subject: Ancient Egypt And Jordan Tour [print this page] Coming to Egypt the land of the Pharaohs through going tours you will be navigating in the history of this beautiful land Egypt .The 15 days tour to Egypt will enable you to enjoy visiting Cairo ,Luxor Aswan ,the black and the white desert ,so you will feel the taste of the beauty of the history and the beauty of the landscapes and the nature in Egypt.
Day 1: Arrive Egypt
Our representative will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport. After that you will be transferred to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Upon arrival at the hotel he will check you in and give detailed information concerning your tomorrows trip. Overnight in .
Day 2: Pyramids & Cairo Tour
After your breakfast you will be accompanied by your personal guide to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx , varying between six-thousand and even thirteen-thousand years old ,and Valley temple facing the great statue. Lunch at good quality local restaurant. Then transfer to enjoy the Egyptian Museum, Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen. Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Combining fascinating history with shopping in a lively Khan El Khalili Bazaar, this dates back to 1382. Later, you will be transferred to Giza railway station to board the sleeper train to Aswan-dinner will be served on board. Overnight inside your compartment.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Aswan / Nile Cruise
You will be met & assisted at Aswan station by our representative, embark your Nile River Cruise, before lunch time , then enjoy visiting the world famous High Dam, The awesome Philae temple, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor, and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk. Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4: Aswan & Kom Ombo
Sail to Kom Ombo, have breakfast on board and Visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek & Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu, lunch on board after that Visit the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, Horus Temple in Edfu. Take afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5: West Bank
Sail to Luxor, have breakfast on board then Visit the West Bank, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings, then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 15th century BC , at El-Deir El-Bahari & the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch on board. Enjoy afternoon tea during sailing. Dinner on board Overnight in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 06: Nile Cruise/ Sharm El-Shiekh
After having breakfast on board you will disembark from your Nile cruise . Then you will be transferred to visit the east bank of the Nile River to enjoy visiting Luxor temple. Then you will visit Karnak temple which is the biggest temple in the whole world. .Then you will be transferred to Luxor airport for your flight to Sharm El Sheikh. Upon arrival in Sharm, transfer to your hotel for free time in the city. Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 07: Tours to St. Catherine Monastery
After breakfast you will be transferred to the heart of Sinai peninsula to visit The Monastery of St. Catherine at the foot of the Gebel Musa, or Mount Moses. The monastery is fronted by some beautiful gardens and cypress trees. The monastery has a very rich library that houses the worlds second largest collection of illuminated manuscripts after the Vatican. You will be able to see the Burning Bush in the monastery as well. In the inside there a large number of antique works of art: carved doors, invaluable icons wall paintings and other fine religious ornaments. the monastery is owned and run by the Greek Orthodox Church.. Transfer back to your hotel in Sharm & overnight in Sharm.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 08: Sharm El-Shiekh
Free day in Sharm as you can have an optional tour to Ras Mohammed National Park, which is both a terrestrial and an aquatic nature reserve.You can also have an optional tour to one of the natural wonders of the Sinai, the Colored Canyon . Take a walk among dramatic sandstone canyon walls streaked with melting reds, purples, yellow, magentas and gold. It is a majestic place so you will feel as if you are enclosed in a spectacular coloring book as the walls would reach 40 meters in some certain places of the canyon walls .Overnight in Sharm El Shiekh.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 08: Sharm El-Shiekh
Free day in Sharm as you can have an optional tour to Ras Mohammed National Park, which is both a terrestrial and an aquatic nature reserve.You can also have an optional tour to one of the natural wonders of the Sinai, the Colored Canyon . Take a walk among dramatic sandstone canyon walls streaked with melting reds, purples, yellow, magentas and gold. It is a majestic place so you will feel as if you are enclosed in a spectacular coloring book as the walls would reach 40 meters in some certain places of the canyon walls .Overnight in Sharm El Shiekh.
