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Tailor Made Egypt: Jewel of the Nile

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Arrive to Cairo, North Africa’s largest city. Upon arrival into Cairo international airport, you will be met by Misr travel tour manager who will issue your entry visa (included) and escort you through customs and immigration. Transfer from the airport to your (centrally located Cairo) hotel by private air conditioned deluxe coach.

After check-in you are free to spend the rest of the day/evening at your leisure.

Accommodation: Stay for 2 nights at Marriott Cairo Hotel(Nile View room)/ Mena house Hotel (pyramids view)

Meals: None

Today your Egyptologist guide will accompany you on a full day tour of the pyramids complex. Step inside of one of these monuments and explore its passageways and corridors. Ride on camel back and see the enigmatic sphinx, whose constructor still remains unknown,. Visit the Solar Boat Museum, where you find the 142-foot-long funerary barge of Cheops. After lunch at local restaurant, explore the historical background of Egypt through the Egyptian Museum, home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts in the world, including the priceless treasures of King Tutankhamen, Egypt, s most famous teenage king. View its famed Royal Mummy room, where nine mummified bodies of ancient royals can be seen on display including RamsesII.  Continue to Coptic Cairo to Visit the Hanging Church of St. Mary and Ben Ezra synagogue .Next, stroll in Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, a bustling souk in the city’s old district.

Transfer to Cairo airport for short flight to Luxor, site of the ancient city of Thebes .Meet upon arrival and transfer to board your luxury Nile cruise. After lunch, meet your Egyptologist guide   for a tour ofthe monumental temple complex at karnak, the largest religious building ever constructed.  Walk through this extraordinary open-air museum and into the Great Court into the Great Hypostyle hall of 134 columns towering above you like an ancient forest.Continue to Luxor Museum to admire its beautifully exhibited collection of Coptic, Islamic and ancient Egyptian artifacts in addition to some displays from the collection of King Tutankhamen tomb. Overnight: Luxor.

Accommodation: Stay for 7 nights at the Oberoizahra Nile Cruise (Luxury Cabin) / OberoizahraNile Cruise (Luxury Cabin)

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Begin your day of exploring with a journey to the famed location of over 64 tombs for pharaohs and nobles on the West Bank of the Nile. First visit the famed tombs in the valley of kings and explore the beauty and mystery of king Tutankhamen, Ramses "the six" (included),then continue to the mortuary temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu .rock-cut temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s only female ruler, rising out of the desert plain in a series of terraces. The tour also includes visit to the huge colossi of Memnon, two impressive statues of AmenhotepIII. Return to your luxury Nile cruiser for lunch while sailing to the temple of Dendera. The temple is among the most preserved temples in Egypt and dedicated to Hathor, Goddess of Music, Love and Joy. Overnight in Quina

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy breakfast on board while sailing back to Luxor ,journey once more to the west bank of the Nile, this time visiting  (Valley of the Noble’s tombs, Dier El Madina, the site of a very special workman’s village, whose craftsmen built and decorated the tombs of the Pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings. Continue to the rock-cut temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s only female ruler, rising out of the desert plain in a series of terraces.

Later, this afternoon, visit the stunning temple of Luxor which was once connected Karnak temple via 2 kilometers long avenues of sphinxes. Enjoy Cocktail Reception with live music at the club lounge. Overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Your cruise ship sails from Luxor to Edfu via Esna lock . As you go upstream, you will view rural life in Egypt, methods of irrigation, farming, and animals. Here you will be fascinated by the coexistence of the ancient and modern ways of life which make Egypt a unique travel destination .In the late afternoon, visit the Temple of Horus the falcon –headed sun god .This is one of the most beautifully preserved temples surviving from the age of the pharaohs. Overnight in Edfu .

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy breakfast while cruising onward to Aswan .After lunch, begin your Aswan sightseeing with a visit to the Aswan High Dam, then continue with a motorboat trip to the Temple dedicated to the goddess Isis of beautiful Philae Island. The temple dismantled and recollected when the High Dam was built 1960.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Disembark from your Zahra cruise after breakfast, morning free at leisure. Consider opting to Abu Simbel to see the impressive twin temples of Ramses II and his wife, Queen Nefertari .The entire site was disassembled and moved to its current location to save it from the floodwaters caused by the Aswan High Dam. Transfer to Aswan airport for the flight back to Cairo .Met upon arrival and transferred to the hotel for overnight.

Accommodation: Stay for1night at Le Meridian airportFairmont Heliopolis Hotel (deluxe room

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, transfer in a private vehicle with Misr travel tour manager and check-in for your onward flight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast

We can customize this private tour just for you like a tailor making a bespoke suit .any element can be tailored - activities,hotels,flights and meals.call us at +2 01222685786 or request a quote.

Prices:
- Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip and valid till April 30.2018, except during Christmas, New Year & Easter holidays.
- Tour prices and dates are correct at the time of the website going live, however are subject to confirmation at the time of booking.
- A 25 % deposit per person is required to confirm your booking.
- Once we have received your deposit, land/cruise prices are guaranteed. Air prices are subject to increase and are   guaranteed only from the time that full payment is received.
- Full payment is due 8 weeks before the tour departure
- We charged no credit card fees or hidden surcharges.
- Prices are inclusive Accommodation, Transfers, Sightseeing, Meals as indicated and internal flights.

Solo traveler:
Accommodation is based on twin/triple share, so if you’re travelling on your own (independently) and would prefer your own space our Solo Sleeper Option is available as indicated in tour prices. This will guarantee you your own room for every night of the tour. The number of single rooms we can offer is limited, so it’s best to book early.

Single supplement:
This option is available for those who prefer travelling with others but prefer single accommodation. This will guarantee you your own room for every night of the tour. The number of single rooms we can offer is limited, so it’s best to book early

Important Notes:
We highly recommend you book this trip as early as possible, preferably 60 days prior to departure. Reservations received within 30 days will be on request and subject to availability of en-route accommodation.

For full terms and conditions, please click here (Booking Conditions page).

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Tailor Made Egypt: Jewel of the Nile

Per Person From $ 5.00

Duration 9 DAYS/8 NIGHTS

Tour Type Egypt Family Tours

Highlights

Discover Egypt with an expert local guide; cruise for five nights on board Oberoi Zahra Luxury Nile cruiser along the Nile River to experience its varied cultures, and visit the impressive pyramids and legacy of Tutankhamen as well as the stunning temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.

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