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From
the Nile to the Red Sea
Ultra Deluxe Version - Business Class in Egypt
Four Seasons Hotel In Cairo
The Four Seasons , The Ritz or Grand Hyatt Hotel in Sharm El Sheikh
on the Red Sea
Experience
the best of Egypt on this 10 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 you'll experience it all at a surprisingly
affordable price. Tour Start
in Cairo any day , subject to cruise sailing dates
Click
here for the Honeymooner's Private Yacht - 14 days edition.
Hurgada Edition on the Red Sea
* 12 -Day version, or 11 -Days
with an overnight in Abu Simbel
DAY
1 - CAIRO Start
in Cairo any day , subject to cruise sailing dates
Our staff greets you at Cairo's airport and escorts you to your hotel.
Private car / driver .
Visa fee is included on a comp basis only for American , Australian,
NZ , Canadian, EU , Singaporean, & Japanese Citizens
DAY
2 - CAIRO (BL)
Private
car / driver / Egyptologist
We
fulfill your dream of seeing the Pyramids at Giza and the Great Sphinx.
If you've got the urge to ride a camel, we'll be happy to arrange it
for you. It's a great photo op, with the pyramids in the background!
Then we'll stop for lunch at a typical Cairene restaurant.
After lunch, have a fortune-teller predict your future from the grounds
in your cup of Turkish coffee. (If you'd like to try a fortune-teller,
please tell us when you reserve your tour so we can try to make the
arrangements; fortune-tellers are not always available.)
In
the afternoon we visit the Egyptian Museum to see the famous mummies,
after which we tour the mighty hilltop Citadel of Saladin and its Alabaster
Mosque.
DAY
3 - ASWAN - (BLD)
A morning flight to Aswan, where we settle in on our Nile cruiser.
Welcome drink served upon arrival
Private
car / driver / Egyptologist
Tour of the world renown Nubian Museum. Followed by a leisurely sailing
on the Nile by Feluccas among the Nile's rocky islands. Return to the
cruise in time for a delicious lunch.
Welcome complimentary fruit basket awaits you in your cabin.
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.
(
A Galabia will be delivered to your cabin with our compliments),
the galabia is the flowing national costume.
While you are on board the cruise, afternoon tea will be served daily
on deck.
DAY
4 - KOM OMBO / Edfu / Luxor - (BLD)
Our Nile vessel cruises serenely down the Nile for a visit
( Private Egyptologist) to the great twin-temple at
Kom Ombo, dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile river god, and Haroeris,
the solar disk.
On to Edfu .
Private carriage / Egyptologist
We board horse-drawn carriages (or private motor van) for the short
ride through Edfu to the Temple of Horus, the best-preserved
in Egypt. The evening finds us in Luxor.
While you are on board the cruise, afternoon tea will be served daily
on deck.
DAY
5 - LUXOR (BLD)
Private
car / Egyptologist
We cross the Nile to the West Bank of Thebes as Luxor was known ,
Luxor has been the Ancient Capital of Ancient Egypt for almost 20 Centuries.
We
visit ( Private car/Egyptologist): 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:
Special
announcement : Please note that Queen Nefertari's tomb is closed
for urgent repairs, so we 'll be touring instead : Ancient
Workers Village at Deir El Medineh, as soon as Nefertari is
opened again, we will reinstate it in our programs.
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 your cruise
, we tour the gigantic Great Temple of Amon at Karnak and the
smaller yet charming temple of Amon Ra ( Luxor Temple).
DAY
6 - Disembark - SHARM EL SHEIK (B)
Private
car / driver for your transfers in Luxor & Sharm El Sheikh. We
check out from the cruise after breakfast. :We
fly over the Sinai peninsula to Sharm El Sheik, and head for
the beach!
DAY 7 - SHARM EL SHEIK (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
8 - SHARM EL SHEIK (B)
Enjoy one more day in Sharm ,diving or snorkeling
is available for additional $$$
If you prefer to return to Cairo tonight , please
click here.
DAY
9 - CAIRO (B)
We return to Cairo by plane for a free day in the Egyptian metropolis.
DAY
10 - DEPARTURE (B)
Our staff escorts you to the airport for your flight home.
Bon Voyage
RATES per
person in US$ for the 10 day program.
Start
in Cairo any day , subject to cruise sailing dates
|
Ultra
Deluxe Hotels
and Nile Cruise |
| In Triple
Occupancy |
US$
3320.00 |
| In
Double Occupancy |
US$
3450.00 |
| In Single
Occupancy |
US$
4015.00 |
Dec
15 - Jan 5 & Easter week : Please add 15 % to the listed rate
For
presidential suite & Deluxe room at Four Seasons with
a private valet /Butler at your hotel and/ on board the Nile cruise
please click here
Your
tour includes:
- Visa
fee is included on a comp basis only for American , Australian,
NZ , Canadian, EU & Japanese Citizens
- Set-menu
meals including B = Breakfast, (or cB, American or buffet l Breakfast)
L = Lunch, D = Dinner.
- All
airfares based on business class in Egypt as per itinerary
.
- All
airport transfers in Egypt. Private basis
- Hotel
accommodations including tax and service charges.
Four Seasons in Cairo & the Ritz or , Four Seasons hotel Sharm
, or Grand Hyatt in Sharm
- Ultra
Deluxe Nile cruise including all meals, shore excursions and admissions
fees,
cruise on board the Ultra deluxe :Moon
Goddess ( All suites with balconies) , Radamis,
Amarco
- Guided
sightseeing as per itinerary including all entrance fees.
- Bottled
water ( one per person delivered daily to your cabin while on board
the cruise).
- Tea
or coffee & bottled water with each & every meal while on
board the cruise.
-
Airport
taxes
- Trip
interruption and cancellation insurance
- Personal
expenses, including excess baggage or shipping charges, beverages,
and personal charges in hotels for laundry, telephone, or other
services
- Gratuities
- Optional
Excursions
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).
Dining Room Reservations: Meet other passengers :
YOU will not require any, our dining rooms do accommodate all our
guests in one seating, one less thing to worry about while you are
on the Nile. Enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere with several different
languages being heard at dinner.
Do we get sea sickness while sailing the Nile ?
This is river sailing, so do not expect any waves , no rough seas
! Your Nile cruises is actually a floating hotel that moves from place
to place along the Nile. Actual cruising times are short and pleasant.
Hyatt Hotels - Enjoy Hyatt Regency Resort at
Sharm El Sheikh
Extend
your stay one night in Abu Simbel :
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
a comfortable hotel for refreshments. Just as planeloads of visitors
arrive to throng the temple we begin our leisurely drive back along
the shore to Aswan, arriving late afternoon.
Jacquie
Kennedy & Abu Simbel:
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. Read
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Additional
optional diving :
- Three
day diving in the Red Sea : $ 235 USD per person.
- One
day diving : $175 per person.
Inclusions:
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