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Egypt, a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East, dates to the time of the pharaohs. Millennia-old monuments sit along the fertile Nile River Valley, including Giza's colossal Pyramids and Great Sphinx as well as Luxor's hieroglyph-lined Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings tombs. The capital, Cairo, is home to Ottoman landmarks like Muhammad Ali Mosque and the Egyptian Museum, a trove of antiquities.
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Arrive to the land of the pharos, Upon arrival Cairo international airport you will be welcomed by World Travel Centre representative, then you will be transfer to your hotel with our air conditioned comfortable buses to have dinner and overnight at your hotel, on the way our representative will give you all the information you need about Cairo and about your itinerary in Egypt.
Breakfast at hotel. Check – out & transfer to Giza Pyramids, Sphinx visit & Papyrus institute. Lunch will be served at local restaurant. After the lunch transfer to visit Cairo Museum & shopping at Khan Khalili Bazar. Evening transfer to railway station to board the sleeping train to Aswan
Breakfast will be served on board. Day starts with visiting unfinished obelisks. On your way to unfinished obelisks you will have a visit to “Philae temple”. After the “Philae temple” visit proceeds to visit the unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan. Archaeologists claim the pharaoh known as Hatshepsut sanctioned its construction. It is nearly one third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected. If finished it would have measured around 42 m (approximately 137 feet) and would have weighed nearly 1,200 tons.
Archeologists speculate that it was intended to complement the socalled Lateran Obelisk which was originally at Karnak and is now outside the Lateran Palace in Rome. Embark to the 5* Nile cruise. Lunch will be served on board, have some rest before riding a traditional Egyptian sailing boat at the river Nile and view the Mausoleum of Agha Kaha and sail around elephantine Island. Return to the cruise ship, dinner and overnight in Cruise.
Early wake up call, a packed breakfast and then drive through the Nubian Desert to Abu Simbel visiting the temples of Ramses and Nefertiti that were saved by the UNESCO during the era of construction the High Dam.After the “Abu Simbel” visit sailing to Kom Ombo (north of Aswan city) Visit Temple of Kom Ombo, an unusual double temple built during the Ptolemaic dynasty in the Egyptian town of Kom Ombo. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. Sailing to Edfu & overnight.
Having your breakfast during 2-2.5 hours sailing to Edfu, and visit the temple of Horus in Edfu using the horse carriages (Egyptian Cadillac). Temple of Horus, an ancient Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of Edfu which was known in Greco-Roman times as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus-Apollo. It is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. The temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, was built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC. Lunch & Dinner will be served on board. Sailing to Luxor. Overnight in cruise.
After breakfast disembark from the cruise, visit The Valley of the Kings where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt). The valley sands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (modern Luxor),within the heart of the Theban Necropolis. Photos stop by the colossi of Memnon & visit to an Alabaster Factory before we have the lunch. After the lunch visit the Karnak temple which comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. Building at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom. . The Karnak complex gives its name to the nearby and partly surrounded, modern village of El-Karnak, and 2.5 kilometers (1.6miles) north of Luxor.
After Karnak Temple proceed to Luxor Temple which is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was founded in 1400 BCE. Known in the Egyptian language as ipet resyt, or "the southern sanctuary." In Luxor there are six great temples, the four on the left bank are known to travelers and readers of travels as Goornah, Deir-el-Bahri, the Ramesseum, and Medinet Habu; and the two temples on the right bank. Evening transfer to Luxor railway station to board the train to Cairo.
Breakfast will be served on board. After the breakfast will be arrival to Cairo & transfer to Alexandria. Lunch will be served at local restaurant. After the lunch transfer to visit “Catacombs” & “Pompey's Pillar”. Stop by the Monataz palaces for a photo stop where the royal family used to live. Transfer to hotel and overnight.
Breakfast will be served at hotel. After the breakfast check-out from hotel, will start to visit & Fort of Qaitbay. Lunch will be served at local restaurant. After the lunch will Visit Library of Alexandria. After will drive to Cairo & overnight.
After breakfast Arrival Cairo transfer to 3* Hotel (Shower Room for 3 Hours) Free day at leisure. After transfer to Cairo airport for departure by flight... Come back with your sweet memories in Egypt.
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Inclusions
- Meals as mentioned in the itinerary (B-Breakfast/ L-Lunch/ D-Dinner)
- 2 Nights Cairo accommodation
- 1 Night Alexandria accommodation
- Night train Cairo- Aswan & Luxor - Cairo
- 3 nights Cruise 5 Stars
- Full Board Meals
- English speaking guide
- Tours and transfers as mentioned in the program with A/C modern buses
- Entrance Fees for sights in the program
Exclusions
- All visa arrengments
- Guide tips*( aprox USD 10 per person per day)
- Suez Canal full day tour
- Beverages
- Anything which is not mentioned in the program
- Any personal expenes( laundry bills, telephone calls, etc)
- Entrance pass for inside Pyramids
- Entrance pass for inside Mummy room (Cairo Museum)