The Best of Egypt & Jordan

Short Itinerary
Day
Schedule
Sleeping in
Meals
1
Cairo
Cairo
Welcome Drink
2
Giza Plateau - Saqqara - Memphis
Cairo
Breakfast, Lunch
3
Egyptian Museum - Saladin Citadel - Coptic Churches - Khan El Khalili
Sleeper Train
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
4
Abu Simbel Temples
Aswan
Breakfast
5
High Dam - Philae Temples - Unfinished Obelisk
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
6
Kom Ombo Temple - Edfu Temple
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
7
Valley of the Kings - Hatshepsut Temple - Colossi of Memnon
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
8
Karnak Temple - Luxor Temples
Sharm El Sheikh
Breakfast
9
Ras Mohamed National Park
Sharm El Sheikh
Breakfast
10
Sharm El Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh
Breakfast
11
Amman
Amman
Breakfast
12
Madaba - Old Monastery
Amman
Breakfast
13
Petra Sightseeing
Amman
Breakfast
14
Fly Back Home
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Breakfast
What's included:
  • Meet and greet service by our representatives at airports and station
  • Accommodation for 2 nights in Cairo hotel including breakfast
  • Accommodation for 1 night on sleeper train including breakfast, dinner
  • Accommodation for 1 nights in Aswan hotel including breakfast
  • Accommodation for 3 nights on board 5 star cruise on full board
  • Accommodation for 3 nights in Sharm El Sheikh including breakfast
  • Accommodation for 3 night in Amman including breakfast
  • Assistance of our guest relations during your stay
  • All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
  • Tour to Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley temple, Sakkara and Memphis
  • Tour to Egyptian Museum, Citadel Mosques and Coptic Churches
  • Day tour to Abu Simbel Tours by land
  • All tours on the cruise sharing Memphis Tours group
  • Tour to the High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk, Temple of Philae in Aswan
  • Tour to Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples
  • Tour to Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut temple & colossi of Memnon
  • Tour to Karnak and Luxor Temples
  • Snorkeling Tour at Ras Mohamed
  • Day tour to Madaba, Nebo and Dead Sea
  • Day tour in Petra to major sights as described above in itinerary
  • Lunch meals during tours in Giza/Cairo
  • Private English speaking guide in Cairo
  • English speaking guide on the cruise (You may share Memphis Tours group)
  • English assistant driver in the Dead Sea, Madaba & Nebo
  • Spot Local English speaking guide in Petra for about 02/03 hours
  • Entrance fees to the sights in Egypt and Jordan as mentioned above
  • Domestic Flight ticket (Luxor /Sharm El Sheikh)
  • International flight Sharm/Amman
  • Meals as mentioned in the above itinerary
  • Free loan of phone during your stay charged with 30 min local calls / 5 min. international calls.
  • All service charges and taxes  
What's excluded:
  • International Airfare
  • Entry visa to Egypt & Jordan
  • Optional excursions in  Sharm
  • Extras at hotels and aboard the cruise (additional meals, drinks, laundry...etc)
  • Tipping kitty
Prices Per Person
Accommodation Plan (A):
  • - Grand Pyramids Hotel Cairo
  • - Basma Hotel Aswan
  • - M/S Nile Dolphin Cruise
  • - Maritim Royal Peninsula Sharm
  • - Geneva Hotel Amman
 May - Sep.Oct. - April
Double $ 2175 $ 2290
Single $ 2650 $ 2850
Accommodation Plan (B):
  • - Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa
  • - Moevenpick Aswan Hotel
  • - Sonesta Nile Goddess Cruise
  • - Sheraton Hotel Sharm El Sheikh
  • - Marriott Amman Hotel
 May - Sep.Oct. - April
Double $ 2470 $ 2590
Single $ 3060 $ 3280
Day 1:Arrival Cairo

Memphis Tours representative will meet & assist you upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport. After that you will be transferred to your hotel in Cairo by a private air-conditioned vehicle for check in. Upon arrival at the hotel he will check you in and give detailed information concerning your tomorrows’ trip. Overnight in Cairo.

Welcome Drink

Day 2:Pyramids Tour

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then met by your personal guide who will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus - Famous Sphinx and Valley temple facing the great statue. Additional visit to the Solar Boat infront of Cheops Pyramid (extra ticket on spot) Lunch included during the tour and then proceed to Sakkara area to visit Sakkara Complex and first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid). Move to Memphis; Old kingdom's capital and famous Necropolis. Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3:Cairo Tours

Breakfast at the hotel and then you will be escorted by your private guide to visit: Egyptian Museum, Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen, alongside many other fascinating artifacts. Additional visit to the mummies room at the museum (extra ticket on spot). Lunch throughout the tour at local restaurant, then moving to visit Saladin Citadel including Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque inside. Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Combining fascinating history with shopping in a lively Khan El Khalili Bazaar, which dates back to 1382.  Later, you will be transferred to Giza railway station to board the Sleeper Train to Aswan. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board - overnight inside your compartment. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4:Arrival Aswan

You will be met at Aswan train station, then transferred to your hotel. At 11:00 start your trip to Abu Simbel Temples. It takes about a 3 hour and half drive one way from Aswan to Abu Simbel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Upon arrival at Abu Simbel, enjoy the impressive Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, which is dedicated to the four universal gods Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, and to Ramesses II. Then return to Aswan. Overnight in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 5:Aswan Sightseeing

Breakfast at your hotel in Aswan. Then transfer to embark your Nile River Cruise before Lunch at 11:00 a.m, then enjoy visiting the world famous High Dam, The awesome Philae temple, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor, and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk. Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.
Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6:Kom Ombo / Edfu

Sail to Kom Ombo, have breakfast on board and Visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek & Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu, lunch on board after that Visit the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, Horus Temple in Edfu. Take afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

 

Day 7:Luxor Sightseeing

Sail to Luxor, have breakfast on board then visit the West Bank,  take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings, then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 15th century BC , at El-Deir El-Bahari & the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch on board. Enjoy afternoon tea during sailing. Dinner on board Overnight in Luxor.
Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8:Luxor Sightseeing

Breakfast on board, disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast at 08:00 a.m. Then transfer to visit Karnak & Luxor temples, then you will be transferred to Luxor airport for flight to Sharm El Sheikh. Most flights are indirect flight via Cairo Airport. Upon arrival in Sharm, transfer to your hotel for free time at leisure with overnight in Sharm El Sheikh.
Meals:  Breakfast

Day 9:Ras mohamed

After breakfast, transfer to Ras Mohamed National Park for snorkeling / a fantastic day out to the Red Sea underwater Marin life and then transfer back to the hotel in Sharm el sheikh free time at leisure in Sharm El Sheikh with overnight at your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 10:Sharm El Sheikh

Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to The Monastery of St. Catherine located at the heart of Sinai and at the foot of the Gebel Musa, or Mount Moses. Fronted by gardens and cypress trees, the monastery is owned and run by the Greek Orthodox Church. Its rich library houses the world's second largest collection of illuminated manuscripts after the Vatican. You can see the Burning Bush and a large number of antique works of art: invaluable icons, beautifully carved doors, exquisite wall paintings and other fine religious ornaments.
Meals:  Breakfast

Day 11:Sharm to Amman

Breakfast at your hotel in Sharm and then you will be transferred to Sharm International Airport for flight to Amman.  Memphis Tours representative will meet & assist you upon your arrival at Amman International Airport. After that you will be transferred to your hotel in Amman by a private air-conditioned vehicle for check in. Upon arrival at the hotel he will do your check in and give you detailed information concerning your tomorrow’s trip. Overnight in Amman.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 12:Madaba / Dead Sea

After breakfast drive to Mt. Nebo, the place where Prophet Moses gazed at the promised land before he died and his alleged burial place. You visit the old monastery and overlook the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, Jericho and Jerusalem. After we proceed to Madaba, where to find the famous mosaic 6th century map of Palestine in St. George’s church. Afterward we drive to the lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea, where you have leisure time and the chance to float on water. Overnight Amman hotel.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 13:Petra Tour

After breakfast drive 2.5 hours to the rose red city Petra, the biggest attraction of Jordan. Petra was first established around the 6th century B.C. by the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe who settled in the area and laid the foundations of a commercial empire that extended into Syria. Upon arrival you will begin the trip on horse back to the canyon, the so called Siq, and then by foot to the most beautiful monument: the Treasury. Among other monuments you will see are the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs and Pharaoh"s Castle. Afterward back to hotel in Amman for overnight.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 14:Final Departure

After breakfast transfer to QAI Airport for departure.  

Meals: Breakfast

 

Prices Per Person
Accommodation Plan (A):
  • - Grand Pyramids Hotel Cairo
  • - Basma Hotel Aswan
  • - M/S Nile Dolphin Cruise
  • - Maritim Royal Peninsula Sharm
  • - Geneva Hotel Amman
 May - Sep.Oct. - April
Double $ 2175 $ 2290
Single $ 2650 $ 2850
Accommodation Plan (B):
  • - Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa
  • - Moevenpick Aswan Hotel
  • - Sonesta Nile Goddess Cruise
  • - Sheraton Hotel Sharm El Sheikh
  • - Marriott Amman Hotel
 May - Sep.Oct. - April
Double $ 2470 $ 2590
Single $ 3060 $ 3280
General info
  • Prices

    Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip and valid through April 30.2013 except during Christmas, New Year & Easter holidays. Single room occupancy is applied for those coming with other and prefer single occupancy. So there will be a different rate for solo traveler.

  • Children Policy

    0 - 01.99 Free of Charge
    2 - 5.99 25% pay 25% of tour price
    6 - 11.99 50% pay 50% of tour price
    12+ pay full tour price as per adult person
    If your tour package includes airfare then an extra charges for your children may apply.

  • Payment Policy

    Reservations should be made as early as possible to book the desired Egypt tour, spaces will be secured upon receive a deposit of 25 %, and during the Christmas and New Year holidays and tour packages inclusive international airfare the required deposit is 50%. This deposit forms part of your final payment. Deposits can only be made by credit cards, wire transfer and or Western Union

  • Egypt Entry Visa

    You need to have a valid passport at least 6 months beyond your scheduled return date to enter Egypt and you can obtain a visa from the Egyptian Consulate before departure. Also, entry visa is available upon arrival Egypt airports against USD 15 per passport for specific nationalities and need to check before.

  • Sleeper Trains in Egypt

    Sleeper trains are designed and equipped according to a satisfactory standard and quality that was set up by the Egyptian Railway Authority. Sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan is about 14 hours and sleeping train from Luxor to Cairo is about 11 hours.

  • Additional Entry Tickets

    All our Egypt tour packages and programs don't include entrance fees to special archaeological sites such as entering one of the Pyramids inside, to visit the Mummies Room at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, to visit the Solar Boat Museum at the Pyramids area or to enter the Tomb of Tutankhamen at Valley of the Kings in Luxor

  • Tipping

    It is a customary attitude for expressing ones satisfaction of good services rendered to him by staff on duty with him. We advise if you are willing to offer it, this would be great and if not, you are not obliged to do it
General info
  • Prices

    Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip and valid through April 30.2013 except during Christmas, New Year & Easter holidays. Single room occupancy is applied for those coming with other and prefer single occupancy. So there will be a different rate for solo traveler.

  • Children Policy

    0 - 01.99 Free of Charge
    2 - 5.99 25% pay 25% of tour price
    6 - 11.99 50% pay 50% of tour price
    12+ pay full tour price as per adult person
    If your tour package includes airfare then an extra charges for your children may apply.

  • Payment Policy

    Reservations should be made as early as possible to book the desired Egypt tour, spaces will be secured upon receive a deposit of 25 %, and during the Christmas and New Year holidays and tour packages inclusive international airfare the required deposit is 50%. This deposit forms part of your final payment. Deposits can only be made by credit cards, wire transfer and or Western Union

  • Egypt Entry Visa

    You need to have a valid passport at least 6 months beyond your scheduled return date to enter Egypt and you can obtain a visa from the Egyptian Consulate before departure. Also, entry visa is available upon arrival Egypt airports against USD 15 per passport for specific nationalities and need to check before.

  • Sleeper Trains in Egypt

    Sleeper trains are designed and equipped according to a satisfactory standard and quality that was set up by the Egyptian Railway Authority. Sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan is about 14 hours and sleeping train from Luxor to Cairo is about 11 hours.

  • Additional Entry Tickets

    All our Egypt tour packages and programs don't include entrance fees to special archaeological sites such as entering one of the Pyramids inside, to visit the Mummies Room at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, to visit the Solar Boat Museum at the Pyramids area or to enter the Tomb of Tutankhamen at Valley of the Kings in Luxor

  • Tipping

    It is a customary attitude for expressing ones satisfaction of good services rendered to him by staff on duty with him. We advise if you are willing to offer it, this would be great and if not, you are not obliged to do it
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