Guide

Service of local English Speaking license Egyptologist tour guide

Accommodation

2 nights accommodation at Nile view rooms at Hilton Zamelek Hotel - 5* 3 nights Nile cruise aboard 5-star Nile Cruise: 3 nights aboard M/S Iberotel Crown Empress - M/S crown jewel or similar Nile Cruise 1 night accommodation at Radisson Blu Hotel - 5*

Meals

13 Meals: 6 breakfast, 4 lunches and 3 dinners

Others

Entrance fees Camel ride at the Pyramids Naguib Mahfouz tour

Transport

All arrival-departure transfers 4 transfers in Cairo 1 transfer in Aswan 1 transfer in Luxor Transportation in an air-conditioned tour vehicle

Not included:

Optional

Abu Simbel by BUS: $175 (3 hours each way) (paid at the time of booking)

Insurance

Travel Insurance is not included

Flights

Domestic flights: Flight from Cairo to Aswan Flight from Luxor to Cairo

Others

International Airfare Visa fee (if applicable) Trip Insurance Meals not mentioned in the itinerary Extra drinks with meals Tips for your tour guide and driver Domestic Flights: Cairo-Aswan/Luxor-Cairo

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Day 1 Day 1: Wed : Arrive At Cairo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Wed : Arrive At Cairo

Arrival in the Land of the Pharaohs, at Cairo International Airport. Flo Tours Representative will be waiting for you after you get your luggage and clear customs and will be holding the Flo Tours Sign, then will transfer you to your hotel.
Day 2 Day 2: Thu: Great Pyramids And Cairo Old City Tour [B,L]
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Thu: Great Pyramids And Cairo Old City Tour [B,L]

Drive to the Giza Plateau, home of Egypt signature attractions, the Great Pyramids, proclaimed by the Greeks to be among the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. The largest among these is the Great Pyramid of Cheops, probably built more than 2,600 years before the time of Christ. Standing 480 feet tall this is the last of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world that still standing. Little is known of Cheops, you’ll also see the inscrutable and mysterious Sphinx, known in Arabic as Abu al-Hol (“the Father of Terror”) and carved almost entirely from one piece of limestone.
After lunch, continue to the Egyptian Museum you’ll stroll through the halls highlighting each historical period of this ancient land, Marvel at the glittering treasures of King Tutankhamen, unparalleled in their variety, exquisite beauty, and sheer weight in gold. Seeing this treasure of more than 1,700 fabulous items buried with a young and relatively unimportant king, who can even imagine what the tombs of great and long-lived pharaohs must have contained? You may want to enter the Royal Mummies room for an additional fee and view the “sleeping” Kings of ancient Egypt.
Proceed to Old Cairo explore some of the early religious monuments of the city. You’ll visit the El Muallaqa Church, dating to the late fourth and early V Century. This basilica was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon. Muallaqa means “suspended or hanging.” Destroyed in a ninth-century earthquake, the church became the center of the Coptic (or Christian) Church of Egypt from the time it was rebuilt in the eleventh century until the XIV Century. Make a stop at the Ben Ezra Synagogue, built sometime between the VI and IX Centuries A.D. The temple contains a Jewish Heritage Library, containing documents found here in 1896 that describe the economic and social conditions of Jews under Arab rule as well as descriptions of relations between various Jewish sects.
End the day with a walking tour of the largest thirteenth century covered oriental market, the largest traditional shopping bazaar in the world, the Khan el-Khalili Bazaar. In the tiny alleyways, there are hundreds of shops where you can watch gold and coppersmiths, brass makers, and fortunetellers at work. Look also for leather goods and woodwork inlaid with camel bone and mother-of-pearl. Bargaining, Arab-style, is the norm here, and practiced as a national pastime. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 3 Day 3: Fri: Cairo – Aswan – Nile Cruise [B,L,D]
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Fri: Cairo – Aswan – Nile Cruise [B,L,D]

.Early morning transfer to Cairo Airport, for your flight to Aswan. Arrive to Aswan and transfer to your

Nile Cruise. You may also choose our Optional Tour Abu Simbel (AIR or BUS), situated 174 miles

southwest of Aswan, exploring the magnificent monuments carved into solid rock 3,000 years ago. In a

monumental feat of modern engineering, these massive temples were moved to their present location when

construction of the Aswan High Dam in 1960 created Lake Nasser and flooded their original location. This

extraordinary operation to save one of the world’s greatest treasures took years and the efforts of an

international team of engineers and archaeologists. The two temples at Abu Simbel were built by Egypt’s great

Pharaoh Ramses II (Egypt’s longest-ruling king) as a tribute to the deities and his favorite wife Nefertari. Four

colossal statues, 60 feet high and directly facing the rising sun, are of the Pharaoh himself, with his queen and

daughters at his feet. More tremendous statues surround you as you enter the temple. And in the very depths

of the temple, Ramses sits in state flanked by the gods to whom the construction is dedicated.

Upon arrival you will be escorted to your luxury cruise ship where you will spend the next 3 nights and 4 days

relaxing and enjoy the sailing from Aswan to Luxor.

Upon arrival you will be escorted to your luxury cruise ship where you will spend the next 3 nights / 4 days relaxing and enjoy the sailing from Aswan to Luxor. After Lunch, the Nile cruise shore excursion will start. Visit the High Dam, located near Aswan, the world-famous High Dam was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The Dam is 11,811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at the base and 364 feet tall. Today it provides irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt and, together with the old Aswan Dam built by the British between 1898 and 1902, 6km down river, wonderful views for visitors. From the top of the two-Mile-long High Dam you can gaze across Lake Nassar, the huge reservoir created when it was built, to Kalabsha temple in the south and the huge power station to the north.

Our last visit today will be to the Temple of Philae, was dismantled and reassembled (on Agilika Island about 550 meters from its original home on Philae Island) in the wake of the High Dam. The temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its original site. It`s various shrines and sanctuaries, which include The Vestibule of Nectanebos I which is used as the entrance to the island, the Temple of the Emperor Hadrian, a Temple of Hathor, Trajan`s Kiosk (Pharaohs Bed), a birth house and two pylons celebrate all the deities involved in the Isis and Osiris myth. The Victorian world fell in love with the romance of the Temple. But at night you May choose our optional tour (Sound & Light Show in Aswan – A-14) at Philae Temple, a magical experience. Overnight in Aswan.
Day 4 Day 4: Sat: Aswan – Kom Ombo – Edfu [B,L,D]
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Sat: Aswan – Kom Ombo – Edfu [B,L,D]

Early sail to Kom Ombo and visit The Kom Ombo Temple (the Ptolemaic Temple of Sobek & Haroeris). Located in the town of Kom Ombo, about 28 miles north of Aswan, the Temple, dating to the Ptolemies, is built on a high dune overlooking the Nile. The actual temple was started by Ptolemy VI Philometor in the early II Century B.C. Ptolemy XIII built the outer and inner hypostyle halls. The outer enclosure wall and part of the court were built by Augustus sometime after 30 B.C. and are mostly gone. There are also tombs from the Old Kingdom in the vicinity of Kom Ombo village. Sail to Edfu for dinner and overnight.
Day 5 Day 5: Sun: Edfu – Luxor – East Bank [B,L,D]
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Sun: Edfu – Luxor – East Bank [B,L,D]

After breakfast, visit Edfu Temple. Dedicated to Horus, the falcon headed god, it was built during the reigns of six Ptolemies. We have a great deal of information about its construction from reliefs on outer areas. It was begun in 237 BC by Ptolemy III Euergetes I and was finished in 57 BC. Most of the work continued throughout this period with a brief interlude of 20 years while there was unrest during the period of Ptolemy IV and Ptolemy V Epiphanes. This is not only the best-preserved ancient temple in Egypt, but the second largest after Karnak. It was believed that the temple was built on the site of the great battle between Horus and Seth. Hence, the current temple was but the last in a long series of temples build on this location.

Back to the cruise for lunch, Sail to Luxor via Esna. Afternoon proceed to your East bank visit of Luxor, visit Karnak Temple. In ancient Egypt, the power of the god Amun of Thebes gradually increased during the early New Kingdom, and after the short persecution led by Akhenaten, it rose to its apex. In the reign of Ramesses III, more than two thirds of the property owned by the temples belonged to Amun, evidenced by the stupendous buildings at Karnak. Although badly ruined, no site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak. It is the largest temple complex ever built by man and represents the combined achievement of many generations of ancient builders. The Temple of Karnak is three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples located about three kilometers north of Luxor, Egypt situated on 100 ha (247 acres) of land. Karnak is the sites modern name. Its ancient name was Ipet-isut, meaning "The Most Select (or Sacred) of Places". This vast complex was built and enlarged over a thirteen-hundred-year period. The three main temples of Mut, Montu and Amun are enclosed by enormous brick walls.

Continue to visit the Temple of Luxor, built by the two pharaohs, Amenhotep III and Ramses II. Ancient Thebes was a center of festivals, and the Temple of Luxor was the setting for the most important-the festival of Opet, designed to merge the ruler`s human and divine aspects. The temple was dedicated to Amun-Ra, whose marriage to Mut was celebrated annually, when the sacred procession moved by boat from Karnak to Luxor Temple.

Evening, you may choose our optional tour (Sound & Light Show L14). Inaugurated in 1972 the Sound and Light Show in the Temple of Karnak begins with a historical introduction covering the birth of the great city of Thebes and the construction of the Temple. Depicting the glorious achievement of the Pharaohs, spectators listen to the lyrical and poetic descriptions of artistic treasures, grand festivals, heroic deeds and literature of the times. Overnight in Luxor Egypt.
Day 6 Day 6: Mon: Luxor - Cairo [B]
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Mon: Luxor - Cairo [B]

After breakfast, check out from your Nile Cruise, visit the West Bank necropolis including the Valley of the Kings, with its many tombs chiseled deep into the Cliffside. From the 18th to the 20th Dynasty, the Memphis area and pyramid-style tombs were abandoned in favor of the West Bank of the Nile in Thebes. Several great leaders as well as many less important rulers are buried here, and more tombs are being discovered even today. This is where Howard Carter discovered the treasures of Tutankhamen and was struck "dumb with amazement" when he beheld its "wonderful things" in 1922.

Proceed to the funerary temple of Queen Hatshipsut at Deir El Bahari. The mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut is one of the most dramatically situated in the world. The queen`s architect, Senenmut, designed it and set it at the head of a valley overshadowed by the Peak of the Thebes, the "Lover of Silence," where lived the goddess who presided over the necropolis. Last stop for our morning tour will be at the Colossi of Memnon. Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty) built a mortuary temple in Thebes that was guarded by two gigantic statues on the outer gates. All that remains now are the 23 meters (75 ft) high, one thousand-ton statues of Amenhotep III. Though damaged by nature and ancient tourists, the statues are still impressive.

Transfer to Luxor airport for your flight back to Cairo. Arrival and transfer to your hotel.
Day 7 Day 7: Tue: Departure From Cairo [B]
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Tue: Departure From Cairo [B]

After breakfast, transfer to Cairo Airport. End of services.

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7-Day Best Of Egypt Tour With 3 Nights Nile Cruise

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Itinerary of your trip 7-Day Best Of Egypt Tour With 3 Nights Nile Cruise

Day 1: Wed : Arrive At Cairo

Day 2: Thu: Great Pyramids And Cairo Old City Tour [B,L]

Day 3: Fri: Cairo – Aswan – Nile Cruise [B,L,D]

Day 4: Sat: Aswan – Kom Ombo – Edfu [B,L,D]

Day 5: Sun: Edfu – Luxor – East Bank [B,L,D]

Day 6: Mon: Luxor - Cairo [B]

Day 7: Tue: Departure From Cairo [B]

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