Cairo
/ Luxor / Aswan / Alexandria
Fully Escorted
15 days/ 14 nights featuring an 8 day/ 7 night Deluxe
Nile cruise
Weekly departures year round
PRICES STARTING
AT $3045 (from Cairo)
TOUR INCLUDES ALL
MEALS FROM ARRIVAL TO CAIRO UNTIL DEPARTURE
(not including beverages)
* porterage for one bag
* Fully escorted from arrival to Cairo until departure
from Egypt
The
Program:
Day
01: (Friday) Arrive Cairo, clear immigration and customs then staff will transfer you to the Le
Meridien Pyramids hotel. Welcome Dinner (based on your flight arriving no later than 6PM). Overnight Cairo (D)
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: (Saturday) International buffet breakfast, Visit Memphis (the ancient capital), Sakkarra with the Stepped Pyramid and Dahshur with it's famous Bent and Red Pyramids plus the new Imhotep museum. Lunch at a local restaurant. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight Cairo (B,L,D)
Day
03: (Sunday) Enjoy an international buffet breakfast and check out before starting the day at the Pyramids
at Giza, home of the 7th wonder of the world, the Great Pyramid. Visit the inscrutable Sphinx. Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Luxor. Arriving staff transfers you to the Sonesta Luxor Hotel. Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)
Optional sound and light show at Karnak Temple $40 per person
Day
04: (Monday) Buffet breakfast, check out, staff transfers you to board the M/S Amarco or the M/S Moon Dance. Check in and have lunch. Afternoon free to enjoy Luxor. Dinner.
Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)
Optional Excursions:
Dendara and Abydos Temples: $120 per person
Day
05: (Tuesday) Breakfast then visit the Temples of Karnak and Luxor. Sail to Esna while having Lunch. Dinner. Overnight Esna. (B,L,D)
Day
06: (Wednesday) Breakfast, Lunch while sailing to Edfu. Visit the Horus Temple in Edfu. Dinner while sailing to Kom Ombo. Overnight Kom Ombo (B,L,D)
Day
07: (Thursday) Breakfast while sailing to Aswan. Arriving visit the High
Dam, the Pharaoh’s granite quarries with the Unfinished
Obelisk plus the Temple
of Philae. Return to the ship for Lunch.
Free time to enjoy Aswan. Dinner. Overnight Aswan. (B,L,D)
Day
08: (Friday) Breakfast with the morning free to enjoy Aswan or enjoy an optional excursion to Abu
Simbel to see the famous temples of Ramses. (extra cost of $250 per person). Lunch on board. FREE BONUS: Sail on the Nile by Felucca (native sailboat). (Please note that these boats are solely wind powered, if there is no wind this will not operate). Dinner. Overnight Aswan. (B,L,D)
Day
09: (Saturday) Breakfast while sailing to Kom Ombo. Visit the Kom Ombo Temple. Lunch while sailing to Edfu. Continue to Esna, cross the river lock and sail to Luxor. Dinner. Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)
Day
10: (Sunday) Breakfast then visit the West Bank of Luxor including the Valley of the Kings, Temple
of Queen Hatshepsut, and the Colossi
Memnon. After the visit return to the ship for lunch. Afternoon free to enjoy Luxor. Dinner. Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)
Optional Tour of West bank sites not included in cruise: $95 per person (includes the Valley of the Queens, the tombs of the nobles and artisans, Medinet Habu, Ramessium, temple of Seti 1)
Day
11: (Monday) After breakfast, disembark, staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Cairo. Arriving transfer by air-conditioned vehicle to Alexandria, the city Alexander the Great built and Cleopatra made famous. Enjoy the comfort of the Maritim Jolie Ville Hotel, right on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Overnight Alexandria (B on the ship, Lunch en route to Alexandria, Dinner in Alexandria at the hotel)
Day
12: (Tuesday) Breakfast, A full day touring the wonders of Alexandria including the catacombs, the museums, the Greco-roman sites and the new library. Lunch at a local restaurant, Dinner at the hotel. Overnight Alexandria (B,L,D)
Day
13: (Wednesday) Breakfast, check out and return to Cairo. Lunch at a local restaurant. Tour the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities featuring King Tut’s treasures before transferring to the Marriott hotel. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight Cairo (B,L,D)
Day
14: (Thursday) After your buffet breakfast enjoy a tour of Old
Cairo with it's famous churches and synagogue. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit the Citadel
of Salah el Din, bane of the crusaders and the Alabaster
Mosque then end the day with a visit to the Khan
el Khalili bazaar where travelers have been finding bargains since the middle ages. Overnight Cairo (B,L,D)
Day
15: (Friday) Staff will transfer you to the airport, assist with exit formalities and checking in for your international departure.
(meals on the flight)
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). 5 star Deluxe Nile cruise with outside Nile view cabin, private bath, individual climate control. Meals as outlined by B for breakfast, L for lunch and D for dinner. Included meals are in hotel or cruise main dining room and are buffet or set menus at local restaurants. 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, entry visa (available at the airport on entry for USA citizens. Other nationalities should check with the nearest Egyptian consulate), phone calls, laundry, drinks with meals, meals in any hotel or cruise speciality restaurant, any items not specifically covered in the included items.
| Grand
Egypt Price |
PP/Double |
PP/Single |
| Low (Jun, Jul, Aug) |
$3,245 |
$4,225 |
| Shoulder (May and Sept*) |
$3,425 |
$4,395 |
| Peak (Oct-Apr) |
$3,595 |
$4,575 |
| Holiday (Christmas, New
Year, Easter) |
$4,175 |
$5,395 |
*September tours must end no later than September 30 to get the shoulder season rate.
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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