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PT6 Days Cairo Aswan Nile Cruise
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6 Days Cairo Aswan Nile Cruise
Discover the great civilization of Egypt, touring the must-see attractions at Cairo like Giza pyramids & Egyptian museum of Antiquities, then Travelling to Luxor and Aswan to explore Pharaonic Egypt with its huge temples and Rich History.
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Upon arrival Cairo Airport, our representative will meet and assist you crossing the customs hall, and then you will meet your guide to explore one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Visit the impressive 3 Pyramids of Kings Cheops, Chephren, and Menkaure which are guarded by the rock-cut statue (The Sphinx) a large half-human, half-lion statue. The Great Pyramid of King Cheops is the only standing wonder from the ancient world, although it is 2,000 years older than any other wonder on the list.
Then you will proceed to visit the world-renowned Museum of Egyptian Antiques which exhibits a collection now over 120000 masterpieces ranges from Pre-dynastic era, Pharonic era to the Greco-roman period in Egypt including the treasures of the child King Tutankhamen, one of the most important collections as his tomb was discovered intact.
Then you will be transferred to your hotel for check-in and overnight.
Breakfast at your hotel, and then you will be transferred to Cairo airport for your flight to Aswan city. Upon arrival will be met and assisted by Egyptologist who will accompany you in an exciting tour to the world famous High Dam that was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops; continue to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the famous Unfinished Obelisk.
Then you will be taking by motor-boat to island of Egilka visit the majestic Philae temple that was dedicated to the Goddesses Isis.
Then you will be transferred to your Nile cruise ship, where you will enjoy the next 4 Days / 3 Nights Nile cruise holiday from Aswan up to Luxor with fantastic sailing and thrilling tours. Free time at leisure aboard your Nile cruise ship in Aswan.
Breakfast box from your hotel in Aswan and then you will be escorted by your Egyptologist speaking guide and driver to explore the impressive temples built by Ramses II in Abu Simbel which is one of Egypt’s most visited sites. Relocated in the 1960’s with the building of the Aswan Dam, Abu Simbel is a feat of modern and ancient engineering then you will be transferred to Aswan to embark your Nile cruise ship. Lunch, afternoon tea and free time at leisure aboard your Nile cruise sailing to Kom Ombo
After breakfast you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist guide to visit Kom Ombo temple, the crocodile-headed God of fertility and creator of the world, lunch aboard your cruise with free time at leisure whilst sailing to Edfu to explore Edfu’s Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved Ancient Egyptian temples on the Nile Continue the cruise down the Nile to Luxor and overnight stay onboard your Nile cruise ship.
Breakfast onboard the cruise, check-out the Nile cruise and then will be picked up by our tour guide to visit archaeological sites of the ancient Egyptians on the west bank of the Nile including the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs. Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it.
Then heading to visit the two Massive temples on the eastern bank of the Nile, visit the Temple of Luxor and Temple of Karnak. Karnak Temple, the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means the most sacred of places. The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great Hypostyle Hall is an incredible forest of giant pillars. Then you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor temple which built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for rituals and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun.
After finishing the tour, you will be transferred to Luxor airport for Domestic Flight back to Cairo. Upon arrival to Cairo airport you will be picked up and transferred to the hotel for check in and Overnight
Breakfast at your hotel, check-out then you will be transferred to Cairo airport for flight back home.
