10 Days Cairo/Cairo
from $1775 land & cruise only
YOUR TRAVEL VALUE INCLUDES
- Airport transfers in Cairo on days 2 and 10
- Twin-bedded rooms in hotels listed or similar; hotel taxes, service charges, and tips for baggage handling
- 8 breakfasts (B), 3 lunches (L) and 4 dinners (D)
- Services of a professional Tour Director
- Private luxury motorcoach with air conditioning
- Flights: Cairo/Luxor and Aswan/Cairo, including airport transfers
- Nile cruise accommodation in luxury 2- berth outside cabins with private facilities, including all daytime shore excursions
- Sightseeing, some with headsets M : Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Kom Ombo, Aswan, Cairo, Memphis, Sakkara, Giza
- Portfolio of travel documents
ITINERARY
- DAY 1 DEPART USA* Board your overnight transatlantic flight.
- DAY 2 ARRIVE IN CAIRO, EGYPT Welcome to Egypt! You will be met and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to begin exploring this ancient city on your own.
- DAY 3 CAIRO On a morning sightseeing tour, visit the fascinating Egyptian Museum, home of King Tutankhamun’s priceless treasures. Then on to see the Pyramids at Giza, including one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Cheops, and their inscrutable guardian, the Sphinx. (B)
- DAY 4 ASWAN / NILE CRUISE This morning, transfer to the airport to board your flight to Aswan. Here, visit the High Dam and travel by motorboat to the Temple of Isis, on the island of Philae. Isis was one of the most important goddesses in ancient Egypt. Board your Nile cruise ship. This afternoon, sail in a traditional felucca around Aswan’s Botanical Gardens and view the Aga Khan Mausoleum. (B,L,D)
- DAY 5 NILE CRUISE: KOM OMBO / EDFU This morning is at leisure. You might want to join the optional excursion by air to the temple of Abu Simbel. This colossal temple was built by Ramses the Great. In the afternoon, sail to Kom Ombo to visit the bluff top temple dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile-headed god, and Haoreris, the falcon headed god. Then continue to Edfu. (B,L,D)
- DAY 6 NILE CRUISE: EDFU / LUXOR Travel through the streets of Edfu to the sandstone Temple of Horus, the falcon god.Afterward, cruise on to Luxor, for a visit to the ancient Temple. (B,L,D)
- DAY 7NILE CRUISE: LUXOR / CAIRO Disembark this morning. Your first stop is the extraordinary Valley of the Kings, then see the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon on the West Bank and the impressive Karnak Temple on the East Bank. After marveling at these ancient structures, fly back to Cairo. (B)
- DAY 8 CAIRO / ALEXANDRIA Drive to Alexandria, making a stop at the Coptic Monasteries at Wadi El Natrun (when open). This evening, enjoy dinner in a local restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. (B,D)
- DAY 9 ALEXANDRIA / CAIRO Alexandria was the capital of Greco Roman Egypt and a center of learning in ancient times. A guided tour of the “Pearl of the Mediterranean” shows off the white marble amphitheatre, Pompey’s towering red granite pillar, the Catacombs of Kom el Shuqafa, the National Museum and the magnificent Abu al Abbas al Mursi Mosque. Later, return to Cairo, where your evening is at leisure. (B)
- DAY 10 DEPART CAIRO Transfer to the airport for your return flight. (B)
2009 Cruises
| Departs On | Returns On | Cruise Price |
| April 24, 2009 | May 3, 2009 | $1,850.00 |
| May 1, 2009 | May 10, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| May 8, 2009 | May 17, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| May 15, 2009 | May 24, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| May 22, 2009 | May 31, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| May 29, 2009 | June 7, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| June 5, 2009 | June 14, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| June 12, 2009 | June 21, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| June 19, 2009 | June 28, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| June 26, 2009 | July 5, 2009 | $1,875.00 |
| July 3, 2009 | July 12, 2009 | $1,875.00 |
| July 10, 2009 | July 19, 2009 | $1,925.00 |
| July 17, 2009 | July 26, 2009 | $1,925.00 |
| July 24, 2009 | August 2, 2009 | $1,925.00 |
| July 31, 2009 | August 9, 2009 | $1,925.00 |
| August 7, 2009 | August 16, 2009 | $1,925.00 |
| August 14, 2009 | August 23, 2009 | $1,925.00 |
| August 21, 2009 | August 30, 2009 | $1,925.00 |
| August 28, 2009 | September 6, 2009 | $1,875.00 |
| September 4, 2009 | September 13, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| September 11, 2009 | September 20, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| September 18, 2009 | September 27, 2009 | $1,835.00 |
| September 25, 2009 | October 4, 2009 | $1,875.00 |
| October 2, 2009 | October 11, 2009 | $1,950.00 |
| October 9, 2009 | October 18, 2009 | $1,950.00 |
| October 16, 2009 | October 25, 2009 | $1,950.00 |
| October 23, 2009 | November 1, 2009 | $1,950.00 |
| October 30, 2009 | November 8, 2009 | $1,950.00 |
*Savings are cruise only, based on select new 2009 river cruises booked and deposited by September 30, 2008. Cabin upgrades are available at an additional cost. Port taxes from $84 - $168 per person are additional. Valid on new bookings only. Not valid for groups. Ask about our low international airfares. Other restrictions apply. Savings on select cruises include: Book and deposit by September 30, 2008 and save $150 per person ($300 per cabin) or Book and pay in full by September 30, 2008 and save $300 per person ($600 per cabin). Save $150 or $300 per person on: Casltes along the Rhine, Enchanting Danube, Paris & Normandy, Burgundy & Provence, Douro Valley, Paris & Europe River Romance, Danube Holiday Markets, European Holiday Markets, Parisian Winter Holiday and Imperial Russia. Book and deposit by September 30, 2008 and save $250 per person ($500 per cabin) or book and pay in full by September 30, 2008 and save $500 per person ($1000 per cabin). Save $250 or $500 per person on: Legendary Rhine & Moselle, European Serenade, Eastern European Explorer, European Jewels, Grand France. Book and pay in full 10 months in advance and save up to 7.5% on: Best of Egypt, Wonders of Egypt, Egyptian Voyager, Highlights of China, and China Discovery.
