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| Deluxe Hotels |
First Class Hotels |
Tourist Class Hotels |
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| Triple | US$ 2080.00 |
US$ 1780.00 |
US$ 1450.00 |
| Double | US$ 2190.00 |
US$ 1890.00 |
US$ 1560.00 |
| Single | US$ 3175.00 |
US$ 2710.00 |
US$ 2370.00 |
The month of April , plus : Dec 15 - Jan 5 : Please add 20 % supplement
to any of the listed rates
Rate includes :
- Visas
for Egypt and Jordan issued upon arrival at Cairo & Amman Airport,
valid for American, Australian, NZ, Canadian , Mexican , EU &
Japanese citizens. Passports must be valid and in order
- All
transfers in Egypt & Jordan with a private car & driver .
- Hotel
accommodation including tax , service charge and continental breakfast
daily
- Guided
sightseeing as per itinerary including all entrance fees all with
a private car, driver and an English speaking guide .
- Airfare is included between CAIRO/AMMAN. in economy class, tax included .
Combine either of these tours with any of our tours to Turkey, Greece, Israel /Palestine or Kenya for an even more memorable journey. Please ask us for details.
Not Included :
- Tips.
- Insurance
- International air fare from/to your home country
All Americans alive during the 1960s remember President John F Kennedy
and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Most Americans from that
time also remember Abu Simbel, the dramatic, ancient pharaonic temple
threatened by the rising waters blocked by the new Aswan High Dam.
It’s worth remembering that it was Jacquie Kennedy who provided crucial support for the mammoth rescue project. Without her help, Abu Simbel might have been lost.
No one questioned that the temple must be saved. UNESCO developed a marvelous plan to cut the huge monument into 1,423 stone blocks and move it 200 meters (219 yards) north and 63 meters (207 feet) higher, just above the estimated level of Lake Nasser, the vast inland sea that would be created by the new dam.
But
who would pay? As a developing country, Egypt could not shoulder the
burden alone. Other countries could contribute, but only one country--the
United States of America--truly had the resources for this
monumental rescue effort.
No matter how much wealth there is, it is never enough. Many legitimate, worthwhile projects compete for funds. What Abu Simbel needed was an advocate, someone who recognized the temple for the irreplaceable world art treasure that it was.
First
Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, already famous for her grace, refinement,
and sensitivity to the arts, saw the need to work for the salvation
of Abu Simbel. It was she who urged Congress to allocate $10 million
for the rescue effort (a sum roughly equivalent to $100 million today).
It was an enormous amount of money, but she saw that America
must step up to the challenge of saving this treasure of worldwide
importance for all time.
The rescue funds were approved by Congress and the temple was saved.
In
appreciation for her efforts, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
presented the First Lady and the president with a 4000-year-old Egyptian
statue (which is now preserved in the John F Kennedy Library &
Museum in Boston). (http://www.jfklibrary.org/visit_museum-14.html)
President
Nasser wanted also to give a gift of thanks to the people of the United
States for their valuable support. He asked Mrs Kennedy to choose
an appropriate monument. She suggested the small Temple of
Dendur (c. 15 BC), and the gift was readily approved. The temple was
brought to the United States in 1965 and installed at New York’s
Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967.
(http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/ view1.asp?dep=10&full=0&item=68%2E154)
Times change, leaders come and go, but some acts of support and generosity are remembered through the decades.
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy loved Egypt, and Egypt still loves her.
Enjoy
a Private Nile cruise on a Sailing Boat : The Royal
Cleopatra
(Minimum 4 guests required)
Compare with the air conditioned Yacht Dahabiya cruise on the Nile
