Pyramids and Egypt Nile Cruise Tour

from $1049

Duration:
7 Days

Type:
Private Tour

Run:
Every Thu & Fri From MAY to SEPT 2018

A lovely experience to discover on this 7 day special deal to Cairo including a Nile cruise. Discover the wonders of the Great Pyramids and Sphinx in Cairo, Museum and more. Then travelling on to colourful ‘Nubian’ Aswan, home to the Aswan High Dam, Temples and other exciting tours. Finally cruising down the unspoilt Nile visiting Temples enroute and ending in Ancient Luxor to visit Valley of the Kings and other fascinating sites.

Included:

Meet and greet service on arrival at Cairo International Airport with a Memphis Tours Representative
All airport transfers by private deluxe A/C vehicle with Free WIFI.
Meet and greet service with a Representative at Aswan Airport and transfer to Nile Cruise
Domestic flight tickets Cairo - Aswan and Luxor - Cairo
Accommodation for 3 nights in a Cairo Hotel on Bed and Breakfast basis
Accommodation for 3 nights on the Nile Cruise Boat with full board basis
All tours mentioned in the itinerary
Service of memphis Tours Representatives and Personnel throughout your stay.
Expert English speaking Tour Guides
Tour to Pyramids, Sphinx and Temple Valley in Cairo
Tour to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo
Tour to Old Coptic Cairo and Khan Khalili Old Bazaar
Tour to Aswan High Dam, Philae Temple and Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan
Tour to Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples Enroute Nile
Tour to Karnak and Luxor Temples East Bank Luxor
Tour to Valley of the Kings West Bank Luxor
Tour to Colossi of Memnon and Hatshepsut Temple West Bank Luxor
Bottled water during all tours
Lunch during your tours in Cairo
Free loan of mobile phone charged against 30 min local calls / 3 min. international calls.
Applicable taxes for all hotels and Nile cruise included in the price.

Excluded:

International flight tickets
Visa entry to Egypt
Optional excursions
Personal spending money
Tipping to Cruise crew and Guides

Itinerary:

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Day 1: Arrive Cairo ‘Welcome to Egypt’

Welcome to Egypt. You will be met and assisted at Cairo International Airport by a memphis Tours Representative who will transfer you to your Hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Upon arrival at the Hotel, your Representative will assist you with a smooth check in and give you a detailed information concerning your pick up times. overnight in Cairo.
Welcome Drink

Day 2: Pyramids and Cairo Tours

Breakfast at your Hotel in Cairo and then you will be picked up by your personal expert English speaking Tour Guide who will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx at the Valley Temple facing the great statue. Lunch will be served at a good quality local restaurant, then moving on to enjoy the Egyptian Antiquities Museum which hosts the treasure room of the boy king Tutankhamun. Also there is the Mummification room to explore (at additional charge).Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue then on to the area of Islamic Cairo to explore Khan El Khalili Bazaar, Cairo`s old bazaar where you have the opportunity to buy those lovely hand crafted souvenirs before driving back to your Hotel, overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3: Fly Cairo to Aswan Nile Cruise

After breakfast at your Hotel in Cairo, you will be transferred to Cairo Airport (Domestic Terminal) to catch your flight to Aswan. On arrival in Aswan, you will be met, assisted and transferred to your Nile Cruise boat for embarkation. After lunch, your expert Tour Guide will escort you for an afternoon of tours to include Aswan High Dam, built in the 1960’s to provide the much needed electricity and irrigation for the country. Nubia, the area which was flooded, experienced the biggest and most thorough archaeological excavations that Egypt has known. Then you will go to view the ‘Unfinished Obelisk’ which still lies in the granite quarries which provided ancient Egypt with building materials. It would have been the largest piece of stone ever handled but when a crack was discovered it was abandoned where it was being hewn. Cross by boat to Angilika Island, to see the Temple of Isis at Philae which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor and one of the Nubian Temples rescued before the High Dam was built. Enjoy Philae’s long colonnades, towers and reliefs which include the last surviving hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions in Egypt. Dinner and overnight on board deluxe Nile Cruise.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 4: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples

Today you will start your lovely sail along the tranquil Nile witnessing the local life and green delta river banks unchanged for centuries. Enjoy breakfast onboard before arriving at Kom Ombo to visit the Temple of Kom Ombo with your Guide.The Temple is the only ancient Temple in Egypt divided into two, reflecting its dedication to two Gods: Sobek, the Crocodile God of fertility; and the falcon-headed Horus, God of the sky. Kom Ombo is also famous for the depictions of surgeon's instruments, giving us an early record of medicine and surgery in Ancient Egypt. After lunch and afternoon tea onboard whilst sailing, you will then arrive at Edfu, home to the huge Ptolemaic Temple of Horus, the most complete and best preserved of the Egyptian Temples, consisting of many columns, halls, chambers and chapels. Two statues of Horus flank the twin towered entrance gate; and inside,one of the interesting inscriptions lists the titles of books (scrolls) held in the library. Finally sailing on to Luxor with evening dinner onboard. Overnight in Luxor.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 5: Luxor Nile Cruise Excursions

After breakfast onboard, your Tour Guide will accompany you to the East Bank of Luxor to explore the impressive Karnak Temple, the world's largest ancient religious site. The hypostyle hall with its colossal granite columns is one of Egypt’s famous landmarks. There will be free time to explore the different parts of the huge complex built during the reigns of various Pharaohs. 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 and you may wish to take advantage at night, of the optional evening ‘Sound and Light Show’ which tells the story of Luxor and Karnak.( Highly recommended). Overnight in Luxor.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise Tours - Fly to Cairo

After an early breakfast, you will disembark your Nile Cruise then be escorted with your Guide for you final tour, that of the West Bank of Luxor, the original resting place of the world famous boy King Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings along with another 62 tombs unearthed of the Pharaohs and Dignitaries.Discover the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (the only Female Pharaoh) at El Deir EL Bahari and the two towering statues of the Colossi of Memnon.(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).Please Note: There is an additional Charge to enter the Tombs of King Tutankhamun and Ramses VI. After the tour you will be transferred to Luxor Airport for your short flight back to Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 7: Cairo - Fly Back Home

After breakfast, enjoy your free time before being transferred to Cairo International Airport for your return flight home.

Meals: breakfast

Accommodation :

Price Per Person:

Le Meridien Cairo Airport Hotel

Mena House Hotel

MS Nile Goddess Nile Cruise

Price per Person

$ 1049 Per Person in Double

$ 1599 One Person Traveling Alone

Prices - Prices per person are quoted in Sterling but can also be paid in US$ or Euros by credit or debit card via a secure credit card payment system. Any additional bank charges on bookings will be covered by Memphis Tours. Above prices valid only during the selected dates above.

Payment - Reservations should be made as early as possible to avoid disappointment in securing your specific required tour package.Your booking will be secured upon receipt of a 25% deposit. Please note that during the Christmas and New Year holidays, tour packages require a deposit of 50%. This deposit forms part of your final payment by credit or debit cards via our secured payment system. 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 - All transport within your tours is included such as domestic flights, trains, and air conditioned vehicles by road. Wi-Fi can be provided in road vehicles, therefore please inform us on booking if you require Wi- Fi whilst travelling by road along with complimentary bottled water. All our vehicles are new and of the latest design and technology.

Tour Guides and Representatives - Throughout your holiday from arrival to departure, you will have the constant assistance of our Memphis Tour Representatives who are responsible for your transfers to and from Airports, Hotels and resorts and will assist at the Airports with Visa, tickets and luggage and are there to answer any questions you may have. Once you start your tours of the sites in Egypt, you will have the constant guidance of your highly qualified Egyptologist Tour Guide both on included and optional tours

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

Wheelchair Travellers - Memphis Tours are particularly keen to promote and cater for disabled and wheelchair clients having Nile cruise boats, Hotels and tours especially adapted with rooms, cabins and transportation for easy accessibility. Please check the following link for more information.

Tailor - Made Holidays - A holiday is a special occasion and often means spending your savings. Therefore, you need to make sure that it is the Holiday that you want. Here at Memphis Tours we are more than flexible in adapting your Holiday to what YOU require and can easily ‘Tailor’ it to your requirements .