Day #1: Arrival Cairo
Arrive in Cairo to discover the contrasts of this ancient city, our representative will meet you at Cairo international airport beyond passport control to handle your Egyptian entry visa then will be accompanied to your hotel for check in with free welcome drink. Tonight, relax or enjoy optional evening of out of this world entertainment as we go to the Pyramids for the incredible Sound and Light Spectacular after you will return to your hotel and then the night is at leisure.
Day #2:Cairo Sightseeing Tours
Breakfast at hotel and then your private English speaking Egyptologist guide will take us to the amazing Pharaonic Cairo to visit the Step Pyramids and the Fine Tombs at Sakkara , the Statue of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx at Memphis that was the ancient capital of Egypt during the old kingdom. From there you will be moved into the Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, Micerinus and the almighty sphinx, the royal human head on a lion's body then to the valley temple, two awesome megalithic temples, known as the Sphinx Temple, and the Valley Temple traditionally attributed to the Pharaoh Chephren that is an absolute wonder of engineering . Lunch en route at specialty restaurant nearby the pyramids with free time for shopping. For those who did not get to go the option will be given tonight to relax or join us for another optional evening of out of this world entertainment as we go to the Pyramids for the incredible Sound and Light Spectacular (optional) Return back to your hotel for relaxation, free time and overnight stay.
Day #3: Cairo Sightseeing Tours /Aswan
After breakfast at your hotel you will be taken for a guided tour to the Egyptian Museum of antiquates that was built in the neo-classical style by the French architect Marcel Dourgenon the museum housing over 120,000 objects from different Pharaonic eras especially those of the child king Tutankhamen . Proceed to the citadel of Saladin and Mohammed Ali`s Alabaster Mosque .Lunch en route at good quality restaurant in Cairo downtown .Then drive to the Old Cairo to visit the old Coptic churches and the fortress of Babylon where the holy family took a refuge. Leaves the Church of St Barbara and St. St. George\'s church to the Islamic Cairo and Khan El Khalili bazaars and Old Market with free time to walk around and discover the amazing area in your way then you will be transferred Giza train terminal to board your sleeper train to Aswan with dinner and overnight stay onboard.
Day #4: Aswan / Abu Simbel
Breakfast aboard the sleeper train before arrival Aswan, where you will be met and assisted by a representative with free time in Aswan then you will join a most unique transfer across the Sahara desert to Abu Simbel with direct transfer to your hotel for check in having settled in free time at leisure. Tonight, join us for an optional evening of out of this world entertainment as we go to Abu Simbel for the incredible Sound and Light Spectacular after we will return to our hotel for overnight stay.
Day #5: Abu Simbel / Aswan
Breakfast at your hotel and then you will be accompanied by your English speaking guide to celebrate the Sun Festival (at Abu Simbel temples twice a year Febrauary and October) that mark the emperor’s birthday and his ascension to the throne, Celebrated in a big way by the locals, undoubtedly the Sun Festival at Abu Simbel is one of the most uncommon and astounding festivals in the world.Later you will be transferred to Aswan and directly to your hotel for check in with free time at leisure and overnight stay.
Day #6: Aswan Nile Cruise
Breakfast at your hotel in Aswan: the you will be transferred to sail in traditional style among the rocky isles of the Nile on a traditional felucca to visit the elephantine island and the botanical garden in Aswan for a Romanic trip on the River Nile. Then you will be transferred to embark your Nile River Cruise, where we will enjoy the next 3 nights aboard one of the largest and most luxurious vessels on the Nile river between Aswan and Luxor. Afternoon time you will be accompanied by your English speaking guide for an exciting tour to the world famous High Dam that was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops; continue to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptian pharaohs with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the famous Unfinished Obelisk and then you will be taking by motor-boat to island of Egilka visit the majestic Philae temple that was dedicated to the Goddesses Isis. With final optional evening excursion will offer the sound and light show at the Temple of Philae Return to your ship for dinner free time at leisure in Aswan and overnight stay aboard the cruise
Day #7:Nile Cruise
Before breakfast aboard your Nile cruise you may enjoy the amazing sunset view from your river cruise in Aswan with free time at leisure in Aswan and then sail to Kom Ombo to visit the temple the crocodile-headed God of fertility and creator of the world and then return to your cruise vessel to sail to Edfu where you will be transferred by horse drawn carriage to visit the famous Edfu temple also know as the temple of Horus & Haroeris, the falcon-headed solar war god is the largest and most perfectly preserved of all the Nile temples, back to the Nile cruise by the same way to sail to Luxor with lunch, afternoon tea and dinner aboard your cruise and overnight stay
Day #8:Nile Cruise
Breakfast onboard the cruise, and then you will be moved into the West Bank of the river Nile to visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs. Continue the tour to visit the Hatshipsut temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshipsut the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it then back to the cruise for lunch, afternoon tea and dinner aboard your cruise and overnight stay Tonight, if you wish, enjoy an optional sound and light show at the Temple of Karnak
Day #9: Nile Cruise / Sharm El Sheikh
Breakfast onboard the cruise, and then you will accompanied by our English Egyptologist expert guide to visit Karnak Temple, the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means “the most sacred of places.” The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great “Hypostyle Hall” is an incredible forest of giant pillars .Then you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor temple which built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun with free time for shopping in Luxor and then you will be transferred to Luxor airport to fly to Sharm El Shiek with direct transfer to your hotel for free time at leisure with overnight stay
Day #10: Sharm El Sheikh Diving
After breakfast you will be transferred to the diving cruise for 2 tank boat guided underwater diving expedition with a break between them for lunch on board (dive certificate); beginners who prefer a gentle introduction to underwater diving are welcome.
Free time at leisure in Sharm El Sheikh with overnight at your hotel
Day #11: Sharm El Sheikh Diving
After breakfast you will be transferred to the diving cruise for 2 tank boat guided underwater diving expedition with a break between them for lunch on board (dive certificate); beginners who prefer a gentle introduction to underwater diving are welcome.
Free time at leisure in Sharm El Sheikh with overnight at your hotel
Day #12: Aqaba ( Wadi Rum) / Petra
You will be met by our representative at your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh and transferred by air-conditioned van class to Taba to sail to Aqaba Port in Jordan, where you will be met by another representative who will assist you through immigration and then you will depart Aqaba for Petra. Along the way you will stop to explore Wadi Rum, where you will enjoy an exhilarating 4X4 ride visiting the Wadi Um Eshreen, the Moving Sand, Al Khazali, Abu Aineh and Rum Mountain. We will see the trail of Lawrence of Arabia and the famous Red Mountains. Afterwards we proceed north to the spectacular lost city of Petra . Overnight in Petra
Day #13: Petra Tours
Breakfast at your hotel in Petra and then you will be accompanied by your English speaking guide to explore Petra " a Rose-Red City" for a full day sightseeing tour of the ancient city comprises a complete urban infrastructure which includes temples, baths, private houses, high places, paved streets, public buildings, markets, theatres, reservoirs and cisterns. Its entrance, a one-kilometre long fissure through the towering cliffs, "The Siq", provides a dramatic approach and induction to the city. The narrow winding path through the canyon dramatically opens up to expose the awesome facade of the Elkhazneh, "the treasury", with lunch at specialty restaurant of international and local Jordanian cuisines then transferred your hotel in Petra for overnight stay
Day #14: Petra (Dead Sea) Amman
After breakfast depart Petra and continue northwards to Amman with stops to visit the Dead Sea, and the Christian town of Madaba where we will visit St. George's Apostle Church , home to a stunning mosaic map of the ancient Middle East . Continue to nearby Mount Nebo where we will visit the church on top of the hill from where, it is believed, Moses viewed the Promised Land. Continue to Amman and check into your hotel for overnight in Amman.
Day #15: Amman /Home
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Queen Alia International Airport in Amman for final departure