Itinerary Details
Day 1 :
Cairo – Welcome to Egypt.
• Welcome to Egypt, the gift of the Nile as described by Herodotus 425 BC.
• Upon arrival at Cairo international airport, you will be met and assisted by our representative who will help you during passport control, luggage area and customs formalities.
• Then you will be transferred to your hotel in Cairo by a private A/C vehicle for check in and overnight in Cairo.
Day 2 :
Giza Pyramids & Egyptian Museum trip.
• After breakfast at your hotel, Meet your Egyptologist guide to start the tour.
• Visit The Great Pyramids of Giza with lecture about the builders of Pyramids in Egypt.
• Proceed to visit the valley temple & Sphinx.
• Then visit the Papyrus paper Institute to learn how Paper was made in ancient Egypt.
• Stop for nice meal of lunch at local Egyptian restaurant.
• Visit the Egyptian Museum where you will see the Treasures of Tut Ankh Amen.
• After the day trip in Cairo, back to hotel, overnight in Cairo hotel.
Day 3 :
Cairo City Tour (Islamic & Coptic Cairo).
• After breakfast on the hotel, your guide will be waiting you to start Cairo trip.
• Visit the Old Cairo which is known as the Coptic Cairo) where will visit the Hanging Church.
• Visit the holy crypt (where holy family stayed in Cairo) & Ben Azra Synagogue.
• Visit the citadel of Salah El-Din and Mohamed Ali mosque (Alabaster mosque).
• Have delicious lunch meal at local restaurant in Cairo.
• Enjoy with lovely evening with free tour around Islamic City, bazaars of Khan Khalili & Street of El-Moez.
• Then transfer to your hotel in Cairo, overnight in Cairo.
Day 4 :
Cairo – fly to Luxor (Nile Cruise) with Luxor trip.
• Breakfast at the hotel then transfer to Cairo airport to fly to Luxor.
• Upon arrival Luxor meet and assist to transfer to start Nile Cruise trip from Luxor.
• Meet the licensed Egyptologist to visit the East bank of Luxor.
• Visit Karnak Temples where will see Hatshepsut obelisk & Ramses III temple.
• Proceed to visit Luxor temple of king Ramsess II and the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt.
• Transfer for embarkation before Lunch.
• Lunch on board with relaxation on board.
• Enjoy with Nile Cruise for Dinner on board, disco entertainment & overnight on board (Luxor).
Day 5 :
Luxor day trip.
• Breakfast on board. And meet your Egyptologist guide.
• Depart to Luxor west bank visit the valley of Kings with three royal tombs.
• Then visit (Hatshepsut temple - el deir el ?bahri and Memnon statues).
• Back to Nile cruise for lunch on board.
• Sail towards Aswan with afternoon tea.
• Once arrive Esna, cross the lock of Esna to be in higher level of water.
• Dinner on board, entertainment & overnight on board (Edfu)
Day 6 :
Nile Cruise Trip.
• Breakfast on board with meet your Egyptologist guide.
• Ride horse carriage to visit Edfu temple (god Horus- falcon headed god),
• Back to the cruise and sail to Kom Ombo.
• Lunch on board with a beautiful scene for Nile valley while sailing.
• Arrive kom Ombo to visit the temple of Kom Ombo and crocodiles mummy room.
• Back to the cruise and sail to Aswan with afternoon tea.
• Dinner on board, entertainment & overnight on board (Aswan).
Day 7 :
Abu Simbel Day Trip.
• Early morning; meet your Egyptologist and have breakfast (Usually box) and drive to Abu Simbel.
• Enjoy with the drive and road to Abu Simbel and beautiful scene for the desert.
• Visit the tow temples of Abu Simbel of King Ramses II and his wife Neferatari.
• After finish the tour drive back to the Nile Cruise.
• Back to the Nile cruise with Lunch on board.
• At the noon sail with Felucca (the traditional sailing boat) around the Nile islands.
• Dinner on board, entertainment & overnight on Nile Cruise board (Aswan).
Day 8 :
Aswan day tour.
• Breakfast on board. Disembarkation from the cruise and meet your Egyptologist Guide.
• Proceed with the visits of the Aswan sightseeing.
• Visit (the temple of Philae on Isis Island with motor boat).
• Tour to High Dam passing by the Old Dam of Aswan & Nasser Lake).
• Stop for visit the unfinished obelisk and the quarry of granite in ancient Egypt.
• Transfer to Aswan hotel
• Free for leisure and overnight in hotel (Aswan).
Day 9 :
Aswan - Amman (Jordan)
• At the appropriate time transfer to Aswan airport to fly to Amman by stop at Cairo.
• Upon arrival to Queen Alia Airport our representative will meet and assist you through the immigration and customs procedures..
• Free entry visa to Jordan (complimentary).
• Transfer to the hotel in Amman for overnight.
Day 10 :
Amman Hotel – Jerash – Amman City Tour.
• Breakfast at the hotel. Drive in the north of Jordan to Jerash, the best example of a Roman provincial city in the whole Middle East.
• We visit the spectacular Forum, Roman colonnaded street, the Nymphaeum and Artemis Temple.
• Back in Amman visit in Downtown the Amphitheater with the small Jordan Folklore Museum and the Citadel.
• Overnight Amman hotel.
Day 11 :
Amman Hotel – Madaba – Mt. Nebo – King’s Way – Kerak – Petra Hotel.
• Check out from hotel after breakfast.
• Drive to Mt. Nebo, the place where Prophet Moses gazed at the Promised Land before he died.
• You visit the old monastery and overlook the Jordan Valley,
• Dead Sea, Jericho and Jerusalem. After we proceed to Madaba, where to find the famous mosaic 6th century map of Palestine in St. George’s church.
• Driving along the famous ancient caravan route the King's Way,
• We have a short stop in Wadi Al-Mujib, a great wide valley with magnificent geological formation.
• In Kerak visit the famous Crusader castle built in 1132/34 by King Baldwin I. of Jerusalem.
• Continue to Petra for overnight.
Day 12 :
Petra Visit with tour guide – Petra Hotel
• After breakfast visit the red rose city Petra, the biggest attraction of Jordan.
• Petra was first established around the 6th century B.C. by the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe who settled in the area and founded a commercial empire.
• Pass the canyon, the so called Siq, to the most beautiful monument: the Treasury.
• Among other monuments you will see are the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs and Pharaoh's Castle
• Overnight at Petra Hotel
Day 13 :
Petra - Head to Wadi Rum - Wadi Rum 2.5 hours jeep ride.
• After breakfast assist to check out and transfer to Wadi Rum.
• Head to Wadi Rum for Jeep tour for 2 hours and catching the magnificent sunset.
• Overnight at Wadi Rum Camp.
Day 14 :
Wadi Rum -Dead Sea Hotel.
• After breakfast,
• Proceed 3.5 hours to the lowest point on the earth, the Dead Sea, where ever since the days of Herod the Great, people have flocked to in search of its curative secrets,
• Check in and overnight in Dead Sea.
Day 15 :
Amman - QIA Airport.
• Breakfast in the hotel, following with check out from the hotel at the appropriate time transfer to Queen Alia international Airport to fly home with sweet memories.
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