EGYPT and The Sinai
Desert
8 days / 7 nights
Sat Day 1:
Arrive Cairo airport,
meet and assist and transfer to your hotel. Overnight Cairo
Sun 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)
Mon 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 (B)
Tue 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)
Wed 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)
Thu 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)
Fri 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
Queens. Enter some of the tombs and visit the beautifully-terraced Temple of
Queen Hatshepsut. Transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Sharm
el-Sheikh. Upon arrival continue by car, driving through the Sinai Desert to
St. Catherine Monastery.
Afternoon visit of the Monastery and an evening climb to the top of Mt. Sinai
for sunset.
Overnight Catherine Plaza – Sinai. (B)
Sat Day 8: Return to Cairo or continue on to Jordan.
EGYPT and JORDAN
11 days / 10 nights
Saturday Arrival in Aqaba
Day 1 to Day 7: EGYPT & SINAI DESERT
or join the tour in Aqaba.
Sat Day 8: Transfer
from St. Catherine to Nuweiba for ferry crossing to
Aqaba. Transfer to your
hotel.
Overnight Aqaba. (B)
Sun Day 9: 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)
Mon Day 10: 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)
Tue Day 11: 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)
EGYPT, JORDAN and SYRIA
18 days / 17 nights
Wednesday arrival in Damascus
Day 1 to Day 11: EGYPT & JORDAN
or join
the tour in Damascus.
Wed Day 12: After a
morning City tour of Amman travel north to Damascus. On the way visit
Jerash,
one of the best-preserved Roman cities.
Continue north to cross the border to
Syria and
transfer to your hotel in Damascus.
Overnight Damascus. (BD)
Thu Day
13:
Full day
visit of
Damascus
including the National Museum, Omeyad Mosque, Azem Palace, Via Recta,
Anania's House, Bab Charki & St Paul's Window.
Overnight
Damascus. (BD)
Fri Day 14: Depart
Damascus to visit the ancient site of Palmyra including the museum, the
temples of Bel, Baal Shamin and Nebo, the Roman Bath, the Tetrapyle,
Diocletian's Camp & the Tomb's Valley.
Overnight Palmyra (BD)
Sat Day 15: Travel
north to visit the famous Crusader's castle
Crac-des-Chevaliers, continuing
north to Hama with its Norias to arrive in Aleppo. Overnight Aleppo (BD)
Sun Day 16: Visit
Aleppo city, the museum, the Grand Mosque, the 8km old Bazaar, the Citadel
and some caravanserai. In the afternoon visit St. Simeon Byzantine
cathedral, considered the largest in the Byzantine Empire.
Overnight Aleppo
(BD)
Mon Day 17: Travel
south to visit Serjilla, one of the 500 Dead Cities that were built during
the 4th and 7th century and disappeared around the 9th
century for unknown reasons. Continue with a visit to Apamea, the antique
1000-columns Hellenistic city. Proceed to the village of Maaloula, where the
people still speak Aramaic, and visit St. Sergius chapel.
Overnight
Damascus. (BD)
Tue Day 18: Transfer
to Damascus 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
|
TOURS |
One country |
Egypt-Sinai - Jordan |
Jordan - Syria |
Egypt-Sinai-Jordan-Syria |
|
EGYPT
8 days/7 nights
Single supplement |
1600.00 250.00 |
2150.00
400.00 |
|
3300.00
650.00
|
|
JORDAN
4 days/3 nights
Single supplement |
500.00
125.00 |
1675.00
375.00 |
|
SYRIA
8 days/7 nights
Single supplement |
1050.00
200.00 |
|
*Accommodations in First class and superior first class hotels.
*A supplement will apply during Christmas, New Years
and Easter holidays.
