Cairo With Luxury 5 Star Nile Cruise 8 days 7 nights

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Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival Cairo

Arrive at Cairo airport, meet and assist, transfer to your hotel for overnight

Day 2: Day Tour: – Giza Pyramids and the Great Sphinx & Saqqara

AM Exploration of the vast necropolis of SAKKARA containing tombs from almost every period of Egyptian history. The STEP PYRAMID of ZOSER is the most conspicuous landmark of the necropolis. Lunch will be served in a nice Pyramids view restaurant with Oriental Egyptian food. PM visit the three Pyramids of Guizeh and the Sphinx. Back to your hotel & overnight

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Day 3: Cairo / Luxor

AM Early after breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport to fly to Luxor City,upon arrival to Luxor meeting with your guide to cross the West Bank of Luxor where the glorious and fascinating NECROPOLIS OF THEBES. By no mean this necropolis could be covered in one day, but as a first time visitor, you will discover : VALLEY OF KINGS which contain the tombs of the kings. El Deir El Bahari Of Hatshepsut the women who ruled the country for more than 15 years, there you will see the story of her scared birth from the sun god Ra inscribed on the walls of the temple and Colossi of Memnon ,Nile cruise embarkation at Lunch Time. PM Free time, Entertainment on board, overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Day 4: Luxor / Edfu

AM Visit the massive Temple Of Karnak which is regarded as a “holy city” of columns, hypostyle halls, colossal statues, shrines, obelisks and the scarab which is famous with its magical stories that you may experience by yourself. Then visit Luxor Temple which was once joined to Karnak by an avenue of ram – headed sphinxes, many of which still remain. PM Begin Sailing to Edfu, Captain Cocktail & Overnight
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 5:Edfu / Kom Ombo / Aswan

AM Visit the Temple Of Horus in Edfu dedicated to the Lord of the Sky, the ptolemic shows a preservation so exceptional that it demonstrates the marvelous architecture. Sail to Komombo. PM Visit Komombo Temple, dominating a curve of the Nile, this Ptolemic temple strikes the imagination for its romantic frame. It is astonishing because afterwards it became a double temple. Haroeris with the Head of the Falcon and Sobek with the head of a crocodile. The famous mummified crocodile of Komombo are a sight not to be missed. Sail to Aswan, Gallabeya Party & Overnight

Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Day 6: Aswan

AM Departure at 08.00 hrs. to Nasser lake, where a motor boat will take you to the rescued PHILAE TEMPLES re-erected on Agilka island. The High Dam is a massive accumulation of 42.7 Cu.meters of stones and sand with a clay core and a concrete facing, is the most important agricultural and industrial realization in modern history. PM Fellucca trip passing by Botanical Garden and the Agha Khan Mausoleum, Nubian Show , Overnight Aswan

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 7: Breakfast, lunch & dinner.

AM Disembarkation after breakfast, transfer to Aswan airport to catch your flight back to Cairo. Arrive Cairo, assistance through Customs and baggage claim formalities. Visit to the EGYPTIAN MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES housing over 250,000 objects of art dating as far as 5000 years. Of the most important displays is the TUT-ANKH-AMON collection of treasuries. Lunch will be served @ a lovely Nile view restaurant with Oriental Egyptian food. PM Visit to the MOHAMMED ALY CITADEL erected in 1183 A.D. The ALABASTER MOSQUE of Mohammed Aly is one of the landmarks of Cairo whose minaret is spotted from any part of the city. Check in your hotel. Overnight at Cairo.


Meals: Breakfast,lunch.

Day 8: Cairo / Alexandria / Cairo

Early after breakfast Around 6 AM Travel to Alexandria via the desert road and spend the day breathing in the Mediterranean Sea breeze. , Arrive to Alexandria , start your tour with visiting the Catacomb of Komel-Shokafa. These tombs were tunneled into the bedrock in the age of the Antonine emperors (2nd century A.D.) for a single wealthy family still practicing the ancient religion. These tombs represent the last existing major construction for the sake of the old Egyptian religion., then visit the Citadel of Qaitbay. Lunch will be served @ a lovely Sea view restaurant with Oriental Egyptian food. (possibility for Indian food if requested) After lunch , visit the Bombay’s Pillar which was built in 297 AD for the Roman Emperor Diocletian. The Pillar itself is a 9 meters / 29 feet in circumference and it is said that 22 people could lunch on the capital, or flat top of the Pillar., drive back to Cairo, transfer to your Cairo hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Day 8: Final Departure

After breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport for final departure

Meals: Breakfast

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