Wonders of Egypt - Winter dept
A 10-Day Insight Tours tour starting from $2,075
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| Starting Price: | $2,075 |  |
| Tour Length: | 10 Days | |
| Countries Visited: | Egypt | |
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Cities Visited: Incredibly, after viewing the illustrious Pyramids, this tour just keeps getting better, because further up the Nile, your cruise ship is poised to take you to royal tombs and breathtaking temples. |
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Included Premium Highlights
- See Tutankhamun's treasure in the famous Egyptian Museum
- Enjoy a Sound & Light Show at the Great Pyramids of Giza
- Visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings
- Take a motorboat to the Temple of Isis on Philae Island
- Enjoy a guided tour of Giza see the Sphinx and Pyramids
Included Additional Excursions & Sights
- Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque
- Enjoy views from the Citadel
- Enjoy a visit to Luxor Temple
- Tour the Temple of Karnak
- View the Colossi of Memnon
- Visit the temple at Kom Ombo
- Visit the temple at Edfu
- Sail by 'felucca' around the Botanical Gardens in Aswan
- Visit the unfinished obelisk and see the Aswan High Dam
- See the statue of Rameses & alabaster sphinx in Memphis
- View the Step Pyramid of King Zoser in Sakkara
Insight's Cairo & Nile Cruise
- Insight's professional multi-lingual Egyptologist/Tour Director accompanies you
- Sightseeing by air-conditioned coach
- Deluxe hotel with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- 4 night Nile cruise on MS Medea or MS Sapphire or La Boheme (or similar) with all cruise boat gratuities included
- Insight Traveler document wallet, map book journal and information pack
- Scheduled flights Cairo/Luxor and Aswan/Cairo
- Services of Insight's Representative in Egypt
- Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel.
Included Quality Dining
- Egyptian dinner and Galabea Party with entertainment (HD)
- 8 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 lunches (L) and 3 dinners (D) plus bottled water, tea or coffee with meals while cruising
- 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 - CAIRO AT LEISURE
Welcome to a land of wonder and mystery. You are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel.
Hotel: Marriott.
Day 3 - CAIRO SIGHTSEEING
After a pre-tour briefing with your Tour Director, visit the Citadel for breath taking views over Cairo. Salah El Din started the Citadel in the 12th century, but it owes its present outline to Mohammed Ali, whose great Mosque you visit next. Now enjoy a highlight visit to the famous Egyptian Museum. Here, among the many thousands of artefacts on display, view Tutankhamun's magnificent treasures, including his splendid burial mask. Do you believe in the curse of the 'boy king'? Tonight, drive to the Pyramids for a magical Sound & Light Show which literally illuminates the ancient history of Giza! (BB)
Day 4 - CAIRO- LUXOR- JOIN CRUISE
Fly to Luxor and transfer to your cruise ship. After lunch on board, visit Luxor Temple unearthed by Mariette in the 1860's. Continue to Karnak, the largest temple complex ever built by man. Walk through the avenue of Ram-headed sphinxes to stand among the huge columns of the Hypostyle Hall.
Ship: MS Medea/MS Sapphire/MS La Boheme. (B,L,D)
Days 5, 6 & 7 - ON BOARD SHIP
Relax now as you gently cruise along the Nile past palm fringed villages and irrigated fields to exotic Aswan. But before leaving Luxor, there is an excursion by coach to the west bank, which includes a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon and visits to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut as well as some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
As you drift up-stream stops are made at ancient sites along the way. These include the Temple of Horus at Edfu as well as the Kom Ombo Temple.
On arrival in Aswan, an included sightseeing tour shows you the High Dam and unfinished obelisk in the granite quarries. It also includes a motorboat ride to the Philae Island Temple complex and sailing in a traditional Nile 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 - ASWAN- CAIRO
This morning, why not join an optional excursion to the temples of Abu Simbel? Otherwise, spend the morning in Aswan as you wish, before your transfer to the airport for your return flight to Cairo.
Hotel: Marriott. (BB)
Day 9 - CAIRO SIGHTSEEING
Head for the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis today, to see the huge statue of Rameses II and alabaster sphinx. Nearby at Sakkara, the oldest step-pyramid in the world awaits. Continue to the Great Pyramids of Giza and their guardian Sphinx. Your tour includes entry into one of the Pyramids. (BB)
Day 10 - CAIRO
The tour ends after breakfast with transfers to the airport. (BB)
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Included Premium Highlights
- See Tutankhamun's treasure in the famous Egyptian Museum
- Enjoy a Sound & Light Show at the Great Pyramids of Giza
- Visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings
- Take a motorboat to the Temple of Isis on Philae Island
- Enjoy a guided tour of Giza see the Sphinx and Pyramids
Included Additional Excursions & Sights
- Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque
- Enjoy views from the Citadel
- Enjoy a visit to Luxor Temple
- Tour the Temple of Karnak
- View the Colossi of Memnon
- Visit the temple at Kom Ombo
- Visit the temple at Edfu
- Sail by 'felucca' around the Botanical Gardens in Aswan
- Visit the unfinished obelisk and see the Aswan High Dam
- See the statue of Rameses & alabaster sphinx in Memphis
- View the Step Pyramid of King Zoser in Sakkara
Insight's Cairo & Nile Cruise
- Insight's professional multi-lingual Egyptologist/Tour Director accompanies you
- Sightseeing by air-conditioned coach
- Deluxe hotel with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- 4 night Nile cruise on MS Medea or MS Sapphire or La Boheme (or similar) with all cruise boat gratuities included
- Insight Traveler document wallet, map book journal and information pack
- Scheduled flights Cairo/Luxor and Aswan/Cairo
- Services of Insight's Representative in Egypt
- Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel.
Included Quality Dining
- Egyptian dinner and Galabea Party with entertainment (HD)
- 8 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 lunches (L) and 3 dinners (D) plus bottled water, tea or coffee with meals while cruising
- Departures on tour for New Year's Eve enjoy a celebration dinner
Festive highlights
- New Year's Eve celebration dinner included
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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.
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