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EGYPT

11 Days Egypt Under Sail

Duration

10 Nights

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DAY 1: ARRIVAL – CAIRO

Arrival at Cairo airport, assistance and transfer to the scheduled hotel and overnight in Cairo.

DAY 2: PYRAMIDS

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to visit the Giza plateau, where you will be near the pyramids, the only wonder of the 7 ancient ones still standing; the great pyramid of king “Cheops” from the 27th century BC. Continue to see the other pyramids of “Queferen” and “Mikerinus”. Finish the visit next to the famous enigmatic sphinx that represents the king “Queferen” himself in his form with a human head and the body of a lion. Then we continue to learn about the technique of the ancient Egyptians doing various things using the papyrus plant. Return to the hotel and accommodation in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast and lunch.

Optional Tour: continue to visit the Egyptian museum of antiquities with historical and very valuable treasures especially that of the young king, the golden king “Tutankamun”

Optional tour: Depart for the Sound & Light show in the Giza pyramids area with dinner at a local restaurant

Day 3: LUXOR CITY – KARNAK & LUXOR TEMPELS

Breakfast and departure to Cairo airport to take the flight to Luxor. Arrival and assistance of our representative. Check inn in our hotel. In the afternoon, departure to visit the Karnak temple complex, which is the largest in the world with so many columns and scenes, then we continue to the Luxor temple, with its beautiful façade adorned with enormous statues of the Egyptian hero Ramses ll. Overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast.

DAY 4: VALLEY OF THE KINGS, TEMPLE OF HATCHIPSUT & COLOSSI OF MEMNON – ESNA, EL HEGZ ISLAND

Optional Tour: Early Departure to enjoy a magnificent hot-air balloon flight over the ruins of the temples and tombs of ancient centuries on the western bank.

Breakfast and Departure to visit the famous Valley of the Kings where 62 tombs discovered of several magnificent Egyptian kings, with painted walls. Then visit the temple of Queen HATSHEPSUT, the only one with 3 terraces in the middle of the hill and finish the tour with a stop to see the 2 giant statues of MEMNON that are in front of the facade of the temple of King AMENHOTEP III.

Proceed to Esna 60 km south of Luxor to check inn on board of our Dahabiya Sailing boat, lunch on board, free time and Lunch and set sail for (El Hegz Island) a small island north of Edfu, takes 4 or 5 hours on the river. Dinner and night on board.

Meals: Full board.

DAY 05: EDFU TEMPLE, EL FUZA ISLAN

Breakfast on the terrace, and set sail for El Kab, visit its temple and then continue to Edfu approximately 05 hours. After lunch, visit the temple of the falcon-headed god Huros, from here we continue to (El Fuza Island). Dinner and night on board.

 

DAY 06: MANEHA ISLAND, EL SELSELA

An early navigation to Gebel El Silsela where we visit its temple, and then sail between 4 and 5 hours to “Meneha Island”. Dinner and night on board. 

DAY 7: KOM OMBO, DARAW, ASWAN

Breakfast and Heading to the city of Kom Ombo at 1.30 hours. Visit the temple and then by motorboat we cross the river to take a local means of transport to the town of DARAW for approximately 2 hours to visit the famous market (El Zoco) (animals and vegetable markets) famous for being the camel market. Lunch and then set sail for Aswan, it takes 5 hours. Dinner and night on board.

DAY 8: ASWAN – PHILAE TEMPLE

Breakfast and departure to the beautiful city of Aswan and begin your visit with the magnificent temple of Philae, the pearl of Aswan, dedicated to the goddess Isis and located on an island in the Nile. at the scheduled time departure to Aswan airport return to Cairo. Arrival, assistance, and transfer to the planned hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast.

Optional Tour: Depart early in the morning to visit the temples of Abu Simbel, of Ramses II and his beloved wife Nefertari carved into the rock with a height of more than 30 meters. Return to Aswan at noon.

Optional Tour: Nubian Village, by motorboat, reach the edge of one of the Nile islands where you can enjoy various activities, swim in the Nile, visit one of the local traditional houses and receive an Arabic lesson in the village school and whoever wants can ride a camel.

DAY 9: CAIRO – MOSQUE – COPTIC NEIGHBORHOOD – KHAN EL KHALILI MARKET

Breakfast and free day in Cairo and overnight at the Hotel.

Meals: Breakfast.

Optional Tour: Departure to visit the fortress of Sultan Saladin and the marble mosque of MOHAMED ALI. We continue towards the Coptic neighborhood to visit the important church of SAN SERGIO, where the holy family took refuge and we end the tour in the old bazaar of KHAN EL KHALILI, Back to the hotel.

Optional tour: Go out to enjoy Dinner at a floating restaurant on the Nile with a belly dance and dervish dance show.

 

DAY 10: ALEXANDRIA

Breakfast and drive the road for almost 3 hours to the city of Alexandria, to enjoy and get to know this wonderful city of Alexander the Great. Visit the ancient Roman catacombs, with their 3 underground floors, then to the “Qaitbey” fortress, the same place where it was the famous Ancient Lantern of Alexandria, continue to the Library of Alexandria, the largest in the world in the shape of a solar disk. Return to Cairo, accommodation at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast.

DAY 11: CAIRO – DEPARTURE

Breakfast and departure according to the scheduled time to Cairo airport to take the international flight home.

Cancellation Policy

  • Cancellations must be approved in writing.
  • Unapproved cancellations will be treated as NO SHOW (100% of the price).
  • Up to 31 days before arrival there is no charge to cancel.
  • Less than 30 days to 15 days before arrival, 50% of the purchased package is charged.
  • Less than 15 days will be charged as NO SHOW (100% of the price).

Children Policy

  • From 0 to 01.99 year: free of charge
  • From 02 to 05.99 years: Pay 25% of the adult price
  • From 6 to 11.99 years: pay 50% of the adult price.
  • 12 years or older is an adult
  • If your package includes airline tickets, an additional fee may be charged for each accompanying child.
  • The child policy applies to children sharing a room with their parents (maximum 2 children sharing a parent’s room)
  • Treasure Egypt Tours

Meet & assist at Cairo Airport + all transfers & domestic flights (Cairo–Luxor / Aswan–Cairo) 5 nights accommodation in Cairo & Luxor + 4 nights Dahabiya Nile Cruise (full board on cruise) Visit to Giza Pyramids & Sphinx + lunch Luxor tours including Karnak, Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut Temple Visit to Edfu Temple & Kom Ombo Temple Visit to Philae Temple & Daraw local market Guided sightseeing & Dahabiya Nile sailing experience






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