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Meeting and assistance of Vanilla Sky Representative. There will be easy visa ready to avoid standing in rows for visa. After immigrations & customs control, transfer by comfortable air conditioned vehicles (soft drinks will be served on the way) from Airport to Hotel. Arrival to The hotel Intercontinental Cairo. Day 02: Full day Cairo tour by comfortable air conditioned cars. Visit to Pyramids, Sphinx & Sakkara pyramids. Lunch in an oriental Restaurant, Lights and Sound Sphinx Show, return back to the hotel. Day 03: Breakfast, checkout from the hotel & transfer to Cairo airport to fly to Aswan , transfer to Nile Cruise. Embarkation before lunch. Visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries and the Temple of Philae. Philae is an island in the Nile River and the previous site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex in southern Egypt. The complex was dismantled and relocated to a nearby island when the building of the Aswan Dam threatened to flood the site. Lunch on Board Sail to Kom Ombo. Visit Sobek Temple.
Sail to Edfu. Overnight in Edfu. The town is known for the major Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 BCE and 57 BCE, into the reign of Cleopatra VII. Of all the temple remains in Egypt, the Temple of Horus at Edfu is the most completely preserved. Built from sandstone blocks, the huge Ptolemaic temple was constructed over the site of a smaller New Kingdom temple, oriented east to west, facing towards the river. The later structure faces north to south and leaves the ruined remains of the older temple pylon to be seen on the east side of the first court.
The city of Esna is located on the west bank of the River Nile, some 55 km south of Luxor, in the modern Qena Governorate. Sail to Luxor. Dinner and overnight in Luxor. Day 05: Breakfast, West Bank visit Valley of Kings & Queens, Hatshepsut Located in Luxor, Valley of the Kings is famous for the discovery of 65 Kings, Queens and Nobles tombs. The latest tomb discoverd only 2 years ago. You can explore many of these tombs, including King Tutankhamen's. The decoration and color inside these tombs are incredible, and you'll find some tombs up to 200 meters long from the entrance to the burial chamber. You will then head to the impressive 18th dynasty Mortuary Temple for Queen Hatshepsut which is located over the hill from the Valley of the Kings. Overnight in Luxor.
The Karnak temple complex, universally known only as Karnak, describes a vast conglomeration of ruined temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings. It is located near Luxor in Egypt. This was ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut ("The Most Selected of Places"), the main place of worship of the Theban Triad with Amun as its head, in the monumental city of Thebes. The complex retrieves its current name from the nearby and partly surrounding modern village of el-Karnak, some 2.5km north of Luxor.
Disembarkation, transfer to Luxor airport, fly to Sharm el sheikh. Arrival to Sharm el sheikh, transfer to the hotel Ritz Carlton, dinner & over night in Sharm for 04 nights. Day 07: Free at leisure, over night in Sharm
Day 09: Free at leisure & over night in Sharm Day 10: Check out, transfer to Sharm airport for the flight to Cairo, arrival in Cairo, transfer to your hotel & over night in Cairo Day 11: Breakfast, check out, transfer to Cairo international airport for the final departure.
The above rate includes the following: *- 3 Nights at Hotel Intercontinental Cairo on BB *- 3 Nights at Monaco 5* cruise on FB *- 4 Nights at Ritz Carlton Sharm el Sheikh *- Private tours & transfers *- New year dinner *- Over day Petra by flight *-Air tickets Cairo/ Aswan- Luxor/ Sharm /Cairo on economy class Request this tour or for details Contact us.
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