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THE ITINERARY -
Splendours of Egypt - Cairo and Nile Cruise - 6 nights / 7 days
Day 1: (Tues) Arrive Cairo - Arrive at Cairo international Airport, meet, assist by our representative then transfer
To your hotel & check-in. Overnight at hotel.
Optional: Sound & Light show at the Pyramids
Day 2: (Wed) Cairo - After breakfast, visit the pyramids of Giza and sphinx, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Continue to the papyrus institute and bazaars where you will have some time for shopping.
Lunch at an Egyptian Restaurant. Visit the Egyptian museum where you will have the chance to see the treasures of king Tut ankh Amun. Overnight at hotel.
Optional: dinner cruise with belly dance, oriental show with open buffet
Day 3 :( Thurs) Cairo – Alexandria - Cairo - After breakfast, departure by coach through the desert road to Alexandria,
(The city founded by -Alexander the Great in 332 B.C by the sea). Where you will have the chance to see the Pompey’s Pillar, the catacombs, the l5th century castle of Kaitbay, Kom El Shokafa, Montazah Gardens & Roman Theater.
Lunch at an Egyptian restaurant. Return back to Cairo
Evening: transfer to the railway station for the sleeper train to Aswan. Dinner and overnight onboard
Day 4: (Fri) Aswan- Kom Ombo - Arrive at Aswan Station, meet, assist by our representative and then transfer onboard M/S RAI (5*) cruise ship. (3 nights Nile cruise).
Visit the high dam and Philae temple dedicated to the goddess Isis by Felucca.
Optional: Abu Simbel excursion
13:00 hrs: lunch on board
Sail to Komombo (Approx.7 P.M)
Dinner and overnight onboard
Day 5: (Sat) Kom Ombo- Edfu- Esna- Luxor - After breakfast, (approx 7AM) visit the temple of Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu, visit the Temple of Edfu dedicated to the falcon god Horus.
13.00 hrs: Lunch on board. Sail to Esna, Pass the lock. Sail to Luxor arriving at night.
Dinner and Overnight onboard
Day 6: (Sun) Luxor - After breakfast, cross to the West Bank. And Visit the Royal Tombs at the Valley of the Kings, Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon.
13:00hrs: Lunch on board. Optional: Sound & Light at Karnak Temple. Farewell dinner with belly dancer. Dinner and Overnight onboard
Day 7: (Mon) Luxor - final departure - Disembarkation after breakfast, then free at leisure till transfer to Luxor International Airport to board your departure flight and bid Farwell to Egypt and the new friends you have made. Your fascinating journey comes to an end however you must be sure to visit this splendid country at least once again.
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