 Day
1 - Arrival:
Airport
Transfer to your hotel
Day
2 - Cairo: A day of sightseeing
(B,L,D)
• The great
Pyramids of Giza - the Sphinx
and Valley Temple
• Perfumery & Papyrus
Institute
(option for camel ride and
going inside small Pyramid
approx $15 US)
• Evening
Nile Dinner Cruise
Day
3 - Cairo: (B,L)
• Egyptian Museum with
the treasures of Tutankhamen.
• Islamic Cairo - the
Citadel, Alabaster and Sultan
Hassan Mosques and Palace
• The Khan El Khalili
Bazaar
• Coptic Cairo - see
some of the oldest churches
in Christianity
• Depart for Aswan
by overnight sleeper train
(option for Flight
and Hotel upgrade $175 US
per person)
Day
4 - Aswan - Luxor: After
breakfast sightseeing
in Aswan (B,L,D)
• The High Dam -
a modern wonder built
to divert the Nile to
prevent flooding
• Philae Temple
• Sail on a Felucca
or Launch to visit Kitchener
Botanical gardens
• Sail past the Agha
Khan Mausoleum
• Transfer by first
class train to Luxor
• Transfer to Hotel
in Luxor
Day
5 - Luxor: Sightseeing
in Luxor (B,L)
• Valley of the Kings
(3 tombs)
• Temple of Queen
Hatshipsuit, the Queen
who would be King
• The Colossi of
Memnon
• Evening Light and
sound show at the Karnak
Temple
• Opportunity to
stroll around the city
with its quaint market
places
Day
6 - Luxor - Cairo: (B,L)
• Luxor and Karnak
Temples
• Transfer to Cairo
by overnight sleeper train
(option for Flight
and Hotel upgrade $150
US per person)
Day
7 - Cairo: Last day for
sightseeing in Cairo area
(B,L)
• Sakkara - the Step
Pyramid of Zoser and surrounding
complex of tombs
• Memphis the ancient
capital - statue of Ramses
II and Alabaster Sphinx
• Visit to a carpet
school
• Evening Light and
Sound show at the Giza
Pyramids
Day
8 - Cairo - Home: Airport
transfer.
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Meet and Assist at
the airport 
