Cairo & New Year Cruise by Train

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Trip Duration :
8 Days / 7 Nights
Trip type :
Private Tours
Trip runs :
Dec.27.2012
Travel to Egypt for amazing touring holiday during New Year 2012. Start your holidays in Egypt with Cairo visiting Giza Pyramids, Sakkara and the Egyptian Museum then heading to Old Coptic and Islamic Cairo.
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$815
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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 - Khan El Khalili
Sleeper Train
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
3
Karnak Temple - Luxor Temple
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
4
Valley of Kings - Hatshepsut
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
5
Kom Ombo Temple - Edfu Temple
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
6
Philae Temple - Unfinished Obelisk - High Dam
Sleeper Train
Breakfast, Dinner
7
Cairo Optional Tours
Cairo
Breakast
8
Final departure
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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 3 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
  • Tipping
Prices Per Person
Currency
Accommodation Plan (A):
  • - Grand Pyramids Hotel Cairo
  • - Sonesta Moon Goddess Cruise
 Price
Double $ 815
Single $ 1145
Accommodation Plan (B):
  • - Le Meriedin Pyramids Hotel & Spa
  • - Sonesta Moon Goddess Cruise
 Price
Double $ 899
Single $ 1299
27 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

28 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

29 Dec:Luxor Nile Cruise

You will be met at Luxor station. Then transfer to embark Nile cruise by 11:00 am
13:00 Lunch on board
14:30 Visit Karnak & Luxor Temples
17:00 Afternoon Tea
19:30 Belly Dance Show
20:00 Dinner on board
22:00 Disco
20:00 Overnight in Luxor
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

30 Dec:Nile Cruise

06:00 Wake-up call
06:00 Breakfast on Board  
07:00 West Bank visit (Valley of Kings & Queens, Hatshepsut)
11:30 Sail to Edfu
13:00 Lunch on Board
17:00 Afternoon Tea
19:00 Captain's Welcome Cocktail
19:30 Dinner
22:00 Disco
Overnight in Edfu
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

31 Dec:Nile Cruise

07:00 Wake-up Call
07:00 Breakfast on board  
08:00 Visit Edfu Temple
10:30 Sail to Kom Ombo
13:00 Lunch
15:30 kom Ombo visits
17:00 Sail to Aswan
17:00 Afternoon Tea
20:00 Dinner
21:30 Galabia Party
Overnight in Aswan
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

1 Jan:Nile Cruise- Cairo

07:00 Breakfast on board
08:00 Disembarkation at 08:00 am
09:00 Visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries and the Temple of Philae
Also, I will book for you a clean room with private bath room free of charge till the time of your train at about 19:00. In the Evening transfer to Aswan railway station to board the sleeper train back to Cairo. Sleeping train from Aswan to Cairo is about 14 hours. Dinner and overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

2 Jan:Cairo Optional tours

Breakfast aboard the train and then arrive Giza train station, meet & assist by Memphis Tours REP and transfer to your hotel for check as early as possible. Optional tours in Cairo to visit Step Pyramids of King Zoser in Sakkara and Memphis. Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast

3 Jan:Final departure

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

Prices Per Person
Currency
Accommodation Plan (A):
  • - Grand Pyramids Hotel Cairo
  • - Sonesta Moon Goddess Cruise
 Price
Double $ 815
Single $ 1145
Accommodation Plan (B):
  • - Le Meriedin Pyramids Hotel & Spa
  • - Sonesta Moon Goddess Cruise
 Price
Double $ 899
Single $ 1299
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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