Spirits of the Nile
03 Nights Cairo / 02 Nights Sleeping Train /04 Nights Nile cruise
Your program will run as follow:
Day 01:
Arrival: Arrive Cairo International Airport meet and assist by Our representative with the sign of your name and assisting you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage then drive by air-conditioned private bus to your hotel in which you will be assisted by Our representative for check-in. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 02:
Giza: Breakfast at your hotel then our Egyptologist English speaking tour guide will meet you then visit the great Pyramids & Sphinx one of the seven wonders of the ancient World ,Take a camel ride to the great pyramids of Cheops & visiting the temple of the valley & solar boat then drive to visit Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt visit
the colossus of RamesesII then proceed to Sakkara more ancient site than Giza contains tombs and temples spanning a 3,000 year period visiting the step pyramids of king Zoser the founder of the third dynasty. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 03:
Cairo/Train: Breakfast at your hotel the Our Egyptologist English speaking tour guide will meet you then visit Egyptian Museum.
The Egyptian museum is located in Tahrir square. It is the biggest Egyptian museum in the world and is indeed one of the best. It comprises more than 100'000 objects dated back to the Predynastic, Pharaonic, Ptolemaic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic eras. The museum is very big and it takes much time to see it all, then our representative will meet you & drive to Cairo railway station to travel by sleeping train to Luxor, hot dinner on board train the food is served in cabin or in train restaurant according to your choice. Overnight on board.
Day 04:
Train/Nile Cruise: Breakfast on board train the food is served in cabin .Arrive Luxor Our representative will meet you & drive to Nile cruise accommodation on board Nile cruise with full board start with lunch end with breakfast .embarkation before lunch.
Then our Egyptologist English speaking tour guide will meet you & Visit Karnak & Luxor temples called Ipet-resit, or ‘Private Chambers to the South (of Amun)’.
The temple of Luxor, some 260 m (850 ft) long today, was built by Amenophis III on the foundations of a previous religious structure, dating from the time of Queen Hatshepsut.The Queen had also ordered the construction of six kiosks, at the stopping points of the sacred barque of Amun, along the original Eighteenth-Dynasty dromos, the sacred avenue that connected the temple of Luxor with the temple of Karnak. From the Eighteenth Dynasty on, the effigies of the sacred barges of Amun, Mut and Khonsu were sailed to the temple of Luxor along the course of the Nile. At the Festival of Opet, Amun of Karnak paid a visit to Amun of Luxor, also known as Amun-em-ipet, meaning ‘Amun-Who-Is-In His-Harem’, revitalizing the Amun of Luxor.Overnight in Luxor.
Day 05:
Luxor/Esna/Edfu: Breakfast on board Nile Cruise .Then our Egyptologist English speaking tour guide will meet you & Cross to the West bank & visit the Necropolis of Thebes The tombs date from the 6th dynasty to the Greco-Roman period although most of them actually date from the New Kingdom, particularly the 18th dynasty.
The so-called private tombs belong to officials and dignitaries who served in high ranks. Tens of these tombs are hewn out in the valley and lie near to the village of Sheikh Abd El-Qurna.The tombs here are part of more than 400 private tombs in the west bank. Then visit Valley of the Kings the valley is to the north of Hatshepsut's Deir El-Bahari temple. It was here that kings from 18th to 20th dynasties cut their tombs in the limestone cliffs. That was long time after their ancestors abandoned the pyramid-shape tomb. The new tomb was more safe and can deceive tomb robbers but alas! Almost all tombs were robbed and stripped from their treasures.
There are about 62 tombs scattered on the sides and branches of the valley, some of which are visited more frequent than the rest. The tombs are numbered according to the order they were discovered. You'll probably find some tombs closed to the public for restorations then visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut The great temple of Hatshepsut is built at the bottom of sheer cliffs in Luxor's west bank in a wonderful site. The chief temple is built by Queen Hatshepsut and other constructions were added by other rulers. Then the Colossi of Memnon The sitting mighty Colossi of Memnon originally belong to King Amenhotep III. They were once flanking his big mortuary temple that was leveled to the ground by time. Its stones were either reused or stolen. Sail to Esna. Cross the lock. Sail to Edfu and overnight.
Day 06:
Edfu/Kom Ombo/Aswan: Breakfast on board cruise then our Egyptologist English speaking tour guide will meet you then Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu.
Edfu was the Greek city of Apollinopolis Magna, and is a religious and commercial center. Located about 33 miles south of Esna and 65 miles north of Aswan, this is a friendly town which produces sugar and pottery. It is also a hub of a road network. It was the capital of the second Nome (Horus) of Upper Egypt. The main attraction here is the Temple of Horus, which is considered by most to be the best preserved cult temple in Egypt, but there is a mound of rubble to the west of the Temple which is probably the original old city of Djeba. The town was known as Tbot by the early Egyptians, by the Greeks as Apollinopolis Magna and by Atbo during Coptic times. It was the capital of the second Nome (Horus) of Upper Egypt. French and Polish teams have excavated some of the ancient city, finding Old Kingdom mastabas and Byzantine house.
Sail to Kom Ombo.Visit the Temple shared by two Gods Sobek and Haroeris Sail to Edfu Kom Ombo and Edfu are both easily accessible from Aswan, by day cruise, felucca, bus or taxi. Arriving by boat at the Temple of Haroeris and Sobek, near Kom Ombo, is recommended: the magnificent Ptolemaic temple is in a dramatic setting on high ground beside the Nile, surrounded by sugarcane fields. Dedicated jointly to Haroeris, The Good Doctor, and Sobek, the crocodile god, the temple is famous for its twin entrances, halls and sanctuaries. Sculpted wall reliefs include one showing ancient surgical instruments, bone-saws and dental tools. Three mummified crocodiles found nearby are now in the Chapel of Hathor.
Then sail to Aswan & overnight in Aswan.
Day 07:
Aswan: Breakfast on board cruise then our Egyptologist English speaking tour guide will meet you & Visit the High Dam, The world-famous High Dam was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. Today it provides irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt and, together with the old Aswan Dam, 6 km downriver then visits the Temple of Philae. Then sail by felucca to the View of the elephantine island and visit the agha khan Mausoleum. Overnight in Aswan.
Day 08:
Aswan/Train: Disembarkation from Nile Cruise after breakfast, our representative will meet you then you have a possibility to visit Aswan Museum the museum displays about 3000 artifacts, not only belonging to the Nubian regions. The museum has also a gallery dedicated for contemporary work of Nubian artists, an academic library and an open-air theatre. Then drive to Aswan railway station, boarding on the sleeping train to Cairo, hot dinner on board train the food is served in cabin or in train restaurant according to your. Overnight on board train.
Day 09:
Train/Cairo: Breakfast on board train the food is served in cabin. Arrive Cairo. Then transfer by private air-conditioned bus to your hotel for check-in. In the evening our representative will meet you then accompany you by private air-conditioned bus to discover Cairo through City tour the Egyptian people and their customs and habits during the way to Nile Cruise. Dinner on Nile Cruise. Dinner cruise on the Nile with around 2 hours cruising on the Nile including international open buffet dinner belly dancer & folkloric show. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 10:
Departure: Breakfast at your hotel then Our representative will meet you & check out .Drive to Cairo International Airport for check in for your international flight helping you to enter luggage & portage assisting you through passport control formalities & bordering pass, final departure.
The Program Includes:
• 03 nights in Cairo in on bed & buffet breakfast
• 02 nights sleeping train. On half board.
• 04 nights on board Nile cruise. Based on full board
• All transportation in the program
• All Sightseeing as I mentioned above in the program with Egyptologist tour guide
• All Entrance fees during sightseeing
• All Service charge & tax
The price excludes: Entry visa to Egypt .
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