Tour Paris, Marrakech and Cairo 

All in a 12 - day tour
Departure weekly, on Sundays, year round

Zitouni Restaurant offers authentic Egyptian food , you can order up shish barak and finish it off with homemade keshta ice cream . Take a seat in the main dining area and enjoy stunning views of the Nile or settle into one of the contemporary wood alcoves for a more intimate option. An extensive buffet display situated near the open kitchen .

DAY 10 - CAIRO - Thursday (B)
On Desert Safari for the Day - Fayoum Oases - And you thought the Pyramids were old

The wilds of the desert begin right on the outskirts of Cairo, and continue for hundreds of miles to the east and west, through sands, rock, mountains, oases, and a surprising variety of scenery and inhabitants.

Join us for a day ranging across the desert like modern nomads. In place of camels, we’ll travel in comfortable, reliable four-by-four Toyota Land Cruisers. Your guide and drivers will meet you at your hotel, and soon you’ll leave bustling Cairo behind as you undertake the drive toward the Oasis of El Fayoum, 150 kilometers to the southwest. Hard as it is to believe, a great inland sea once covered these sands. It was a holy reserve of sacred crocodiles, symbolized by the god Sobek.

We’ll visit the temple of Kom Oshim, drive over ancient lake beds, and alongside the waters of today’s Fayoum Lake to reach the fishermen’s village of Chak Chouk. There we’ll stop for a lunch of fish caught fresh that morning. There will be time to wander the village lanes and discreetly watch the everyday activities of baking flatbread, irrigating crops from the lake’s waters, and bringing in the catch. We’ll also include the craft and pottery museum where the best works of local artisans are on display.

Then it’s into our four-by-fours again, for an off-road adventure! We’ll head alongside and across desert washes, between dunes, and over ancient lake beds for 35 kilometers to the Valley of the Whales ( In Arabic : Wadi-El-Hitan) . Incredibly, these great mammals once thrived - almost forty million years ago- in waters surrounded by sands. We’ll stop and gaze in amazement at their fossilized remains alongside smaller sea creatures that remain in stone.
This valley was discovered in 1936 , by the German geologist George Schweinfurth in the northwestern corner of Wadi El-Rayan.

The valley provides evidence of one of the major changes in this mammal evolution has been declared by the UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site. It is believed that these land based whales once had feet that may have helped them somewhat while ashore . A team from the University of Michigan discovered in the late 80's that these Zeuglodon whales did have rudimentary feet , this was a startling discovery , suggesting that whales of Wadi -El-Hitan had recently started living in water as well , these whales were not related to any of the whales we have today , rather a more slender body and may grow up to 75 feet long. Several skeletons of whales are exposed in the sand. George Schweinfurth named this extinct specie the Zeuglodon Isis Whales .

In the evening, you’ll return to your hotel in Cairo. Land transportation in air-conditioned four-wheel-drive Toyota Land Cruiser with the services of driver and English-speaking driver. Lunch is included

DAY 11 - DAHSOUR - Friday (BL)
After breakfast, we'll motor to the edge of Cairo, to Dahshour, the newly-opened pyramid field south of Cairo. We visit the great pyramid of Senfru, father of Cheops, and other structure:

The "Discovery" of Dahshour:
For almost half a century, the great field of huge pyramids near the desert village of Dahshour, 25 miles south of Cairo, has been off limits to the public. Confined within the perimeter of a military base were many pyramids, including the great 4500-year-old pyramid built by Senfru, father of Cheops. Senfru's pyramid, the largest in Egypt until his son built Giza's Great Pyramid, is rhomboidal in shape: it tapers more distinctly on its upper half. All the pyramids were coated in thick plaster at one time. Most have lost these protective, decorative sheaths, but Senfru's--miraculously--is still in place.
Lunch is included at a local restaurant . Remainder of the day at leisure .
Evening Sound and Light show by the Pyramids.

Day 12 - DEPARTURE - Thursday (B)
After breakfast, our staff escorts you to the airport for your flight home . End of our service.
Bon Voyage.

RATES per person in USD

Your hotel nights in Paris are :

For Deluxe & First class categories we use - 4 stars in Paris :
Hotel New Roblin Le Warwick - Champs Elysees, Meridien Montparnasse, Meridien Etoile, Sofitel Grand Arche -La Defense or similar.

For Tourist Class - 3 stars :
A simple, clean, comfortable, centrally-located 3-star hotel, such as the Primotel Empire, Fertel Etoile or Tilsitt.

• Round-trip international airfare Paris, Casablanca and Cairo, including tax ,economy class .
  
• Domestic airfares within Morocco as well as Egypt , including tax, in economy class.
  
• First-class train Marrakech-Casablanca .
  
• All airport and train station transfers in Morocco and Egypt as described in the tour itinerary.
  
• Your hotel room at a carefully selected deluxe, first class or tourist class hotel, whichever you prefer, including tax & service. In Paris its always 3 star. Unless you choose a higher budget hotel in Paris.
  
• Meals as described in the itinerary, and indicated by the symbols: aB = full American-style or buffet breakfast, B = continental breakfast, L = set-menu lunch, D = set-menu dinner
  
• Guided sightseeing as listed in the itinerary including all entrance fees (In London there is no tour included in our rate).

Rates do not include:

• Airfare from / to your home country . (please contact us for the best airfares, or use your frequent flyer tickets.)
  
  
• Any sort of insurance,
  
  
• Tips
  
• Visa for Egypt maybe issued upon arrival at Cairo Airport for a limited number of citizens such as : American, EU , Canadian , EU Singaporean and Japanese citizens. Guests are to to pay for it upon arrival ( $ 15 - subject to change ) . You are responsible for having your passport in order valid at least for 6 month beyond the date of your arrival in Cairo . After exiting the terminal, our local representative will escort you to the hotel .