EGYPT, SINAI AND JORDAN
12 days / 11 nights
Sunday arrival in Cairo
Sun Day 1:
Arrive Cairo airport,
meet and assist and transfer to your hotel. Overnight Cairo
Mon Day 2: Full day visit to
Memphis, the capital of the Ancient Kingdom and Sakkara. After lunch visit the Pyramids of Giza and the famous Sphinx. Overnight
Cairo (BL)
Tue Day 3: Begin the day with a visit to the Egyptian Museum with its world-famous
displays of artifacts of Egyptian civilization, including the treasures of the
boy king, Tutankhamen. From the museum continue to the old city of Cairo to
visit the Citadel of Salah-el-Din and Mohammed Ali Mosque and the Medieval
Bazaar of Khan el-Khalili.
Overnight Cairo (BL)
Wed Day 4: Transfer to Cairo airport for morning flight to
Aswan.
(Optional visit to Abu Simbel upon arrival.) Transfer to your Nile cruise.
After lunch on board sail the Nile in a felucca (an Egyptian sail boat) around
Elephantine Island, then visit the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk in the
granite quarries.
Overnight Aswan. (BLD)
Thu
Day 5:
Sail to
Kom Ombo
to visit the Temple shared by the two gods, Sobek and Horus the Elder. Sail to
Edfu
to visit the Temple of Horus.
Overnight Esna. (BLD)
Fri Day 6: Sail to
Luxor. Visit the Temple of Karnak,
which records the glory of the Egyptian Pharaohs, and the Temple of Luxor.
Overnight Luxor. (BLD)
Sat Day 7: Disembarkation after breakfast, followed by a visit to the West
Bank and the site of the famed Colossi of Memnon. Explore the Valley of the
Kings and visit the beautifully-terraced Temple of
Queen Hatshepsut.
Transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Sharm
el-Sheikh.
Overnight Sharm el Sheik (B)
Sun Day 8: Morning at leisure. In the afternoon continue by car, driving through the Sinai Desert to
St. Catherine Monastery.
Overnight Catherine Plaza – Sinai. (B)
Mon Day 9: Evening climb to the top of Mt. Sinai for sunset. Morning visit
of the Monastery.
Transfer from St.
Catherine to Nuweiba for ferry crossing to
Aqaba. Transfer to your
hotel.
Overnight Aqaba. (B)
Tue Day 10:
This morning, relax and enjoy the Red Sea. Midday transfer to
Wadi Rum, also
known as the "Valley of the Moon'. A magnificent lunar landscape of pink
sands and black mountains. Transfer to Petra.
Overnight Petra. (B)
Wed Day 11: Today you
will visit Petra, the "Siq", a long winding fissure between two walls of
overhanging cliffs, the famous Treasury, the Street of Facades, the Court
House and the Amphitheater.
Overnight Petra. (B)
Thu Day 12: Depart
Petra, traveling north to Amman. On the way visit the crusader’s Castle of
Kerak. Continue to Madaba, to visit St. George's Cathedral and the mosaic
of Jerusalem and to Mt. Nebo, the burial place of Moses perched on a
cliff overlooking the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea.
Transfer to hotel in Amman or transfer to airport. (B)
TOURS INCLUDE:
Hotel
accommodations with daily breakfast (B)
Meals:
(L) lunch (D) dinner, per itinerary
Transfers
and tours by air-conditioned private vehicles
English-speaking drivers/guides
Entrance
fees
Air fare:
Cairo – Aswan; Luxor – Sharm el-Sheikh
Ferry
crossing from Nuweiba to Aqaba
PER PERSON BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY:
Minimum 2
persons
|
HOTEL |
First class |
Deluxe |
|
Double |
2600.00 |
2900.00 |
|
Single supplement |
475.00 |
625.00 |
*Accommodations in First class and superior first class hotels.
*A supplement will apply during Christmas, New Years
and Easter holidays.
