EGYPT – Highlights of Egypt - 2010/2011

 

6 Days / 5 Nights

 

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED IN YOUR TOUR:

• Guaranteed departures every day of the week

• Meeting/assistance at the airport

• Return transfer to/from airport

• Domestic flight

• 4 nights at selected hotels with American breakfast

• 1 night first class on the sleeper train with dinner

Porterage at airport and hotels

• Deluxe air conditioned transportation

• English speaking driver/guide

• All entrance fees to places of interest

• All hotel taxes and service charges

 

Day 1 – Arrival

Ahalan Wa Sahalan, you will be met by this traditional greeting when you arrive at Cairo airport. Transfer to your hotel for overnight in Cairo.

 

Day 2 – Old Cairo

Visit the famous Egyptian museum which houses the Tutanakhamen exhibition. Stop at the Citadel, the Alabaster, Mohamed Ali Mosque and visit the noisy and chaotic Khan El Khalili Bazaar. Overnight in Cairo. (B)

 

Day 3 – Great Pyramids • Memphis

• Sakkara

Visit the three great Pyramids of Giza, continue to the 5000 year old Sphinx and the Temple of the Valley. Proceed to visit the ruins of the ancient capital of Egypt, Memphis, where the statue of Ramses II is located. At Sakkara visit the Step Pyramid of Zoser, representing a staircase to heaven and the Tombs of Sakkara. View the amazing City of the Dead. Late evening transfer to Cairo train station for your dinner & overnight on the sleeper train. (B, D)

 

Day 4 – Aswan • Late evening train to

Luxor

Morning arrival in Aswan. Visit the high dam in Aswan. Stop at the ancient granite quarries between the old and new dams and complete the tour with a view by felucca sail of Kitchener Botanical gardens and the Agha Khan Mausoleum. Transfer to the railway station for your departure aboard the fi rst class train to Luxor. Overnight in Luxor. (B)

 

Day 5 – Luxor • Karnak • Valley of the

Kings

Early flight to Luxor. Visit the temples of Karnak and Luxor. Stroll through the Valley of the Kings. Early return flight to Cairo for overnight. (B)

 

Day 6 – Departure

Transfer to the airport for your fl ight. (B)

 

Highlights of Egypt

Hotel: Ramses Hilton & Sonesta Luxor

CAT

PERIOD

Double

Single

DLX

May 01 – July 10

1041

1494

DLX

July 11 – Aug 31

1127

1637

DLX

September 01 – 30

1056

1518

DLX

October 01 – 31

1163

1711

DLX

November 01 – 30

1201

1778

DLX

December 01 – 22

1163

1711

DLX

December 23 – Jan 05 ,2010

1312

1937

DLX

January 06 – 31

1259

1857

DLX

Feb 01 – March 31

1286

1905

Hotel: Oasis Pyramids or similar & Mercure Luxor

SFC

May 01 – July 14 &

972

1360

SFC

July 15 – Aug 31

1067

1514

SFC

September 01 – 30

972

1360

SFC

October 01 – December 22

1053

1486

SFC

December 23 – Jan 05 ,2010

1167

1679

SFC

January 06 – March 31, 2011

1089

1541

Supplemet for Air instead of over-night train CA$215

Supplement New Year Gala Dinner applicable