Cairo
/ Aswan / Luxor / Sinai / Alexandria
Fully Escorted
14 days/ 13 nights
Weekly departures year round
This is a tour designed for families with children ranging in age from preschool to teens. While the program features introduction to the major historic sites of Egypt it does so in a "hands on" environment by exposing them (the children) to a living history example of what life was like in ancient Egypt for both the royal families and the workers. Instead of being "tombed out" by repetitious visitations to places that after a few days all resemble one another, they are transported in time to relive the adventure and thrill of events as they occurred. Not only that, but they will be entertained by camel rides into the desert, sailing on the Nile in a Felucca (native sailboat), entering a pyramid and feeling the mystery, climbing around old fortresses and more. They will come to know the sophisticated city children of Cairo and the village children of upper Egypt.
And yet they will have time to enjoy the family oriented first class hotels, chosen especially for this tour, that offer not only fine accommodations but giant swimming pools, entertainment centers, playgrounds and all kinds of sports activities. Regardless of anything else it is the guide who makes a trip special. Your guides are all parents and grandparents, who have raised children and know their moods and levels of interest and understanding plus how to keep them entertained.
The
Program:
Day
01: (Sunday)Arrive Cairo, clear immigration and customs then staff will transfer you to the Pyramids Park Resort or the Movenpick Pyramids resort. Overnight Cairo
VISAS:
All travelers to Egypt must have a visa. Citizens of most countries can obtain one on arrival. Please let us know what passport you are traveling with and we will confirm whether you can get your’s on arrival.
Day 02: (Monday) After enjoying an international buffet breakfast, tour Sakkarra,
famous for it's Stepped Pyramid, Dahshur,
with it's famous Bent and Red Pyramids plus the new Imhotep museum. Then visit the Giza Plateau with the seventh
wonder of the world, Cheop's
Pyramid and the inscrutable Sphinx.
Overnight Cairo (B)
NOTE: Your guide can arrange entry to the Great pyramid, a visit to the Solar
Boat Museum or a photo op camel ride while you are there.
Day
03: (Tuesday) Buffet breakfast, check out then a tour to visit the Egyptian
Antiquity Museum where you will see King
Tut's treasures. Staff will transfer you to the
airport, assist with checking in and you fly to Aswan,
arriving staff will transfer you to the Movenpick Elephantine Island Resort or the Iberotel Nile resort. Overnight Aswan (B)
Day
04: (Wednesday) After your buffet breakfast cross the Nile by Felucca
(native sailboat) (or motor launch is there is not enough wind) and board your 'ship of the desert'
(camel) for a visit to St.
Simeon's Monastery ruins. Sail to Elephantine
Island, site of some of Egypt's oldest antiquities
and a wonderful Nubian village. Returning to the East
Bank visit the Temple
of Philae
and the Nubian
Museum. Overnight Aswan (B)
NOTE: Optional excursion to Abu Simbel this morning including transfers, flights, private guide, entry fees, service charges and taxes $250 per person
Day
05: (Thursday) Buffet breakfast, check out then drive to Luxor stopping along
the way to visit the Temples
at Kom Ombo and Edfu.
Arrive Luxor early afternoon and enjoy staying at the
Maritim
Resort. Located on an Island on the Nile it offers excellent amenities for the entire family. Overnight Luxor (B)
Day
06: (Friday) Buffet breakfast followed by an early departure for the West bank and the Necropolis of Thebes where you will see the Colossi
of Memnon, the Temple
of Queen Hatshepsut plus visit tombs of a King, a Queen, a Prince, a Nobleman and an Artisan. In the afternoon visit the famous Temples of Karnak and Luxor. Overnight Luxor (B)
Day
07: (Saturday) After your buffet breakfast, check out then staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in for an Egyptair flight to Sharm
el Sheikh. You have now left Africa and are in Asia!! Arriving, staff will transfer you to either the Renaissance Golden Beach or the Stella Di Mare resort. Both face the world famous underwater park, Ras Mohammed. Free day to enjoy the beach. Overnight Sharm (B)
Day
08: (Sunday) Buffet breakfast then a day at the beach to enjoy optional
water sports or simply take it easy. Overnight Sharm
(B)
Day
09: (Monday) Buffet breakfast, check out and depart for the famous Sinai mountains.
"...a journey through Feiran is to
pass through an entire chapter of the Old Testament
itself..."
Few places are as steeped in Biblical mystery
as the great Wadi
Feiran
- the Sinai's largest Wadi and one of it's most archeologically
important stretches of terrain. It was here, according
to locals, scholars, and legend, that Moses struck a
rock with his staff, bringing forth a spring so his
people could drink. Feiran is also the site of Rafadim,
the fabled oasis where the Hebrews camped and battled
the Amelecites. For the pilgrims and believers who have
been coming to this Wadi for centuries, a journey through
Feiran is to pass through an entire chapter of the Old
Testament itself, Exodus 17. Given such prominence in
the Old Testament, it is no surprise that Feiran is
littered with the ruins of dozens of ancient churches;
some dating back to the 4th century AD, when Feiran
began to develop into a major religious center for monks
and pilgrims, many on their way to Mt. Sinai and St.
Catherine's Monastery further east. The Wadi's chief
religious sites are the rock from which Moses drew water,
which convention places at the western entrance to the
oasis, and Mount Tahoun, which Moses supposedly used
as an observation point to view the battle with the
Amelecites. Atop the mountain is an ancient cross, and
the ruins of a small church dating back to the 4th century.
End the day at the foot of Mt.
Sinai.
Overnight Mt. Sinai at St. Catherine's Plaza hotel.
(B,L,D)
Day
10: (Tuesday) Rise well before dawn and climb Mt. Sinai to see the sunrise on the mountain where God gave Moses the 10 commandments. Return to the base for a buffet breakfast then visit St.
Catherine's Monastery and the Chapel of the Burning Bush. Departing St. Catherine's, travel to the Rock
of Inscriptions where travelers have left messages and directions for over 8,000 years. Visit Ein
Kudra, traditionally Hazarot for the Children of Israel during Exodus. We continue our journey to the coast, have lunch at a wonderful restaurant right on the shore of the Gulf. Return to Sharm in the evening and the comfort of the Renaissance or the Stella Di Mare. Overnight Sharm (B,L)
Day
11: (Wednesday) After your buffet breakfast, check out, then staff will transfer you to the
airport, assist with checking in and you fly to Cairo
on Egyptair. Arriving depart for Alexandria,
the city Alexander the Great built and Cleopatra made
famous. Visit the Greco- Roman sites including the catacombs,
the amphitheater,
Pompey's pillar, the Greco-Roman
Museum.
Enjoy the comfort of the Maritim Jolie Ville Hotel, right
on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Overnight Alexandria
(B)
Day
12: (Thursday) After your buffet breaksfast check out and continue your tour of Alexandria featuring visits to the new library and the brand new Alexandria
National Museum. Return to Cairo in the evening and the comfort of the Fairmont Heliopolis hotel or the Radisson Blu. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day
13: (Friday) Buffet breakfast, Morning free (or enjoy an optional
tour to the Pharaonic
village, a living history presentation of live in
the time of the Pharaohs). Afternoon tour of Old
Cairo
with it's famous churches and synagogue plus the Citadel
of Salah el Din,
bane of the crusaders. End the day with some last minute
shopping at the Khan
el Khalili
bazaar where travelers have been finding bargains since
the middle ages. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day
14: (Saturday) Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with exit formalities and checking in for your international departure.
TOURS
INCLUDE: OPERATES WITH NO MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM OF 16 TRAVELERS. Domestic flights in Egypt in coach (economy) class. All transfers by air-conditioned vehicle relating to the tour program starting with arrival to Cairo. Baggage handling of no more than 1 piece of luggage per person however baggage and personal effects are at the owner's risk at all time during the tour (baggage handling does NOT include tips for bellmen, porters, etc.). Hotels (based on double occupancy with children sharing room). Meals as outlined by B for breakfast, L for lunch and D for dinner. Fees for visiting antiquity sites and museums. Services of an English speaking licensed Egyptologist. Service charges and taxes.
NOTE: During any of our small group tours people may join or leave at various times, however at no time would any group be larger than 16 travelers. We can provide private tours with an additional supplement. The cost depends on the tour chosen.
NOT
included are: INTERNATIONAL AIR, items of a personal nature such as tips (tipping guideline), entry visa (available at the airport on entry for USA citizens. Other nationalities should check with the nearest Egyptian consulate), phone calls, laundry, beverages, any items not specifically covered in the included items.
Laundry in Egypt
All hotels and the cruises have laundry/dry cleaning available.
Sample laundry prices IN EGYPTIAN POUNDS (LE) are:
Men:Shirts (collared, short or long sleeve): 9 to 17 LE
Trousers: 12 to 20 LE
Under shorts: 5 to 7 LE
T Shirts: 6 to 13 LE
Socks: 3 to 6 LE
Shorts: 7 to 13 LE
Ladies
Blouse: 10 to 17 LE
Panties: 5 to 8 LE
Bra: 5 to 8 LE
Slacks: 12 to 22 LE
Dress: 20 to 36 LE
T shirt: 6 to 13 LE
Shorts: 6 to 13 LE
Laundry in before 9AM is back at 6PM.
Laundry in after 9AM is back the following day.
Rush laundry is generally available at 50% more cost.
Dry cleaning is available with prices about the same as laundry.
Children's clothes are generally 50% of the adult cost.
Beverages
No drinks are included in tour prices. Some hotels and cruises give one bottle of water free daily others do not. As a general guide you could expect to pay:
Bottled water at hotels or on the cruise: $1 to $3 for a small bottle, $2.50-$5 for a large bottle.
NOTE: This is filtered water. If you order perrier it will cost more.
Coffee or Tea: 50 cents
Soft drinks (Coke, Pepsi, etc): $1 each
Alcoholic drinks:
Local beer: $3 per bottle
Imported beer: $5 to $8 per bottle
Wine: local $4 to $6 per glass. imported will be more $$.
Liquor: local $5 per cocktail + cost of mixer (soft drink, juice, etc), imported $8-$15 per cocktail + cost of mixer)
ICE: In the hotels and on the cruise the ice is prepared from filtered water.
2012-2013 Tour Prices - Guaranteed Weekly Departures
| Child's
Egypt Prices - 14 Day |
PP/Double |
PP/Single |
| Low (Jun, Jul, Aug) |
$3,445 |
$4,315 |
| Shoulder (May and Sept*) |
$3,625 |
$4,555 |
| Peak (Oct-Apr) |
$3,845 |
$4,795 |
| Holiday (Christmas, New
Year, Easter) |
$4,675 |
$5,655 |
*September tours must end no later than September 30 to get the shoulder season rate.
| |
Child's
Rate |
| Child's
Egypt Prices - 14 Day |
Under
2 |
2
to 5 |
6
to 11 |
| Low (Jun, Jul, Aug) |
$ 265 |
$ 950 |
$1,145 |
| Shoulder (May and Sept*) |
$ 275 |
$1,045 |
$1,255 |
| Peak (Oct-Apr) |
$ 285 |
$1,155 |
$1,385 |
| Holiday (Christmas, New
Year, Easter) |
$ 295 |
$1,275 |
$1,535 |
*September tours must end no later than September 30 to get the shoulder season rate.
Child’s rates based on children sharing hotel room with two adults.
Round trip air from JFK starting at $966
Tours must be booked at least 45 days prior to arrival.
Prices
and itinerary subject to change without notice.
Single Price
is for Single occupancy hotel rooms and cruise cabins
based on a minimum of two travelers. Single travelers
(one person on the tour) would have additional cost.
FREQUENT
TRAVELERS: You are welcome to arrange your own
international air or we can assist if you are departing from the USA. Also if you are
a member of any hotel chain frequent traveler program
you are welcome to use your points for hotel rooms and
the cost of the tour will be reduced accordingly OR
if you want to accumulate points plus take advantage
of membership hotel room upgrades let us know which
program you want to use.
We
contract with most major hotel chains including:
Prices
are based on using the hotels shown. If you change hotels
the tour price may change.
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