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Nile Eternity

11 days / 10 nights

Starting from USD 3,835

Weekly Departure: Monday

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Day 1

Monday

Upon arrival Cairo Airport, you will be met inside the “Arrivals Hall” by your
EE Travel Tour Host, assisted through formalities and driven to your hotel for three memorable nights.

Your Tour Host will handle all check in arrangements, your baggage.
Overnight Cairo.

Day 2

Tuesday (B L)

08:30 AM After your included breakfast, your Tour Host will introduce to you your superb private Egyptologist-Guide. Your Guide will be with you for all sightseeing in Cairo and Giza giving you this morning a short but helpful introduction to the sites - and sights - we will see during our tour.

Motor to explore “Old Cairo”, most ancient area of the capital, where first the Pharaonic religion reigned, and then Judaism and early Christianity flourished. - View the remains of the Roman Fortress of Babylon,
then stroll through the winding lanes of this captivating settlement to enter little Ben Ezra Synagogue, recently restored by the government, - its building converted from a church during the Middle Ages,
but its community dating back to the time of Moses and beyond; - the ancient “Hanging” or “Suspended” Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, so-called because it was built atop one of the towers of the fort; - and ancient Saint Serguis Church, built over a place where, according to local tradition, the Holy Family dwelt for a time when they fled to Egypt to escape the persecution of Herod.

Next, we motor to Mokattam Hill, on which stands a 12th century Citadel, constructed by Saladin to protect Cairo from the Mongol threat. Within the fortress walls, visit the magnificent alabaster mosque built by Mohamed Ali.

An included lunch will be served at Al-Azhar Park Restaurant.

After lunch, we drive to the imposing building, which now houses the Cairo Egyptian Museum, designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. Today the museum contains the most important collection of Egyptian art in the world. Upon entering the atrium of the ground floor we are greeted by four colossal statues in granite, and to the right, is a copy of the famous Rosetta stone, which enabled Champollion to find the key to the reading of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

The great central hall contains objects of colossal size from various periods. The imposing burial furnishings from the tomb of Tutankhamun in Biban El Muluk are the principal attractions of the first floor of the museum. Even today, the magnificence and splendor of such a multitude of precious objects of the treasures of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun leaves one breathless!
Overnight Cairo.

Day 3

Wednesday (B L)

10:00 AM Leave your hotel after your included breakfast and then we drive to the newly reopened Museum of Islamic art is truly a wonderful reservoir of Islamic antiquities. It has a vast supplement of about 10200 artifacts that one cannot explore in a single day. The museum displays arts from the different Islamic eras that Egypt passed through including the Fatimid, Turkish and Persian periods. From the Fatimid Period, one can find a fine collection of wooden panels, which are the only surviving pieces of the Western Palace of Al Kahira Palace. And people love the craftsmanship of the Mihrabs of the tombs of Sayeda Ruqayya and Sayeda Nafeesa.

Next, we motor to the nearby colorful exotic Khan El Khalili Bazaar quarter, for a walking tour of this maze of workshops and bazaars where all the traditional arts and crafts of Egypt are made and sold!
Continue to explore Al Moez Street, one of the highlights of Islamic Cairo.
An included lunch will be served at Naguib Mahfouz Restaurant in Khan El-Khalili.
Overnight Cairo.

Day 4

Thursday (B D)

Breakfast followed by check out from your hotel then we transfer to Cairo Airport for our early morning flight departing Cairo south along the Nile taking us to Abu Simbel (Via Aswan) to visit the awe-inspiring Temples of Abu Simbel!

These giant monuments were carved from scarlet sandstone cliffs beside the Nile, by the artists and engineers of Pharaoh Ramesses II - “The Great” - for reasons of empire your Local Guide will explain. We are here at the perfect time of day, when the morning light is full on the facades of the temples and the colossal statues, which adorn them!

A short flight departing Abu Simbel brings us back to Aswan!

Upon arrival Aswan Airport, your Tour host will transfer you and check in at t your hotel for one memorable night.

Lunch will be on own.

In the afternoon, we motor to visit the newly opened fabulous Nubian Museum, which houses many examples of Nubian heritage & history. Next, sail by felucca to a Nubian Village and enjoy a drink of Karkadei or tea at a Nubian home and the dinner will be served at the Nubian Village.
Return to your hotel.
Overnight Aswan.

Day 5

Friday (B L D)

Check out from your hotel after your included breakfast and then your Tour Host will transfer you to embark on one of the finest ships sailing the Nile, for an unforgettable Three-night, Four-day cruise along the serene river!
Shore excursions are conducted by the Ship's Own Guide.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ON ALL NILE CRUISE SHIPS, ALL SHORE EXCURSIONS, ACTIVITIES, TIMINGS WILL FOLLOW THE SHIP’S ITINERARY, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE/ALTERATIONS.

Lunch on board.
Visit the ancient granite quarry, to learn of the amazing techniques of ancient times for extracting huge blocks of stone from the bed-rock without machinery, and to view the famous Unfinished Obelisk probably commissioned by Queen Hatshepsut.

A stop is made atop the mammoth Aswan High Dam, constructed between 1960 and 1971, where we receive a briefing on this controversial barrier across the Nile - and enjoy views of vast artificial Lake Nasser, stretching for 300 miles to the south into the Sudan!

A voyage by motor launch (bird watchers. be on the alert!) takes us across the lake between the two dams to explore the romantic Temples of Philae, rescued, like the Abu Simbel Temples, from the rising waters of the Nile due to the building of the High Dam - and re-situated on nearby Agilkia Island! - In the beautiful Temple of Isis, principal monument of Philae, enter Sanctuary - the last holdout of the ancient Egyptian religion when Christianity swept the land in the early centuries AD.

Dinner on board and Nubian Folkloric Show
Overnight aboard in Aswan

Day 6

Saturday (B L D)

Breakfast on board.
Sail to Kom Ombo.
In Kom Ombo, we stroll to the unusual Twin-Temple of the Crocodile Headed God Sobek and the Falcon-Headed God Heroreris, romantically set on a cliff overlooking the Nile. Here we will wander for perhaps an hour through its sun splashed courtyards and shadowed colonnades to view many features of interest, including an ancient wall calendar, the so-called “medical relieves” picturing medical instruments and techniques in ancient times, and mummified crocodiles - the creature scared to God Sobek!
Lunch on board.
Sail to Edfu.

In Edfu, we take a quaint horse-carriage ride to the mighty Temple of the Falcon-Headed Sun-God Horus, known as Edfu Temple, best-preserved monument remaining from Egypt’s ancient past!
Sail to Esna.
Dinner on board.
Overnight aboard in Esna.

Day 7

Sunday (B L D)

Breakfast on board.
Sail to Luxor.

Lunch on board.
Visit the temple of Amon-Ra, known as the Luxor Temple.
This great temple was joined to that of Karnak by a long dromos paved in stone, a processional avenue flanked by human-headed sphinxes.
You will marvel at the magnificence of the decorations of the temple entrance, and you will drift back in time as you study the gigantic wall relief scenes depicting life in ancient Egypt.

Next, we visit Karnak, a complex of temples.
Here you will visit the many sanctuaries, shrines, and the famous sacred lake. Walk through mazes of pylons and obelisks of staggering height, including the 134 columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall considered the Eighth Wonder of the World! At Karnak, the temple of Amon is the largest columned temple in the world.
Dinner on board.
Overnight aboard in Luxor.

Day 8

Monday (B)

Breakfast on board.
Disembarkation at 08:00 AM
Visit West Bank – Here you will enter several of the gorgeously painted tombs of powerful pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings - and that of the boy-king Tutankhamun! - The beautifully decorated tomb of a boy-prince in the Valley of the Queens and Royal Children; - the imposing Colossi of Memnon; - and the splendid Temple of Queen Hatshepsut set at the foot of the majestic cliffs of Deir El Bahri!
Then drive to the Valley of the Queens and Royal Princes where you will visit the tomb of Prince Amon-Hir-Kopshrf.
After the visit of the Valley of the Queens, we will transfer you and check in at hotel– your home for one memorable night.
Lunch will be on own.

This afternoon, we visit one of the most important small Museums in Egypt "Luxor Museum". Here you will realize how Luxor grew from a small village into a great & mighty city it was under the New Kingdom Pharaohs.
The Museum contains important statues and other works of art that have been impossible to restore at their original sites, as well as the interesting collection of the workshop, household, and farming tools used in ancient Egyptian times. It is very interesting.

Next, we drive to Karnak Temple where, under the stars, you will attend the spectacular Sound & Light production. This 90-minute spectacle first takes you around the temple grounds, and then the last act is played while you are seated beside the Great Sacred Lake.
This performance relates the history of Luxor – “Thebes Of A Hundred Gates”, capital of the ancient World.
Overnight Luxor.

Day 9

Tuesday (B)

Check out from your hotel after your included breakfast and then we transfer to Luxor Airport for our morning flight departing Luxor north along the Nile taking us back to Cairo!
Upon arrival Cairo Airport, your Tour Host will transfer you and check in at your hotel for two memorable nights.
In the evening, leave your hotel and drive to Giza suburb to attend the beautiful Sound and Light Show at the Sphinx and Pyramids! This spectacle that starts at 19:00 PM and lasts for 50 minutes is a perfect ending to your Egyptian adventures - explore the innovative Old Kingdom of Egypt’s long history, - the dramatic “Pyramid Age”, when our earliest civilization was formed!
Overnight Giza.

Day 10

Wednesday (B L)

08:00 AM After your included breakfast, we motor through the picturesque Egyptian countryside to the site of Memphis, ancient Pharaonic capital of Egypt! - In its shady open-air museum, view stunning remnants of this once glorious metropolis - the city from which for many centuries the known world was ruled! - Among the wonders you will see are the beautiful fallen colossal statue of Ramses the Great and an elegant alabaster sphinx. -
Then motor onto the nearby desert plateau to explore the astounding necropolis of Memphis storied Sakkara!

Here gaze up at the soaring Step Pyramid of Pharaoh Zoser, first of all the pyramids! Then explore the Heb Sed Court of the amazing pyramid complex. - These and the Step Pyramid are the very first buildings in hewn stone in all history, - truly “where architecture was born”! -
Then, entering the Tomb of a Court Noble of the Old Kingdom, see enchanting carved and painted relief scenes, which give a vivid picture of daily life at the dawn of history!

An included lunch will be served at the private “Membership Only” Seasons Country Club.

This afternoon shows us the final triumph in the search for the perfect pyramid, - the imposing Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx! By motor and by foot explore the entire northern Memphite necropolis of Giza. - Driving through the site, we see the three major monuments - the towering Pyramids of Cheops (Khofu), Chephren (Khafra or Khafre), and Mycerinus (Menkaura or Menkaure); - the Subsidiary Pyramids of favorite Queens and Princesses; -
the other three most important buildings of the funerary complex of each pharaoh - his Valley Temple, Causeway, and Mortuary Temples; the still mystifying sacred boat pits which dot the ground beside each pyramid; - and the vast adjoining cemeteries of members of the Royal Family and of court nobles and high government officials!

Day 11

Thursday (B)

Check out from your hotel and transfer service to Cairo International Airport by your EE Travel Tour Host for your final departure.

Upon arrival Cairo Airport, you will be met inside the “Arrivals Hall” by your
EE Travel Tour Host, assisted through formalities and driven to your hotel for three memorable nights.

Your Tour Host will handle all check in arrangements, your baggage.
Overnight Cairo.

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Category	Luxury	Deluxe	Superior	Moderate
Double	5717	5033	4416	3835
Single	8833	8167	6981	6594
Triple	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Child (price) 5-12 year	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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