8 Days / 7 Nights Program VIII
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| Arrival to Cairo airport, our representative will meet you in the airport then you will be transferred by a private A/C car to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo. | ||||||||||||
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| Breakfast. Start your full day visiting the Egyptian Museum of antiquities. On display is a rare collection of 5000 years of art the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry, as it was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated. Visit the Great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx – a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren. At the end of the day we will transfer you back to your hotel. (Optional) Dinner Cruise including transportation, dinner, Belly Dancer, Tanura Show. Overnight in Cairo. |
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| Breakfast.Transfer to the domestic airport. Departure by the plane to Luxor.Arrival, meet & assist by our local representatives and transfer tothe m/s Nile Cruise. Boarding before Lunch. Lunch on board. Visit The Temple of Karnak & the Temple of Luxor. excursion to the Luxor Temple to see its courtyard and the granite statues of Sawa the Great Proceed by carriage or bus to Karnak, which is a serious of templesbuilt in different reigns. Starting by the Avenue of Sphinxes visit theUnfinished Propylon, the Hypostyle Hall with it’s 134 gigantic columns,the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis III, the temple of Amonadorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus ofAmenophis III and the Sacred Lake.Afternoon tea. Dinner on board &Belly Dance show. Overnight in Luxor. |
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| Breakfast. Visit The West Bank – the Valley of the Kings, Colossi of Memnon and The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut atEl Deir El Bahari. Excursion to the Valley of Kings; visit the tombs ofvarious Dynasties, The Temple of Deir El Bahari. On the return journeystop at the Colossi of Memnon which are two gigantic sitting statuesrepresenting Amenopis III facing the Nile. Then visit the Temple ofQueen Hatshepsut. Lunch on board.Sail to Esna. Afternoon Tea. Disco Party. (Optional) Hot Balloon:Should you want to make your stay in Luxor an unforgettable. Driftingpeacefully over the Valley of King, Valley of the Queens and theMountain on the Nobles. Overnight in Edfu. |
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| Breakfast on board. Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board. Visit the Temple shared by the two Gods Sobek & Haroeris in Kom Ombo. Afternoon Tea. Dinner on board & Galabya party Overnight in Kom Ombo. |
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| Breakfast on board. Sail to Aswan. Visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries & the Temple of Philae Lunch on board. Sail on the Nile by felucca around Kitchener’s Island andAghaKhan Mausoleum. Afternoon Tea. Dinner on board. Overnight in Aswan. |
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| Breakfast on board. Disembarkation. (Optional not included) Departures to Abu Simbel visit the Temple of Abu Simbel back to Aswan, The colossal Temple of Abu Simbel built by Ramses II (XIXth. Dynasty) and lately saved from inundation of the Nile waters in among the glories of ancient Egyptian monuments. The temples were built out of a sandstone rock cliff, and representation of the deities to which each was dedicated is carved on its huge façade. Nearby, also saved, lies the small Temple of the King’s wife Nefertari, dedicated to the goddess Hathor. Transfer to Aswan airport and departure by plane to Cairo. Arrival, meet and assist by our representatives transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Cairo. |
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| Breakfast at the hotel our representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities | ||||||||||||
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