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DAY
1 – THU – NEW YORK/CAIRO
Board your EgyptAir
flight and begin your journey back in time to this charming,
ancient land.
DAY 2 –
FRI – ARRIVE CAIRO
Afternoon
arrival in Cairo where our Nile Tours and Cruises,
representative will meet, assist and transfer you to your hotel.
(D)
DAY
3 – SAT – CAIRO/LUXOR
After breakfast, you will
be transferred to the airport for your flight to Luxor. Once
there, your Nile Tours and Cruises, representative will assist
and transfer you to your luxury cruise ship for a 4 day/3 night
cruise. Accommodations aboard your cruise ship will consist of
outside Jr. suite cabins with private facilities. In the
afternoon, visit Karnak and Luxor Temples. Evening transfer back
to Karnak Temple for Sound & Light show. Overnight in Luxor.
(B/L/D).
DAY 4 –
SUN –LUXOR/ESNA/EDFU
Cross the Nile to the
West Bank. Visit the Necropolis of Thebes, Queen Hatshepsut
Funerary Temple and the Valley of the Kings and Queens. Sail to
Esna. Visit Esna Temple. Sail to Edfu for overnight. (B/L/D).
DAY 5 – MON
–EDFU/KOM OMBO/ASWAN
Morning visit to Edfu so see the
Temple of Horus. In the afternoon, sail to Kom Ombo to visit the
twin temple of Gods Sobek and Haroeris. Sail to Aswan. (B/L/D).
DAY 6 – TUE –
ASWAN/CAIRO
Morning, view Elephantine Island and
visit the Agha Khan Mausoleum by felucca. Then go on to visit
the High Dam, Old Dam, Philae Temple and the Granite Quarries.
Later, transfer to the airport in time for your flight to Cairo,
where you will be met and escorted to your hotel. (B/D).
DAY 7 - WED –CAIRO
– CITY TOUR
Visit the Egyptian Museum of
Antiquities, which houses the world’s largest collection of
artifacts from the era of the pharaohs. Later, tour Old Cairo,
where early Judaism and Christianity flourished in Egypt. Visit
sites like the synagogue in Egypt, and the Moallaka Church, the
site where the Virgin Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus took
refuge. Stop for lunch at the Falafel Restaurant, then spend the
afternoon at the Great Pyramids of Giza, Cheops, Chephren and
Mykerinos, and the defending Sphinx. End the day at the bazaar
of Khan El Khalili. After dinner transfer to Cairo airport
for your departure flight (B/L/D).
DAY 8 – THU
–CAIRO/NEW YORK
At 1:00 AM your EgyptAir flight will
take off.
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