City of Cairo • Aswan • Nile
01
… / CAIRO
¡Welcome to Cairo!
Reception at the International Airport and transfer to the selected hotel in the pyramids area.
Overnight. ( – )
02
CAIRO / PYRAMIDS / EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
Breakfast in the hotel. You will be introduced to your local guide/Egyptologist and then the historical adventure can start. We begin with the most famous sight in Egypt, the Pyramids at the Giza Plateau, dating back to 2500 B.C. One of the seven classic Wonders of the World, they are the oldest and the only remaining.
The visit will take us to the highest point of the plateau to have a panoramic view of the area, to one of the two smaller of the three pyramids (Cheops, Chephren or Mycerinos), where those who wish may enter, as well as the valley temple of Chephren and the mysterious Sphinx.
A visit to the Egyptian Museum is an absolute must on a tour to Cairo. Your guide will take you through the history of Pharaonic Egypt with the help of the artifacts exhibited, from Narmer to Akhenaton and Ramses. Of course, the galleries with the treasures of Tutankhamen will be carefully explained. We take our lunch in a park up on a hill overlooking the whole of Medieval Cairo.
Overnight (B, L)
03
CAIRO / CITY TOUR
Breakfast in the hotel.
Christianity came to Egypt with Mark in the first century A.D., and the largest Christian communities in Egypt, the Copts, call their church one of the oldest in the world. We will hear about the holy family’s flight to Egypt, about the first monks and monasteries and about how Pharaonic art and symbols made their way into the new religion. Then we visit on of the churches which provided shelter to the Holy Family after escaping Herodes.
Then, we will continue to one of the most magnificent mosques of Cairo, El Rifai, where we will learn more about Islam. The mosque is also the burial site of among others King Farouq and the last Shah of Iran. We end our tour in the very oriental bazaar district called Khan El Khalili. While walking through this famous bazaar we observe daily life and the oriental character of this place. Transfer to the Airport to take a domestic fly to Aswan.
Overnight. (B, L)
04
ASWAN
Breakfast in the hotel.
The tour will begin going out for a combined smaller motorboat and feluca (the classical Nile sailing boat) tour in the beautiful archipelago of Aswan together with our Nubian hosts that will introduce us to the traditional life of the Nubians in their own house in the middle of the fields. Around lunch time we check in our cruise ship to have lunch.
In the afternoon we will visit the Philae temple as well as the unfinished obelisk in the granite quarry and one cannot help but to be fascinated by the enormity of projects done during a time when no real tools existed.
Overnight (B, L, D)
05
CRUISING ON THE NILE
Breakfast.
We will relax on the sundeck of the cruise ship and enjoy the panoramic view. Not much has changed in the Nile River valley since the time of the pharaohs and the farmer and all his family are working hard on the fields. The intensive green color stands in sharp contrast to the dry surrounding brown desert.
Early morning we stop at the Kom Ombo temple situated right beside the Nile. Our cruise continues, after lunch when we make a stop at the almost intact temple in Edfu. After the visit the ship cruises the final stretch northwards through the Esna dam and a lock until Luxor where we arrive late in the evening.
Overnight (B)
06
CRUCERO / LUXOR
Breakfast.
Today´s tour start in the morning with a visit to the Valley of Kings as well as the tomb of the workers and nobles where we will see fantastic examples of farming and gardening from the New Kingdom 1500-1000 b C.
Overnight (B, L, D)
05
CRUCERO / LUXOR / CAIRO
Breakfast.
We will finish our pharaonic adventure with a visit the famous Karnak temple, the Vatican of the Pharaonic Era. Here everything is large and some of the most impressing sights will be the monumental gates, enormous halls with pillars and beautiful wall carvings.
In the afternoon we fly to Cairo to overnight before departing from Cairo next day. Overnight. (B, D)
06
CAIRO /….
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the airport in accordance with the departure flight (B).
Santiago: 570 masl
Included
- Transfer from the International Airport – Hotel – International Airport
- 04 nights accommodation at selected hotels + breakfast.
- 03 nights on board 5* Cruiser
- Visit the Pyramids at the Giza Plateau – One of the seven classic Wonders of the World.
- A visit to Egyptian Museum + Overlooking of the Medieval Cairo.
- Tour to the Rifai + Bazaar district Khan El Khalili.
- Tour to the Archipelago of Aswan + the Philae Temple
- Tour to the Kom Ombo Temple + Temple in Edfu + Karnak Temple.
- All entries to the places mentioned in the itinerary.
- Food mentioned according to the itinerary.
- Personal assistance
- Official local guide in English.
Not Included
- Early check in / late check out.
- Visa USD 25 (can right now be arranged upon arrival for EU, US, Can, Australian and NZ citizens. But it might be changed into an electronic visa that the client has to apply for before arrival. We do not know when this will start.)
- International, domestic Air tickets and tax rates or contributions of the stories such as: VAT, airport tax, fuel taxes, administrative fee, airport taxes and other charges.
- Medical assistance card on days that passengers do not take tours.
- Hotel insurance (voluntary).
- Services not specified in the itinerary.
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