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Day 1: - Cairo
Arrived at the airport of Cairo where our representative will
accommodate you and assist in the various steps to follow. You
will be then accompanied in the private car to your hotel. Night
in hotel.
Day 2 - Cairo
Breakfast at hotel, then the visit of Giza with the three large
Pyramids: Khéops, Khéphren and Mykérinos; and the Sphinx, Lion
with human head which incarnates the king or the god under an
aspect avenger. Then visit of the necropolis of Sakkarah with
the famous pyramid with degrees of king Djoser, the royal
pyramids, the funerary texts, the mastabas.... And to finish the
day, visits of Memphis, a colossus of Ramsès II out of alabaster
of beautiful dimensions,New Year party with dinner night at
hotel.
Day 3: Cairo / Luxor
Breakfast at hotel; visit Citadel of Saladin, with in its
enclosure the mosque of Mohamed Ali. Also the Coptic district,
this district is older than the city itself: it should be seen
to have an idea of the atmosphere in which the first Christians
in Egypt lived Coptic Churches, Coptic museum, church of Serge
Saint. Stop by the visit of the Egyptian museum, Antiquities,
founded in 1857 by the French Egyptologist "Auguste "Mariette,
who shelters more than 250.000 parts of which the fabulous
treasure of Toutankhamon. In evening transfer in private car to
Cairo station to take overnight train to Luxor, dinner and night
in train.
Day 4: - Luxor
Breakfast at train, Arrived at Luxor, reception by our
representative and Visits Temple of Karnak, dedicated to the
main thing of the worship to the glory of the Amon god, but like
many other Egyptian temples, other gods and goddesses were
venerated there. It is the known religious site oldest in the
world. And the Temple of Luxor, It was devoted to the dynastic
god Amon under his two aspects of celestial Amon-Rê and
ithyphallic divinity. The currently visible oldest parts go up
in Amenhotep III and Ramsès II. At the end of visit, the
transfer in the private car to your boat of cruising.
Installation in your cabins. Dinner and night on board.
Day 5: Luxor/ Esna/Edfu (navigation Tuesday, Friday or Sunday)
Breakfast on board. In morning, beginning of navigation in
direction of Edfu. lunch. After the Passage of the Lock of Esna,
navigation and arrival to Edfu in the evening. Dinner and night
on board.
Day 6 Edfu / Komombo
Breakfast on board. Departure in the barouche for the visit of
the Temple of Edfu, the Holy City of Horus and the temple built
in its honor. This temple with extravagant dimensions is
preserved best of all Egypt. lunch. Navigation towards Kom Ombo.
Visit Temple of Kom Ombo, whose characteristic is to be
dedicated to two divinities: Sobek (with head of crocodile) and
Horus (with head of falcon). Navigation to Aswan. Dinner and
night on board.
Day 7: Tuesday Aswan
Breakfast on board. Visit Temple of Philae, dedicated to the
worship of the Isis goddess, then the granite career with the
Unfinished Obelisk and finally the High Nasser Stopping giving
rise to the Lake Nasser. lunch. Walk into felocca around the
Eléphantine island is the best means of feeling the Nile and of
releasing themselves with the sandstone of the wind. To dinner
on board followed on one oriental show (evening costume with
Eastern spectacle: dancer and traditional music). night on
board.
Day 8 Aswan
Breakfast on board. the visit of Abu Simbel, departure morning
in the private car (convoy) for Abu Simbel, visit of the temple
dedicated to Ramsès II and his splendid Néfertari wife then
return in Aswan. "lunch. Departure of the boat for return to
Luxor. Dinner and night on board.
Day 9 KOmombo / Edfu / Esna
Breakfast on board. Free day to allow you to benefit fully from
navigation. the boat will stop again on the sites, which will
leave opportunity with those which wish to remake the visits
alone. Dinner and night on board.
Day 10 Luxor
Breakfast on board. discovered of the Valley of the Kings, where
the majority of the Pharaons of XVIII to the XX dynasty were
made bury and the Valley of the Queens, is the necropolis of the
royal wives, of the girls, sometimes of wire of the kings of XIX
and XX dynasties. Then continuation towards the two imposing
Colossi of Memnon, last vestiges of the gigantic funerary temple
of Amenhotep III which does not exist nowadays any more. And
finally the visit of the Temple of Hatshepsout, the funerary
temple of Hatchepsout, dedicated to the Amon god, but also to
the gods Anubis and Hathor. This temple thébain is single and is
distinguished from the other temples because it is partly dug in
the rock of the mountain thébaine to which it leans, and rises
on three terraces connected by approach ramps. lunch. After free
midday. Dinner and night on board.
Day 11 Luxor / Cairo
Breakfast on board .in evening transfer in private car to Luxor
station to take sleeper train to Cairo , dinner and night in
train.
Day 12- Cairo
Breakfast in train , free day . night in hotel
Day 13 Cairo/Sharm el sheikh
Breakfast at hotel ,transfer to Cairo airport to take domestic
flight to Sharm el shiekh , free day to enjoy the beaches ,
dinner and night at hotel.
Day 14 Sharm El- Sheikh
Breakfast at hotel , free day to enjoy the beaches .dinner and
night at hotel.
Day 15 Sharm El- Sheikh
Breakfast at hotel , free day to enjoy the beaches , dinner and
night at hotel.
(Optional day visit to St. Cathrine)
Day 16 Sharm El- Sheikh
Breakfast at hotel , free day to enjoy the beaches , dinner and
night at hotel.
Day 17 Sharm El-Sheikh / Cairo
Breakfast at hotel, transfer by private car to Sharm El-Sheikh
airport to take domestic flight back to Cairo, arrival and
transfer to your hotel , night at hotel.
Day 18: Cairo/Alexandria / Cairo
Breakfast in hotel. have a fantastic visit to Alexandria, where
you will visit Alex's library houses a geodesic dome
accommodating a lecture hall, planetarium equipped with Imax
screen and museum of archaeology. The basement contains almost
eight thousand ancient manuscripts and rare books, all
catalogued and digitized and available to consult in the reading
room.Then you will visit Qaitbay Fort Mameluk fortress built in
1480 on the site of the Alexandria lighthouse that destroyed by
earthquakes (14&15) centuries. You also will visit Roman theatre
(Kom el Dikka) , At the entrance to the site can be seen the
statues fished from the sea beside Qaitbay Fort by the
archaeologists under Frenchman.A new museum, devoted to mosaics,
has been under construction since 2002.You also will visit
Pompeii Column & Kom al-Shuqafa Catacombs dating from the first
and second centuries AD. They were discovered by chance they are
more than three hundred tombs.transfer back to Cairo . night in
hotel
Day 19: Cairo
Breakfast in hotel . free day . night in hotel
Day 20:. Cairo
Breakfast at hotel then transfer by private car to Cairo airport
to take your departure flight back home
The price includes:
- All meet and assist by our representative and Transfer in
private air-conditioned vehicle wrote in program
- 6 nights in 3-Stars* Hotel in Cairo, in 1 double room with
breakfasts (all rooms have private bathroom, air-condition, TV
and Telephone)
- 7 Nights in Nile Cruise in Boat 5-Stars *, in 1 double cabin
in Full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner and tea/coffee break at
4.00 pm)
- Oriental Show on Board.
- 4 nights in 3-Stars* Hotel in Sharm El-Sheikh, in 1 double
room with breakfasts and dinners (all rooms have private
bathroom, air-condition, TV and Telephone)
- All Transportation in private air-conditioned vehicle and
Private English Speaking Tour guide during yours days visits
- 1 nights in First class* sleeper Night train Cairo/Luxor -
Aswan / Cairo in 1 double cabin (breafast and dinners included
in train .
- 2 domestic flights Luxor / Sharm - Sharm / Cairo
- Day tour to Alexandria includes transers , lunch and guide
- Day tour to Abo simbel includes Transfer and guide
- All taxes
The price not include:
- international flights (NB: we do not make the international
flights)
- the visa
- Travel Insurance
- lunch and Dinner (except in cruise)(dinners in Sharm) all
beverages, phone calls and all personal expenditure
- any options written in the program.
- the tips are left to your guide and staff with your personnal
appreciation.
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