Day 01:
(Saturday) Arrive Cairo, staff will assist with clearing immigration
and customs then transfer you to the Le Meridien Pyramids
hotel. Overnight Cairo
OPTIONAL sound and light show at the pyramids ($30 per person)
VISAS:
All travelers to Egypt must have a visa. Citizens of most countries can obtain one on arrival. Please let us know what passport you are traveling with and we will confirm whether you can get your’s on arrival.
 Day
02: (Sunday) Enjoy an international buffet breakfast
and check out before starting the day at the Pyramids
of Giza, home of the 7th wonder of the world, the Great
Pyramid. Visit the inscrutable Sphinx
and then a wonderful afternoon to explore the treasures of
the Egyptian
Antiquity Museum featuring King
Tut's treasures. Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Luxor. Arriving staff transfers you to the Sonesta Luxor Hotel. Overnight Luxor (B)
Day 03:
(Monday) Buffet breakfast, check out of the hotel, visit the
West Bank's Necropolis of Thebes featuring the Valley
of the Kings, Temple
of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi
of Memnon. Return to the East Bank to board your 5 star
Deluxe Nile cruiser, the
Queen of Hansa. Ship features include panoramic opening
floor to ceiling windows, large cabins, T.V./video/radio,
private baths and individually controlled air-conditioning.
Lunch, then visit Luxor
and Karnak
Temples. Watch the sunset over the Necropolis
of Thebes while enjoying dinner. Evening entertainment.
Overnight Luxor (B at the hotel, L,D on the ship)
OPTIONAL sound and light show at Karnak Temple $30 per person
Day 04: (Tuesday) Enjoy breakfast
while sailing to Esna. Pass the Esna lock and sail to Edfu.
Lunch on board. Dinner and evening entertainment. Overnight
Edfu (B,L,D)
Day 05:
(Wednesday) Breakfast then visit the Temple
of Horus. Enjoy lunch while sailing to Kom Ombo then to
Aswan. Dinner and evening entertainment. Overnight Aswan (B,L,D)
Day 06:
(Thursday) After breakfast visit the Temple
of Philae, the Pharaoh's granite quarries with the Unfinished
Obelisk and the High
Dam. FREE BONUS: Afternoon visit to the Botanical
Gardens traveling by Felucca
(native sailboat). These are wind powered only so if there
is no wind this will not operate. Dinner and evening entertainment.
Overnight Aswan (B,L,D)
Day 07: (Friday) Disembark the
cruise. Staff will transfer you to the airport, assist with
exit formalities and checking in for a flight to Cairo. Arriving,
staff will transfer you to the Le
Meridien Pyramids hotel. Overnight Cairo (B)
NOTE: We can arrange an optional tour to the famous temples
of Ramses at Abu Simbel before flying to Cairo. Tour including
transfers, flights, entry fees, guide, service charges and
taxes is $250 a person.
Day 08:
(Saturday) Visit Memphis
(the ancient capital), Sakkarra
with the Stepped Pyramid and Dahshur
with it's famous Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid. Overnight Cairo
(B)
OPTIONAL Sound and Light show at the Pyramids this evening.
$30 per person
Day 09:
(Sunday) Transfer by air-conditioned van to Alexandria,
the city Alexander the Great built and Cleopatra made famous.
Enjoy the comfort of the Sheraton Montazah Hotel, located
right on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Overnight Alexandria
(B)
 Day
10: (Monday) Transfer by air-conditioned van to Alexandria,
the city Alexander the Great built and Cleopatra made famous.
Enjoy the comfort of the Sheraton
Montazah Palace, located right on the shore of the Mediterranean
Sea. Overnight Alexandria (B)
Day 11:
(Tuesday) Drive to Rosetta
(where the famous stone was found that gave archeologists
the clues needed to understand hieroglyphics). With its strategic
location between the Mediterranean and the western arm of
the Nile, Rosetta has been an extremely important military
site since early times. The town was witness to many important
events in ancient as well as modern times. It is typically
tranquil and highly green town with vast gardens, orchards
and date-palm plantations, in addition to a multitude of beautiful
historical houses, inns and mosques adorned with exquisite
decorative inscriptions and woodworks. Visit sites in the
area, enjoy lunch at Abu Kir bay, return to Cairo in the evening
to the comfort of the Marriott. Overnight Cairo (B,L)
Day 12: (Wednesday) Depart Cairo
in the morning traveling northeast to Tanis.
Though no longer, Tanis was an important City in the Pharaonic
period. Many believe that this was the Biblical city from
which the Exodus began, but most will also remember it as
the location where Indiana Jones discovered the 'Lost Ark'
in the movie. Tanis is considered to be probably the most
important archaeological site in Egypt's northern Delta, probably
because it is one of the largest and certainly the most impressive
of the sites. From Tanis travel to Tal Basta, home to the
cult of Bastet (the cat goddess) where an open air museum
is sure to be of interest. There is also a Biblical connection.
Here, Jesus caused a water spring to well up from the ground,
and His presence caused the idols to crumble, as foretold
by the prophets of old. "Behold the Lord rides on a swift
cloud, and will come into Egypt and the idols of Egypt will
totter at His Presence and the heart of Egypt will melt in
the midst of it"
(Isaiah 19:1). Overnight Cairo (B)
 Day
13: (Thursday) Enjoy a tour of Old
Cairo with it's famous churches and synagogue plus the
Citadel
of Salah el Din, bane of the crusaders and the Alabaster
Mosque. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day 14:
(Friday) You will enjoy a visit to the Isle of Roda and the
Manial Palace (home of the modern Arabian horse). Overnight
Cairo (B)
Day 15:
(Saturday) Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with
checking in and you fly to Sharm el Sheikh. Arriving staff
transfers you to the Sonesta
resort. Overnight Sharm (B)
Day 16:
(Sunday) Free day to enjoy Sharm. Overnight Sharm (B)
Day 17:
(Monday) Depart early (6AM) for Mt.
Sinai and visit St.
Catherine's Monastery with it's Chapel of the Burning
Bush. From here we travel East toward the Gulf of Aqaba with
a stop enroute to see the Rock
of Inscriptions where travelers have been carving messages
and directions for thousands of years. We will look across
the broad landscape of Wadi Ghazala and the oasis of Ein
Kudra, traditionally hazerot for the Children of Israel.
We continue our journey to the coast and have lunch at Habiba,
a wonderful open air restaurant right on the shore of the
Gulf. On a clear day we can see Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel.
We drive up the coast to overnight at the Sonesta Resort.
Overnight Taba,
Egypt. (B,L)
NOTE: If you would like to climb
Mt. Sinai for the sunrise you would leave the beach about
midnight.
Day 18: (Tuesday) We depart Taba
on our yacht ferry to Aqaba,
Jordan. After clearing immigration and customs, we drive into
the mountains to Petra.
Arriving, we overnight at the famous Movenpick Resort, right
at the entrance to the Rose Red city. Overnight Petra (B)
Day 19: (Wednesday) A day to enjoy
Petra and surrounding sites. Overnight Petra (B)
Day 20:
(Thursday) Drive along the 5,000 year old Kings Highway passing
beside the Dead
Sea and Lot's Sanctuary (where archaeological discoveries
cause many to feel this was where Lot and his daughters sought
refuge after God destroyed Sodom) to Madaba
(the city of Mosaics) and Mt.
Nebo, where Moses looked on the promised land. Then on
to Amman.
Overnight Grand Hyatt Amman (B)
 Day
21: (Friday) Tour to Jerash,
one of the most famous and well preserved cities of the Roman
Decapolis. From Jerash visit Ajloun
and Umm
Qais. Umm Qais is tucked into the northwest corner of
Jordan and looks down on the Sea of Galilee. This is where,
according to the Bible, that Jesus drove demons out of men
and into swine (Matthew 8:28-32). Return to Amman. Overnight
Amman (B)
Day 22:
(Saturday) Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with
exit formalities and checking in for a short flight to Cairo.
Arriving, staff will transfer you to the Fairmont
Heliopolis hotel. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day 23:
(Sunday) Staff will transfer you to the airport, assist with exit formalities and checking in for your international departure. (meals on the flight)
TOUR INCLUDES: OPERATES WITH NO MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM OF 16 TRAVELERS. Domestic flights in Egypt in economy class. All transfers by air-conditioned vehicle relating to the tour program starting with arrival to Cairo. Baggage handling of no more than 2 pieces of luggage per person however baggage and personal effects are at the owner's risk at all time during the tour. Hotels (based on double occupancy). 5 star Deluxe Nile cruise with upper decks, outside Nile view cabin, private bath, individually controlled air-conditioning. Meals as outlined by B for breakfast, L for lunch and D for dinner. Fees for visiting antiquity sites and museums. Services of an English speaking licensed Egyptologist in Egypt and a licensed guide in Jordan. Hotel and cruise service charges and taxes.
NOT included
are: International air, Items of a personal nature such as tips, entry visas, entry taxes or departure taxes, phone calls, laundry, drinks with meals, any items not specifically covered in the included items.
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Ancient Kingdoms
Prices |
PP/Double |
PP/Single |
| Low (Jun,
Jul, Aug) |
$ 4,595 |
$ 5,895 |
| Shoulder (May and Sep) |
$ 4,695 |
$ 6,195 |
| Peak (Oct - Apr) |
$ 4,995 |
$ 6,395 |
| Holiday (Christmas, New
Year, Easter) |
$ 5,595 |
$ 7,295 |
Tours must be booked at least 45 days prior to arrival.
Prices and itinerary subject
to change without notice.
Single Price is for Single occupancy
hotel rooms and cruise cabins based on a minimum of two
travelers. Single travelers (one person on the tour) would
have additional cost.
FREQUENT
TRAVELERS: You are welcome to arrange your own international
air or we can assist. Also if you are a member of any hotel
chain frequent traveler program you are welcome to use your
points for hotel rooms and the cost of the tour will be
reduced accordingly OR if you want to accumulate points
plus take advantage of membership hotel room upgrades let
us know which program you want to use.
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