Egypt
& Jordan a la Indiana Jones
An
11 day tour of Egypt and Jordan, Including Alexandria , Petra
and of course a Nile Cruise
Indiana
Jones himself couldn't squeeze more adventure into this journey: Cairo
and the Pyramids, a cruise on the Nile, the fabled temples and
tombs of Luxor and Thebes, diving in the Red Sea, the mountains of Sinai,
and a trek to the mysterious ruins of Petra in Jordan. Compare with
the 9 Day version. Departures are weekly on Sundays .
Add Syria Magic
of the Arabian Empire : Syria,
Jordan & Egypt
DAY
1- CAIRO - Friday -Arrive Cairo Weekly year round
Our Egypt-based staff greets you in bustling Cairo airport and escorts
you to your hotel .
Transfers
are always in a private air-conditioned vehicle, and a private chauffeur.
Complimentary
Egyptian visa fee (valid only for American & Japanese citizens.
Passports must be valid for at least 6 month upon arrival).
Visa
will be issued upon arrival.
As
you exit the gate, you will pass through a door or two , down some stairs
, then walk for 2-5 minutes , until you pass the duty free shops, at the
end of a wide corridor , you will see the security officers. There you
will be met by a local representative, who will be holding a sign with
the name you prefer to use for the sign .
Our local representative will then take your passport to obtain a stamp
from the cashier / bank window and escort you to speak with the passport
officer. He will escort you through another last check on your passport
as you exit the passport control, into customs area, he will assist you
in collecting your luggage and clearing customs . After exiting the terminal,
our local representative will escort you (private vehicle) to the hotel
At your hotel, complimentary coffee or tea ( please advise your preference),
one bottle of water for each guest, and a platter of Egyptian sweets will
await you at your room.
DAY
2 - CAIRO - Saturday (BL)
Your exploration of the ancient world begins today! First stop is the
Egyptian Museum, with its treasures of the ancient pharaohs: mummies,
statuary, precious stones and metals. We'll also stop at the Citadel of
Saladin and the Alabaster Mosque. Lunch is included at Naguib Mahfouz
restaurant or similar .
DAY
3 - Alexandria- Sunday - (BL)
Private air conditioned vehicle Cairo Alexandria :
Very Full day tour : The Museum , the Catacombs, the Roman Amphitheater
and Qayet Bey Fortress. Qayet
Bey Fort was
built on the same site of the ancient wonder of the world : the famous
Alexandria Light House. A brief stop at " El Selsela" the site
of the Underwater reserve where Cleopatra Place was discovered, as well
as Caesar Kiosk. Lunch is included at a local restaurant. Then head to
the local souks and zanket el-setat before we head back to the water front
and check in ( Deluxe category ) at the Palestine Montazah Hotel,
( subject to availability ) built amidst the Royal garden of
the Montazah Palace of King Farouk.
After you settle in, you may wish to walk across the garden to the "
Salamlek " Palace hotel which was the "royal guest house "
, where the late Shah once stayed with his first bride Her Royal Highness
Princess Fawzia of Egypt , who became later on Her Imperial Highness The
Shahbanu of Iran.
After your siesta, get ready for an evening out on the old town with your
private guide .
We take a leisurely walk through the old town, with unmistakable European
Mediterranean style of architecture . Maybe you 'll enjoy a cup of tea
and some local pastries with our compliments at one of the local street
cafes!
Princess Fawzia of Egypt
Later on the Consort to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Shah of Iran
DAY
4 - Alexandria-Cairo - Monday (B. Lunch box- Bottled
water and soft drinks )
Private air conditioned vehicle Alexandria / Cairo:
Breakfast at the hotel . Brief
tour of the new Alexandria Library before heading across the Western Saharan
, heading south to Wadi El Natroun monastery almost
midway to Cairo , where early Coptic Christians retreated here to escape
the Roman persecution in the 4th century AD. The Egyptian Pope of Alexandria
is always chosen from the Monks of wadi El Natroun. Reach Cairo
early evening and your hotel. Refreshments and bottled water are always
available today on board your private vehicle , with our compliments .
In Cairo we check in at your hotel.
DAY
5 - CAIRO - Afternoon Tea with the Locals - Tuesday (BL)
Your exploration continues as we head for Giza and the mysteries of the
Pyramids and Sphinx.
Afternoon
tea is included at a local home:
Meet the locals,
you may wish to bring token gifts to exchange with the host family ( T
shirt , small souvenirs of your home town):
This
afternoon we'll venture where few ordinary visitors ever tread . . . right
into the homes of some of the people of Cairo l! You'll be invited to
a 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 afternoon , and find that you
have more in common than you ever suspected. Of course, you may enjoy
a quiet afternoon with your travel companions, by letting us know your
preferences.
In the evening, we settle you into your private wood-panelled sleeping
compartment on the train bound along the banks of the Nile. You'll enjoy
dinner in the dining car, as the lights of villages reflect in the river.
DAY
6 - ASWAN - Nile Cruise - Wednesday (BLD)
After breakfast on board, your train arrives in Aswan, where we settle
you into your cabin on your Nile steamer.
Complimentary
welcome fruit basket.
We'll visit the world famous Nubian Museum, the enormous dams at
Aswan, then board a launch on Lake Nasser to visit the Temples of Philae,
rescued from rising waters,this
Island temple , dedicated to the Ancient Goddess ISIS
DAY
7 - KOM OMBO - Nile Cruise Thursday (BLD)
We cruise northward down the Nile today, at a stately pace, disembarking
for a visit to Kom Ombo, the twin temple dedicated to the crocodile river
god, Sobek. We'll also see Haroeris, the solar disk.
DAY
8 - EDFU and LUXOR- Nile Cruise Friday (BLD)
Horse-drawn carriages or vans meet us at riverside to take us through
Edfu to the Temple of Horus, best-preserved in all of Egypt. Then we'll
continue beside the Nile to take in an array of ancient splendors: the
Valley of the Kings; the imposing tomb-temple of Queen Hatshepsut ; and,
back in Luxor, the Great Temple of Amon at Karnak.
DAY 9 - SHARM EL SHEIKH -NUWEIBA / RED SEA/ AQABA, PETRA Saturday
(BLD)
Now that you've seen the best of the Egypt of the Pharaohs, our guides
escort you to the airport. Connect in Cairo ( air fare included Cairo
Sharm with tax) .You'll fly over the Sinai Peninsula and land at historic
Sharm El Sheik on the Red Sea.
We'll drive to the port of Nuweiba, where we'll board the Red Sea ferry.
Across the water in Aqaba, with Israel and Saudi Arabia in sight, our
Jordan-based representative waits to greet you. You'll drive north under
a towering ridge of mountains, and arrive at your hotel in Petra for the
night. Complimentary Jordanian visa fee (valid only for American
, Australian , Canadian, EU & Japanese citizens. Passports must be valid
for at least 6 month upon arrival). Lunch is included in Sinai or on Aqaba
. Complimentary welcome dinner is included at your hotel.
DAY
10 - PETRA (BLD)
We'll spend the entire day at Petra, the stunning desert city hewn by
the Nabateans from solid cliffs of pink and violet sandstone. Petra was
known in the bible as Sela, and rediscovered only in 1812. You'll feel
like Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark as you penetrate into the
city through a narrow sandstone gorge, the Siq, and wander among the Temple
of the Winged Lion, tombs, Roman theater, and the imposing Treasury. Breakfast
/ Lunch / Dinner are all included today.
DAY
11 - DEPARTURE - Thursday (B)
Our staff escorts you to the airport of Amman for your flight home , or
you may choose to add one of our extensions,to Alexandria ?
RATES
per person in USD
|
|
Deluxe |
First
Class |
| Triple |
US$
2351.00 |
US$
2202.00 |
| Double |
US$
2495.00 |
US$
2353.00 |
| Single |
US$
3553.00 |
US$
2949.00 |
Dec
15 - Jan 5. Easter, Christmas, New Year's : 20 % supplement will apply.
Prices
include:
- All
transfers in Egypt & Jordan.
-
Private sleeping compartment on Nile-side train.
-
Red Sea ferry ticket.
- Complimentary
welcome fruit basket on board the Nile Cruise.
- Bottled
water ( one per person) delivered daily to your cabin
- Bottled
water / tea / coffee with every meal on board the Nile Cruise.
-
Air-conditioned hotel accommodations with tax and service charges
- Nile
Cruise with all meals & shore excursiones, cabins are always outside
with large panoramic windows.
- Sightseeing
with professional guide and entrance fees as indicated
- Meals
as indicated, with pre-set menu (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- Lonely
Planet guidebook to Jordan and Egypt J
- Jordanian
visa and Egyptian visa fee (valid only for American & Japanese citizens.
Passports must be valid for at least 6 month upon arrival).
- Jordanian
departure tax.
Other
choices :
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.
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