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Culture and Leisure
Cairo, Aswan, Nile Cruise, Luxor, Hurghada, Sharm El
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Duration |
15 nights 16 days |
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Accommodation |
3 nights Cairo 1 night
Aswan 2 nights Hurghada 2 nights Sharm El
Sheikh 2 nights Dahab 1 nights Saint
Catherine 1 night Sleeper train 03 nights
Nile cruise |
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Meals |
Cairo, Aswan: breakfast
Hurghada, Sharm, Dahab, Sleeper train: half
board Nile Cruise: Full Board |
Beverage |
not include |
Transportation |
by our private deluxe coach - Sleeper Train |
Guide |
included |
Click map for |
Entrance fees |
included |
detailed route |
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Day 1 : |
Cairo
Arrival |
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Upon arrival at
Cairo International Airport, you will be greeted &
assisted by one of Egypt Select egypt representatives
with formalities through customs & transfer by private
mini van to the selected hotel in Cairo. Check-in &
Overnight at hotel. |
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Day 2 : |
Cairo
/ Aswan |
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After breakfast,
you will meet your Egyptologist guide at the hotel to
depart for a full day tour of Cairo. You will discover
the pyramids of Giza and the famous Sphinx. Your tour
will end with a visit to the royal burial ground during
the old kingdom "Sakkara" you will visit the first
proper pyramid built for king Zoser in the 27th century
B.C by the architect Imhotep. After a full day in Cairo,
you will be escorted to the Giza railway station to
board the sleeper train to Aswan. Dinner and Overnight
on board. |
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Day 3 : |
Aswan |
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Morning arrival at
the Aswan train station, where you will be met by your
Select Egypt representative for transfer to your
selected hotel for check in. In the afternoon, you will
visit the High Dam and the beautiful temple of Philae.
Overnight at the hotel. |
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Day 4 : |
Aswan |
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(Optional early
morning tour to Abu Simbel by air or road is available).
Breakfast and check out from your hotel, then you will
be transferred to your Nile Cruise before lunch which
will be your home for the next three nights. Lunch on
board. In the afternoon tour the Nile by felucca
including visits both Kitchener & Elephantine islands.
Dinner & Overnight on board. |
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Day 5 : |
Kom-Ombo & Edfu |
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Early morning sail
to Kom- Ombo. In Kom Ombo, visit the temple of Sobek and
Haroeris, the magnificent Ptolemaic temple is in
awe-inspiring setting on high ground by the Nile
surrounded by sugarcane fields, dedicated jointly to
Haroeris, the medicine god, and Sobek, the crocodile
god. Lunch on board. Relax and admire the beautiful
scenery along the Nile while sailing to Edfu. In Edfu,
you will visit the temple of Horus, the falcon headed
god. Then back on board and sail to Luxor. Dinner and
Overnight on board.
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Day 6 : |
Luxor |
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Breakfast and free morning, lunch on board. In the
afternoon depart for visits of the East Bank of Luxor,
including the Luxor & Karnak temples. Then relax in the
Nile Cruise or you can walk through history, ride on a
horse-drawn carriage, sail in a felucca, or explore the
city of mysteries. Dinner & Overnight on board.
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Day 7 : |
Luxor / Hurghada |
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Breakfast & check out. Then depart for visits of the
West Bank of Luxor, including the Colossi of Memnon,
Temple of Queen Hatchepsut, Valley of the Queens and the
Valley of the Kings. Then you will be transferred by
private mini van to your hotel in Hurghada. Dinner and
Overnight at the hotel.
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Day 8 : |
Hurghada |
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Breakfast. Rest of the day free at leisure or you can
join one of our optional tours in Hurghada. Dinner &
Overnight at the hotel.
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Day 9 : |
Hurghada
/ Sharm El Sheikh |
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Breakfast & check
out from the hotel, then you will be transferred to the
port to take the ferry boat to Sharm El Sheikh. Upon
arrival you will be met by your Egypt Unexpected
representative & you will be transferred to your hotel
for check in, rest of the day free at leisure. Dinner &
Overnight at the hotel |
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Day 10 : |
Sharm El
Sheikh |
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Breakfast. Rest of
the day free at leisure or you can join one of our
optional tours in Sharm El Sheikh. Dinner & Overnight at
the hotel. |
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Day 11 : |
Sharm El
Sheikh / Dahab |
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Breakfast & check
out from the hotel then you will be transferred to the
selected hotel in Dahab about 81 Km from Sharm El
Sheikh, upon arrival check in & rest of the day free at
leisure. Overnight at the hotel.
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Day 12 : |
Dahab |
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After breakfast, by
jeep passing through the rugged mountain terrain to the
Canyon. Upon arrival the local guide will lead you
through some of the many walkways where you can admire
the superb array of colours and shapes. Then we drive to
the most beautiful oasis in Sinai, Ain Khudra &
exploring its many varieties of palm trees, shrubs,
springs & enjoying the Bedouin lunch. Overnight at the
hotel. |
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Day 13 : |
Dahab/
Saint Catherine |
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Breakfast. Morning
free at leisure. In the afternoon, you will be
transferred by private mini van to Saint Catherine,
check in upon arrival at your hotel. Dinner in the
hotel. At night you can climb the mountain to enjoy the
sunrise from one of the highest summits of Sinai.
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Day 14 : |
Saint
Catherine / Cairo |
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(Breakfast at the
hotel) Upon your decent you will visit St. Catherines
Monastery, its construction dates back to the 14th
century A.D. It lies on the foothills of Moses'
mountains, and then you will be transferred to Cairo
passing by Firan Valley. Check in upon arrival in Cairo
at your hotel & Overnight.
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Day 15 : |
Cairo |
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Breakfast, then you
will meet your guide to start a full day tour to visit
the Egyptian Museum, which houses about 250.000 antique
pieces including the statues, sarcophagi & the fabulous
treasures of Tutankhamun, and then drive to visit the
Citadel of Saladin with the Alabaster mosque of Mohamed
Ali. Then to the famous Khan El Khalili bazaar (Since
the 14th century). Overnight at hotel.
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Day 16 : |
Cairo |
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After breakfast you
will be transferred to Cairo international airport for
the final departure (End of Services).
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Price
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Accommodation |
Number of guests |
1st May - 30th
Sep
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1st Oct - 30th
April
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22nd Dec - 1st
Jan
1st April - 7th April
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3 Star |
2 guests |
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Euro per person |
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4 Star |
2 guests |
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Euro per person |
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Euro per person |
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5 Star |
2 guests |
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Price includes: |
Meals::
Cairo, Aswan: breakfast
Hurghada, Sharm, Dahab, Sleeper train: half board
Nile Cruise: Full Board
3 nights hotel 3* in Cairo
1 night hotel 3* in Aswan
2 nights hotel 3* Hurghada
2 nights hotel 3* Sharm El Sheikh
2 nights hotel 3* Dahab
1 nights hotel 3* Saint Catherine
1 night Sleeper train
03 nights accommodation on board of Nile cruise on
full board basis.
All transfers (private, in air conditioned minibus,
with driver) & English speaking guide
All taxes
Entry fees for the sites
For the formalities and the safety of our guests, we
inform the Ministry of the Egyptian Tourism of our
programs
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Price excludes: |
Entry visa of Egypt.
Personal expenses.
Tips. |
Notes |
Sightseeing in Cairo is based
on private basis and during the Nile Cruise is based on
joining other guests on board.
The Nile Cruise program can be changed without prior
notice due to navigational
Circumstances, Select Egypt is not liable to these
changes. |
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