Pyramids & Xmas Nile Cruise by Train

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Trip Duration :
9 Days / 8 Nights
Trip type :
Private Tours
Trip runs :
Dec.22.2012

Egypt Travel at Christmas on the land of Pharaohs with the outstanding service from Memphis Tours. Enjoy visiting the Pyramids & sailing aboard Nile Cruise to the gigantic Karnak and Luxor Temple

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$975
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Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip.
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Short Itinerary
Day
Schedule
Sleeping in
Meals
1
Cairo
Cairo
Welcome Drink
2
Pyramids - Egyptian Museum
Sleeper Train
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
3
Karnak Temples - Luxor Temple
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
4
Valley of the Kings - Hatshepsut
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
5
Edfu - Kom Ombo Temples
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
6
High Dam - obelisk - Philae Temple
Nile Cruise
Breakast, Lunch, Dinner
7
Back to Cairo
Sleeper Train
Breakfast, Dinner
8
Optional tour to Memphis and Sakkara
Cairo
Breakfast
9
Fly Back Home
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Breakfast
Full Itinerary
What's included:
  • Meet and greet service by our representatives at airports
  • Assistance of our guest relations during your stay
  • All transfers to/from airport & hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
  • Accommodation for 2 nights in Cairo including daily breakfast.
  • Accommodation for 2 nights on sleeping train including breakfast & dinner
  • Accommodation for 4 nights onboard Nile Cruise on full board basis
  • All sightseeing tours in Cairo (Private Tours) joining English-speaking Tour Guide.
  • Lunch during your trip in Cairo
  • All sightseeing tours on the cruise sharing cruise group
  • Tour to Karnak and Luxor Temples
  • Tour to Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut temple & Valley of The Queens
  • Tour to Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples
  • Tour to the High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk, Temple of Philae in Aswan
  • Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.
  • Meals as mention in the above itinerary
  • All service charges and taxes
  • Free loan of phone during your stay charged with 30 min local calls / 5 min. international calls.
What's excluded:
  • International Airfare
  • Entry visa to Egypt
  • Any optional tours
  • Personal expenses
Prices Per Person
Currency
Accommodation Plan (A):
  • - Grand Pyramids Hotel Cairo
  • - Nile Dolphin Cruise
 Prices
Double $ 975
Single $ 1350
Accommodation Plan (B):
  • - Le Meriedin Pyramids Hotel & Spa
  • - Sonesta Nile Goddess Cruise
 Prices
Double $ 1050
Single $ 1450
22 Dec:Arrival Cairo

Welcome to Cairo, Egypt (Around The Clock)
Your tour manager will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures) and then he will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At hotel the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo.
Welcome Drink

23 Dec:Pyramids / Museum

After your breakfast you will be accompanied by your personal guide to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus , famous Sphinx , varying between six-thousand and even thirteen-thousand years old ,and Valley temple facing the great statue. Lunch at good quality local restaurant. Then transfer to enjoy the Egyptian Museum, Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen. 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, this dates back to 1382. Later, you will be transferred to Giza railway station to board the sleeper train to Luxor-dinner and breakfast will be served on board. Overnight inside your compartment. 
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

24 Dec:Luxor Sightseeing

You will be met & assisted at Luxor station by our representative, embark your Nile River Cruise to Luxor where you will be met and assisted, then taken by an air-conditioned vehicle to board your 5 star Deluxe Nile cruise, Sonesta Nile Cruise to check in. After lunch on board, enjoy a visit to the impressive Karnak Temples and Luxor Temple. Dinner and overnight on board Nile cruise. 
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

25 Dec:Sail to Edfu

After breakfast on your Nile cruise, 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. Head to Valley of The Queens. After lunch, you will sail to Edfu enjoying a leisurely dinner on board. Overnight on board Nile Cruise. 
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

26 Dec:Edfu / Kom Ombo

After breakfast on Nile Cruise, visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus at Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo to see the unique Temple of Sobek, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god. Lunch on board. Continue sailing to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board you deluxe Nile Cruise. 
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

27 Dec:Aswan Sightseeing

After breakfast on Nile cruise, enjoy a day’s sightseeing in Aswan. Start with the High Dam and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk, then on to the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor. Dinner and overnight on board deluxe Nile Cruise. 
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

28 Dec:Disembarkation

Disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast. Free day in Aswan with option tours to Abu Simbel Temples by land / by Air. Evening time you will be transferred to Aswan railway station to board the sleeper train back to Cairo. Dinner and overnight on board train and inside your private compartment
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

29 Dec:Optional tour

Breakfast aboard the train and then arrive Giza train station, where you will be met and assisted by Memphis Tours REP and transfer to your hotel for check in as early as possible. Optional tours in Cairo to visit Step Pyramids of King Zoser in Sakkara and Memphis. Overnight stay at your hotel in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

30 Dec:Final Departure

Breakfast at the hotel in Cairo - free time before your flight - check out and then transferred to Cairo International Airport for final departure.
Meals: Breakfast

Prices Per Person
Currency
Accommodation Plan (A):
  • - Grand Pyramids Hotel Cairo
  • - Nile Dolphin Cruise
 Prices
Double $ 975
Single $ 1350
Accommodation Plan (B):
  • - Le Meriedin Pyramids Hotel & Spa
  • - Sonesta Nile Goddess Cruise
 Prices
Double $ 1050
Single $ 1450
General info

  • Prices

    Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip and valid for Christmas, New Years holidays.

  • 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, can be booked and paid to your tour guide on spot, such as entering the Great Pyramids from inside, Mummies Room at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, 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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General info

  • Prices

    Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip and valid for Christmas, New Years holidays.

  • 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, can be booked and paid to your tour guide on spot, such as entering the Great Pyramids from inside, Mummies Room at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, 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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