EGYPT SPECIAL
from $1355 per person
GUARANTEED WEEKLY DEPARTURES THROUGH MAY 2012
Cairo
/ Aswan / Luxor
8 days/ 7 nights featuring
* 5 day/ 4 night Deluxe 5 Star Nile cruise
* Fully escorted from arrival to Cairo
* Visits to antiquity sites and museums including entry fees
* Most meals (international buffet breakfast daily plus lunches and dinners while on cruise)
Day
01: (Saturday) Arrive Cairo, clear immigration and customs then staff will transfer you to the Radisson Blu hotel (or similar). Overnight Cairo
VISAS: All travelers to Egypt must have a visa. Citizens of most countries can obtain one on arrival. Please let us know what passport you are traveling with and we will confirm whether you can get your's on arrival.
Day 02: (Sunday) Enjoy an international buffet breakfast and check out. Visit the Egyptian
National Museum featuring King
Tut's treasures. Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Luxor. Arriving staff transfers you to the Sonesta Luxor Hotel. Overnight Luxor (B)
Day
03: (Monday) Breakfast, check out, Staff will transfer to the Deluxe Five Star cruiser, the M/S Royal Viking. Lunch on board. Following lunch visit the Temple of Karnak and the Temple of Luxor. Return to the ship for dinner. Overnight Luxor (B, L, D)
Day
04: (Tuesday) Breakfast followed by a visit to Luxor's West Bank, where you will visit the Valley
of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari and the Colossi
of Memnon. After touring return to the ship for lunch. Sail to Esna, cross the lock and continue sailing to Edfu. Dinner on board. Overnight Edfu (B, L, D)
Day
05: (Wednesday) Breakfast then a visit to the Temple
of Edfu. Have lunch while sailing to Kom Ombo. Evening visit to the Temple of Kom Ombo. Dinner while sailing to Aswan. Overnight Aswan (B, L, D)
Day
06: (Thursday) Breakfast then visit the Aswan High
Dam, the Unfinished
Obelisk and the Temple
of Philae. Following the tours return to the ship for lunch. After lunch FREE BONUS: Sail on the Nile by Felucca (native sailboat). (Please note that these boats are solely wind powered, if there is no wind this will not operate). Return to the ship for dinner. Overnight Aswan (B, L, D)
Day
07: (Friday) Disembark the cruise. Staff will transfer you to the airport and assist with checking in for a flight to Cairo. Arriving, Visit the Giza Plateau featuring the Great Pyramid and Sphinx before checking in at the Movenpick Pyramids hotel. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day
08: (Saturday) Check out, Staff will transfer you to the airport, assist with exit formalities and checking in for your international departure.
TOURS
INCLUDE: OPERATES WITH NO MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM OF 16 TRAVELERS. All transfers by air-conditioned vehicle relating to the tour program starting with arrival to Cairo. Baggage handling of no more than 1 piece of luggage per person however baggage and personal effects are at the owner's risk at all time during the tour (baggage handling does NOT include tips for bellmen, porters, etc.). Hotels (based on double occupancy). 5 star Deluxe Nile cruise with outside Nile view cabin, private bath, individual climate control. Meals as outlined by B for breakfast, L for lunch and D for dinner. Fees for visiting antiquity sites and museums. Services of an English speaking licensed Egyptologist. Service charges and taxes.
NOTE: During any of our small group tours people may join or leave at various times, however at no time would any group be larger than 16 travelers. We can provide private tours with an additional supplement. The cost depends on the tour chosen.
NOT
included are: INTERNATIONAL AIR or domestic flights within Egypt, air ticket taxes, fuel surcharges, items of a personal nature such as tips, entry visa (available at the airport on entry for USA citizens. Other nationalities should check with the nearest Egyptian consulate), phone calls, laundry, beverages, any items not specifically covered in the included items.
Laundry in Egypt
All hotels and the cruises have laundry/dry cleaning available.
Sample laundry prices IN EGYPTIAN POUNDS (LE) are:
Men:Shirts (collared, short or long sleeve): 9 to 17 LE
Trousers: 12 to 20 LE
Under shorts: 5 to 7 LE
T Shirts: 6 to 13 LE
Socks: 3 to 6 LE
Shorts: 7 to 13 LE
Ladies
Blouse: 10 to 17 LE
Panties: 5 to 8 LE
Bra: 5 to 8 LE
Slacks: 12 to 22 LE
Dress: 20 to 36 LE
T shirt: 6 to 13 LE
Shorts: 6 to 13 LE
Laundry in before 9AM is back at 6PM.
Laundry in after 9AM is back the following day.
Rush laundry is generally available at 50% more cost.
Dry cleaning is available with prices about the same as laundry.
Children's clothes are generally 50% of the adult cost.
Beverages
No drinks are included in tour prices. Some hotels and cruises give one bottle of water free daily others do not. As a general guide you could expect to pay:
Bottled water at hotels or on the cruise: $1 to $3 for a small bottle, $2.50-$5 for a large bottle.
NOTE: This is filtered water. If you order perrier it will cost more.
Coffee or Tea: 50 cents
Soft drinks (Coke, Pepsi, etc): $1 each
Alcoholic drinks:
Local beer: $3 per bottle
Imported beer: $5 to $8 per bottle
Wine: local $4 to $6 per glass. imported will be more $$.
Liquor: local $5 per cocktail + cost of mixer (soft drink, juice, etc), imported $8-$15 per cocktail + cost of mixer)
ICE: In the hotels and on the cruise the ice is prepared from filtered water.
Tour Cost: $1355 per person, double occupancy (not including flights)
Single supplement: $595
Triples: $1325 per person, triple occupancy (third bed either a roll away or sofa sleeper)
EASTER SUPPLEMENT: (Mar 31, April 07): +$200 per person
Plus
Domestic flights in Egypt:
Cairo to Luxor: $121 economy class
Aswan to Cairo: $137 economy class
NOTE: Flight cost subject to change until ticket issued. You are welcome to arrange your own flights if desired.
Tours must be booked at least 45 days prior to arrival.
Prices
and itinerary subject to change without notice.
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