From the Nile to Abu Simbel
And the Red Sea

Experience the best of Egypt on this 11 day locally escorted tour. You'll see fascinating Cairo and the Pyramids , a Nile cruise to see this ancient land from the Nile just as the Pharaohs did , a stay at a Red Sea resort. And the mighty temples of Ramses the Great in Abu Simbel.
Tour leaves from JFK the weekly year round , on Friday

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Hurgada Edition on the Red Sea * 12 -Day version, or 11 -Days with an overnight in Abu Simbel

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DAY 1 - DEPARTURE - Friday ( Weekly departure)
We take off from New York's JFK International Airport (Please ask us for add on from your hometown), bound for Cairo . Flight choices include British Airways via London, Olympic Airways via Athens, and EgyptAir nonstop. (Earlier departures are available in order to add extra days in Cairo, Athens or London)

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DAY 2 - CAIRO Saturday
Our staff greets you at Cairo's airport and escorts you to your hotel. Complimentary visa will be issued upon arrival fro Americans, Australian, NZ, EU & Japanese citizens, passports must be valid for at least 6 months beyond the arrival date.

DAY 3 - CAIRO / Overnight Sleeper Train - Sunday (BLD)
We visit the Egyptian Museum including the "Mummies Room" , Citadel of Saladin and Alabaster Mosque. In the afternoon we fulfill your dream of seeing the Pyramids at Giza and the Great Sphinx. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. In the evening,it's all aboard! We'll see you to your private sleeping compartment on the train bound along the banks of the Nile. Dinner served in your compartment.

DAY 4 - ASWAN ABU SIMBEL - MONDAY (BLD)
A morning arrival at Aswan, where we are met by private air conditioned car/driver & guide and on to : Abu Simbel:
Ramses the Great's huge desert temple at Abu Simbel marked the southern border of the pharaoh's dominions. Rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser by an international effort, it is a marvel of sacred engineering. Twice a year‹and only then‹the sun penetrates to the Holy of Holies, illuminating the stone figures of Ramses and Nefertari. We've planned our visit to maximize your Abu Simbel experience. Rising before dawn, we drive along the shore of Lake Nasser, watching the sky lighten and the sacred sun rise above the horizon. We reach the temple while the air is clean, clear and cool, and the sun's light still golden just right for photographs. We explore the huge temple by ourselves, admire its ancient aura and artistry, then retire to your comfortable hotel for lunch.
Remainder of the day at leisure.
Evening Sound & Light show at Abu Simbel temples , transfer & entrance fees are included

Jacquie Kennedy & Abu Simbel Temples in Egypt :

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. Arrive early in Egypt, extend one day to be able to see Abu Simbel . Read More

DAY 5 - ASWAN / NILE CRUISE - Wednesday (BLD)
We rendezvous with you at the hotel, and escort you back along Lake Nasser back to Aswan and
your Nile cruiser. Tour of Kalabsha Temple dedicated to the ancient god Mandulis, and the goddess Isis Built during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus , the small rock-cut temple of Beit El Wali, built by amses the Great , and the small yet charming Kiosk of Qertassi.

After lunch we tour the mighty Aswan dams, old and new, then board a motor launch to visit the Temples of Philae, moved to an island and saved from the rising waters of the Nile after building the High Dam.

DAY 6 - KOM OMBO Thursday (BLD)
Our Nile vessel cruises serenely down the Nile for a visit to the great twin-temple at Kom Ombo, dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile river god, and Haroeris, the solar disk.

DAY 7 - EDFU & LUXOR Friday (BLD)
We board horse-drawn carriages (or motor vans) for the short ride through Edfu to the Temple of Horus, the best-preserved in Egypt. Then we drive beside the Nile to the Valley of the Kings including Tutankamon's tomb , the magnificent tomb-temple of Queen Hatshepsut in the Valley of the Queens, on to Queen Nefertari's Tomb:

The Queen for whom the sun shines :
Long before Cleopatra humbled the ruler of Rome, an Egyptian queen held power over the heart and soul of Ramses, Egypt's greatest pharaoh. In the 12th century BC, a broken-hearted Ramses built a grand funerary tomb for Queen Nefertari, "the Beautiful one," in the Valley of the Queens. It's been exquisitely restored with the aid of an American endowment, and is among the rarest sights in all Egypt: the only great tomb ever built by a pharaoh for his late queen. Artistically, it is the closest thing you could ever come to seeing the original Ancient Egyptian art in all of its glory and finesse.
Because of its fragile nature, only a limited number of visitors are allowed entry each day. We are the only company to include a visit to Nefertari's tomb in our daily program. Because of the limited access we must rise early for our visit, appropriate as Ramses named Nefertari "the one for whom the sun shines."

Followed by the Colossi of Memnon, before returning to Luxor, we tour the gigantic Great Temple of Amon at Karnak.

DAY 8 - SHARM EL SHEIK Saturday (B)
We fly over the Sinai peninsula to Sharm El Sheik, and head for the beach!

DAY 9 - SHARM EL SHEIK Sunday (B)
Relax! This is your day to absorb all that you've seen and experienced so far, not to mention the bright Egyptian sun and sparkling sea.

DAY 10 - CAIRO -HOME HOSTED DINNER Monday (BD)
We return to Cairo by plane for a free day in the Egyptian metropolis.

This evening we'll venture where few ordinary visitors ever tread . . . right into the homes of some of the people of Istanbul! You'll be invited to a compliemntary family dinner, and while you enjoy wholesome home-cooked specialties, you'll learn about and appreciate the outlook, aspirations, and way of life of your hosts. Be assured, as curious as you may be about your new friends, they're sure to have questions about your own background. Once the ice is broken, you'll enjoy a lively evening, and find that you have more in common than you ever suspected. Of course, you may enjoy a quiet evening by yourslef , by letting us know your preferences.

DAY 11 - DEPARTURE Tuesday (B)
Our staff escorts you to the airport for your flight home. Bon Voyage

RATES per person in US$

 

	Deluxe Hotels Deluxe Cruise	First Class Hotel & Cruise	Tourist Class
In Triple Occupancy	US$2520.00	US$2219.00	US$2190.00
In Double Occupancy	US$2550.00	US$2359.00	US$2240.00
In Single Occupancy	US$2915.00	US$2599.00	US$2449.00

Your tour includes:

• Visa fee is included on a comp basis only for American , Canadian, Western Europeans & Japanese Citizens .
• International airfares JFK/CAIRO/JFK with tax. When you handle your own air fare please deduct $500 from the listed rates
• Set-menu meals including B = Breakfast, (or cB, Continental Breakfast) L = Lunch, D = Dinner.
• All airfares, domestic sleeper train ( Private compartment) and airport transfers within Egypt.
• Hotel accommodations including tax and service charges.
• The Nile cruise including all meals, shore excursions and admissions fees.
• Guided sightseeing as per itinerary including all entrance fees

Honeymoon Wishes: A 14 days edition
A "Dream Come True" tour. 14 days , Cairo and the Pyramids. A Nile Cruise of course, and a beach resort at Hurgada or El Gouna, on the Red Sea. Including the welcome Zaffa (procession that will resemble an Arabian/Egyptian wedding party) with a troupe of dancers and musicians dressed with the Egyptian typical clothes, welcoming guests by singing and dancing Egyptian Folklore).

Additional optional diving :

Inclusions:
Diving Guide

Two dives per day.

Daily transfers between your hotel and the port/ boat

Tank and weights. ( Other items may be rented on the spot)

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