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Sharm El Sheikh and Nile Cruise Holiday |
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Duration: 12 Days / 11 Nights |
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Day 01: Egypt Travelwhen you arrive to Cairo International Airport. you will be transferred by an air-conditioned modern vehicle to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo, upon arrival at the hotel he will do your check in and give you detailed information concerning your Egypt Holidays and Sharm El Sheikh and Nile Cruise Holiday.Day 02: Sightseeing Tour to Giza Pyramids and Sakkarain the morning after you take your Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo you will be met by your our tour guide who will accompany you to one of the best Egypt Tours to Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus - Famous Sphinx and Valley temple facing the great statue. Additional visit to the Solar Boat in front of Cheops Pyramid (extra ticket on spot) Lunch included during the tour and then proceed to Sakkara Pyramid area to visit Sakkara Complex and first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid). Later, you will be transferred to Giza railway station to board the sleeping train to Aswan-dinner and breakfast will be served on board - overnight inside your compartment.Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Day 03: Aswan Things to dotoday you will be on board you Nile Cruise so After breakfast at the train, StarGuru tour Leader will meet you at Aswan train station and then you will be move by a private A/C vehicle to your Nile Cruise for embarkation before Lunch, at 11:00 a.m., then you will visit the world famous High Dam, the beautiful located Temple of Philae on Isis Island and the Granite Quarries and the Unfinished Obelisk, Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Day 04: Aswan Kom Ombo and Edfu Trmples TourSail to Kom Ombo temple, have breakfast,then you will Join an amazing Trip in Aswan Visiting the Temple shared by two gods Sobek & Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu, lunch on board after that Visit the well preserved Horus Temple in Edfu. Take afternoon tea during sailing to Esna, Dinner and overnight on board.Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Day 05: Trip to Karnak and Luxor templesafter you have your breakfast you will be transferred to Visit the Valley of the Kings, The temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El-Deir El-Bahari & the Colossi Memnon, Lunch on board and continue visiting East Bank to Karnak & Luxor Temples enjoy afternoon tea during sailing, Dinner on board Overnight in Luxor.Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Day 06: Travel to Sharm El sheikh from Luxorin the early morning after you have your Breakfast ,you will make Disembarkation from your Nile cruise at 08:00 a.m., and then you will be transferred to Luxor Airport for flight to Sharm to enjoy Sharm El Sheikh Holidays. Upon arrival at Sharm Airport, transfer to your hotel in Sharm and overnight.Breakfast Day 07: Optional Excursion to Ras Mohammed National Parkto day you have a chance for a Free day in Sharm El Sheikh or join an optional Tour to Ras Mohammed National Park which is both a terrestrial and an aquatic nature reserve. The 480 square kilometer 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.Breakfast Day 08: Optional Safari Excursion to Colored Canyon Sharmanther Free Time in Sharm El Sheikh or Book our optional Colored Canyon safari tour is majestic. Take a walk among dramatic sandstone canyon walls streaked with melting yellows, purples, reds, magentas and gold. In certain places the canyon walls reach up to 40 meters. You feel as if you are enclosed in a spectacular coloring book.Breakfast Day 09: Optional St. Catherine Monastery Triphave a Free Time in Sharm El Sheikh or join our optional Excursion to The Monastery of St. Katherine 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.Breakfast Day 10: Travel to Cairo From Sharm El sheikhBreakfast at your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh our tour guide will pick you up to Sharm El Sheikh Airport for flight to Cairo, Overnight in Cairo.Breakfast Day 11: Cairo Excursionsafter your breakfast yu will start visiting the Egyptian Museum, where you will admire the splendid collection of Tutankhamun alongside many other fascinating artifacts. Transfer to visit Salah El Din Citadel which was constructed by Salah El Din in 1183 AD to defend Cairo from the armies of Crusaders. After that visit Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque which was designed by the architect Youssef Boushnaq, a Turkish man who came especially from Istanbul and built this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) who ruled Over 45 years. Lunch will be taken in a local restaurant. Then move to visit Khan El Khalili Bazaar, one of the most famous and oldest bazaars in the Middle East. Visit Old Cairo where you will enjoy, the Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue, Church of St. Barbara, Church of Abu Serga and back to hotel.Breakfast, Lunch Day 12: Ending your Egypt VacationsBreakfast at hotel, then our tour guide will transfer you to Cairo Airport for final departure |
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• Meet & assist upon arrival and departure |
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• International Airfare |
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Prices are quoted in US Dollars and based on a double occupancy. Also, prices are valid till 30/04/2013 except during Christmas, New Year’s Eve & Easter Feasts. Moreover; rates could be changed without prior notice, shall the government increase taxes. |
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| Summer rates: From May to September | ||||||
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| Winter Rates: From October to April | ||||||
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