Day
1: Cairo. Arrive at Cairo Airport and transfer to hotel.
Day 2: Classic
Cairo. After breakfast, visit the world’s
most prized collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities at the Egyptian
Museum including the infamous treasures of King
Tutankhamun’s
Tomb. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. After lunch,
visit the Citadel of Salah El Din and the Mosque
of Mohammed Ali.
Your day ends at the “world’s oldest shopping mall” Khan
El Khalili Bazaar, where you will find a wide array of exotic
gifts and souvenirs.
Day
3: Memphis,
Sphinx, Pyramids, and Sakkara. Your day begins
with a visit to Memphis, the capital of the Ancient Kingdom
of Lower Egypt. Stop by the celebrated 4,500-year-old
Alabaster Sphinx and the statue of the
Great King Ramses II. Proceed to the Necropolis
of Sakkara and visit the Step Pyramid of
Zoser and the Funeral
Temple. After lunch at a local restaurant, tour the Great
Pyramids.
Partake in an evening excursion to the Sound
and Light Show of Giza.
Day
4: Luxur. After breakfast, transfer to
Cairo Airport to board your flight to Luxor. Upon arrival,
transfer to the MSRA or MSRA II to begin your Nile Cruise.
Visit the Valley
of the Kings in Western Thebes as well as the Underground
Tombs of the Pharaohs. See the Temple
of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El
Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon facing
the Nile. End your Luxur experience with an excursion to the
internationally renowned Sound
and Light Show of Karnak (optional.)
Day
5: Dendera. Sail
to Dendera to visit the
Temple of Hathor,
dedicated to the goddess of love. Sail to Nag
Hamadi to see Abydos, the burial place for
the first kings of a unified Egypt, and the Temple
of Seti 1, a 14th century pharaoh.
In the evening, return to Dendera for a cocktail party.
Day 6: Edfu. Sail to Edfu to take a traditional
horse drawn carriage ride to the Temple of
Horus. Later sail to
Kom-Ombo to see the Temple of Sobek and
Haroeis. Your day concludes
with a traditional Egyptian dress party.
Day 7: Aswan. Visit the High
Dam, one of the
great engineering miracles of our time, used to prevent the annual
Nile floods. Later see the Granite Quaries and the Unfinished
Obelisk which provided archaeologists with clues about the method used
in cutting the obelisks, and the Temple of Isis on
Philae Island,
used in ancient times to house the priesthood of Osiris. Excursion
to Abu Simbel via air (optional.) Evening Nubian show.
Day 8: Cairo – Leisure. Disembark the ship after breakfast
and transfer to the Aswan Airport for flight to Cairo. Upon arrival,
transfer to your hotel and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure
in Cairo.
Day 9: Transfer to the Cairo Airport for final departure. Bon
voyage!
Cairo,
Sphyinx, Luxur, Nile Cruise
9
days/ 8 nights
