
- All entrance fees per itinerary
- Air ticket - Cairo/Aswan - Luxor/Sharm/Cairo
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- Pyramids and Sphinx
- Egyptian Museum
- High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk and Philae temple
- Kom Ombo temple
- Edfu temple
- West bank of Luxor
- East bank of Luxor
- National Museum of Alexandria
- Roman Theatre
- Catacombs
- Fort Quaitbay "from Outside"
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- Cairo : Semiramis Inter-continental 5* or similar
- Cruise: Royal Lilly Movenpick Cruise 5* or similar
- Sharm El Sheik: Maritim Jolie ville 5* or similar (Sports area room)
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- International airline ticket not included
- US citizens will need an entry visa to Egypt – This can be arranged on arrival – at a cost
- For your arrival and departure transfer flight information will be needed
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