Day 1 – Cairo
Arrived at the airport of Cairo where our representative
will accomodate you and assist in the various steps to
follow. You will be then accompanied in the private car to
your hotel. Night in hotel.
Day 2 – Cairo
Breakfast in plate hotel. Visit of Gizeh with the three
large Pyramids: Khéops, Khéphren and Mykérinos; and the
Sphinx, Lion with human head which incarnates the king or
the god under an aspect avenger. Then visit of the
necropolis of Sakkarah with the famous pyramid with degrees
of king Djoser, the royal pyramids, the funerary texts, the
mastabas.... And to finish the day, visits of Memphis, a
colossus of Ramsès II out of alabaster of beautiful
dimensions. Night in hotel.
Day 3 – Cairo / Luxor
Breakfast in hotel. Visit Citadel of Saladin, with in its
enclosure the mosque of Mohamed Ali. also the coptic
district, this district is older than the city itself: it
should be seen to have an idea of the atmosphere in which
the first Christians in Egypt lived Coptic Churches, Coptic
museum, church of Serge Saint. Stop by the visit of the
Egyptian museum ,Antiquities, founded in 1857 by the French
Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, who shelters more than
250.000 parts of which the fabulous treasure of Toutankhamon.
In evening transfer in private car to Cairo station to take
overnight train to Luxor.
Day 4 –Luxor
Early the morning, arrival to Luxor, reception by our
representative and discovered Valley of the Kings, where the
majority of the Pharaons of XVIII to the XX dynasty were
made bury and the Valley of the Queens, is the necropolis of
the royal wives, of the girls, sometimes of wire of the
kings of XIX and XX dynasties. Then continuation towards the
two imposing Colossi of Memnon, last vestiges of the
gigantic funerary temple of Amenhotep III which does not
exist nowadays any more. And finally the visit of the Temple
of Hatshepsout, the funerary temple of Hatchepsout,
dedicated to the Amon god, but also to the gods Anubis and
Hathor. This temple thébain is single and is distinguished
from the other temples because it is partly dug in the rock
of the mountain thébaine to which it leans, and rises on
three terraces connected by approach ramps transfer in the
private car to your boat of cruising. Installation in your
cabins. lunch. Visit Temple of Karnak, dedicated to the main
thing of the worship to the glory of the Amon god, but like
many other Egyptian temples, other gods and goddesses were
venerated there. It is the known religious site oldest in
the world. And the Temple of Luxor, It was devoted to the
dynastic god Amon under his two aspects of celestial Amon-Rê
and ithyphallic divinity. The currently visible oldest parts
go up in Amenhotep III and Ramsès II. Dinner and night on
board.
Day 5 - Luxor/ Esna/Edfu
(navigation Tuesday, Friday or Sunday)
Breakfast on board . In morning, beginning of navigation in
direction of Edfu .lunch. After the Passage of the Lock of
Esna, navigation and arrival to Edfu in the evening. Dinner
and night on board.
Day 6 - Edfu/Kom Ombo
Breakfast on board . Departure in the barouche for the visit
of the Temple of Edfu, the Holy City of Horus and the temple
built in its honor. This temple with extravagant dimensions
is preserved best of all Egypt. lunch. Navigation towards
Kom Ombo. Visit Temple of Kom Ombo, whose characteristic is
to be dedicated to two divinities: Sobek (with head of
crocodile) and Horus (with head of falcon). Navigation to
Aswan. Dinner and night on board.
Day 7 – Aswan
Breakfast on board. Visit Temple of Philae, dedicated to the
worship of the Isis goddess, then the granite career with
the Unfinished Obelisk and finally the High Nasser Stopping
giving rise to the Lake Nasser. lunch. Walk into feloucca
around the Eléphantine island is the best means of feeling
the Nile and of releasing themselves with the sandstone of
the wind. To dinner on board followed on one oriental show
(evening costume with Eastern spectacle: dancer and
traditional music). Dinner and night on board.
Day 8 – Aswan / Cairo
Breakfast on board. "In option: the visit of Abo Simbel,
morning departure in the private car (convoy)for Abo Simbel,
visit of the temple dedicated to Ramsès II and its splendid
Néfertari wife then return in Aswan. "check-out before
12h00. Transfer in the private car to Aswan station to take
overnight train to Cairo
Day 9 – Cairo
Early Morning , arrive Cairo .Today will transfer to Cairo
airport for your departure flight
NB: Modifiable program following your needs, thank you to
indicate your exact changes at the time of your request.
this tour start any day and you can
add others Destination's: arrival & departure From Cairo
The price does not include
- international flights (NB: we do not make the
international flights)
- the visa (15 US per passport, you can take it in your
arrival in Egypt)
- All entrance fees with the sites (Price of the entries to
the sites here)
- the assistance and insurances
- drinks, phone calls, the personal laundry and all other
expenditure
- the tips are left to your guide and staff with your
personal appreciation
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