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The Pyramids, Karnak, the Egyptian Museum, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, the temples at Edfu and Kom Ombo - they are all here
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Insight Vacations - Winter Europe & Eastern Mediterranean |
Elegance of Egypt - Winter dept
10 days, Priced from US$3135
Europe Winter/E.Med, Departs from & returns to the Cairo
Tour code M945W
Included Premium Highlights
- Visit the Sphinx and go inside one of the Pyramids of Giza
- Attend the magical Sound and Light Show at the Pyramids
- Take a motorboat across to the Philae Island temples
- Visit Hatshepsut Temple and some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings
- See Tutankhamun's treasure in the Egyptian Museum
Included Additional Excursions & Sights
- See the statue of Rameses II & alabaster sphinx in Memphis
- See the Step Pyramid of Zoser
- Visit the unfinished obelisk and Aswan High Dam
- Sail on a traditional 'felucca'
- Tour the temple at Kom Ombo
- Visit the temple at Edfu
- Enjoy a visit to Luxor Temple
- Tour the amazing Karnak temple complex
- See the Colossi of Memnon
- Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque
- Enjoy views from the Citadel
- Visit the Khan El Khalili bazaar
Included First Class Services
- Services of our professional multi-lingual Egyptologist/Tour Director
- Sightseeing by air-conditioned coach
- Deluxe hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- 3 night Nile cruise on board the NEW MS Tosca (or similar) in an elegantly appointed riverview suite with French balcony including all cruise boat gratuities
- Insight Traveller document wallet, map book journal and information pack
- Scheduled flights between Cairo/Aswan and Luxor/Cairo
- Services of Insight's Representative in Cairo
- Arrival and departure transfers between Cairo airport and your Insight tour hotel
Included Quality Dining
- Egyptian dinner and Galabea Party (HD)
- 9 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 3 Lunches (L) and 2 Dinners, plus bottled water & tea or coffee (D)
- Departures on tour for New Year's Eve enjoy a celebration dinner
Festive highlights
- New Year's Eve celebration dinner included on 28 December departure
ITINERARY
Day 1 - ARRIVE CAIRO |
Welcome to Egypt- lavish backdrop for some of history's most enthralling tales. On arrival, you are met and transferred to one of Cairo's best hotels, where
your room overlooks the Nile.
Hotel: Conrad. |
Day 2 - CAIRO SIGHTSEEING |
After a pre-tour briefing with your Tour Director, visit the Sphinx and magnificent Pyramids of Giza. Your visit includes entry inside one of these extraordinary creations! Continue to Memphis to see the colossal statue of Rameses II and great alabaster sphinx. At nearby Sakkara, view the Step Pyramid of Zoser; the oldest in the world. Tonight, return to the Pyramids for a Sound and Light Show! (BB) |
Day 3 - CAIRO- ASWAN |
A morning flight across the Egyptian desert brings you to exotic Aswan. Maybe take an optional excursion by air to the fabulous temples of Abu Simbel? Later, board a traditional felucca and set sail around Kitchener Island. Your hotel is located on Elephantine island in the middle of the Nile.
Hotel: Mövenpick. (BB) |
Day 4 - ASWAN- JOIN CRUISE |
Today's sightseeing includes a visit to the Aswan High Dam and the granite quarries, where an unfinished obelisk still lies attached to the granite bedrock. A motorboat then whisks you across the Nile to the well preserved Philae Island temple complex. It's time now to board one of the most stylish and spacious boats in Egypt. Ship: MS Tosca. (BB,L,D) |
Day 5 - ABOARD THE RIVER TOSCA |
Set sail for Kom Ombo this morning to visit the riverside temple. Continue past irrigated fields and palm fringed villages to Edfu. Join your Egyptian dinner and galabea party tonight. (BB,L,HD) |
Day 6 - ABOARD THE RIVER TOSCA |
This morning explore the well preserved temple of Horus. Then enjoy the parade of everyday life in rural Egypt as you float down-stream to Luxor. On arrival, visit the beautiful temple of Luxor. (BB,L,D) |
Day 7 - LUXOR SIGHTSEEING |
Disembark your cruise and board an air-conditioned coach bound for the West Bank. See the huge Colossi of Memnon then visit the Temple of Hatshepsut. Continue to the Valley of the Kings to venture inside some of the Pharaohs' tombs. Your sightseeing culminates back in Luxor amid the avenues of sphinxes and gigantic columns of Karnak.
Hotel: Old Winter Palace. (BB) |
Day 8 - LUXOR- CAIRO |
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight back to Cairo where you are at leisure.
Hotel: Conrad. (BB) |
Day 9 - CAIRO SIGHTSEEING |
Enjoy breath taking views over the city from the Citadel before visiting the Mohammed Ali Mosque. Later, amid the thousands of artefacts in the Egyptian Museum you view the treasure of Tutankhamun. Then time to try your bargaining skills in the Khan El Khalili bazaars. The evening is at leisure. (BB) |
Day 10 - DEPART CAIRO |
You are transferred to Cairo Airport to board your onward flights. (BB) |
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