Day 1 - Wednesday
Arrival at Cairo International Airport
where our representative will welcome
you and transfer you to your hotel.
Optional : Enjoy a veg/non-veg
Indian dinner.
Overnight at Sheraton Royal Gardens
or similar in Cairo.
Day 2 - Thursday
After your buffet breakfast (8am),
visit the Egyptian Museum of
Antiquities, which houses one of the
largest collections of ancient Egyptian
artifacts including the famous
treasures of King Tutankhamen.
13:00 hrs : Indian lunch.
Continue to visit the Great Pyramids
of Giza - Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos (one of the Seven Wonders
of the world), and their defending
Sphinx. Visit the Papyrus Institute
and see live how the ancient crafts
and papyrus paintings used to be
made.
18.45 hrs : Transfer to the
sleeper train for departure to Aswan.
Enjoy a veg/non-veg dinner and
breakfast onboard.
Day 3 - Friday
As you enjoy your breakfast onboard,
we arrive into Aswan.
On arrival our representatives will
meet and assist you and transfer you
onboard the Nile
Cruise Ship for a 3 nights Nile
Cruise : Aswan to Luxor.
Embarkation and some time to
refresh. Enjoy a veg/non-veg lunch
onboard the cruise ship.
Today visit the High Dam, the
pride of Aswan and a structure of
utmost ingenuity. This is where
Aswan ends and Nubia begins.
An ideal panoramic view of Aswan
can be seen here.
Continue by motor boat to visit
Philae Temple, one of the best
preserved temples and rebuilt stone
by stone on an island.
Optional : Sound & Light Show in
the evening at Philae Temple.
Enjoy an Indian veg/non-veg dinner.
Overnight onboard your Nile Cruise
ship. (B, L, D)
Day 4 - Saturday
After a buffet breakfast, enjoy a
relaxing felucca ride around the
islands of Aswan.
Optional : Abu Simbel Excursion.
13.00 hrs : Enjoy a veg/non-veg
lunch onboard your cruise ship.
15.00 hrs : Sail to Kom Ombo.
18.00 hrs : Arrive into Kom Ombo
and visit Kom Ombo Temple
dedicated to the falcon-headed god
Horus.
20.00 hrs : Sail to Edfu.
Enjoy an Indian veg/non-veg dinner.
Overnight onboard your
Nile Cruise Ship. (B, L, D)
Day 5 - Sunday
Early morning, while you enjoy your
buffet breakfast, we sail into Edfu.
6.30 hrs : On arrival, visit Edfu
Temple, one of the best preserved
and completed monuments.
You will have a chance to do this
shore excursion by horse carriage.
8.30 hrs : Proceed to sail to Esna
where you will pass the "Esna Lock"
which adjusts the Nile water level for
your ship to pass onto Luxor.
Enjoy an Indian veg/non-veg dinner.
Overnight onboard your Nile Cruise
Ship (B, L, D).
Day 6 - Monday
After a filling buffet breakfast, we visit
the West Bank of the Nile. The first
stop is the Colossi of Memnon.
These two magnificent giant statues
are all that remains of the mortuary
Temple of Amenhophis III. Legend
has it that they would "sing at sunrise"
because of the unique weaseling
sound caused by the wind that passed
through the rock structure.
Continue to the Royal Tombs at the
Valley of the Kings. This is where
generations of Pharoahs were buried
along with their hidden treasures.
See the tombs, articulate paintings
and sarcophaguses of these great kings.
Last but not least, proceed for the
Temple of Hatshepsut.
This magnificent tomb belonged to
Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman
Pharaoh to have ruled Egypt.
This monument will leave you in awe
as it appears to be engraved into a
giant mountain.
18.00 hrs : Depart by A/C coach to
your Red Sea Resort in Hurghada
(Approx. 280 km, 3 hours).
Arrive Hurghada, transfer to hotel for
veg/non-veg dinner and overnight.
(B, D)
Day 7 - Tuesday
After Breakfast, enjoy the day at
leisure to explore the exotic bounties
of this resort. By day you can relax
on the beach and enjoy the unlimited
water sports and clear blue waters
and by night take advantage of the
exciting night life spots filled with
tourists from all over the world.
Enjoy your veg/non-veg dinner and
overnight at hotel. (B, D)
Day 8 - Wednesday
After Breakfast, transfer by A/C coach
to Cairo.
Check-in to hotel and enjoy the
evening at leisure to relax at your
hotel or explore the city on your own
or choose an optional excursion.
Overnight at hotel.
Optional : Dinner Cruise with belly dancer, oriential show, and open
buffet OR Sound & Light Show at
Giza.
Day 9 - Thursday
Today after your buffet breakfast you
will be escorted to the Cairo
International Airport to board your
departure flight and bid farewell to
Cairo. |