15 days/ 14 nights featuring an 8 day/ 7 night Deluxe Five star Nile river cruise starting at $3245
Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Alexandria
Highlights include:
* Guided Tours to the "A" list of sites in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and the city Cleopatra made famous, Alexandria
* International buffet breakfast daily plus lunches and dinners while on the cruise
Fully escorted from arrival to Cairo
Guaranteed weekly departures year round
Small groups with no more than 16 travelers
Travel Egypt's Grand Egypt tour provides travelers with the opportunity to relax with an extended cruise of the Nile plus
time to enjoy a visit to Alexandria, the city Alexander the Great built and Cleopatra made famous.
Travel Egypt's Grand Egypt tour includes Five star hotels with the comfort of superior or deluxe rooms plus your 5* Deluxe Nile cruise cabin will be located on the upper decks with panoramic views of the Nile. Included meals are a giant international buffet breakfast daily plus both ala carte and buffet lunches and dinners while on the cruise.
Egypt tourism should be relaxing. Travel Egypt Egypt tours are fully escorted from your arrival to Cairo, thus allowing you the opportunity to learn, relax, enjoy and immerse yourself in over 5000 years of ancient Egypt's history.
As part of a small group with never more than 16 travelers you will enjoy the personal attention that has made Travel Egypt famous.
Highlights include visits to the Giza plateau, featuring the Great Pyramid and Sphinx. The Egyptian Museum of antiquities where you will marvel at King Tut's treasures. Temples along the Nile from Luxor to Aswan and the city Alexander the Great founded but Cleopatra made famous. All costs associated with these visits including transportation, entry fees, guide, service charges, taxes and port fees are included in the tour price.
The
Program:
Day
01 (Friday) Arrive Cairo, clear immigration and customs then staff will transfer you to the Le Meridien Pyramids hotel. 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 (Saturday) International buffet breakfast, Visit Memphis (the ancient capital), Sakkarra with the Stepped Pyramid and Dahshur with it's famous Bent and Red Pyramids plus the new Imhotep museum. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day
03 (Sunday) Enjoy an international buffet breakfast and check out before starting the day at the Pyramids at Giza, home of the 7th wonder of the world, the Great Pyramid and the inscrutable Sphinx. Visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities featuring King Tut's treasures. Afterwards 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)
Optional: Sound and Light show at Karnak Temple $40 per person
Day
04 (Monday) Buffet breakfast, check out, staff transfers you to board the M/S Amarco or the M/S Royal Viking. Check in and have lunch. Afternoon free to enjoy Luxor. Dinner.
Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)
Optional Excursions:
Dendara and Abydos Temples: $120 per person
Day
05 (Tuesday) Breakfast then visit the Temples of Karnak and Luxor. Sail to Esna while having Lunch. Dinner. Overnight Esna. (B,L,D)
Day
06 (Wednesday) Breakfast, Lunch while sailing to Edfu. Visit the Horus Temple in Edfu. Dinner while sailing to Kom Ombo. Overnight Kom Ombo (B,L,D)
Day
07 (Thursday) Breakfast while sailing to Aswan. Arriving visit the High Dam, the Pharaoh's granite quarries with the unfinished Obelisk plus the Temple of Philae. Return to the ship for Lunch. Free time to enjoy Aswan. Dinner. Overnight Aswan. (B,L,D)
Day
08 (Friday) Breakfast with the morning free to enjoy Aswan or enjoy an optional excursion to Abu Simbel to see the famous temples of Ramses. (extra cost of $250 per person). Lunch on board. 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). Dinner. Overnight Aswan. (B,L,D)
Day
09 (Saturday) Breakfast while sailing to Kom Ombo. Visit the Kom Ombo Temple. Lunch while sailing to Edfu. Continue to Esna, cross the river lock and sail to Luxor. Dinner. Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)
Day
10 (Sunday) Buffet Breakfast then visit the West Bank of Luxor including the Valley of the Kings, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon. After the visit return to the ship for lunch. Afternoon free to enjoy Luxor. Dinner. Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)
Optional Tour of West bank sites not included in cruise: $95 per person (includes the Valley of the Queens, the tombs of the nobles and artisans, Medinet Habu, Ramessium, temple of Seti 1)
Day
11 (Monday) After your buffet breakfast, disembark, staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Cairo. Arriving transfer by air-conditioned vehicle to Alexandria, the city Alexander the Great built and Cleopatra made famous. Enjoy the comfort of the new Radisson Blu Hotel, right on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Overnight Alexandria (B on the ship)
Day
12 (Tuesday) Buffet Breakfast, A full day touring the wonders of Alexandria including the catacombs, the museums, the Greco-roman sites and the new library. Overnight Alexandria (B)
Day
13 (Wednesday) Buffet Breakfast, check out and return to Cairo. Enjoy the comfort of the Marriott hotel. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day
14 (Thursday) After your buffet breakfast enjoy a tour of Old Cairo with it's famous churches and synagogue. Visit the Citadel of Salah el Din, bane of the crusaders and the Alabaster Mosque then end the day with a visit to the Khan el Khalili bazaar where travelers have been finding bargains since the middle ages. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day
15 (Friday) Staff will transfer you to the airport, assist with exit formalities and checking in for your international departure. (meals on the flight)
TOURS
INCLUDE: OPERATES WITH NO MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM OF 16 TRAVELERS. Domestic flights in Egypt in coach (economy) class. 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, 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 of any nature at any time, any items not specifically covered in the included items.
| Grand Egypt
Price |
PP/Double |
PP/Single |
| Low (Jun, Jul, Aug) |
$3,245 |
$4,225 |
| Shoulder (May and Sept*) |
$3,425 |
$4,395 |
| Peak (Oct-Apr) |
$3,595 |
$4,575 |
| Holiday (Christmas, New Year, Easter) |
$4,175 |
$5,395 |
*September tours must end no later than September 30 to get the shoulder season rate.
Round trip air from JFK starting at $966
Tours must be booked at least 45 days prior to arrival.
Prices and
itinerary subject to change without notice.
Single Price is for Single
occupancy hotel rooms and cruise cabins based on a minimum of two
travelers. Single travelers (one person on the tour) would have additional
cost.
FREQUENT
TRAVELERS: You are welcome to arrange your own international
air or we can assist if you are departing from the USA. Also if you are a member of any hotel chain
frequent traveler program you are welcome to use your points for hotel
rooms and the cost of the tour will be reduced accordingly OR if you
want to accumulate points plus take advantage of membership hotel
room upgrades let us know which program you want to use.
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