Cruise Down the Nile 8 DAYS 7 NIGHTS CAIRO ASWAN LUXOR C

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Nile cruise:
Our cruises always 5 stars Nile cruise.
Prices & accommodation Plan:
5 Stars Hotel $695 Per person in Double. Single supplement $226
4 Stars Hotel $670 per person in Double. Single supplement $212
3 Stars Hotel $645 per person in Double. Single supplement $198

Children Policy:
Children from 0 up to 6 years $140.
Children from 6 up to 12 years:

5 Stars Hotel $225.
4 Stars Hotel $265.
3 Stars Hotel $275.

Includes:
Accommodation in Cairo 2 nights in the hotel including breakfast.
Accommodation on board 3 nights in a 5stars cruise, includes full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner).
2 Nights in a sleeping train first class.
Professional tour guide.
Daily shows and parties at Nile Cruise.
ALL transfers in AC bus (pick up and drop off at the airport, transfers during visits in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan).

Excludes:
The international flights.
Tips.
Entry fees for the archaeological areas.

Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival in Cairo:
Arrive Cairo International Airport and then will meet our representative who will welcome you and help you to get your entrance visa from the immigration office.
At the end, move to the hotel check-in, accommodation and rest.


Day 2: Giza pyramid complex and the Sphinx in Giza & Memphis area and the Saqqara pyramids:
First, breakfast in hotel.
then transfer by AC bus, visit the Pyramids (Cheops, Chephren and Menkaure), the only remnant of the 7 wonders of the world and the enigmatic Sphinx in Giza (a huge rock carved up to 20 meters, body of lion and human head).
Then we will visit the Papyrus Museum to learn how the papyrus of the pharaohs were made, thereafter we will go to the perfume factory, which contains the rarest types of natural perfumes.
visit memphis area and the Saqqara pyramids. Afterwards, Overnight sleeping train to Aswan.
Day 3: Aswan, Nile Cruise:
Morning arrival in Aswan, our representative will meet and transfer you to the Nile cruise.
Then start a tour in the afternoon to the famous High Dam of Aswan. The High Dam was completed in 1971 and created Lake Nasser. The creation of the dam made it necessary to relocate several famous monuments.
Next, you will visit the romantic Temple of Philae and the Unfinished Obelisk. Philae Temple is a majestic Greco-Roman Egyptian temple dedicated to the goddess Isis, the goddess of love.
Evening, have dinner with a Nubian folklore show, Overnight Aswan.
Day 4: Kom ompo & Edfu:
Breakfast on board.
Take in the breathtaking scenery while cruising down the Nile.
Visit Kom Ombo and Edfu Temple. It is the only one between the temples that combine two Gods: Subic God which was responsible for the fertility of the Nile and the falcon Horus.
Lunch on board.
Oriental Dinner & Galabiya Party.
Overnight in Edfu.
Day 5: The East Bank of Luxor:
Breakfast on board.
Arrive in Luxor in the early morning. After breakfast, then start tour of the East Bank of Luxor and Karnak temple.
Here you will experience the massive Karnak temple and historic Luxor temple. Karnak temple is actually a gigantic temple complex which is over 3500 years old and dedicated the greatly powerful Ram Headed god Amun.
Luxor temple is an important temple in that it was dedicated to 3 gods; Amun, his wife Mut and his son Khons. Together these temples and gods are key players into great Opet Festival which was held during the flood season.
Lunch on board & Afternoon Tea.
Then in evening you will enjoy sound and light show at the Karnak temple, Spend the evening aboard on the ship.

Day 6: The West Bank of Luxor, Train.
Breakfast on board.
After breakfast, start tour of the West Bank of Luxor.
Start your tour off with the world-famous Valley of the Kings where you can enter some of the incredible tombs of the New Kingdom Pharoahs, like King Tutankhamun.
Then to the Temple of Hatshepsut (Deir al-Bahri). This is the mortuary temple of the only Pharonic Queen of Egypt with very unusual architecture.
And finish with the great Colossi of Memnon, the last remains of Amenophis III's temple.
Then transfer to train station back to Cairo, dinner& sleep in Train.
Day 7: Arrive Cairo
Visit Historic Cairo& Egyptian Museum:
Start with visiting the Egyptian Museum - Citadel of Saladin - Mosque of Mohamed Ali - Amr Ibn El-Aas Mosque - Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque- Al_Muizz street - Complex of religions - Fortress of Babylon - Coptic Museum - Military Museum - Khan al-Khalili (
the Egyptian Museum, which contains the biggest collection of monuments of Pharaonic Egypt, more than of 136,000 artifacts. Then visit the area of Saladino Citadel, also enter in the mosques and churches that exist in the Complex of religions and thereafter and Khan el-Khalili Street, which is considered one of the best eastern markets and the most famous one.
Then a guided visit of the Egyptian Museum, this houses more than 10,000 relics of ancient Egypt. There you can see the famous Tutankhamen Gallery and The Royal Mummies.
Then you will see Coptic Cairo, the Hanging Church, Islamic Cairo, Saladin Citadel, Mohammed Ali Mosque, old Cairo bazaar (Khan El Khalili) and El Fishawey coffee shop. Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.
Check-in the hotel to rest & sleep
Day 8: Final Departure:
After breakfast the trip will end in Cairo where it began. Open day in Cairo for any personal activity.
Transfer to the airport, and farewell departure. Take your memories and adventures with you on the flight home.