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07 Days / 06 Nights ( Cairo & Lake Nasser Cruise ) Tour

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Day 1: Cairo Arrive at Cairo International Airport (please advise your flight details), then you will be met by our representative with the sign of your name to assist you through passport control formalities, luggage . .
Country: Egypt
City: Cairo
Duration: 7 Day(s) - 6 Night(s)
Tour Category: Cruise Tours
Departure Date: Thu 01 Jan '99
Package Itinerary

Day 1: Cairo

Arrive at Cairo International Airport (please advise your flight details), then 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 you will be driven by private air-conditioned car to your hotel where you will be assisted by our steward for check-in. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2: Cairo

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be met by our English Egyptology tour guide at the lobby of the hotel & drive you by a private Air condition car to visit the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. The Great Pyramids consist of the Great Pyramid of Giza (known as the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren) a few hundred meters to the south-west, and the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinos) a few hundred meters further south-west.

The Great Sphinx lies on the east side of the complex, facing east. The current consensus among Egyptologists is that the head of the Great Sphinx is that of Khafre. then you will meet our English Egyptology tour guide in the hotel & driven by A/C car to visit the Egyptian Museum, The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museums, in Cairo, Egypt. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms.

The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities contains many important pieces of ancient Egyptian history. It houses the world’s largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities and many treasures of King Tutankhamen. Then you will have a tour of Old Cairo, where early Judaism and Christianity flourished in Egypt (You can have an optional lunch on route)Then you will visit the Ben Ezra synagogue is situated in Coptic Cairo, Egypt. According to local tradition, it is located on the site where baby Moses was found.

The land for the synagogue was purchased in 882 CE for 20,000 dinars by Abraham Ibn Ezra of Jerusalem. and the Hanging Church where the Virgin Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus took refuge. Then you will visit Khan El-Khalili. The souk dates back to 1382 when Emir Djaharks el-Khalili built a large caravanserai (khan in Arabic) in Cairo under the Burji Mamluk Sultan Barquq; In addition to shops, there are several coffeehouses (maqha or qahwah, depending on dialect), restaurants, and street food vendors distributed throughout the market.

The coffee shops are generally small and quite traditional, serving Arabic coffee and usually offering shisha. Another famous place to hang out in Khan el Khalili is "Qahwet el Fishawy" this place is incredible for everyone they serve one of the best shishas in Egypt. Then you will drive back to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 3: Aswan

After breakfast at the hotel, you will meet our representative and drive you by a private Air condition car to Cairo domestic airport to get your flight to Aswan. upon your arrival, you will meet our steward to assist you to check in to your Nile cruise M/s Eugenie( Note:- Embarkation for M/s Eugenie Nile cruise according to the schedule will be from Aswan every Friday for 3 nights ). lunch served on board.

Visit the Kalabsha temple (also Temple of Mandulis) is an Ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha (Gate of Kalabsha), approximately 50 kilometers south of Aswan. The temple was situated on the west bank of the Nile River, in Nubia and was originally built around 30 BC during the early Roman era. While the temple was constructed in Augustus's reign, it was never finished. then you will visit Beit el, Wali, The Temple of Beit el-Wali is a rock-cut Ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia which was built by Pharaoh Ramesses II and dedicated to the deities of Amun-Re, Re-Horakhti. then you will visit the kiosk of Kirtassi is "a tiny Roman kiosk with four slender papyrus columns inside, and two Hathor columns at the entrance."

It is a small but elegant structure that "is unfinished and not inscribed with the name of the architect but is probably contemporary with Trajan's Kiosk at Philae. Afternoon tea is served in the lounge. Dinner and overnight on board in the Aswan harbor.

Day 4: Aswan

Breakfast on board. Sail to Wadi El Seboua, or Valley of the lions, is the site of two New Kingdom Egyptian temples in Lower Nubia at the edge of Nasser lake, including one impressively large temple spéos of Ramesses II. and cocktail while passing the tropic of cancer. Lunch served on board.

You will visit the Wadi El Seboua temple, after that, you will visit the Temple of Dakka Ad-Dakka, was a place in Lower Nubia, which was located approximately 100 km south of the Aswan

Then you will visit the Temple of Maharraqa Al-Maharraqa is a place in Lower Nubia, which was approximately 120 km south of Aswan on the southern border of the Roman empire. Only a few years after the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC, the Kushites from the kingdom of Meroë launched a raid on the First cataract region of Egypt in 23 BC. Sail to Amada dinner and overnight on board.

Day 5: Amada

Breakfast followed by a morning visit to the temple of Amada, the oldest Egyptian temple in Nubia, was first constructed by pharaoh Thutmose III of the 18th dynasty and dedicated to Amun and Re-Horakhty. and Derr is a Rock cut temple dedicated to Re-Harakhte, Ramses II, Amun-Re and Ptah (god of creation and patron of artists and artisans).

As well as The Tomb of Ppenout Rock-cut tomb of the viceroy of Nubia under Ramses VI, the only extant one of its kind. Sail to kasr Ibrim the only monument on Lake Nasser that still exists in its original location. Before the creation of the lake, this fort stood atop a high bluff overlooking the valley, a strategic site since ancient times.

The fort may date to the Middle Kingdom and it has been rebuilt and used in a variety of ways over time, including as a church and mosque (tour is conducted from the chi s sundeck as entrance to the site is not permitted).

Sailing to Abu Simbel lunch served on board, visit the Abu Simbel temple the temple of Ramses II and his wife Nefertari, Abu Simbel also represents the triumph of UNESCO's Campaign to salvage the temples, without which these monuments would have been forever lost beneath the Nile waters. Optional sound and lights at Abu Simbel temples for prices you will find here under in section program excludes candlelight dinner on board and overnight.

Day 6: Abu Simbel

After breakfast on board disembarkation then you will meet by our representative to help you with your check out from the Nile cruise and drive you by Air-condition car and drive you to Abu Simbel domestic airport to get your flight to Cairo. Upon your arrival, you will meet our steward with the sign of your name to assist you with your luggage & drive you by Private air condition car to your hotel. The optional tour you can have an over day in Alexandria).

After that, you will meet our English Egyptology tour guide in the hotel lobby & drive you by a private Air condition car to visit the sightseeing of Alexandria and over the day there first, you will visit The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (meaning 'Mound of shards' or 'Potsherds') is a historical archaeological site located in Alexandria, Egypt and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. The necropolis consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs, statues, and archaeological objects of the Pharaonic funeral cult with Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman influences.

Then you will visit Pompey's Pillar is one of the best-known ancient monuments still standing in Alexandria today. It is located on Alexandria's ancient acropolis — a modest hill located adjacent to the city's Arab cemetery — and was originally part of a temple colonnade. Pompey's Pillar may have been erected using the same methods that were used to erect the ancient obelisks. The Romans had cranes but they weren't strong enough to lift something this heavy.

Then you will visit The Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay) is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean seacoast, built upon/from the ruins of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1477 AD by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay. Then you will visit the Greco Roman Museum of Alexandria in Egypt was created in 1892. It was first built in a 5-room apartment, inside one small building in Rosetta Street (later Avenue Canopy and nowadays Horriya).

In 1895, it was transferred to another building that only had eleven rooms. More rooms were added later to this building, now located near Gamal Abdul Nasser Street.

And then you visit The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a major library and cultural center located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. It is both a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity and an attempt to rekindle something of the brilliance that this earlier center of study and erudition represented.

After that tour, you will be driven back to Cairo by a private Air condition car to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 7: Cairo-Departure

After breakfast at the hotel, meet our representative & assist you through check-out from your hotel and drive you by private Air-Condition car to Cairo International Airport is where you will be assisted in luggage portage, check-in, airline counter, and Passport Control formalities for final Departure. Wish you a happy flight back.

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