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Day
1:
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Upon
arrival in Cairo our representative who will assist you
through passport control formalities, luggage
identification & portage will greet you. Transfer from
the airport via private A/C car or mini-bus to your hotel
for check in and overnight.
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Day
2:
- This
day starts with a
half-day guided
tour in Giza, to view the daunting great pyramids
Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever
built. Optional camel ride around the pyramids.
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- Next
is a close-up look at the enigmatic sphinx - a huge
funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with
the face of king Chephren.
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remainder of the day is free for leisure and independent
activities. Overnight in Cairo.
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Day
3:
- This
day is free for leisure and independent activities. In
the evening transfer to the rail station to board a 1st
class sitting train and overnight to Aswan.
Optional upgrade to sleeper class.
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Day
4:
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Arrive
in Aswan - early morning.
Tour of
Philae
Temple and high dam of Aswan.
Check
in to hotel and overnight in Aswan.
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Day
5:
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Check out of
hotel and board felucca. Sailing tour around the islands
near Aswan - around Elephantine Island, Agha Khan Mausoleum and
Kitchener Island (exclude entrance fees). Continue sailing toward Kom Ombo. Overnight
onboard felucca boat.
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Day
6:
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Check
out of felucca boat
and visit the Temple of Kom Ombo. Transfer
by private A/C bus to Luxor visiting along the way the
Temple of Edfu dedicated to the great falcon God of Horus.
Arrive in Luxor and check in to hotel.
Overnight in Luxor.
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Day
7:
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Full
day
guided tour in Luxor visiting Karnak (this temple not a
simple temple but a complex of many Pylons, sanctuaries
because this land considered a holy land in the ancient
ages so every king interested in build in it) and the Luxor Temple
(belonged
to the Great king Amenophis III and the Famous king Ramses
II).
Overnight in Luxor.
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Day
8:
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Full
day
guided tour in Luxor
visiting
the valley of the Kings, this valley was the secret tombs
for the New Kingdom kings especially the kings of 18th
& 19th Dynasties, and chosen by the king Tutmosis I
and the other kings followed him, the temple of Queen
Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari, the only Temple in Egypt
built with terraces and its sanctuary was knocked in the
Rock and also belonged to the only Queen ruled Egypt &
Memnon Colossi which known with a legend in the Roman
period that these colossus belonged to the Greek hero
Memnon, so many Roman Emperors interested to visit them
and write their poets on them, but in fact these colossus
are the only part staying from the Funeral Temple of
Amenophis III.
In
the evening transfer to the rail station to board a 1st
class sitting train and overnight to Cairo.
Optional upgrade to sleeper class.
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Day
9:
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Arrive
in Cairo - early morning
and check
in to hotel. The remainder of the day is free for leisure
and independent activities. Overnight in Cairo. Optional
Sound & Light show at the pyramids or Nile river
dinner & show cruise.
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Day
10:
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Breakfast
and check out of hotel. Assisted transfer to
Cairo
International airport for final departure.
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- Note:
Actual
itinerary may vary slightly based on flight services,
felucca schedules & other factors,
however, all sight seeing & services as stated
will be included.
