| Essence of Egypt Enjoy 4 nights in Cairo and 4 nights cruising the Nile River May 7th -16th, 2009 |
| Day 1: (Thursday) Depart United States, overnight flight ________________________________________ Day 2: (Friday) Cairo • Arrive Cairo International airport where you will be met and assisted through formalities, and then transferred to your hotel.
Day 3: (Saturday) Cairo • Buffet Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo. Proceed with full day city tour visiting the three Pyramids the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus. These Pyramids were reckoned by Greeks to be one of the seven wonder of the world. A single Pyramid is built of 2,300,000 blocks, each weighing an average of two and one half tons. Not far from the pyramids is the great Sphinx of Giza, which dates from the time of Chephren 2620BC. Our next stop for today's program is the Egyptian Museum the most important depository of Egyptian antiquities anywhere in the world. Our program will also include a visit to the Citadel of Saladin & Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali, situated on a spur of the Muqattam Hills.The tour also includes a visit to Khan El Khalili one of the earliest and greatest markets in the Middle East built in the14th century AD and contains many stores that exhibit wonderful collection of jewelry, wooden products engrafted with mother-of pearl. •(B)
Day 4: (Sunday) Cairo • Breakfast at hotel followed by a day at leisure. Optional tour to Alexandria or Half Day tour to Memphis and Sakkara (additional cost). •(B)
Day 5: (Monday) Cairo to Luxor • Breakfast at hotel, then transfer to airport for your flight to Luxor. Arrive into Luxor, then transfer to board your cruise on the MS Jasmine for 4 nights / 5 days to Aswan . Embarkation & lunch on board the cruise. Proceed with the visits of the East bank includes Luxor temple & The temple complex of Karnak beats every other pharaonic monuments but the Pyramids of Giza. Built on a leviathan scale to house the gods.Transfer back to the cruise. Dinner and overnight on board the cruise in Luxor. • (B,L,D) ________________________________________ Day 6: (Tuesday) Luxor • Breakfast on board. Proceed with the visits of West Bank includes The Colossi of Memenon , The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahari (Northern Monastery), and the Valley of Kings was intended as the ultimate insurance policy on life eternal. These secretive tombs of New Kingdom Pharaohs were planed to preserve their mummies and funerary impedimenta for eternity. Lunch on board the cruise ship, sail to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board the cruise in Esna. • (B,L,D) ________________________________________ Day 7: (Wednesday) Esna to Edfu • Morning continue sailing to Edfu, breakfast on board. Visit the Temple of Edfu which dedicated to the god Horus. Lunch on board during sail to Kom- Ombo. Visit Temple of Kom-Ombo which built on hillside overlooking the Nile. Dinner and overnight on board the cruise in Kom-Ombo . • (B,L,D) ________________________________________ Day 8: (Thursday) Aswan • Breakfast on board.Sail to Aswan, lunch on board the cruise ship. Afternoon tour by Felucca around Elephantine Island which was one of the most powerful forts on Egypt's southern borders. Dinner and overnight on board cruise ship in Aswan. • (B,L,D) ________________________________________ Day 9: Friday Breakfast on board .Disembarkation from ship. Proceed with the visits of Aswan includes the world famous High Dam which was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. The Unfinished Obelisk which gives us a great deal of information about how the original builders set about their tasks, and the Temple of Philae which dedicated to goddess Isis. It was over flooded by the river of the Nile.Transfer to Aswan airport for your flight to Cairo. Arrive into Cairo, then transfer to your hotel Fairmont Heliopolis Hotel
Day 10 Return to USA • After breakfast, you will be transferred back to Cairo airport for your return flight home. |
TOUR PRICE INCLUSIONS
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Ramses Hilton Hotel (3 nights) M/S Tulip Cruise, Outside Cabin (4 nights) Fairmont Heliopolis Hotel (1 nights) Tour Date: May 7th -16th, 2009 Price: $2544.00 per person - Deposit 500.00 I Note: The tour price is based on two persons sharing one room. Additional Charge for single occupancy is $600. You may request a room mate match but it is not guaranteed. Triple occupancy is not available. Price doesn't include international departure taxes and fuel charges (estimated at $320.00 ) Visa or passport. |
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Pay in full and Save $300 for a limited time only. Deposit Payment of $300 a month with final payment due Feb. 1st Please call 1-800- 590-2118 or email : soulplanettravel @aol with any questions. |
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