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Day 1 |
CAIRO
Arrive in Cairo and transfer to your hotel. In the evening, enjoy your Dinner Panoramic "Cairo by Night" tour & dinner on the Nile. |
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Day 2 |
CAIRO
Visit the Egyptian Museum; view Tutankhamun's treasures and enter the Mummy Room. Drive to Giza for lunch. On to the Three Great Pyramids; enter one of the Pyramids. Visit the Solar Boat Museum; see the oldest known ship in the world and the magnificent Sphinx carved out of a single piece |
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of stone. Try a camel ride before continuing to the unique Karnak store. Overnight in Cairo. |
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Day 3 |
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CAIRO - LUXOR
Early transfer for your flight to Luxor; transfer to your hotel. Morning tour of the Valley of the Kings with the secretive tombs of New Kingdom Pharaohs. Visit the Tomb of Tutankhamen; continue to the Colossi of Memnon and Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. After lunch, on to the vast Karnak Temple-Complex, Avenue of the |
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Sphinx, and the Temple of Luxor. Enjoy the Sound & Light Show at the Temple of Karnak in the evening. |
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Day 4 |
LUXOR - EDFU - ASWAN
Depart Luxor driving to the Temple of Horus at Edfu, the best preserved of all large Egyptian temples before continuing to Aswan, Egypt's southernmost city. Sail by motorboat to the beautiful island of Philae to see the Temple of Isis. On to the Aswan High Dam and the granite quarry where the stone for the ancient monuments and Aswan Dam were cut. |
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Day 5 |
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CAIRO
Return flight to Cairo. An optional tour to Abu Simbel can be arranged. Overnight in Cairo. The tour will include the mighty Sun Temple of Abu Simbel flanked by four giant stone statues of Ramses II. |
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Day 6 |
DEPARTURE
After breakfast transfer to the airport for departure. |
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