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Secret Egypt
Program 13
13 Days / 12
Nights
4 Nights Cairo
1 Night Aswan
3 Nights Nile Cruise (Aswan & Luxor)
1 Night Luxor
1 Night St. Catherine
2 Nights Petra
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Day 1:
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Arrival to Cairo airport, our representative will meet &assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage will greet you. From the airport you will be transferred by a private A/C car to your hotel.
Overnight in Cairo |
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Day 2: |
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Breakfast. Start your tour visiting:
- The Egyptian Museum of antiquities. On display is rare collection of 5000 years of art the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry.
- Then visit Great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx - a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren.
- Then continue to Khan El Khalili Bazaars. Shops in this district are legendary for fine border brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques …etc.
Followed by Lunch.
(Optional) Dinner Cruise including transportation, dinner, Belly Dancer, Tanura Show.
The Cost is 48 Euro Per Person
Overnight in Cairo. |
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Breakfast.Transfer to the Air-Port to take your Flight to Aswan. Arrival, meet and assist by our representative. Transfer you to your hotel. Check in.
(Optional) day Tour Abu Simple Temple the colossal Temple of Abu Simbel built by Ramses II (XIXth. Dynasty) and lately saved from inundation of the Nile waters in among the glories of ancient Egyptian monuments. The temples were built out of a sandstone rock cliff, and representation of the deities to which each was dedicated is carved on its huge façade. Nearby, also saved, lies the small Temple of the King's wife Nefertari, dedicated to the goddess Hathor.
The Cost is 95 Euro Per Person.
(Optional) Nubian Village
Pick you up to enjoy Nubian Villages are situated at the bottom of Elephantine Island. You are going to discover the simple and natural life of the very kind and hospitable Nubian people. During this tour , you can stop by the Crocodile Park. Back to your hotel in Aswan. At the end transfer you back to your Hotel.
The Cost is 35 Euro Per Person
Overnight in Aswan.. |
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Day 4: |
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Breakfast.Transfer to the Cruise. Boarding before lunch.
Start you tour visiting:
- The High Dam which was completed in 1964. From here you can gaze across Lake Nasser.
- The Philae temple Sail by felucca (Egyptian sailboat) to the island of Agilkia. Visit the temple that was removed from their original island of Philae which lies submerged most of the year by the waters of Lake Nasser. The main Temple of Isis and its monuments were built between the 26th-dynasty and the Roman period.
Lunch on board Sail to Kom Ombo. Afternoon Tea.
Visit the temple shared by the two gods Sobek and Haroeris.
Sail to Edfu. Dinner on board.
Overnight in Edfu. |
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Day 5: |
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Breakfast on board. Visit The Temple of Horus in Edfu. Cross the lock. Sail to Luxor. Afternoon Tea. Dinner on board & Galabya party.
Overnight in Luxor. |
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Breakfast on board. Start your tour visiting:
- Cross to the West Bank to visit the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon.
Excursion to the Necropolis of Thebes, on the Eastern bank. Crossing the Nile, drive to the Valley of Kings; visit the tombs of various Dynasties, The Temple of Deir El Bahari. On the return journey stop at the Colossi of Memnon which are two gigantic sitting statues representing Amenopis III facing the Nile then visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
- Then Visit East Bank: Karnak and Luxor Temple
Excursion to the Luxor Temple to see its courtyard and the granite statues of Ramses the Great. Then Proceed by bus to Karnak, which is a serious of temples, built in different reigns. Starting by the Avenue of Sphinxes visit the Unfinished Propylon, the Hypostyle Hall with it's 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis III, the temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake.
Lunch on board. Afternoon tea. Dinner on board & Belly Dance.
(Optional) Hot Balloon: Should you want to make your stay in Luxor an unforgettable. Drifting peacefully over the Valley of King, Valley of the Queens and the Mountain on the Nobles.
The cost is 110 Euro per person
Overnight in Luxor. |
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Day 7: |
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Breakfast on board. Disembarkation. Transfer to the hotel, Free Day
(Optional) Day Tour: Abydos, and Denderah. Hathoor and Osiris Temples
Pick you up from your Hotel at about 8:00 am drive to Abydos to discover the ancient sites. First, visit Abydos, the ancient Egyptian believed of God (Lord of the Underworld) to be buried there. The temple was built by King Seti I, and completed by King Ramsess II, known as temple of Seti I. It is located in Abydos city about 420 km to the south of Cairo in Sohag Government, and 135 km from Luxor. The paintings of the Gods and Pharaohs on the walls of the Osiris Temple at Abydos are among the most beautifully preserved in Egypt. Then continue to Dandara. Upon arrival at Dandara, visit Temple of Hathor, goddess of love and joy, which is located on Dendara which is situated at the north of Luxor. It was built by the Ptolemies and Romans in an effort to show their dedication to the main Egyptian gods.
The Cost is 95 Euro Per Person.
(Optional) Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temples.
The cost is 35 Euro per person.
Overnight in Luxor. |
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Day 8: |
Breakfast. Transfer to Luxor Air-Port to take flight to Cairo.Arrival transfer to your hotel.
Start your Tour visiting:
- Sakkara, cemetery for Memphis, Sakkara is 27-Km Southwest of Cairo. Including a visit to the step Pyramids of Sakkara (The first proper Pyramids built for the king Zoser, it is considered evolution of the Pyramid from the simple Mastaba to the Pyramid in its known form) Followed by a visit to The Pyramids of Unas & Oser-Kaf the Mastaba. Tomb of Mereruka, Ti & Pta-Hotep (carved and painted tombs).
- Then visit Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt where Colossal Statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx.
- Then continue to the Old part of Cairo, as Egypt was one of the first countries to embrace Christianity. We visit The Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, The Hanging Church, and we will also visit The Old Jewish Synagogue Ben Ezra Synagogue.
(Optional) Sound and light show at Pyramids.
The cost is 35 Euro per person
Overnight in Cairo |
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Breakfast. Drive by A/ C private Car to St. Catherine. Arrive to the park of the Monastery. At 01.00 start to climb the mountain either on foot or by camels for about 07 km holding torch batteries.
Reaching the steps (700 steps) then to the Mountain peak, this is about 2200 m above sea level. Waiting for Sun Rise to shoot some photos.
Overnight in St. Catherine. |
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Day 10: |
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After Breakfast start to go down to the monastery back to start the visit of the monastery at 09.30 then Transfer from St. Catherine to Nuweiba for ferry crossing to Aqaba. Transfer to your hotel.
Overnight in Petra. |
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Day 11: |
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Breakfast, Start your Trip visiting Petra, the "Siq", a long winding fissure between two walls of overhanging cliffs, the famous Treasury, the Street of Facades, the Court House and the Amphitheater.
Overnight in Petra. |
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Day 12: |
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Breakfast, this morning transfer to Aqaba, port Transfer to Nuweiba by ferry crossing transfer to your hotel in Cairo
Overnight in Cairo. |
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Day 13: |
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Breakfast at the hotel our representative will transfer you to the
airport and assist you at the airport through final departure
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Program includes:
- 4 Nights hotel accommodation in Cairo on bed and breakfast basis.
- 1 Night hotel accommodation in Aswan on bed and breakfast basis.
- 1 Night hotel accommodation in Luxor on bed and breakfast basis.
- 3 Nights Nile cruise Aswan – Luxor on Full board basis (sight seeing included).
- 1 Night hotel accommodation in St. Catherine on Half Board basis.
- 2 Nights hotel accommodation in Petra on bed and breakfast basis.
- 1 Full day tour in Cairo visiting the Egyptian Museum, the great Pyramids, Sphinx & Khan El Khalili.
- 1 Full day tour in Cairo visiting Sakkara, Memphis & Old Cairo.
- Free Camel ride in Pyramids area.
- 1 Full day in St. Catherine visiting the Monastery and Mosses Mountai.
- 1 Full day visit Petra.
- All transfers in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, St. Catherine and Petra.
- All your tours and excursions are with private A/C minivan.
- The service of meet and assist at all your destinations.
- Multilingual expert Egyptologist guide.
- All entrance fees.
- Transfer by A/C car :
o Cairo / St. Catherine
o St. Catherine / Nuweiba
o Aqabba / Petra
o Petra / Aqabba
o Nuweiba / Cairo
- Ferry crossing from :
Nuweiba / Aqaba
Aqaba / Nuweiba
- Domestic Air fare :
Cairo / Aswan
Luxor / Cairo
Not included:
- Entry visa.
- International Flights.
- Optional Tours.
- Insurance of any kind.
- Extras of any kind.
- Any tips.
Notes:
- The Program is open to any changes you suggest.
- The program can start from any other destination beside Cairo … Luxor, Sharm El Sheikh or Hurghada.
- Other alternative for optional tours.
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Our winter prices
From 1/10/2010 Till 1/5/2011
With 5 Star Deluxe Cruise
Price per person in DBL room |
3 Star Hotel |
4 Star Hotel |
5 Star Hotel |
Euro (€) |
1739 |
1857 |
2078 |
| Single Supplement |
65% |
Our Summer prices
From 1/5/2010 Till 1/10/2010
With 5 Star Deluxe Cruise
Price per person in DBL room |
3 Star Hotel |
4 Star Hotel |
5 Star Hotel |
Euro (€) |
1639 |
1732 |
1948 |
| Single Supplement |
65% |
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- These costs are not valid during the Christmas, New Year and Easter Periods.
- Payment can be in $ U.S.A Dollars, English Pound, Australian Dollars.
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