Cairo Tour and Nile Cruise Luxor-Aswan-Lake Naser
Special Program (2) with special rate in Summer
Day 1: Arrival Cairo
Welcome to Cairo, Egypt
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 and Mycerinus , Famous Sphinx and Valley temple facing the great statue. Lunch included during the tour 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 your hotel and overnight in Cairo.
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Day 4: Visit East Bank (Karnak & Luxor Temples
After breakfast, check out from your hotel in Cairo and transfer to Cairo Airport for flight to Luxor. - Check in on Dahabya Nile Cruise - Lunch - Visit the Karnak and Luxor Temples.Lunch,dinner and overnight on board the cruise.
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Day 5: Visit West Bank ( Valley of Kings , Temple of Hatshepsut & Colossi of Memnon )
After breakfast - Visit the West Bank Necropolis, the burial ground of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Proceed to the nearby Valley of the Queens, the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. - Lunch , Dinner and overnight
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Day 6: Sail to Edfu
Early Sailing to Esna - Arrival to Esna - Walking tour of the town of Esna dedicated to the creator god Khnum. - Lunch - Dinner
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Day 7: Edfu Temple
Breakfast on board. - Arrival Edfu - Visit one of the best preserved temples of Greco – Roman era , that of Horus Temple at Edfu. Experience the horse drawn carriage ride back and forth to the temple. - Lunch - Dinner
and overnight
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Day 8: Sail to Kom Ombo
After breakfast,early sailing to Kom Ombo - View the Silesia Temple and sandstone quarries from deck - BBQ lunch on a Nile Island.
Dinner and overnight on board the cruise.
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Day 9: Kom Ombo Temple
Breakfast - Early sailing to Kom Ombo . - Visit Kom Ombo temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus the elder, god of the morning sun. - Sail to Aswan - BBQ Lunch. - Dinner on a Nile island - Overnight
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Day 10: Aswan Sightseeing
- Breakfast on island - Sail to Aswan - Visit the High Dam, the Old Dam and the ' unfinished obelisk', lying in the ancient granite quarries of Aswan. Then proceed to Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, being rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction. - Lunch , Dinner and Overnight in Aswan.
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Day 11: Aswan / Cairo
Breakfast aboard the Dahabiya followed by disembarkation. After that transfer to Aswan Airport for departure to Cairo. Upon arrival at Cairo Airport, transfer to your hotel in Cairo and overnight.
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Day 12: Final departure
Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure.