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11 Days/ Felucca Cruise on the Nile
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Prices from around $250
Join our small group on a Romantic felucca as we cruise the Nile including an
Overnight train journey on the Nile Express.
**DAY 1**
CAIRO
Arrival to the land of the pharaohs. At Cairo international airport you will be welcome and assisted through immigration and customs, then escorted to your selected Hotel .
**DAY 2**
CAIRO
Morning visit of the great Pyramids of Giza, the enigmatic Sphinx from here we drive to Sakkara the vast Necropolis of
Ancient Memphis. Sakkara has 14 Pyramids and built by Zoser I in 2700 BC. It is the first Pyramid and is the world’s oldest stone structure .In the afternoon, we drive to Memphis - the capital of the ancient kingdom and one of the most important cities throughout the History of ancient Egypt.
**DAY 3**
CAIRO
In the early morning and after breakfast we drive to the Egyptian museum , famous for its antiquities dating back some 50 centuries from Egypt’s Pharaonic period, including the fabulous treasurers of king Tut. Afternoon, we take a tour to old Cairo, visit the old Coptic suspended Church and the oldest synagogue of Ben Ezra, later we drive to the citadel of Saladin, and the
Alabaster mosque of Mohammed Ali.
In the evening, you will board your overnight train for the journey
up the Nile. Your tour includes a first-class train ticket.
If you would like a sleeping compartment (round-trip Cairo-Aswan
and Luxor-Cairo), please add US$73 per person double, or US$120 single.
**DAY 4**
ASWAN
Your Nile Express train pulls into Aswan station, where our staff meets you and escorts you to your hotel. After settling in, we visit the mighty Aswan High Dam and the temples of Phial, rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser in a mammoth United Nations salvage effort.
**DAY 5**
ASWAN
Aswan is yours to explore as you like today, or join us on an optional excursion by air up the Nile to Abu Simbel to visit the breathtaking temples of Pharaoh Ramses the Great and Queen Nefertari. In the afternoon, you board your felucca and settle in for a timeless cruise on the Nile. While on board, all meals are provided.
**DAY 6**
KOM OMBO
Our felucca cruises to Kom Ombo and the twin temples of Haroeris, the sun god, and Sobek, the Nile crocodile god. We tie up at the wharf and explore the temples, resuming our cruise past timeless villages, sand dunes and palm groves in the afternoon.
**DAY 7**
EDFU
We dock at Edfu and board horse-drawn carriages for the short
ride through the town to the stupendous Temple of Horus, the best-preserved Pharaonic temple on the Nile, you board your car which will be awaiting for you for the drive to Luxor, and settle in at your 2 star hotel.
**DAY 8**
LUXOR
You''re up early today to visit the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon, returning to Hotel and over night.
**DAY 9**
LUXOR
Today we visit what is perhaps the world''s most gigantic and spectacular religious building, the Great Temple of Amon at Karnak, followed by the huge Temple of Luxor. Take your time to explore the temples in detail, or wander in Luxor''s quaint streets for the remainder of the day.
**DAY 10**
CAIRO
Upon arrival Cairo station, You will be transferred to your hotel.
Over night.
**DAY 11**
CAIRO
Transfer to Cairo airport for final departure with lots of memories and
*****2 People are required at minimum for this tour*****
Not Included: Rate does not include: Entrance fees to the Kom Ombo or Edfu sites (between Aswan and Luxor).Guide between Aswan and Edfu on felucca board.
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| Days: 11 |
| Departs :
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