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Splendid Egypt - 7 Days
DAY 1 - Arrival Cairo Arrival at Cairo International airport. You will be welcomed and assisted through immigration and customs by our representative, then escorted to your hotel. Cairo Shepherd Hotel/ Marriott Hotel or Similar - DAY 2 - Cairo Full Day Tour Morning visit to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities which includes the world's largest collection of Pharaonic artifacts and the treasures of Tutankhamen's tomb. Then drive to Old Cairo to visit Al Moallaka Church (Hanging Church) and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Stop for lunch, afternoon visit to the Great Pyramids of Giza and the enigmatic Sphinx, then proceed to Khan El Khalili, the world's largest 13th century covered oriental bazaar. Cairo Shepherd Hotel/ Marriott Hotel or Similar - B, L DAY 3 - Cairo To Aswan Transfer to Cairo domestic airport. Morning flight to Aswan. Upon arrival you will be escorted to your cruise ship where you will spend the next 3 nights. Aswan - Kom Ombo - Edfu - You will visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries with the Unfinished Obelisk and the Temple of Philae; view of Kitchener's Island Botanical garden and the Agha Khan Mausoleum by felucca, after lunch, sail to Kom Ombo where you will visit the Ptolemaic Temple of Sobek & Haroeries. Then sail to Edfu. M/S Nile Admiral/ M/S Ti Yi or Similar - B, L, D DAY 4 - Edfu - Luxor Travel by horse-drawn carriage to the Temple of Horus, the falcon-god, (237 B.C.) considered the best-preserved temple in Ancient Egypt and the second largest after the Temple of Karnak. Sail to Esna, passing through the Esna Lock and continue sailing towards Luxor M/S Nile Admiral/ M/S Ti Yi or Similar - B, L ,D
Visit the West Bank necropolis including the Valley of the Kings, the funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. (Evening optional Sound & Light Show at the Karnak Temple). M/S Nile Admiral/ M/S Ti Yi or Similar - B, L, D DAY 6 - Luxor - Cairo After breakfast, visit Karnak and Luxor Temples, a centuries-old city of pylons, hypostyle halls, colossal statues, shrines and obelisks. Disembarkation and transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo. Upon arrival in Cairo you will be met and escorted to your hotel. (Evening, optional Sound & Light show at the Pyramids). Cairo Shepherd Hotel/ Marriott Hotel or Similar - B DAY 7 - Depart Cairo After breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for your departure flight. B For more information or to request a quote please call us at:
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