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Egyptian Highlights plus Sharm-el-Sheikh
Departs every Tuesday
(Land Only)
Package includes:
• All transfers as indicated in Cairo, Aswan, Luxor and Sharm El Sheikh
• 2 nights’ accommodation Cairo sharing twin room
• 1 full-day sightseeing in Cairo visiting the Pyramids, Sphinx and Egyptian Museum.
• 3-night Nile Cruise on full board basis sharing twin cabin
• 1 nights’ accommodation Luxor sharing twin room
• 4 nights’ accommodation in Sharm El Sheikh sharing twin room
• All sightseeing and entrance fees whilst on cruise
• Meals as shown (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
Package excludes:
• International flights and airport taxes.
• Lunches on full-day tour in Cairo (if this is required, please ask us for a re-quote).
• Any optional sightseeing tours.
• Extras at hotels and meals not mentioned.
• Immediate check-in on arrival, late check-out on departure (if this is required, please ask us for a re-quote).
• Travel insurance, visa cost and tips
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Itinerary:
Day 1 - Tuesday: JOHANNESBURG – CAIRO
Flight from Johannesburg to Cairo.
Day 2 - Wednesday: CAIRO
Arrive Cairo, transfer to hotel.
Overnight: Cairo
Day 3 - Thursday: CAIRO – EGYPTIAN MUSEUM - PYRAMIDS - SPHINX
Morning tour of the Egyptian Museum, view the largest depository of Egyptian Antiquities from the Pharaonic and Greco Roman periods as well as the treasures recovered from the Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amun. Afternoon visit to the Great Pyramids of Giza, the only present-day survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, built from over 2300 000 blocks of stone, each weighing about 2.5 tons. Nearby, the mystical Sphinx keeps watch over the Giza plateau. The 20-metre high man-animal Sphinx, created as a “living image of the sun-god”, was built by Chephren to guard the entrance to the Pyramids.
Overnight: Cairo (B)
Day 4 - Friday: CAIRO – ASWAN – NILE CRUISER – FELUCCA RIDE
Transfer to Cairo Airport for flight to Aswan (cost of flight not included). Transfer to your Nile Cruiser. In the afternoon, a Felucca ride to view the lush Botanic Gardens on Kitchener’s Island, Elephantine Island and Aga Khan’s Mausoleum on the west bank (view only, no visit).
Overnight: Nile Cruiser (BLD)
Day 5 - Saturday: ASWAN – HIGH DAM – PHILAE TEMPLE – KOM OMBO - EDFU
Visit the High Dam, a huge rock-fi ll dam, which captures the world’s longest river. Travel by motorboat to Agilika Island and visit the reassembled Philae Temple dedicated to the goddess Isis. The temple has a majestic aura, particularly at sunset when it turns to gold. Cruise to Kom Ombo; visit the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, dedicated to the crocodile god and the falcon headed
god. Cruise to Edfu.
Overnight: Nile Cruiser (BLD)
Day 6 - Sunday: EDFU - ESNA – LUXOR – VALLEY OF KINGS –
HATSHEPSUT TEMPLE
Take a horse-drawn carriage through Edfu to the famous and best-preserved ancient Greek-built temple. Horus Temple dedicated to the falcon God was built on a rise to escape the annual flooding of the Nile. Return to your Nile Cruiser and enjoy the changing scenery as you cruise to Esna and later to Luxor, considered to be one of the world’s greatest open-air museums. Travel by coach
to the West Bank and visit Thebes Necropolis and the Valley of Kings, a vast City of the Dead for generations of Pharaohs, where magnificent tombs were carved into the desert rocks, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife. Very few of the rock-cut tombs escaped grave robbers during ancient times. The most famous of the sixty-two tombs is the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amun unearthed by Howard Carter. At Deir al-Bahri, the Temple of Hatshepsut was built for the only woman who ruled Egypt. See the Colossi of Memnon; it is all that remains of the Temple of Amenophis, destroyed by the annual flooding of the Nile.
Overnight: Nile Cruiser (BLD)
Day 7 - Monday: LUXOR- KARNAK & LUXOR TEMPLES
Disembark after breakfast. Visit the Karnak Temple, a complex dedicated to Amun Ra. Its impressive features are probably the most overwhelming of all the Egyptian monuments. Visit the Luxor Temple discovered beneath the shifting desert sands. It was originally joined to the Karnak Temple by an avenue of Sphinxes.
Overnight: Luxor (B)
Day 8 & 11 (Tue - Fri): SHARM EL SHEIKH
Nestled on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, Sharm-el-Sheikh’s beach resorts on the Red Sea offer the very best beach holidays. White, sandy beaches, crystal clear water and amazing snorkelling along some of the world's best coral reefs. Ideal for honey-mooners as well as families. Safe, clean and affordable, Sharm-el-Sheikh is small enough to be charming, but big enough not to be boring. Day-tours to the interior and by boat to off-shore reefs ideal for snorkelling, shopping and nightlife - Sharm-el-Sheikh has it all! (Optional tour available to Mt. Sinai and St. Katherine’s Monastery).
Overnight: Sharm-el-Sheikh. (B)
Day 11 – Saturday: SHARM EL SHEIKH – CAIRO
Day at leisure in Sharm El Shiekh. Transfer to airport for flight to Cairo. Check in for your flight to Johannesburg.
Day 12 – Sunday: CAIRO – JOHANNESBURG
Flight Cairo – Johannesburg.
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