Petra & Pyramids tours to Jordan & Egypt

country:	Egypt, Jordan
departures:	This is program is available all the year and can be changed or modified according to your needs.
price:	From €1100 (11 days) excluding flights, based on a double occupancy. Includes private tour in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and Petra, and ferry boat tickets. Prices differ during Christmas, New Year & Easter feasts. We can organise flights.

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the amazing things you'll be doing

With 53 years of experience, we know what it takes to make our millions of customers smile. So discover the secrets of ancient Egypt and Petra. See Petra's impressive monuments such as The Siq, the Khaznah, the Royal tombs, The high palace of sacrifice, the bath of Al-Deir , the Roman Colonnade street and Qasr al-bent. Pay a visit to Wadi Rum by 4x4 jeep safari (old- fashioned jeep not new).

During this holiday, enjoy the Giza pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus in addition to the best collection of the young King Tutankhamen at the Egyptian Museum. Moreover; travel by first class seating train from Giza railway station to Aswan (approximately 13 hours) where you can see many archaeological sites like High Dam and Unfinished Obelisk. Then enjoy the famous sites of Luxor.

Included are accommodation in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and Petra at 3 star hotels, breakfast daily, train tickets, ferry boat tickets (Nuweibaa – Aqaba – Nuweibaa), all departure taxes, sightseeing tours, entrance fees, guiding, and transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle.

day-by-day itinerary

Day 1:	Our representative will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport, and handle all your procedures through passport control, luggage area and customs formalities. After that you will be transferred to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2:	After breakfast, enjoy an excursion to the Giza pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus. Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion's body, dating from the time of Chephren. The tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple which belongs to the Pyramids of Chephren. After that, visit the Egyptian Museum where you can see the great treasures of the pharaohs, including those of Tutankhamun. In the evening transfer to Giza station taking your first class seating train to Aswan.
Day 3:	You will be met and assisted at Aswan train station and transferred to your hotel for check-in. In the afternoon visit the Elephantine Island by felucca boat. Back to hotel and overnight in Aswan.
Day 4:	See the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk, and the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is dedicated to the goddesses Isis and Hathor. Transfer to Aswan train station for departure to Luxor, where you will be met and taken to your hotel. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 5:	Early morning, enjoy an excursion to Valley of the Kings; see the magnificence of the grand architecture which was used for burial. After that enjoy El Deir Bahari Temple, which was built by Queen Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmosis I, who ruled Egypt for about 20 years during the 18th Dynasty. Then onto the Colossi of Memnon. Afterwards, visit Karnak and Luxor Temples. In the evening transfer to Luxor Railway Station for departure to Cairo by first class seating train. Overnight on train.
Day 6:	You will be met and assisted at Giza Railway Station then transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 7:	Breakfast, then you will be transferred by a private, modern air-conditioned vehicle to the Egyptian border (Nuweibaa) taking ferry to Aqaba. (Please note that there is no ferry boat from Nuweibaa to Aqaba and back on Saturday.) Nuweibaa is about 6 hours from Cairo. Upon arrival at Aqaba, you will be transferred to Petra and overnight.
Day 8:	Pay a visit to the red rose rock city, the city of the Nabateans. Go through the Siq (canyon), then walk through the canyon and enjoy the beautiful carvings of statues, idols and niches on the way to the treasury. After the treasury, starting from a point close to the theatre, we take the Path to the high place of sacrifice. The High Place itself has been carved flat, and drainage channels have been cut into the rock to allow the blood of sacrificial animals to drain away. After that, we go down along the facades street to the Roman theatre, royal tombs, the Roman colonnaded street. Overnight in Petra.
Day 9:	Driving to Wadi Rum we start by Bedouin Jeeps in the village and drive first to Lawrence's Spring and then to the sand dunes in Wadi Um Ishrin where you can also see some Nabatean inscriptions. We continue, visiting "Lawrence's House" from where there are some great views, and then to the Barragh Canyon. After sunset time we go back to Bedouin camp to enjoy our BBQ dinner inside a Bedouin Tent. Afterward we drive back to the hotel in Petra for overnight.
Day 10:	Breakfast, then transfer to Aqaba Port for departure to Cairo by ferry boat. Upon arrival at Nuweibaa, you will be driven to Cairo (approximately 6 hours). Overnight in Cairo.
Day 11:	Breakfast, then transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.

travelling with a local operator

This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.

how this holiday makes a difference

Tutankhamen on Petra & Egypt history tour

Make your holiday to Egypt and Petra unforgettable but not at the expense of the environment or the local people. All tour guides are responsible for ensuring that the guests understand the nature of the environment that they are in and minimise the impact that they may have. Concerning local community, we use locally owned hotels and restaurants and their entire employees are local people. Our visit to Wadi Rum reinforces in the Bedouin community the need to preserve their cultural heritage. Most of the employees are from the Bedouin community and the Jordanian government does its best to keep the Bedouin customs and their culture heritage for the development of tourism in Jordan. The government makes Bedouins aware of that importance.

Through our environmental responsibility, all historical places visited are to be left as we found them without touching sites and dropping litter, and we always advise guests to conserve the environment and not to smoke at the historical sites. Moreover; our local staff are prevented from smoke during working hours. Moreover, we decided not to use car horns excessively whilst driving (unusual here in the Egyptian streets).

We offer our clients the chance to visit charitable organisations in Egypt, like Masr Al Mahrusa Baladi. This NGO tries to improve the quality of education in Egypt at governmental schools, especially primary schools, and takes care of genius students at governmental schools. Also, they help to wipe out illiteracy, in addition to bringing up and educating orphans.

During clients’ visit to historical places in Luxor, Aswan and Petra, there is a souk (Bazaar) where they can deal directly with normal local people with the help of our local guides. We send information about the climate, customs, traditions and clothes of Egypt and Petra by e-mail after confirming a guest's reservation.

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