8 Days Cairo Nile Cruise & Hurghada Package, Egypt Tour

PROPOSED ITINERARY

DAY 1: CAIRO

Welcome to Egypt

Upon arrival to Cairo airport, our representative will assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage will greet you. From the airport you will be transferred to your hotel. Freshen up and proceed to enjoy historical Cairo

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA The sole survivors from the ancient Greek-listed Seven Wonders of the World, the pyramids of Giza are the planet’s oldest tourist attraction! Constructed from over 2.5 million limestone blocks it is thought to have taken more than 20 years to construct.

They are Egypt’s most visited monuments and among the world’s greatest tourist attractions.

THE SPHINX is carved from a single piece of stone. It is a lion with the head of a pharaoh thought to be the portrait of Chepren.

Transfer to hotel. Rest of the day at leisure

Overnight: Cairo

Meal Plan: Lunch on Tour


DAY 2: CAIRO / SLEEPER TRAIN

Breakfast at the hotel. Proceed to enjoy the Captivating city of Cairo.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

CHURCH OF ST.SERGIUS (ABU SERGA) - A 5th century basilica built over crypt where the Holy Family is believed to have stayed during their flight into Egypt.

CHURCH OF ST.MERCURIUS (ABU SEFEIN) - boasts a unique collection of Coptic art including 175 icons that depict scenes from the old and new testaments, wall paintings, etching and stained glass.

BEN EZRA SYNAGOGUE Modest in appearance, delightful in interior and boasting of legends, the Ben Ezra synagogue is the supreme Jewish monument in Cairo. Legends claim that the synagogue is built on the spot where pharaoh's daughter found Moses in the bulrushes and where Jeremiah spoke to survivors after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.

The most important recent event is the finding of medieval manuscripts in 1894. The collection, called Geniza, counted more than 250,000 pages, dating to the period between 1002 and 1266.

AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY AND MOSQUE: Al-Azhar is today the most important religious university in the Muslim world, with as much as 90,000 students. It is perhaps the oldest university in the whole world . The heart of Al-Azhar is the mosque quarters. Unlike so many mosques around the Muslim world, it is fully open for visitors. The architecture is stunning; the size of the roofed hall is quite impressive.

Transfer to the train station.

Overnight: Sleeper Train

Meal Plan: Breakfast / Dinner on train

DAY 3, 4 AND 5: NILE CRUISE

Breakfast in the train. Arrive Aswan in the morning. Embark on the cruise before lunch.

HIGHLIGHTS DURING THE NILE CRUISE

HIGH DAM: The high dam is the largest rock-filled dam in the world and one of the most important engineering feats of the 20^TH century an artificial lake-Lake Nasser, with a surface of 4000 sq. km lies behind the dam.

FELUCCA SAILING: Felucca is a traditional Egyptian sailing boat. We shall sail by the felucca around the Elephantine Island to view the Aga Khan Mausoleum and the Kitchener’s botanical garden.

TEMPLES OF KOM OMBO: Kom Ombo temple is exquisitely situated on a dune above a bend in the Nile. Alone among Egypt’s temple it is shared equally by two gods-Sobek, the crocodile god of Nile fertility and haroeis, the elder Horus.

TEMPLE OF EDFU: The town of Edfu boasts Egypt's most best-preserved temple dedicated to Horus, the god of sun and planets. The falcon –his symbol-is a prominent decoration.

THE LUXOR TEMPLE: Largely built by the New Kingdom pharaohs Amenhotep III and Ramses II, this temple is a strikingly graceful monument in the heart of the modern town. Also known as the Southern Sanctuary, its main function was during the annual Opet celebrations, when the statues of Amun, Mut and Khonsu were brought from Karnak, along the Avenue of Sphinxes, and reunited here during the inundation.

GREAT TEMPLES OF KARNAK: "Here are works in whose presence it is a task for the imagination to overtake the eyesight’. More than a temple, Karnak is a spectacular complex of sanctuaries, pylons and obelisks - built on a grand scale. The impressive and awesome Karnak temples are for many - pharaonic Egypt’s grandest monument of all. The complex covers a hundred acres: its history spans throughout thirteen centuries.

VALLEY OF THE KINGS - The Valley of the Kings shelters the fabled tombs of the pharaohs. More than 40 pharaohs were laid to rest here in ornate subterranean palaces penetrating sometimes under 100 m into the face of the rock.

COLOSSI OF MEMNON Dominating the desert to the east stand the huge colossi of Memnon, sole relics of the funerary temple of Amenhotep 111.

Overnight: Nile cruise

Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

DAY 6: LUXOR / RED SEA

Breakfast on the cruise. Transfer to Red Sea by regular coach service. Arrive and transfer to your hotel for checkin. Rest of day at leisure to enjoy the many facilities at the resort.

Overnight: Red Sea

Meal plan: Breakfast / Soft All Inclusive at resort

DAY 7: RED SEA

Day at leisure

Meal plan: Soft All Inclusive at resort

Overnight: Red Sea

DAY 8: RED SEA / CAIRO / DEPART
Breakfast at the resort. Transfer to Hurgada airport for your flight to Cairo . Arrive Cairo and connect for your International flight back home.

Meal plan: Breakfast