| Duration: | 12 Day(s) - 11 Night(s) |
| Tour Category: | Egypt & Jordan |
03 Nights Cairo - 03 Nights Nile cruise - 02 nights Sleeping train - 01 Night Taba - 02 Nights Petra
Day 1: Arrival Cairo
Arrive Cairo International Airport (please advise your exact international flight details: air-carrier name, flight number and arrival time after booking you flight tickets) upon arrival you will be met by our representative with the sign of your name to assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification, portage and customs clearance. Then drive you by private air-conditioned car to your hotel, and assist you to check-in, overnight in Cairo.
Day 2:
After Breakfast at your hotel. You will be met by our Egyptology English speaking Tour Guide to visit Giza pyramid each Pyramid is a tomb dedicated to a different king of Egypt. The embalmed body of the king was entombed within the pyramid to protect it and allow his transformation and ascension to the afterlife, and a place among the gods.
This Ancient Egyptian necropolis consists of the Pyramid of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. This necropolis also included the Sphinx It stand sentinel for the pharaoh's entire tomb complex. then visit Memphis city it is the oldest capital of Egypt, was built by king Menes.
Then visiting the Saqqara pyramid is considered an evolution in the concept of pyramids from the simple mastaba to the pyramid in it’s present shape. then you have free at leisure OPTIONAL Sound and light shows These thoughts of curiosity has inspired artists to take you there, for a brief period, through the creation of sound & light shows. You can get a glimpse back in time to see, feel, and imagine how it was when the powerful ancient Egyptians ruled. then you will be driven to your hotel & overnight in Cairo.
Day 3: Cairo
After Breakfast at your hotel. You will be met by our Egyptology English speaking Tour Guide to visit The Egyptian museum of Antiquities contains many important pieces. It filled with more than 100,000 antiquities from thousands of years of Egyptian history.
hen visit Salah Al-din Citadel Salah el-din built this fortress to protect the old city of Cairo. the visitors must be wondering at the wonderful weather and the pure air and they can easily imagine the soldiers in the towers and on top of the walls. Inside citadel established Alabaster mosque which dazzled by these wonderful colored decorations in the walls. then visit The Hanging church It has 110 icons on one side, the icons of the Virgin Mary, Archangle Gabriel and St Peter is lined up.
There is a baptistery, which is a deep basin of reddish granite. then visit Ibn tulun mosque It incorporates a number of unique features, such as the external spiral staircase of the unusual minaret. and from it you can view large parts of old Cairo. then visit Khan el Khalili It is the oldest Egyptian market for handmade crafts for papyrus, copper, jewelers and .etc and you have your time to buy all you need from souvenirs and spend your time in the Egyptians cafes.
Then you will be driven to Giza railway station to take your sleeper train to Aswan on the train Dinner is served in cabin or in restaurant according to your choice & overnight in train.
Day 4: Nile Cruising
After breakfast at train served in cabin or in restaurant according to your choice, and upon your arrival in Aswan city, met by our steward & driven by a private car to your Nile cruise. Embarkation and take lunch on board. Then you will visit The high dam It provides irrigation and electricity for the entire country of Egypt. then visit Philae Temple The temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its original site.
Its various shrines and sanctuaries, which include The Vestibule of Nectanebos which is used as the entrance to the island in the Nile River. then the cruise sail to Kom ombo to visit the temple of Sobek & Haroeris is very unusual it was dedicated to two deities (Sobek & Haroeris), each with their own associated chambers and sanctuaries. then the cruise sail to Edfu. Dinner, overnight on board.
Day 5: Nile Cruising
After breakfast you will visit Horus Temple it is one of the most beautiful and preserved temples in Egypt towards the river. Hours story is the most dramatic story in the world, in which god our (hours father) is murdered and dismembered by his brother Seth. Isis (hours mother) searched for his fragments and collected them together and with her magic powers brought our back to life and finally hours came to life. then the cruise sail to Esna and then to luxor. Dinner, overnight on board.
Day 6: Nile Cruising
After breakfast you will visit The necropolis of Thebes It contains in addition to the tombs, many temples, mostly dating from the new kingdom. then visit Valley of the kings it contains 62 tombs and chambers for favorite nobles as well as the wives and children of both nobles and pharaohs. then visit the temple of queen Hatshepsut It was built by Queen Hatshepsut, the great queen of the 18th dynasty.
Inside it she depicts the details of the expedition of punt which she sent to the land of punt to bring the insect trees from there. then visit The Colossi of Memnon The Northern statue depicts Amenhotep III with his mother, Mutemwia, while the southern statue is of Amenhotep III with his wife, Tiy and one of his daughters. overnight on board.
Day 7: Luxor
Disembarkation after breakfast. then will be driven to visit Karnak Temple this temple includes many singular temples, dedicated to Amun, his wife (Mut), and their son (khonsu), the moon deity. The temple starts with the avenue of the Rams. then visit Luxor temple the sphinxes along the road to the temple. Beyond the court is the Hypostyle Hall containing 32 columns in four rows.
Then you will be driven to Luxor railway station to take your sleeper train to Cairo on the train Dinner is served in cabin or in restaurant according to your choice & overnight in train.
Day 8: Taba
Breakfast on train. upon your arrival our steward will be waiting for you and drive you by private A/C car to Sinai to visit Saint Catherine monastery It is situated in the heart of the Sinai Desert.
It is a spectacular natural setting for priceless works of art, including Arab mosaics, Western oil paintings, and paintings on wax, fine sacerdotal ornaments, marbles, enamels, chalices and reliquaries. The monastery contains about 2000 icons, which is considered as one of the most important collections of icons in the world, a Basilica, Chapel, Charnel House, Well, Library and Mosque. then drive you to your hotel in Taba and assist you to check-in. overnight in Taba.
Day 9: Taba - Aqaba - Petra
After breakfast osoris representative will drive you to Taba Marina to take the ferry boat to Aqaba, upon your arrival in Aqaba port, you will be met by our steward & driven by a private A/C car to Petra city to discover the Red Rose City one of the new seven wonders of the world. Petra is a popular extension for many tours to Egypt, particularly when visiting the Sinai.
This is a unique, pink and salmon colored 2,000 year old rock-carved city, On horse back you ride you will visit the Narrow Canyon, the so-called Siq, and then walk to the most beautiful monument: the Treasury. Further you walk along the Street of Facades, see the Royal Tombs, Pharaoh's Castle and other amazing monuments. Then you will be driven to your hotel & assisted for check-in your hotel & overnight in Petra.
Day 10: Petra
After breakfast at hotel, you will be met by our steward & assisted for check out & driven by a private car with our English Egyptologist Tour Guide to visit the Wadi Rum. The rugged sandstone hills form a deep canyon easily protected from all directions, along which is found a few small, Nabataean tombs carved into the rock. The floor of this Wadi was originally paved, but is now covered with soft sand. Discover the area featured by rugged mountains and colored sand dunes during a 4x4 Jeep tour. Then you will be driven to your hotel & overnight in Petra.
Day 11: Cairo
After breakfast at hotel, you will be met by our representative & driven by private car to Aqaba Port for departure to Taba. Upon your arrival in Taba, you will be met by our steward & driven by private car to Cairo and assist you to check-in at the hotel. overnight in Cairo.
Day 12: Cairo - Departure
Breakfast at hotel. our steward will assist you to check out. Then drive you by private a/c car to Cairo international airport then assist you in luggage portage, check in air line counter & passport control formalities for final departure. Wish you happy flight back.
Program Include:
- 3 nights accommodation in Cairo.
- 3 nights accommodation at Nile Cruise.
- 2 nights accommodation at deluxe sleeping train.
- 1 night accommodation in Taba.
- 2 nights accommodation in Petra.
- All Sightseeing as Mentioned in the Program.
- Entrance Fees During all Sightseeing.
- All Transportation as Mentioned in the Program.
- Professional Egyptology English speaking.
- Service Charge and Taxes.
Program Exclude:
- Sound & light show at pyramids.
