Nile cruise & cultural holiday, Egypt
| country: | Egypt |
| location: | Nile Cruises, Luxor |
| departures: | This trip can be tailormade throughout the year at a time to suit you and adapted to suit your requirements as necessary |
| price: | From £595 (9 days) excluding flights, based on 2 people sharing |
| vouchers: | Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday |
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the amazing things you'll be doing
This is an introductory tour that will help the keen traveller who can not spare a lot of time to visit the highlights of Egypt and also enjoy some enriching unique experiences that will give them a flavour of the country.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Arrival into Cairo |
| Day 2: | Visit to the remains of ancient Memphis, the first capital of ancient Egypt. Drive to the area of Saqqara to visit the oldest step pyramid and some of the tombs in the area. Lunch in a local restaurant. Afternoon tour in the Pyramids of Guiza to visit the only surviving monuments of the ancient wonders of the world. During the tour travellers will have the chance to climb inside one of the pyramids, visit the sphinx and enjoy a short camel ride. |
| Day 3: | Visit to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, including the treasures of the child pharaoh TutAnkhAmon. Citadel Of Salah El Dein and the 19th century mosque of Mohamed Ali and the local market of Khan El Khalili. Overnight Sleeper train to Luxor. |
| Day 4: | Explore the Temple of Luxor and the Temples of Karnak, Egypt’s greatest compound of temples. Check in on the Nile cruiser for a 4 nights cruiser. |
| Day 5: | Tour of the West Bank of Luxor, including the tombs of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings and tombs of the princes & queens in the Valley of the Queens and the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and then the Colossi of Memnon. Afternoon at leisure. Sail to Edfu & Overnight |
| Day 6: | Visit the best-preserved temple in Egypt, the Temple of Horus the falcon god, built in 230 BC by Ptolemy III. Sail onwards to Kom Ombo to visit the Greco Roman temple of Kom Ombo uniquely dedicated to two gods: Sobek, the crocodile god and Haroeris, the sun god. Sail to Aswan. |
| Day 7: | Spend the morning visiting the High Dam, the quarries of the Unfinished Obelisk, a practical demonstration of the methods used by ancient craftsmen. Then end the tour with visiting the exquisite Temple of Philae on the island of Agilkia. Return to the boat for lunch, and in the afternoon the travellers will sail in a felucca past Elephantine Island and Lord Kitchener’s Botanical Gardens. |
| Day 8: | Evening sleeper train to Cairo |
| Day 9: | Depart Cairo. |
travellers' tales
Most memorable? I think the Pyramids at Giza and the paintings in the tomb of Ramses I, or perhaps it was the gold mask of Tutankamun, or was it the statue of Ramses II at Memphis... it was always a jaw-dropping moment at each place we visited.
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how this holiday makes a difference
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Even though this is a short visit to Egypt, there will still be a few activities planned in the program to allow the traveller to understand more about the country, the people and their culture.
All of the services in the program are provided by various Egyptian suppliers, most of them young Egyptian entrepreneurs who decided to control their own future rather than just wait for the government’s employment. A few months ago we joined a training program with one of the Faculties of Tourism & Travel Management and we offer the newly graduated staff a chance to be trained as guides and representatives. Two of them have already joined our team. Since we believe that our travellers should also have a positive impact on the communities they visit, recommendations will be given out to each traveller on how to act around the different sites visited, and how to behave around the small local communities they will visit. |
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