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EGYPT
PERSONALISED TOUR
GLIMPSE OF EGYPT
4days/3nights
Cost: $849 pp twin share (01 May - 31 Oct 09)
Cost: $951 pp twin share (01 Nov - 31 Dec 09)
day 1
Cairo

On arrival in Cairo, you will be met at the airport by your driver andlocal representative who will assist with airport formalities and transfer to your hotel.

day 2
Pyramids, Sakkara, and Memphis
B

Meet your personal Egyptologist and driver at the hotel. Drive to Giza, visit the Great Pyramid, a royal burial chamber and the Sphinx. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit the recumbent statue of Ramses II and the 80 ton alabaster Sphinx at Memphis.In Sakkara see the prototype of the Pyramids, the Step Pyramid.Back in Cairo to visit a Papyrus Institute.

day 3
Egyptian Museum, Citadel and Khan ElKhalili
B

Morning guided visit of the Egyptian Museum, with the magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities. Afternoon tour of the Citadel of Salah ElDin and the Mohammed Ali Mosque.
Lunch at a restaurant. Oppurtunity to visit the fascinating Khan ElKhalili Bazaar. Evening return to your hotel for overnight.

day 4
Departure
B

You will be met at your hotel and transferred to the airport for your departure flight.

Inclusions: Assistance on arrival, 3 nights in twin share at a 5* hotel (Le Meridien Pyramids or similar), breakfast daily. 2 full days guided touring, 2 lunches, all transfers and tours by deluxe air conditioned vehicle, luggage handling and porterage, entrance fees as per itinerary, private English speaking Egyptologist, tips (driver, hotel, & guide), service charges and local taxes.
Exclusions: Meals not mentioned, all drinks, additional services.
NB: Upgrade to 5* Deluxe Hotels $120 pp twin share (Grand Hyatt or similar).Supplements apply for Christmas & New Year period.


DELUXE CRUISE AND TOUR OF EGYPT
9days/8nights, (4nts Cairo, 4 nts Nile Cruise)
Cost: $2049 pp twin share (01 May - 31 Oct 09)
Cost: $2297 pp twin share (01 Nov - 31 Dec 09)
day 1
Cairo

On arrival in Cairo, you will be met at the airport by your driver and local representative who will assist with airport formalities and transfer to your hotel.

day 2
Pyramids, Sakkara, and Memphis
BL

Meet your personal Egyptologist and driver at the hotel. Drive to Giza, visit the Great Pyramid, a royal burial chamber and the Sphinx. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit the recumbent statue of Ramses II and the 80 ton alabaster Sphinx at Memphis.In Sakkara see the prototype of the Pyramids, the Step Pyramid Back in Cairo to visit a Papyrus Institute.

day 3
Egyptian Museum, Citadel and Khan ElKhalili
BL

Morning guided visit of the Egyptian Museum, with the magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities. Afternoon tour of the Citadel of Salah ElDin and the Mohammed Ali Mosque. Lunch at a restaurant. Oppurtunity to visit the fascinating Khan ElKhalili Bazaar. Evening return to your hotel for overnight.

day 4
Luxor, Karnak and the Temple
BLD

Morning flight Cairo-Luxor. Met and transferred for embarkation on arrival. Afternoon guided tour of the Temple of Luxor, the Karnak Temple of Amun, the Statue of Ramses II, the Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut and the sacred Lake. Overnight in Luxor.

day5
Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon
BLD

Your morning sightseeing in Luxor includes Thebes in the West Bank, option to visit some of royal tombs including Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings. Visit Hatshepsut funerary temple at Dier El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. Return to your Cruise for lunch. Afternoon sail through the locks of Esna to Edfu. Dinner on board.

day 6
Cruise, Edfu & Kom Ombo
BLD

Morning visit to the Horus Temple of Edfu, one of the three temples of the Ptolemaic period. Sail to Kom Ombo, visit the Sobek Temple, dedicated to the two gods. Sail to Aswan.

day 7
Aswan, the High Dam, Philae, Felucca
BLD

Visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries and the Philae Temple. Sail on an Egyptian felucca around Elephantine Island and the Botanical Gardens on Kitchener Island and the Agha Khan Mausoleum. Overnight in Aswan.

day 8
Aswan/Cairo
B

After breakfast disembark from the ship, you will be transferred to Aswan airport and flight to Cairo. Met on arrival by your representative and transferred to your hotel.

day 9
Departure
B

You will be met at your hotel and transferred to the airport for your departure flight.

Inclusions: Assistance on arrival, 4nights in twin share at a 5* hotel (Le Meridien Pyramids and the Presidential Nile Cruise or similar), Presidential Nile Cruise, breakfast daily. 2 full days guided touring, 2 lunches, all meals during the cruise, all transfers and tours by deluxe air conditioned vehicle, luggage handling and porterage, entrance fees as per itinerary, private English speaking Egyptologist, tips (driver, hotel, & guide), service charges and local taxes.
Exclusions: Meals not mentioned, all drinks, additional services.
NB: Upgrade to 5* Deluxe Hotels $386 pp twin share (Grand Hyatt & Ti Yi Nile Cruise or similar). Supplements apply on Christmas & New Year.


EGYPTIAN MAGIC
11days/10nights, (4nts Cairo, 2nts Alexandria, 4nts Nile Cruise)
Depart: Fri, Wed
Cost: $2734 pp twin share (01 May - 31 Dec 09)
day 1
Cairo

On arrival in Cairo, you will be met at the airport by your driver and local representative who will assist with airport formalities and transfer to your hotel.

day 2
Pyramids, Sakkara, and Memphis
BL

Meet your personal Egyptologist and driver at the hotel. Drive to Giza, visit the Great Pyramid, a royal burial chamber and the Sphinx. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit the recumbent statue of Ramses II and the 80 ton alabaster Sphinx at Memphis. In Sakkara see the prototype of the Pyramids, the Step Pyramid.
Back in Cairo to visit a Papyrus Institute.

day 3
Egyptian Museum, Citadel and Khan ElKhalili
BL

Morning guided visit of the Egyptian Museum, with the magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities. Afternoon tour of the Citadel of Salah ElDin and the Mohammed Ali Mosque. Lunch at a restaurant. Oppurtunity to visit the fascinating Khan ElKhalili Bazaar. Evening return to your hotel for overnight.

day 4
Luxor, Karnak and the Temple
BLD

Morning flight Cairo-Luxor. Met and transferred for embarkation on arrival. Afternoon guided tour of the Temple of Luxor, the Karnak Temple of Amun, the Statue of Ramses II, the Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut and the sacred Lake. Overnight in Luxor.

day5
Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon
BLD

Your morning sightseeing in Luxor includes Thebes in the West Bank, option to visit some of royal tombs including Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings. Visit Hatshepsut funerary temple at Dier El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. Return to your Cruise for lunch. Afternoon sail through the locks of Esna to Edfu. Dinner on board.

day 6
Cruise, Edfu & Kom Ombo
BLD

Morning visit to the Horus Temple of Edfu, one of the three temples of the Ptolemaic period. Sail to Kom Ombo, visit the Sobek Temple, dedicated to the two gods. Sail to Aswan.

day 7
Aswan, the High Dam, Philae, Felucca
BLD

Visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries and the Philae Temple. Sail on an Egyptian felucca around Elephantine Island and the Botanical Gardens on Kitchener Island and the Agha Khan Mausoleum. Overnight in Aswan.

day 8
Aswan/Cairo/Alexandria
BL

After breakfast disembark from the ship, you will be transferred to Aswan airport and flight to Cairo. Upon arrival you will be met by your representative and driven along the Desert Road to Alexandria. This second largest city in Egypt was built by Alexander the Great on the site of an old fishing village. Lunch en route. Continue to your hotel in Alexandria.

day 9
Alexandria: Catacomb, Gait Bey Fort, Montazah
BL

Morning guided tour of the El Montazah Gardens, external views of Montazah Palace, once the summer home of the Royal family. To the Catacomb of Kom El Shuqafa, a blend of Greco-Roman and Egyptian architecture carved into 100ft of solid rock. Visit the Fort and Citadel. Built in the 15C by sultan Ashraf Qait Bey, it now houses a naval museum. The Library complex includes: library for the blind, Conference Centre, Science Museum, Planetarium, Restoration and Conservation Laboratory and the Hall of Fame.
Return to the hotel after lunch.

day 10
Alexandria/Alamein/Cairo
BL

Morning drive to the El Alamein Desert, where Gen. Montgomery defeated Gen. Rommel in WW2. Visit the memorial cemetery. Lunch on the return trip to Cairo.

day 11
Departure
B

You will be met at your hotel and transferred to the airport for your departure flight.

Inclusions: Assistance on arrival, twin share at 5* hotels (Cairo: Le Meridien Pyramids, Alexandria: Sheraton Montazah Renaissance, Nile Cruise: Domina or similar), Nile Cruise, breakfast daily, guided touring as per itinerary, 5 lunches, all meals during the cruise, all transfers and tours by deluxe air
conditioned vehicle, luggage handling and porterage, entrance fees as per itinerary, private English speaking Egyptologist, tips: driver, hotels and guide, service charges and local taxes
Exclusions: Meals not mentioned, all drinks, additional services, domestic flights.
NB: Upgrade to 5* Deluxe Hotels $343 pp twin share (Grand Hyatt & Ti Yi Nile Cruise or similar). Supplements apply for Christmas & New Year period.


THE BEST OF EGYPT
13days/12nights, (4nts Cairo, 3nts Nile Cruise, 5nts Hurghada)
Depart: Tue, Sun
Cost: $3249 pp twin share (01 May - 31 Dec 09)
day 1
Cairo

On arrival in Cairo, you will be met at the airport by your driver and local representative who will assist with airport formalities and transfer to your hotel.

day 2
Pyramids, Sakkara, and Memphis
BL

Meet your personal Egyptologist and driver at the hotel. Drive to Giza, visit the Great Pyramid, a royal burial chamber and the Sphinx. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit the recumbent statue of Ramses II and the 80 ton alabaster Sphinx at Memphis. In Sakkara see the prototype of the Pyramids, the Step Pyramid.
Back in Cairo to visit a Papyrus Institute.

day 3
Egyptian Museum, Citadel and Khan ElKhalili
BL

Morning guided visit of the Egyptian Museum, with the magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities. Afternoon tour of the Citadel of Salah ElDin and the Mohammed Ali Mosque. Lunch at a restaurant. Oppurtunity to visit the fascinating Khan ElKhalili Bazaar. Evening return to your hotel for overnight.

day 4
Cairo/Aswan: Nile Cruise, H-Dam, Philae, Obelisk
BLD

Morning transfer to Cairo Airport for your flight to Aswan. Met on arrival by your guide, commence touring the monumental Aswan High Dam. On to the granite quarries, used in most pyramids and temples and the unfinished Obelisk, it would have weighed over 1,100tons (the world¡¯s largest piece of stone ever
handled). Boat trip to the Temple of Philae on the island of Agilka. The Temple was dedicated to Isis, patroness of the Ptolemaic rule. Board your vessel in time for lunch. Sail around Elephantine Island
on a felucca. Return to your cruise ship and sail to Kom-Ombo.

day5
Nile Cruise: Kom Ombo & Edfu
BLD

Visit the Temple of Sobek, the crocodile-headed god of fertility, it stands at a bend, where crocodiles basked in the sun. On your cruise continue to EdfuSet, then, out by horse-drawn carriage to visit the perfectly preserved Temple of Horus. Also known as Haroeris, was the falcon-headed solar war god. Return on board and on to cross the lock of Esna.

day 6
Nile Cruise, Luxor: West & East Banks
BLD

Across the West Bank of the Nile, visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs of 62 pharaohs have been discovered. Visit several of the tombs, then to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. This beautiful monument rises out of the desert in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. View the famed impressive Colossi of Memnon, two 66ft, 1000ton statues of Amenhotep III. Lunch on board. Visit Karnak Temple, the largest place of worship ever built. This complex of temples was built over more than two thousand years by each generation of pharaohs. Proceed to the
graceful Temple of Luxor built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II. Return to your cruise for dinner.

day 7
Luxor/Hurghada
BD

Disembark from the ship and private transfer to your hotel in Hurghada.

day 8- day11
Hurghada
BD

At leisure from day 8 to day 11 to enjoy this fabulous resort by the pristine Red Sea.

day 12
Hurghada/Cairo
B

On the drive back to Cairo stop to visit St. Anthony¡¯s and St. Paul¡¯s, St. Anthony¡¯s Monastery (Deir Mar Antonio¡¯s), and St. Paul¡¯s, are both Coptic Christian and are the oldest inhabited monasteries in Egypt. Upon arrival in Cairo, you will be met by and transferred to your hotel.

day 13
Departure
B

You will be met at your hotel and transferred to the airport for your
departure flight.

Inclusions: Assistance on arrival, twin share at 5* hotels (Cairo: Le Meridien, Hurghada: Steigenberger, Nile Cruise: Domina cruises or similar), 3 night Nile Cruise, breakfast daily, dinner daily in Hurghada, 2 lunches, all meals during the cruise, guided touring as per itinerary, all transfers and tours by deluxe air
conditioned vehicle, luggage handling and porterage, entrance fees as per itinerary, private English speaking Egyptologist, tips: driver, hotels and guide, service charges and local taxes Exclusions: Meals not mentioned, all drinks, additional services, domestic flights.
NB: Upgrade to 5* Deluxe Hotels $1029 pp twin share (Cairo Grand Hyatt, Hurghada Sheraton Miramar & Ti Yi Nile Cruise or similar). Supplements apply for Christmas & New Year period.