Splendours of Egypt & Jordan

from $1710

Duration:
10 Days

Type:
Private Tour

Run:
Everyday

A busy 10 days enjoying Splendours of Egypt & Jordan and covering a wide range of activities from Pharaoh’s Prophets, Ancient civilisations and coastal explorations on this Egypt Classic Tour and Jordan. Cairo, the Pyramids and more to Nile explorations with Temples and Valley of the Kings in Luxor, The Nabateans of Petra in Jordan, to the Dead Sea and more in Jordan. This splendours of Egypt and Jordan tour is a real discovery.

Included:

Meet and assisted upon arrival and departure by our Representatives at all Airports
Assistance of our Personnel during your stay, tours and excursions
All airport transfers by private deluxe A/C vehicle in Egypt and Jordan
Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo Hotel on bed and buffet breakfast
Accommodation for 3 nights on board Nile cruise on full board basis
Accommodation for 3 nights in Amman Hotel with breakfast
Domestic flight tickets (Cairo - Aswan - Luxor- Cairo)
Tour to Pyramids and Sphinx in Cairo
Tour to Egyptian Museum, Citadel and Old Cairo
Tour to Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple, East Bank Luxor
Tour to Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and Colossi of Memnon
Tour to Edfu Temple in Nile cruiser journey
Tour to Kom Ombo Temple in Nile cruise journey
Tour to the Aswan High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk and Temple of Philae in Aswan
Tour to Petra in Jordan
Tour to Madaba & Dead Sea Tour in Jordan
Meals as mentioned in the itinerary
English speaking Tour Guide in during your tours
Admission fees to the sights in Egypt and Jordan
All Hotels and Nile cruise applicable taxes included in the price
Bottled water during all Egypt Tours
Free loan of mobile phone charged against 30 min local calls / 3 min. international calls.

Excluded:

International Airfare to Egypt and Jordan
Entry visa to Egypt and Jordan
Personal spending
Optional excursions
Tipping for Cruise crew and Guides

Itinerary:

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Day 1: Arrival Cairo - Welcome to Egypt

Welcome to Egypt. You will be met and assisted on arrival at Cairo International Airport by our Memphis Tours Representative, then transferred by air conditioned vehicle to your Hotel for check in and a welcome drink. He will explain what to expect on your visit. Your Tour Leader will be your point of contact throughout the whole trip, and will give you details of how to contact him at any time whilst in Egypt under the care of Memphis Tours. Throughout your holiday, in addition to the Tour Leader you will meet a variety of English-speaking Tour Guides, who have been chosen for their expertise on each of the areas you are visiting. After check-in you are free to spend the rest of the day/evening at your leisure. *There is an optional Sound and Light Show at the Pyramids. Overnight Cairo.

Welcome Drink

Day 2: Giza Pyramids and Cairo Sightseeing

After your breakfast, you will be escorted to start your fascinating holiday with your expert English speaking Tour Guide who will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, Famous Sphinx and the Valley Temple facing the great statue. Additional visit to the Solar Boat in front of Cheops Pyramid (extra charge). Lunch included during the tour and then proceed with your private Guide to visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities hosting the Treasure room of the child king Tutankhamen, alongside many other fascinating artifacts. Additional visit to the Mummification Room at the museum (extra charge). Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Combining fascinating history of Christian and Jewish whilst passing through Old Islamic Cairo. A chance then to do some gift and souvenir shopping in lively Khan El Khalili Bazaar, which dates back to 1382. Later on you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Day 3: Fly Cairo to Aswan - Nile Cruise Tours

Enjoy your breakfast, then you will be transferred to Cairo Airport for your flight to Aswan, where you will be escorted to embark your Nile Cruise, then your Tour Guide in Aswan will escort you to visit the world famous Aswan High Dam, an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Then moving on to the Nubian Philae Temple, which is devoted to the two Goddesses Isis and Hathor and the to see the largest known ancient Obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, known as the ‘Unfinished Obelisk’. Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 4: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples

Sail to Kom Ombo. After breakfast will be accompanied by your English speaking Guide to visit Kom Ombo Temple, home of the Crocodile-headed God of fertility Sobek, creator of the world, and Horus. Lunch and afternoon tea onboard your cruise with free time at leisure whilst sailing to Edfu to explore Edfu's Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved Ancient Egyptian temples on the Nile Continue the cruise down the Nile to Esna. Dinner and overnight stay onboard cruise in Esna.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 5: Luxor Nile Cruise Tours

Breakfast on board the cruise during sailing to Luxor, and then you will be taken over to the West bank of the River Nile to visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs of the Ancients were discovered ( including the boy King Tutankhamun ).These 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. (The three tombs visited are determined by the Egyptian Government as to preserve them from the large flow of visitors, therefore are rotated throughout the year and cannot be confirmed as to which tombs prior to your visit ). Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut 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. and then visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), Continue your Luxor sightseeing tour to visit Luxor Temple then 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. Evening at leisure or an optional tour of the Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temple, or free time to explore traditional Luxor City. Overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 6: Nile Cruise - Fly Luxor to Cairo

Breakfast on your Nile Cruise boat, then transferred around midday to Luxor Airport to Cairo International Airport, On arrival, you will be transferred back to a Hotel in Cairo for an overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast.

Day 7: Fly Cairo to Amman - Hello Jordan

Breakfast at your Hotel in Cairo and then you will be met and assisted by a Representative and transferred to Cairo international Airport to fly to Amman in Jordan. Upon arrival at the Airport in Jordan, our Representative will meet and assist you through the customs and immigration procedures. Transfer to the hotel in Amman for free welcome drink and check in with free leisure time in Amman and overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Welcome Drink.

Day 8: Madaba & Dead Sea Tour

Breakfast, then with your Tour Guide and driver then driven to the town of Madaba, where you will discover the ancient wonder, a beautifully crafted 6th century Mosaic in the floor of the Old Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George, which is a map of depicting the biblical regions from Libya to Egypt. After that, a stunning view of Mount Nebo, the location where the Holy Prophet Moses was said to have gazed across at the Promised Land. He is said to have been buried at this place. An old Monastery overlooking the Jordan Valley, along with the Dead Sea and parts of the Holy Land are the next stop on your tour. Finally, a drive to what is known as the lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea. Here you have leisure time and the chance to float on the famous water’s known to ‘float’ a person and not sink! Also, it is known for it’s mineral and mud properties for therapeutic benefits.Then you will be transferred back to Amman for free leisure time and relaxation. Overnight at your hotel in Amman.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Day 9: Tour to The Ancient City of Petra

After breakfast, you will begin your day tour in Petra, the biggest most famous attraction in Jordan. Petra was a Nabatean Civilisation established around the 6th century B.C, a Nomadic tribe who settled in the area and laid the foundations of the Rock city. An option of horse ride or by foot to the Canyon, (the so called Siq), then by foot to the inspiring monument known as the Treasury. Other Monuments are the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs and Pharaoh’s Castle. After the tour we will drive 2.5 hours back to your Amman Hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Day 10: Amman Jordan - Fly Back Home

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Queen Alia International Airport in Amman for final departure.

Meals: Breakfast.

Accommodation :

Golden Accommodation:

Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa
MS Nile Goddess Nile Cruise
Le Passage Hotel and Casino
Harir Palace Hotel

MAY-SEPT

$ 1665 Per Person in Triple Room

$ 1710 Per Person in Double Room

$ 2460 One Person Traveling Alone

OCT-APRIL

$ 1775 Per Person in Triple Room

$ 1820 Per Person in Double Room

$ 2675 One Person Traveling Alone

Diamond Accommodation:

Fairmont Nile City Hotel
Sonesta St. George I Nile Cruise
Fairmont Heliopolis Hotel
Marriott hotel Amman

MAY-SEPT

$ 1999 Per Person in Triple Room

$ 2045 Per Person in Double Room

$ 3045 One Person Traveling Alone

OCT-APRIL

$ 2099 Per Person in Triple Room

$ 2145 Per Person in Double Room

$ 3210 One Person Traveling Alone

Prices - Per Person in Sterling Per Tour and can be paid in US$ or Euros by credit card via a secure payment system with no extra surcharge. Current prices valid through September 30.2018 excluding Christmas Holidays.

Payment - Early Reservations advised to avoid disappointment in securing your spaces..Booking secured upon receipt of a 25% deposit. During the Christmas holidays, packages require a deposit of 50%. forming part of your final payment. Packages and vacations which include International flights will require the full flight cost and deposit (25% or 50%) due to the regulations of the Airlines who require full payment

Transportation - Transport for all tours included: domestic flights, trains, and air conditioned vehicles by road.Wi-Fi, Bottled water and ice box all included whilst travelling by road. All are new vehicles of the latest design and technology.

Tour Guides - Are available to assist you with transfers to and from Airports, Hotels assisting at Airports with Visa, tickets, luggage. All tours of the sites in Egypt include constant guidance of a highly qualified Egyptologist Tour Guide.

Travelling with Children - Children delight in touring the Pyramids, Temples and Tombs in Egypt as often it is part of their school study programme. Memphis Tours offers packages to suit all ages with excellent combined multi location destinations such as Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Nile Cruise and the Red Sea Resorts.

Wheelchair Travellers - Specially adapted Nile Cruise boat MS Amarco 1 has all amenities for wheelchairs and special assistance customers on the boat and disembarking for tours. Assistance from the Boat Crew and Tour Guides are always ready and available.For Wheelchair adapted tours and packages in Egypt (Please click here).