Anthony & Cleopatra, Luxury Egypt Tour, Egypt Tour Package, Travel to Egypt


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Anthony & Cleopatra

13 days / 12 nights

Starting from USD 5,312

Weekly Departure: Wednesday

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Rates / Booking

Category	Luxury	Deluxe	Superior	Moderate
Double	8410	13030	5880	5312
Single	13522	10769	8954	7877
Triple	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Child (price) 5-12 year	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

All rates are per person in US dollars

A 15% supplement would be added to the above rates during the following premium rates: December 20 through January 5 AND April 5-20

Date of Arrival

Nov

2024

Type of hotel

Luxury

No. of Rooms

Adults

Children

Children's ages

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Room 4

Room 5

Total price

Luxury: Hadeel Dahabyya, Kempinski, Marriott Mena House Hotel, Nile Ritz Carlton, Zein Dahabyya.

Deluxe : Hilton, Hyatt, Sheraton, Sonesta Dahabyya.

Superior : Cleopatra Dahabyya, Mercure, Oasis, Shepheard, Sofitel.

Moderate : Amber Dahabyya, Cosmopolitan, Swiss Inn, Tropicana.

Day 1

Wednesday

Upon arrival Cairo Airport, you will be met inside the “Arrivals Hall” by your EE Travel Tour Host, assisted through formalities and driven across the Nile to your hotel for three memorable nights. Your Tour Host will handle all check in arrangements, your baggage.
The balance of your day is at leisure to explore your charming hotel.
Overnight Cairo.

Day 2

Thursday (B L)

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 Giza and Cairo giving you this morning a short but helpful introduction to the sites - and sights - we will see during our tour. 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!

Proceeding to the high desert plateau beyond, we then enjoy a panoramic view - and can take a marvelous photograph - of all the Giza monuments spread out below! Returning to the heart of the necropolis, we visit the Museum of the Royal Boat (or “Solar Boat” or “Sun Boat”) of Cheops, oldest large sailing craft every discovered - and a vessel of surpassing craftsmanship and elegance. - Those who wish may take their picture with the Great Pyramid of Cheops - only remaining marvel of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World in the background. Then enter the well-preserved Valley temple of Chephren, with its astounding stonework, - and step onto his huge Causeway for a close-up introduction to his giant Sphinx!
Enjoy a lighthearted camel ride through the sands surrounding the Pyramids!
Overnight Cairo.

Day 3

Friday (B L)

After your included breakfast, we motor a short distance 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.
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!
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 splendour of such a multitude of precious objects of the treasures of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun leaves one breathless!
Overnight Cairo.

Day 4

Saturday (B L D)

Check out from your hotel after your included breakfast and then we transfer to Cairo Airport for our morning domestic flight departing Cairo south along the Nile taking us to Luxor - glittering Thebes of Old!

Upon arrival Luxor Airport, we are transferred to the pier in Luxor to embark on a Dahabeya Nile Cruiser for an unforgettable seven- night, eight-day cruise along the serene river!
Shore excursions are conducted by the Ship's Own English 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.
This afternoon, an in-depth 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 moored on the Nile banks of Luxor.

Day 5

Sunday (B L D)

Breakfast on board.
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!
Lunch on board. Sail on the way to Esna.
Dinner on board.
Overnight near by Esna.

Day 6

Monday (B L D)

Breakfast on board.
Today will be a leisurely day (commence sailing).
Lunch on board. Dinner on board.
Overnight moored beside a Nile Island.

Day 7

Tuesday (B L D)

Breakfast on board.
This morning we will 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! Lunch on board. Dinner on board.
Overnight moored beside a Nile Island.

Day 8

Wednesday (B L D)

Breakfast on board.
Today we will sail on the way to Kom Ombo.
Lunch on board.
Dinner on board.
Overnight moored beside a Nile Island.

Day 9

Thursday (B L D)

Breakfast on board.
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.
A leisurely sailing to Aswan.
Dinner on board.
Overnight moored near by Aswan Bridge.

Day 10

Friday (B L D)

Breakfast 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.
Lunch on board.
Dinner on board.
Overnight moored in Aswan.

Day 11

Saturday (B L D)

Breakfast followed by check out from our ship then we transfer to Aswan Airport for our short 45- Minutes morning flight departing Aswan south along the Nile taking us to Abu Simbel 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 English 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 brings us back to Aswan to connect on your 1 1/2-hour flight back to Cairo!
Upon arrival Cairo Airport, your Tour Host will transfer you at your hotel for two memorable nights.
This evening attend the spectacular Sound & Light show at Giza pyramids & Sphinx.
Overnight Cairo.

Day 12

Sunday (B D)

Breakfast will be served at your hotel.
Full day at leisure to enjoy your charming hotel.
Farewell Cocktail and dinner at your charming hotel.
Overnight Cairo.

Day 13

Monday (B)

Check out from your hotel after your included breakfast and then say good-bye to Egypt as you are driven to the airport, assisted through formalities by your EE Travel Tour Host, and checked in for your flight home!

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

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

The balance of your day is at leisure to explore your charming hotel.
Overnight Cairo.

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