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Elegance of the Pharaohs - Winter dept

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Starting Price:	$3,199
Tour Length:	11 Days
Countries Visited:	Egypt

Save 5% if 5 or more people travel together
Travellers ages 5-17 save up to 10%
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Early Payment Discount save up to 10%

More Information About This Tour:

Tour Type:

Escorted Tour

Tour Category:

NEW - Winter Europe & Eastern Mediterranean

Tour Operator:

Insight Tours

Tour Code:

P945W

Cities Visited:
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Marvel at the temple complexes of Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolis of the Valley of the Kings.

Included Premium Highlights

Visit the Sphinx and go inside one of the Pyramids of Giza
Attend the magical Sound and Light Show at the Pyramids
Visit Hatshepsut Temple and some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings
Take a motorboat to the Philae Island temple complex
See Tutankhamun's treasure in the Egyptian Museum

Included Additional Excursions & Sights

See the statue of Rameses and alabaster sphinx in Memphis
View the Step Pyramid of Zoser
Tour the temple of Karnak
Visit the Temple of Dendara
Enjoy a visit to Luxor Temple
See the Colossi of Memnon
Tour the temple at Kom Ombo
Visit the unfinished obelisk and see the Aswan High Dam
Sail on a traditional 'felucca'
Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque
Enjoy views from the Citadel
Visit the Khan El Khalili bazaar

Insight's Cairo & Nile Cruise

Services of our professional multi-lingual Egyptologist/Tour Director
Sightseeing by air-conditioned coach
Deluxe hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage
4 night Nile cruise on board the NEW MS Tosca (or similar) in an elegantly appointed riverview suite with French balcony including all cruise boat gratuities
Insight Traveler document wallet, map book journal and information pack
Scheduled flights between Cairo/Luxor and Aswan/Cairo
Services of Insight's Representative in Cairo
Arrival and departure transfers between Cairo airport and your Insight tour hotel

Included Quality Dining

Egyptian dinner and Galabea Party (HD)
9 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 Lunches (L) and 3 Dinners, plus bottled water & tea or coffee (D)
Departures on tour for New Year's Eve enjoy a celebration dinner

Festive highlights

New Year's Eve celebration dinner included

Day 1 - DEPART USA.

Board your overnight flight.

Day 2 - ARRIVE CAIRO

Welcome to Egypt! A land rich in ancient monuments, tombs and temples.On arrival in Cairo, you are met and transferred to your tour hotel.
Hotel: Marriott.

Day 3 - CAIRO SIGHTSEEING

Meet your Tour Director for a detailed pre-tour briefing then drive out to one of the Wonders of the Ancient World! Your guided tour includes entry into one of the Pyramids and you see the guardian Sphinx! In nearby Memphis, visit the colossal statue of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx. Continue to Sakkara, to see the Step Pyramid of King Zoser. As night falls return to Giza for a magical Sound and Light Show at the world famous Pyramids. (BB)

Day 4 - CAIRO- LUXOR- JOIN CRUISE

Transfer to the airport for your flight to Luxor. There is no better introduction to Upper Egypt than a tour of Karnak Temple. Walk spellbound through the avenue of sphinxes into the vast Hypostyle Hall. At lunch time board your luxury cruise ship, one of the most stylish and spacious in Egypt. Overnight on-board in Dendara.
Ship: Ms Tosca. (BB,L,D)

Days 5, 6 & 7 - ABOARD THE RIVER TOSCA

As guests aboard the River Tosca you'll enjoy a visual feast as you voyage along the Nile in luxury. Stops are made along the way to visit various sites including the Temple of Hathor in Dendara, Luxor Temple, and the double temple at Kom Ombo.
There are two sightseeing excursions by coach; the West Bank at Luxor which includes a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon, a visit to the temple of Queen Hatshepsut and entry into three of the Pharaohs' tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
In Aswan your excursion includes a motorboat to the temple complex on the island of Philae, visits to the High Dam and unfinished obelisk in the granite quarries, plus a sail in a traditional felucca.While cruising breakfast, lunch and dinner (BB,L,D) are served daily and one night you get to celebrate Egyptian style at a Galabea Party and Dinner. (HD)

Day 8 - DISEMBARK ASWAN

Disembark and check in to your resort on Elephantine Island where you are at leisure. Explore, relax by the pool, or maybe take an optional flight to the amazing temples of Abu Simbel?
Hotel: Mövenpick. (BB)

Day 9 - ASWAN- CAIRO

Transfer to the airport for your return flight to Cairo. The rest of the day is at leisure. Hotel: Marriott. (BB)

Day 10 - CAIRO SIGHTSEEING

First up is a highlight visit to the Egyptian Museum to gaze upon the treasures of Tutankhamun! Then from the heights of the Citadel enjoy views over the whole city. Mohammed Ali's great alabaster mosque is next. Finish off with a visit to the famous Khan El Khalili bazaars where you can put your bargaining skills to the test. (BB)

Day 11 - RETURN TO USA

There are transfers to Cairo Airport for your onward flight home. (BB)

Don't miss our current specials: Save 7.5% on Europe Winter Travel November to April is the perfect time to visit Europe. The climate is often surprisingly mild, and the cities belong to their inhabitants and just a few discerning visitors. There is no better, more complete way to enjoy this experience than on an Insight Vacations escorted tour. Best of all prices are substantially lower than in peak summer season! *Save 7.5%* on any 2010/11 Winter Europe packaged tour if you book and pay in full by August 13th. Click to view all Insight Winter Vacations TERMS: Booking and full payment for land portion must be made by August 13th, 2010. Offer is valid for new bookings made betweenJune 21st, 2010 and August 13th, 2010. Valid for land portion only. Travel must depart between November 1st, 2010 and April 3rd, 2011. Offer NOT valid on Select Choices departures or on Israel, Jordan, Greece, Turkey and Egypt. Offer applies to new bookings only. Normal name change policy applies. Offer is applicable to groups – with availability and collection of travelers’ names at time of booking. Promotion is NOT combinable with Early Payment brochure discount or any current air promotions. Promotion is combinable with all other brochure discounts. Once payment is received, cancellation penalties apply. Offer may be withdrawn at any time and subject to availability. Other restrictions apply. Please call for details. CST No. 20687545-20. Great Savings and Discounts FRIENDS & FAMILY DISCOUNTS SAVE 5% FOR 5 - 8 PASSENGERS Why not share your Insight tour experience with your friends and family – and save money! If 5-8 passengers book together we offer a discount of 5%. Further savings are available for groups of 9 or more passengers! This discount cannot be combined with Frequent Traveler, Young Traveler or Triple Room Discounts. To qualify, the names of all passengers traveling must be advised to Insight at the time of booking. Does not apply to Oberammergau Passion Play Option, additional accommodation, airfares or fl ight supplements, Select London Week, Select London & Paris, Select London, Paris & Rome, Egypt tours, Israel tours, Jordan tours, and tours with Mediterranean or River cruises. YOUNG TRAVELER SAVINGS 5 - 17 YEAR OLDS SAVE UP TO 10% Insight offers you the opportunity of sharing your happy holiday memories with your children or grandchildren. This discount applies only to tours featuring the “Young Traveler Discount” in the price panel. Check the itinerary pages now to see how much you can SAVE! Young Travelers must be under the age of 18 years old on the tour departure date and accompanied by an adult (limit of one Young Traveler Discount per room). Children under 5 years old are not accepted on any escorted tour. This discount cannot be combined with our “Friends & Family Discount”. SINGLE TRAVELER SAVING INSIGHT’S ROOM MATE MATCHING For people traveling alone on an Insight coach tour, we’ll match you with someone of the same gender, so you don’t have to pay the single room supplement. If we fail to match you, we’ll provide a single room at no extra cost†. There is a no-smoking policy in all shared rooms. Does not apply to additional accommodation, Riad upgrade option, airfares or flight supplements, Select London Week, Select London & Paris, Select London, Paris & Rome, Irish Elegance, Egypt tours, Israel tours, Jordan tours and tours with Mediterranean or River cruises. †Single rooms are not available for the Oberammergau Passion Play Option. TRIPLE ROOM DISCOUNT When three people travel together room, each of the three enjoys a discount off the tour price. See the Triple Room Reductions on the itinerary of your choice. This discount only applies to tours featuring the “Triple Room Discount” in the price panel. Note the third bed on occasions, will be a foldaway. This discount cannot be combined with our “Friends & Family Discount”. Triple rooms are not available for the Oberammergau Passion Play Option FREQUENT TRAVELER SAVING In recognition of our loyal customers, Insight now extends to all traveled guests automatic membership into our Club Bon Voyage, as well as a 5% Discount off the Land portion of their next Insight trip. You will need to travel within the next two years. So act NOW and take full advantage of this great offer. Enrolment forms and discount vouchers are available from your Tour Director. Insight’s Club Bon Voyage and 5% Discount is not available retroactively. Only one voucher is available per person, per tour, per year and only one voucher can be redeemed against each further tour booking. This discount cannot be combined with our “Friends & Family Discount” and “Extra Tour Discount.” Does not apply to Oberammergau Passion Play Option, additional accommodations, Select London Week, Select London & Paris and Select London, Paris & Rome. EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT ON EARLY BOOKINGS Insight’s most popular tours fi ll very quickly. Don’t be disappointed, book early! You’ll be assured of the tours you want, and the earlier you pay, the more you SAVE! Here’s how... Pay in full 12 months prior to your tour departure date and SAVE UP TO 10% Pay in full 10 months prior to your tour departure date and SAVE UP TO 7.5% Pay in full 6 months prior to your tour departure date and SAVE UP TO 5% Tours must be paid in full for this discount to apply. This discount only applies to tours that feature the “Early Payment Discount” in the price panel.


Touring Date	Land Only	Land + Air	Single (Land Only)	Single (Land + Air)
11/5/2010 - 11/15/2010	$3,199
11/12/2010 - 11/22/2010	$3,199
11/19/2010 - 11/29/2010	$3,199
11/26/2010 - 12/6/2010	$3,199
12/3/2010 - 12/13/2010	$3,199
12/10/2010 - 12/20/2010	$3,199
12/17/2010 - 12/27/2010	$3,525
12/24/2010 - 1/3/2011	$3,675
12/31/2010 - 1/10/2011	$3,265
1/7/2011 - 1/17/2011	$3,199
1/14/2011 - 1/24/2011	$3,199
1/21/2011 - 1/31/2011	$3,199
1/28/2011 - 2/7/2011	$3,199
2/4/2011 - 2/14/2011	$3,199
2/11/2011 - 2/21/2011	$3,199
2/18/2011 - 2/28/2011	$3,199
2/25/2011 - 3/7/2011	$3,199
3/4/2011 - 3/14/2011	$3,199
3/11/2011 - 3/21/2011	$3,199
3/18/2011 - 3/28/2011	$3,199
3/25/2011 - 4/4/2011	$3,199

Airfare Disclaimer A NOTE ABOUT AIRFARE: We encourage you to buy your airfare from the tour operator, because if your tour cancels then your airlines tickets will be covered. Purchasing flights separately at a lesser rate and incorporating it with a Non-Guaranteed Departure Date can result in loss of total cost of your flight investment. Depending on the fare rules, flights may be Non-Refundable and/or Non-Transferable. Neither the tour operator and/or Atlas Cruises & Tours will be held responsible for loss if a tour is cancelled for Lack of Participation. If you would like to check for discounted fares on Guaranteed Departures or for competitive pricing on air and hotel packages, we invite you to follow this link. Documents TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: Necessary Travel Documents such as Passports and Visas is the responsibility of the traveler. Passports must be valid six months from your return travel date.

Included Premium Highlights

Visit the Sphinx and go inside one of the Pyramids of Giza
Attend the magical Sound and Light Show at the Pyramids
Visit Hatshepsut Temple and some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings
Take a motorboat to the Philae Island temple complex
See Tutankhamun's treasure in the Egyptian Museum

Included Additional Excursions & Sights

See the statue of Rameses and alabaster sphinx in Memphis
View the Step Pyramid of Zoser
Tour the temple of Karnak
Visit the Temple of Dendara
Enjoy a visit to Luxor Temple
See the Colossi of Memnon
Tour the temple at Kom Ombo
Visit the unfinished obelisk and see the Aswan High Dam
Sail on a traditional 'felucca'
Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque
Enjoy views from the Citadel
Visit the Khan El Khalili bazaar

Insight's Cairo & Nile Cruise

Services of our professional multi-lingual Egyptologist/Tour Director
Sightseeing by air-conditioned coach
Deluxe hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage
4 night Nile cruise on board the NEW MS Tosca (or similar) in an elegantly appointed riverview suite with French balcony including all cruise boat gratuities
Insight Traveler document wallet, map book journal and information pack
Scheduled flights between Cairo/Luxor and Aswan/Cairo
Services of Insight's Representative in Cairo
Arrival and departure transfers between Cairo airport and your Insight tour hotel

Included Quality Dining

Egyptian dinner and Galabea Party (HD)
9 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 Lunches (L) and 3 Dinners, plus bottled water & tea or coffee (D)
Departures on tour for New Year's Eve enjoy a celebration dinner

Festive highlights

New Year's Eve celebration dinner included

Save 7.5% on Europe Winter Travel

November to April is the perfect time to visit Europe. The climate is often surprisingly mild, and the cities belong to their inhabitants and just a few discerning visitors. There is no better, more complete way to enjoy this experience than on an Insight Vacations escorted tour. Best of all prices are substantially lower than in peak summer season!

Save 7.5% on any 2010/11 Winter Europe packaged tour if you book and pay in full by August 13th.

Click to view all Insight Winter Vacations

TERMS: Booking and full payment for land portion must be made by August 13th, 2010. Offer is valid for new bookings made betweenJune 21st, 2010 and August 13th, 2010. Valid for land portion only. Travel must depart between November 1st, 2010 and April 3rd, 2011. Offer NOT valid on Select Choices departures or on Israel, Jordan, Greece, Turkey and Egypt. Offer applies to new bookings only. Normal name change policy applies. Offer is applicable to groups – with availability and collection of travelers’ names at time of booking. Promotion is NOT combinable with Early Payment brochure discount or any current air promotions. Promotion is combinable with all other brochure discounts. Once payment is received, cancellation penalties apply. Offer may be withdrawn at any time and subject to availability. Other restrictions apply. Please call for details. CST No. 20687545-20.

Great Savings and Discounts

FRIENDS & FAMILY DISCOUNTS

SAVE 5% FOR 5 - 8 PASSENGERS

Why not share your Insight tour experience with your friends and family – and save money! If 5-8 passengers book together we offer a discount of 5%. Further savings are available for groups of 9 or more passengers! This discount cannot be combined with Frequent Traveler, Young Traveler or Triple Room Discounts. To qualify, the names of all passengers traveling must be advised to Insight at the time of booking. Does not apply to Oberammergau Passion Play Option, additional accommodation, airfares or fl ight supplements, Select London Week, Select London & Paris, Select London, Paris & Rome, Egypt tours, Israel tours, Jordan tours, and tours with Mediterranean or River cruises.

YOUNG TRAVELER SAVINGS

5 - 17 YEAR OLDS SAVE UP TO 10%

Insight offers you the opportunity of sharing your happy holiday memories with your children or grandchildren. This discount applies only to tours featuring the “Young Traveler Discount” in the price panel. Check the itinerary pages now to see how much you can SAVE! Young Travelers must be under the age of 18 years old on the tour departure date and accompanied by an adult (limit of one Young Traveler Discount per room). Children under 5 years old are not accepted on any escorted tour.

This discount cannot be combined with our “Friends & Family Discount”.

SINGLE TRAVELER SAVING

INSIGHT’S ROOM MATE MATCHING

For people traveling alone on an Insight coach tour, we’ll match you with someone of the same gender, so you don’t have to pay the single room supplement. If we fail to match you, we’ll provide a single room at no extra cost†. There is a no-smoking policy in all shared rooms. Does not apply to additional accommodation, Riad upgrade option, airfares or flight supplements, Select London Week, Select London & Paris, Select London, Paris & Rome, Irish Elegance, Egypt tours, Israel tours, Jordan tours and tours with Mediterranean or River cruises. †Single rooms are not available for the Oberammergau Passion Play Option.

TRIPLE ROOM DISCOUNT

When three people travel together room, each of the three enjoys a discount off the tour price. See the Triple Room Reductions on the itinerary of your choice. This discount only applies to tours featuring the “Triple

Room Discount” in the price panel. Note the third bed on occasions, will be a foldaway. This discount cannot be combined with our “Friends & Family Discount”. Triple rooms are not available for the Oberammergau Passion

Play Option

FREQUENT TRAVELER SAVING

In recognition of our loyal customers, Insight now extends to all traveled guests automatic membership into our Club Bon Voyage, as well as a 5% Discount off the Land portion of their next Insight trip. You will need to travel within the next two years. So act NOW and take full advantage of this great offer. Enrolment forms and discount vouchers are available

from your Tour Director. Insight’s Club Bon Voyage and 5% Discount is not available retroactively. Only one voucher is available per person, per tour, per year and only one voucher can be redeemed against each further

tour booking. This discount cannot be combined with our “Friends & Family Discount” and “Extra Tour Discount.” Does not apply to Oberammergau Passion Play Option, additional accommodations, Select London Week, Select London & Paris and Select London, Paris & Rome.

EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT

ON EARLY BOOKINGS

Insight’s most popular tours fi ll very quickly. Don’t be disappointed, book early! You’ll be assured of the tours you want, and the earlier you pay, the more you SAVE! Here’s how...

Pay in full 12 months prior to your tour departure

date and SAVE UP TO 10%

Pay in full 10 months prior to your tour departure

date and SAVE UP TO 7.5%

Pay in full 6 months prior to your tour departure

date and SAVE UP TO 5%

Tours must be paid in full for this discount to apply. This discount only applies to tours that feature the “Early Payment Discount” in the price panel.

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