Hi, Hamdy:

I hope your trip to Africa was as great as our trip to Egypt. Thanks for all the arranging and assisting you did. You may use the following quote if you like: "Having visited 37 countries in my travels, I believe my trip to Egypt was by far the most spectacular. We were treated like VIP's and the security for tourists made us feel extremely safe. Everything was so well planned that we had nothing to do but enjoy ourselves."

Karen Doddridge
Gifted English Teacher
Lake Brantley H. S.


Customized Private Educational Tour Program
Prepared for Florida Educators, Family, and Companions

Departure on Friday & return on Sunday
Cost per person in double from New York is $2,350.00

TOUR ITINERARY

HOTEL & NILE CRUISE ACCOMMODATIONS:
EGYPT
Cairo:  June 12-14 or July 10-12 Two (2) at the Movenpick Pyramids Hotel.
Nile Cruise:   June 14-19 or July 12-16

Five (5) days (4) nights on Radamis deluxe Nile cruise.
Embarkation from Luxor to Aswan

Cairo:  June 19-20 or July 16-18

Two (2) nights at the Ramses Hilton hotel         

MEALS:
  • Buffet breakfast daily in Cairo Hotels
  • One (1) lunch in Cairo during tours
  • Three (3) meals daily on cruise — starting with lunch or dinner and ending with breakfast or lunch.
TRANSFERS - AIRPORTS / HOTELS:
  • Four (4) transfers in Cairo
  • One (1) transfer in Aswan
  • One (1) transfer in Luxor
  • All transfers by A/C private coach with driver & English Speaking HLO Tours representative.
TOURS:
  • One and half a days of tours in Cairo as per the enclosed itinerary
  • Nile cruise program includes visits to: Aswan, Kom Ombo, Edfu, Esna & Luxor
  • All entrance fees are included except fees to the Solar Boat Museum at the Pyramids, the Mummies room at the Egyptian Museum and King Tut’s Tomb.
  • All tours by private A/C coach with driver and English speaking guide.
AIR TRANSPORTATION ON EGYPT AIR:
June 11 or July 9 New York (JFK) / Cairo Egypt Air #986 6:30PM – 12:25AM
June 14 or July 12  Cairo / Luxor Egypt Air TBD  
June 19 or July 16 Aswan / Cairo Egypt Air TBD

 

June 20 or July 18 Cairo / New York (JFK) Egypt Air #985  10:10AM – 3:15PM
(Air & Flight schedules are subject to change without notice)
DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY:

Day 01
Fri

Jun 11 or Jul 9

USA / Cairo, Egypt

Depart the USA from New York to connect with Egypt Air non-stop to Cairo, Egypt. Overnight onboard the airplane.  Dinner and breakfast served en-route.  D, B

Day 02
Sat

Jun 12 or Jul 10

Cairo

11:30AM: On arrival at Cairo International Airport you will be met and transferred to Movenpick Pyramids hotel (Located by the Pyramids Area)

Cairo has been the largest city in Africa for centuries. Modern Cairo encompasses many former cities & their monuments. Five thousand years of culture are concentrated here through a city that is a living index to ancient civilization.  Welcome dinner. Overnight in Giza.

Day 03
Sun

Jun 13 or Jul 11

CAIRO:  Pyramids, Sphinx, Sakkara & Memphis (Full day tour)

AM: After breakfast, your Egyptian adventure begins in Giza, where you will tour one of the seven and only remaining wonders of the ancient world, the famous Great Pyramids of Giza.  You will also visit the legendary Sphinx, a sacred symbol of the union of the strongest physical with the highest intellectual power on earth.  After lunch at a countryside restaurant, proceed to Sakkara, where you will see the Step Pyramid of King Zoser, history’s first stone building.  You will continue next, to Memphis, the ancient capital city of Egypt.   Optional tour to the Solar Boat Museum where you will see a cedar woodcraft boat, built for the Pharaohs. Return to hotel for overnight.   BB, L

Day 04
Mon

Jun 14 or Jul 12

Cairo / Luxor / Nile Cruise

AM: Transfer to Cairo International Airport for your early flight to Luxor. Arrive Luxor where you will be met & transferred by private coach & driver to your deluxe Radamis Movenpick Nile Cruise.

Luxor: is the world’s greatest open-air museum, filled with awe-inspiring monuments of ancient civilization.  As Weset, it was the capital of Egypt during the New Kingdom; as Thebes, it was described as “The hundred - gate city”.  Later, it was named Al Oksor, meaning  “City of the Palaces”.  Testaments to a desire for immortality, built for eternity in sandstone and granite, the temples, tombs, and palaces still stand, surrounded by souks.  Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight on board. BB, L, D

The cruise program will be as follows (Subject to change: Check-in for lunch. After lunch visit the Eastern bank of the Nile, which includes:  The Temple of Luxor with it’s huge papyrus columns which was dedicated to the God Amon and Karnak Temple which consists of several temples of great beauty. Afternoon tea. Dinner. Overnight in Luxor on board.     BB, L, D

 

Day 05
Tue

Jun 15 or Jul 13

Nile Cruise / Luxor / Edfu

Visit the western bank of the Nile.  See the City of the Dead, the Valley of the Kings and Queens (optional tour to the tombs of King Tut) and Temple of Hatshepsut.  Also visit the two colossal statues of Memnon.  Return to the cruise boat. Sail to Edfu. Lunch on board. Free time.  Afternoon tea.  Dinner on board.  Overnight in Edfu.     BB, L, D

Day 06
Wed

Jun 16 or Jul 14

Nile Cruise / Edfu / Kom Ombo / Aswan

Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu by Caleche.  Sail to Kom Ombo.  Lunch on board. Visit the Temple shared by two gods in Kom Ombo. Afternoon tea during sailing to Aswan. Dinner on board. Overnight in Aswan.   BB, L, D

Aswan is small enough to walk around and has the most beautiful setting on the Nile . . . Stroll along the Corniche or explore the souk full of scent and colorful spices, perfumes, scarves and baskets.

Day 07
Thu

Jun 17 or Jul 15

Nile Cruise / Aswan

Visit the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk at the Granite Quarries and board your motor launch to visit Philae Temple. Lunch on board. Sail on the Nile by Felucca (small sailing boat) around Kitchener’s island.  Afternoon Tea. Dinner on board.  Overnight in Aswan.  BB, L, D

Day 08
Fri

Jun 18 or Jul 16

Nile Cruise / Aswan / Cairo

After breakfast disembark your Nile cruise boat. Transfer to Aswan airport for your short flight to Cairo.   Arrive Cairo where you will be met and transferred to your hotel for overnight.   BB

Day 09
Sat

Jun 19 or Jul 17

CAIRO: Egyptian Museum, The Citadel & Khan El Khalili bazaar

AM: Buffet breakfast, your day begins with a guided tour of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, one of the world’s most famous museums. The magnificent collections of antiquities include 27 Mummies, Sarcophagi, and 250,000 objects of art, and date as far back as 5000 years.

PM: After lunch on your own, you will proceed to the exotic Khan El Khalili Bazaar for a taste of modern Egyptian artifacts.  Khan El Khalili is one of the world’s best-known oriental bazaars, a bazaar largely unchanged since the 14th century. Spices, perfumes, Gold & Silver, carpets, brass & copperware, leatherwork, glass and mashrabia are still fashioned by craftsmen practicing skills passed down from generation to generation.  Overnight in Cairo.  BB

Day 10
Sun

Jun 20 or Jul 18

Cairo / USA

4:45AM - Wake Up Call

5:30AM - Luggage outside your room door & Buffet Breakfast at the Coffee Shop.

6:15AM - Departure transfer to Cairo airport for your Egypt Air 10:00AM flight to the   New York (JFK)

3:00AM – Arrive JFK where you will connect with your domestic flight home.  

Welcome Home with a lifetime of memories from Egypt!!!

   


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