The best of Egypt 7 Days

The Best of Egypt (Cairo and Nile Cruise ) 7 Days


Overview

7 days / 6 nights

4 cities

Private tour (English speaking guide)

Every Monday, Saturday and Wednesday

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Cairo ‘Welcome to Egypt’
After safely Landing in Cairo International Airport, You will be assisted by a All Royal Travel Representative who will transfer you to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Upon arrival at the Hotel, your Representative will assist you with a smooth check-in and give you detailed information concerning your pick up times during your Egypt Trip Package and sightseeing plans preparing you for one of your best trips to Cairo spending the night in your exquisite Cairo Hotel.


Day 2: Giza Pyramids and Cairo Museum and Khan El Khalili
After breakfast at your Hotel in Cairo and then you will be picked up by your personal expert English speaking Tour Guide who will accompany you to your first location and throughout your trips to Cairo. Kicking off with the Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx at the Valley Temple facing the great statue. Lunch will be served at a good quality local restaurant, then Continue to visit the world-renowned Egyptian Museum in Cairo that was built in neo-classical style and designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. The museum’s vast collection of over 120,000 artefacts ranges from pre-dynastic era, through the Pharaonic era to the Greco-Roman period of Egypt. Amongst the most famous & fascinating items, you might encounter in all of your Egypt Trip Package are the funerary treasures of the child King Tutankhamun, the colossal statues of the heretic king, Akhenaten, and the only surviving image of Khufu, creator of Egypt’s Great Pyramid. Visiting the Egyptian Museum is a great introduction to learning about the ancient Egyptian civilization, including their famous art of mummification. Finally, you will be transferred back to your hotel for an overnight stay in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Day 3: Fly Cairo to Aswan – Nile Cruise Tour
Proceeding An early breakfast at your Hotel in Cairo, you will be transferred to Cairo Airport Domestic Terminal for your flight to Aswan in preparation for your Nile Cruise. On arrival in Aswan, you will be met by your Tour Guide and commence your day of Aswan tours, an essential part of your Egypt Trip Package starting with the ‘Unfinished Obelisk’ which still lay in the granite quarries that provided ancient Egypt with building materials. It would have been the largest piece of stone ever handled but when a crack was discovered it was abandoned where it was being hewn. Cross by boat to Agilkia Island, to see the Temple of Isis at Philae Temple which is one of the Nubian Temples rescued before the High Dam was built. Enjoy Philae’s long colonnades, towers, and reliefs which include the last surviving hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions in Egypt. You will then embark on your Luxor Nile Cruise with time to explore the City of Aswan with dinner on board and overnight stay on the Cruise ship in Aswan on your Luxor Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples
Enjoy your breakfast on board the Nile Cruise as you sail to Kom Ombo to visit the Temple shared by two Gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo ( the only Temple shared by two Gods in Egypt). Returning for Lunch and afternoon tea onboard whilst sailing on to Edfu. On arrival at Edfu, your Tour Guide will escort you to Edfu Temple by a Kalesh ride ( horse and carriage) for an exploration of the huge Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu, the most complete and best-preserved of the Egyptian Temples, consisting of many columns, halls, chambers, and chapels. Two statues of Horus flank the twin-towered entrance gate; and inside, one of the interesting inscriptions lists the titles of books (scrolls) held in the library Dinner on board and overnight on your Nile Cruise Ship in Edfu concluding the 4th day of your Luxor Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5: Sailing to Luxor
Enjoy your breakfast onboard your Nile cruise ship while sailing to Luxor with lunch on board the vessel, then you will
be guided for a wonderful exploration of the East Bank of the Nile in Luxor to Karnak Temple, the world’s largest
ancient religious site. The hypostyle hall with its colossal granite columns is one of Egypt’s famous landmarks. There
will be free time to explore the different parts of the huge complex built during the reigns of various Pharaohs. Then
you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor Temple which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and
festivals and dedicated to the God Amun. Lunch is provided throughout the day tours. Following lunch, you will be
taken over to the West Bank of Luxor to explore West Bank of the River Nile in Luxor to the Valley of the Kings (the
original resting place of the world-famous boy King Tutankhamun), and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (the only
Female Pharaoh) at El Deir EL Bahari and the two towering statues of the Colossi of Memnon. (The three tombs
visited are determined by the Egyptian Government as to preserve them from the large flow of visitors, therefore are
rotated throughout the year and cannot be confirmed as to which tombs prior to your visit). After the tours, you will
return to your Nile Cruise for an overnight stay Finalizing your Trips to Cairo & Egypt Trip Package.
Please Note: There is an additional Charge to enter the Tombs of King Tutankhamun and Ramses VI.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 6: Fly Luxor to Cairo
Proceeding a delicious Breakfast on your Nile Cruise boat, you will be transferred around midday to Luxor Airport for the last of your trips to Cairo International Airport, On arrival, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo for an overnight stay.
Meals: Breakfast


Day 7: Cairo – Fly Back Home
Proceed the last day of Egypt Trip Package by a Refreshing Breakfast at your Hotel in Cairo with plenty of Leisure time to do as you please before being transferred back to Cairo International Airport for your flight back home.
Meals: Breakfast

Prices & Accommodation

Movenpick Media City Esmeralda Nile cruise Corp Amman

May – Sep Single Room USD 3300 Double Room USD 2100

Oct – Apr Single Room USD 3350 Double Room USD 2150

Sofitel El Jezirah Movenpick Royal lily Grand Hayat Amman

May – Sep Single Room USD 4300 Double Room USD 2500

Oct – Apr Single Room USD 4500 Double Room USD 2700


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