Classic Egypt 2

Day 1 (Flying to Cairo): Fly to Cairo on board of Egypt Air. (Other air carriers are available) (D)

Day 2 (Cairo): Upon arrival at Cairo airport, our representative will assist you through formalities and start your full day sight seeing, visiting the Egyptian museum with the huge collection of the Pharaonic antiquities and monuments. Then you will visit the Great Pyramids of Giza, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, nearby the mysterious Sphinx, a colossal lion with a pharaoh head. Evening time you will be back to the hotel for leisure and relaxation. Overnight at the hotel. (BL)

Day 3 (Cairo): After breakfast, full day sight seeing, visiting Memphis the capital of the oldest kingdom in the world, and the statue of Ramses II. Then continue to Saqqara to visit the legendary Unas Pyramid, king Zoser Step Pyramid, Tomb of Ti and Tomb of Ptahotep. Then you will continue to Old Christian Cairo, where the holy family stayed during their visit to Egypt. You will visit the Church of Abu Serga and the well known Hanging Church. You will pass through the alleys, where Jesus stepped, also you will visit Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish synagogue in Egypt. Then you will proceed to the Old Islamic Cairo and you will visit Mohamed Ali Mosque and the Citadel of Salah El Din. Continue to Khan El Khalili Bazaar a place for shopping where you will find all kinds of Oriental goods and hand crafted pieces. Overnight at your hotel. (BL)

Day 4 (Nile cruise): After Breakfast, transfer to Cairo Airport for your flight to Aswan, upon arrival transfer to your 5* Nile cruise for embarkation, (breakfast, lunch and dinner included). The cruise starts in Aswan and ends in Luxor, with an English speaking guide accompanied. Check in before lunch, you will sail by felucca (sailing boat) passing by Elephantine Island and view the Botanical Gardens with its rare trees and plants and Agha Khan Mausoleum. Overnight in Aswan. (BLD)

Day 5 (Nile cruise): After breakfast, visit the High Dam, Granite Quarries and Philae Temple. Lunch time, while sailing to Kom Ombo, you will enjoy the peaceful and relaxing view of the eternal Nile, until you arrive to the temple shared by the two gods Sobek and Haroeris. Dinner time, sail to Edfu and overnight on board of the cruise. (BLD)

Day 6 (Nile cruise): After breakfast, visit the temple of Horus in Edfu, which is one of the Ptolemaic periods. Lunch time is while sailing and crossing the locks of Esna. Proceed to Luxor and overnight on board of the cruise. (BLD)

Day 7 (Nile cruise): After breakfast, cross the West Bank where most of the richest collections of treasures exists. Then visit the Necropolis of Thebes in the west bank. You will visit the royal tombs including Ramses VI and the tomb of Tut Ankh Amun (optional). Then the temple of Queen Hatshepsut in the Valley of the Queens and the Colossi of Memnon. Afterwards, lunch time, and then visit the magnificent Karnak temple with its famous hypostyle hall and the 134 columns, the huge statue of Ramses II, and then you will see Luxor temple, dinner and overnight in Luxor on board of the cruise. (BLD)

Day 8 (Sharm El Sheikh): Disembarkation, after breakfast, transfer to Luxor airport to fly to Sharm El Sheikh. Transfer to Mariott Sharm and overnight (breakfast and dinner included). (BD)

Day 9, 10, 11, 12 (Sharm El Sheikh): Five days at leisure to enjoy the deep sea diving, snorkeling, fishing, waterskiing, sailing, surfing, golfing, camel riding, safari or just relaxing on the sunny sandy beach. (BD)

Day 13 (Cairo): After breakfast, transfer to Sharm Airport to fly back to Cairo and transfer to Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx (5*hotel) and overnight. (B)

Day 14 (Alexandria): After breakfast, transfer to Alexandria, by an air conditioned car or bus. Alexandria was named after Alexander the great. Egypt is second biggest city, it is a semi circle city on the sea, with lots of Roman remains. You will visit Catacombs of Kom El Shuqafa, Pompeii pillar, the Roman theatre and the newly opened Alexandria library. In antiquity the library was the largest and most important library in the world. Transfer back by an air conditioned car or bus. Overnight at Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx. (BL)

Day 15 (Flying back home): After breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport for your final departure. (B)

Prices of 2020/2021 departures from Toronto, Montreal and New York.

Your tour price includes
1- International Airfare from Toronto, Montreal and New York included.
2- All transfers included in Egypt (from airport to hotels or cruises and back)
3- Accommodation Double occupancy at hotels included.
4 -Meals Buffet Breakfast in Cairo and Luxor.
5- Meals on Cruise All meals while on the cruise commencing with lunch on the day of embarkation and ending with breakfast on the day of disembarkation.
6- Nile Cruise 4 nights Nile Cruise Between Luxor to Aswan or vice versa in an outside cabin with private facilities.
7- Sightseeing One full day sightseeing tour in Cairo and all sightseeing tours on the Nile Cruise included.