Cairo & Xmas Cruise by Air

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Trip Duration :
8 Days / 7 Nights
Trip type :
Private Tours
Trip runs :
22 till 29 December 2012

Cairo Tour and Christmas Day Nile Cruise including fantastic tours to the historical places in Egypt, visiting Cairo Pyramids and sailing the Nile in Style to see Karnak and Luxor Temple with Christmas Dinner and Show on the Nile

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$1225
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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
Giza Pyramids - Museum - Old Cairo - Khan El Khalili
Cairo
Breakfast, Lunch
3
Karnak Temples - Luxor Temple
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
4
Valley of the Kings - Hatshepsut - Valley of the Queens
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
5
kom ombo Temple - Edfu Temple
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
6
High Dam - Philae
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
7
Fly to Cairo
Cairo
Breakfast
8
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 3 nights in Cairo including daily breakfast
  • Accommodation for 4 nights onboard Nile Cruise on full board basis
  • Domestic flight Cairo/Luxor – Aswan/Cairo
  • 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
  • Bottled water during your tour
  • 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
  • Tipping
Prices Per Person
Currency
Accommodation Plan (A):
  • - Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa
  • - Sonesta Nile Goddess Cruise
 Price Per Person
Triple $ 1190
Double $ 1225
Single $ 1650
Accommodation Plan (B):
  • - Kempinski Nile City Hotel
  • - Sonesta St. George I Cruise
 Price Per Person
Triple $ 1999
Double $ 2050
Single $ 2850
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: Cairo Excursions

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then met by your personal 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, varying between six-thousand and even thirteen-thousand years old ,and  Valley Temple facing the great statue. Lunch at a 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. Back to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo. 
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

24 Dec: Cruise from Luxor

Check out from hotel in the morning then transfer to Cairo Airport for a flight to Luxor where you will be met and assisted, then taken by an air-conditioned vehicle to board your 5 star Luxury 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 & Valley of the Queens, 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:High Dam/Philae

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, then transfer to Aswan Airport for your return to Cairo where you will be met and assisted at the airport then taken to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast
29 Dec:Final Departure

Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.
Meals: Breakfast

Prices Per Person
Currency
Accommodation Plan (A):
  • - Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa
  • - Sonesta Nile Goddess Cruise
 Price Per Person
Triple $ 1190
Double $ 1225
Single $ 1650
Accommodation Plan (B):
  • - Kempinski Nile City Hotel
  • - Sonesta St. George I Cruise
 Price Per Person
Triple $ 1999
Double $ 2050
Single $ 2850
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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