Cairo,Dahabiya & Sharm El Sheikh 15 days
Special Program (3) with special rate in Summer
Egypt package starting with Pyramids, Museum & Old Cairo before your Dahabiya Cruise journey from Aswan to Luxor. Finally you will have a great time in sharm El Shiekh where you will enjoy great relaxing vacation
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Package itinerary
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Day 1: Arrival Cairo
Arrival at Cairo International Airport.
Our representative will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures) then he will escort you to the hotel by air-conditioned private deluxe car.
Overnight in Cairo.
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Day 2: Full Day Pyramids / Memphis / Sakkara
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo then you will be met by your personal guide who will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren ,Mycerinus , Famous Sphinx and Valley temple facing the great statue. Lunch included during the tour and then proceed to Sakkara area to visit Sakkara Complex and first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid). Move to Memphis; Old kingdom's capital and famous Necropolis. Overnight in Cairo.
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Day 3: Full Day Egyptian Museum / Old Cairo
After breakfast, start your day kicking off at the Egyptian Museum that exhibits the enchanting treasures of Tutankhamen, among many other fascinating pharaonic artifacts. Lunch at a good quality local restaurant.then proceed your trip visiting the Hanging Church and Abu Sirga Church at Coptic Cairo. Back to the hotel and overnight in Cairo.
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Day 4: Arrival Aswan
After breakfast, check out from your hotel in Cairo and transfer to Cairo Airport for board flight to Aswan. Embark on board a 05 star luxuriously Dahabiya, Sonesta Dahabiya Amirat Cruise and overnight on board.
Accommodation on board Nile Cruise will be on full board basis.
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Day 5: Aswan Sightseeing
- Today you will visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old Dam (completed in 1902)
- You will also visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction - Sail on the way to Kom Ombo (noon time). Overnight nearby Kom Ombo.
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Day 6: Sail to Kom Ombo
- Morning sail to Kom Ombo - To visit the ptolemaic temple dedicated to the crocodile god sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning sun.
- Overnight moored beside a Nile Island
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Day 7: Edfu Temple
- This morning you will sail to Edfu - To visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu.
- Overnight moored beside an Island.
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Day 8: Sail to Esna
- Today will be a leisurely day; After Breakfast - Commence sailing to Esna, and passing the lock, - Then Dahabeya will moor beside a Nile Island.
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Day 9: Luxor Sightseeing
- This morning you will sail to luxor and visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak, with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing 28th Dynasty Luxor Temple. Overnight moored in Luxor.
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Day 10: Luxor Sightseeing
- Excursion to the West Bank to visit the great burial places of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. - Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, Medinet Habu Temple and the Colossi of Memnon. -Overnight moored in Luxor.
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Day 11: Arrival Sharm El Shiekh
Breakfast on board, Disembark from your Dahabiya Nile cruise after breakfast at 08:00 a.m. Then you will be transferred to Luxor Airport for flight to Sharm. Upon arrival at Sharm Airport, transfer to your hotel in Sharm and overnight. Most flight from Luxor to Sharm is indirect flight via Cairo Airport. Overnight in Sharm.
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Day 12: Sharm El Shiekh
Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to Ras Mohammed National Park which is both a terrestrial and an aquatic nature reserve. The 480 square kilometre protected area lies where the Gulf of Suez meets the Gulf of Aqaba in Sinai's southern extremity. The arid desert terrain of sand dunes, gravel plains, fossilized corals and granite mountains is home to a number of rare mammal species: Dorcas gazelle, Nubian ibex and red fox. Easier to spot are the resident birds like terns, herons, gulls and ospreys. Thousands of white storks pass through Ras Mohammed each year, heading south during September/October and back north during April/May. About 85 flora species live in the park, including mangroves. Overnight in Sharm.
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Day 13: Sharm El Shiekh
Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to the Monastery of St. Catherine located at the heart of Sinai and at the foot of the Gebel Musa, or Mount Moses. Fronted by gardens and cypress trees, the monastery is owned and run by the Greek Orthodox Church. Its rich library houses the world's second largest collection of illuminated manuscripts after the Vatican. You can see the Burning Bush and a large number of antique works of art: invaluable icons, beautifully carved doors, exquisite wall paintings and other fine religious ornaments. Overnight in Sharm.
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Day 14: Back to Cairo
Breakfast at your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh and you will be transferred to Sharm El Sheikh Airport for flight to Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.
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Day 15: Final Departure
Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure.