EGYPT ITINERARY
Arrive Cairo approximately 4:15 am Fly directly to Aswan first flight available…..7:30 AM. Depart Cairo at approximately 3:15 AM. Day 1……Depart Cape town, change in Joberg and depart for Cairo Day 2…Arrive Cairo at approx. 4am and change to domestic flight to Aswan departing approx. 7:30am. Transferred to Aswan hotel checkin…rest, unpack..free morning Afternoon we travel by motor boat to the Philae Temple, the Temple of Isis. Nice bazaar. Dinner on your own. Overnight Isis Island Day 3……Early crossing the Nile by felucca. We then ride camels to a 5th century Coptic Monastery 30 minutes into the desert. Afternoon visit to the Nubian museum. *Dinner included Overnight Isis Island Day 4……4am to Abu Simbal…breakfast box in route. Free afternoon. Optional shopping at the street bazaars. Sunset felluca sail on the Nile. Dinner on your own. Overnight Isis Island Day 5…Free day Dinner on your own Overnight Isis Island Day 6……Move onto boat…visit unfinished Obilisk and High
Dam.
Lunch on the boat… the beginning of our cruise. *Lunch and Dinner included Overnight Nile Cruiser
Day 7……Sailing the Nile …stopping along the way to visit Kom Ombo and Edfu, Nice bazaars. *Breakfast, Lunch and dinner included Overnight Nile Cruiser Day 8… …Sailing the Nile *Breakfast, lunch and dinner included Overnight Nile Cruiser Day 9…Docked in Luxor we visit the Luxor Temple the Temple of Karnak, and the Luxor museum. Evening at Karnak Temple Sound and Light. *Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner included Overnight Nile Cruiser Day 10…… After breakfast we pack and disembark. We travel across the Nile to the West Bank and check into our hotel in the village of Habu. *Dinner included. Overnight Amenhotep Hotel Day 11… …To the Colossus of Memnon, Ramses II funerary
temple, Habu Temple…Ramses III funerary temple.
Dinner on your own
Overnight Amenhotep Hotel
Day 12… …Optional Hot Air Balloon ride at 5:30am…$150. We are back for breakfast. Queen Hatshepsut's Temple, Workman's village and tombs. Dinner on your own. Overnight Amenhotep hotel Day 13…Valley of the Kings, Tombs of the Nobels. *Dinner included. Overnight Amenhotep hotel Day 14…A free day. Optional trip to Abydos and the Temple of Osirus, rent bicycles and explore the west bank villages, Pre dawn morning donkey ride up into the hills to visit tombs and valley of the Kings, (prices to be negotiated).There is also tea at the Winter Palace or a bit of shopping. Dinner on your own.
Overnight Amenhotep hotel Day 15……Early to Cairo…11:35 AM flight… Check into hotel and relax. For those who like to shop we can go to the Khan Kalili Bazaar, smoke shisha, drink tea or coffee and watch the world go by in the famous café Mahfouz sat and wrote in. Dinner on your own Overnight Shepard hotel on the Nile Day 16……To Saqqara, , Pyramids, Sphnix, Optional horseback ride around the Pyramids. A visit to a Perfumerie, Evening at Mohamed Ali Mosque to experience the Dervishes music, song and dance. Dinner on your own. Overnight Shepard hotel Day 17… … Geyer Anderson house, Coptic and Islamic Cairo Dinner on your own. Overnight shepard hotel Day 18… Egyptian museum Dinner on your own. Overnight Shepard hotel Day 19… Free day…. Luggage packed and left for evening departure. Dinner on your own. 12:00AM to the airport for 3:15AM departure ***This itinerary is not written in stone. Outings may change depending on circumstances. Please remain flexable. Price R19,500… Single suppliment R2250 Included: All airfares, transfers and transport. Hotels with breakfast. All tours, and entrances. My good friend Tarek Fawzy will be our Egyptologist throughout. Meals where indicated.
I require a R2500 deposit to hold a place on the tour. Maximum 12 people