LAND OF THE PHARAOHS
7 Day SPECIAL Tour
4-star hotel & 5 star Nile cruise visiting
CAIRO, ASWAN, PHILAE, KOM OMBO, EDFU, LUXOR, VALLEY OF THE KINGS & KARNAK
Departures from South Africa - Tuesdays
The cost of the tour includes:
1 night at a 4 star hotel in Cairo,
bed & breakfast - room & breakfast on arrival.
3 nights on board 5-star Nile cruiser
M/S Queen of Hanza, or similar, full board
1 night on the sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan, dinner, bed & breakfast
All transfers and sightseeing per itinerary including entrance fees
Egyptian English speaking guides
The cost of the tour does not include:
Airfares & taxes
Visas or visa handling charges
Drinks or extras at hotels/cruiser or during the tours
Gratuities
Travel insurance
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Land of the Pharaohs Itinerary
TUESDAY
Depart Johannesburg on an Egyptair flight to Cairo. Dinner is served on the flight.
WEDNESDAY - DAY 1
Arrive Cairo International Airport early morning, where you will be met by our Cairo agent and transferred to your centrally situated 4 star hotel (bed & breakfast). You will have your room on arrival and can take breakfast. After time to relax and refresh you have a half day tour visiting the Pyramids, Sphinx and Valley Temple at Giza. Overnight Cairo.
 THURSDAY - DAY 2
Today you have a half day tour of the world-renowned Egyptian Museum with the astonishing gold treasures of the boy-king Tutankhamun and an antiquities collection spanning 5,000 years. Later you will be transferred to Cairo railway station for the overnight sleeper train to Aswan, dinner will be served on the train.
FRIDAY - DAY 3
After breakfast on the train you arrive in Aswan where you will be met and transferred to your 5-star Nile cruiser M/S Queen of Hanza, or similar. During the cruise you will enjoy full board starting with lunch today. In the afternoon, sailing on a traditional felucca on the Nile, you view Kitchener’s and Elephantine Islands and the Aga Khan Mausoleum from the river.
 SATURDAY - DAY 4
Today there will be a visit to the famous Aswan High Dam which forms the 500 km. long Lake Nasser and there will be a visit to the ancient granite quarry with its 1,000 ton Unfinished Obelisk. You cross the water by motor-boat to visit the elegant island Temple of Philae dedicated to the supreme maternal goddess Isis. You return to your cruiser for lunch. After lunch the cruiser sails to Kom Ombo where you visit the temple with its dual dedication to the crocodile god Sobek and a falcon-headed god Re-Haroeris. After the visit the cruise continues to Edfu where it will moor for overnight.
SUNDAY - DAY 5
After breakfast you will be transported by horse carriage through the dusty town of Edfu where you will visit the huge Temple of Horus - the most complete temple of the ancient world. After the visit the cruise continues to Esna where you pass through the lock and sail to Luxor with its massive concentration of ancient sites.
MONDAY - DAY 6
This morning you cross the Nile to the West Bank by road transport to visit the tombs of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings (there will be an opportunity for an optional visit to the tomb of Tutankhamun). Also you visit the great temple of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri and the Colossi of Memnon. In the afternoon you visit the incredible Karnak temple complex, the largest religious complex in the world, with its forest of pillars, sacred lake and carved reliefs. Later you will go to the impressive Luxor Temple. There will be an evening transfer to Luxor Airport for the flight to Cairo which connects with the return flight to South Africa.
TUESDAY - DAY 7
Arrive Johannesburg.
PLEASE NOTE:
DEPARTURES FOR THIS PROGRAMME FROM SOUTH AFRICA ON TUESDAYS
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