Mystery of Egypt and Kenya 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. Transfer you to Le Meridian Pyramids with buffet breakfast daily. Overnight at the hotel. (DB)

Day 3 (Cairo): After breakfast, 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 4 (Cairo): After breakfast, (optional trip) 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 5 (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 6 (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 7 (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 8 (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 9 (Cairo): Disembarkation after breakfast, transfer to Aswan airport for Cairo then spend the day in marvelous Le Meridian Pyramids with buffet breakfast daily, overnight at the hotel. (B)

Day 10 (Cairo): After breakfast, day is at your own leisure, transfer to Cairo Airport for your flight to Kenya at 6 PM. (B)

Day 11 (Arrive Nairobi): You will be met by our representative and transfer to your hotel. Remainder of day is free.
    
Day 12 (Nairobi to Tree Hotel): This morning travel via Nyeri where you will enjoy lunch at the Aberdare Country Club. In the afternoon, transfer to the Ark, your tree hotel in the Aberdare National Park. The night is spent comfortably watching forest game as it comes to drink at the floodlit waterhole. Ark Lodge. (BLD)

Day 13 (Tree Hotel to Sweetwaters): Visit the Ol Pejeta Rhino Reserve before arriving at Sweetwaters. A haven for nature lovers, the camp offers visitors an unforgetable opportunity to watch and photograph big game. Sweetwaters Tented Camp (2 nights). (BLD)
        
Day 14 (Sweetwaters Tented Camp): Morning and afternoon game drives including a visit to the Chimps Sancturary. (BLD)

Day 15 (Sweetwaters to Mount Kenya Safari Club): Renowned for its magnificient setting at the footseps of Mount Kenya, the resort is ideal for relaxing. Enjoy nature walks, fishing, golfing, horseback riding, the animal orphanage or simply relaxing by the pool. (BLD)

Day 16 (MKSC to Masai Mara): Drive to Nanyuk across the Great Rift Valley to the Masai Mara game reserve. Lunch and afternoon game viewing drive. Mara Safari Club (2 nights). (BLD)

Day 17 (Masai Mara): A full day of game viewing in search of the big five. (BLD)

Day 18 (Masai Mara to Nairobi): Drive to Nairobi arriving around noon, afternoon at your leisure. (B)

Day 19 (Nairobi-Cairo): After breakfast, free day at your leisure, midnight transfer to the airport for your onward flight to Cairo. (B)

Day 20 (Cairo): Upon arrival you will be transferred to Le Meridian Pyramids with breakfast and overnight at the hotel. (B)

Day 21 (Alexandria): After breakfast, (optional trip) 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 theater 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 22 (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.