Egypt and Jordan vacation tour package (11 Nights / 12 Days)

Oct. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- Arrival:             Cairo International Airport
Departure:       Cairo International Airport
Tour Covers:    Cairo - Aswan - Luxor - Taba - Aqaba - Wadi Rum - Petra
Duration:          12 Days - 11 Nights

Travel Package Itinerary:
Days 1: Arrival Cairo
Arrival Cairo international airport Egypt, meet & assist by our representative who will help you in handling all your procedures through passport control , customs formalities & luggage area,  then transfer you to your hotel via air conditioned modern vehicle & overnight in Cairo.

Day 2: Pyramids – Egyptian Museum – Old Cairo
Breakfast at your hotel, enjoy a full day tour to visit the enigmatic Pyramids of Giza of King Cheops, Chefren, Mykernuis,  Sphinx & Valley temple which are the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt, you can feel the mysteries surrounding their symbolism, design & purpose have inspired passionate debate, it’s likely that many of these mysteries will never be solved, then proceed your fantastic tour to visit the Egyptian antiquities museum commonly known as the Egyptian Museum, which located in the capital city of Cairo, where you can see the most extensive collection of ancient antiquities & the famous golden mask of Tutankhamun  among other amazing pharaonic artifacts, finally continue your tour to visit Old Cairo ( Mary Gerges church , Hanging church, Ben Ezra Synagogue ), then back to your hotel & overnight in Cairo.

Day 3: Aswan – Felucca
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, transfer to airport for departure to Aswan by flight, arrival Aswan airport, meet & assist by our representative, enjoy a felucca ride on the River Nile around Elephantine Island, overnight in Aswan.

Day 4: High Dam – Unfinished Obelisk & Philae
Breakfast at your hotel in Aswan, enjoy visiting the High Dam which is one of the world’s largest dams & its lake is the second in the world, spread to Sudan, Unfinished Obelisk which is constructed out of the syenite granite mined in Aswan & Philae temple which dedicated to be the goddess Isis, at night transfer to Aswan train station for departure to Luxor, then arrive Luxor train station, meet & assist by our representative, transfer to your hotel & overnight in Luxor.

Day 5: East Bank - Karnak  & Luxor temples
Breakfast at your hotel, enjoy a visit to Karnak temple the largest temple in the world dedicated to Amun, the pharaohs of the middle kingdom built the oldest structures, the latest ones were added during the Ptolemaic period, the most outstanding features are the white Chapel of Sesostris I & the Great Hypo style hall with its 134 huge columns, a long dorms, lined by Sphinx statues, connected Karnak temple to Luxor temple, which is lying 3 km to the south of Karnak & was built for Mut, during the Opet (new year festival) Amun headed the procession starting from Karnak temple & joined his wife Mut in Luxor temple, the main structures were built by Amenophis III and Ramses II, then back to your hotel & overnight .

Day 6: West Bank – Valley of Kings, Hatshepsut temple – Colossi of Memnon
Breakfast at your hotel in Luxor, enjoy a visit to the west bank which was a magnificent burial ground for the pharaohs, the Valley of Kings was the kingdom of Osiris, god of the underworld, from their grand tombs filled with treasures & decorated with amazing art, the Egyptian pharaohs believed they would embark on a journey in which they would meet the gods in the afterlife & achieve immortality, proceeding to visit the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari & ending by Colossi of Memnon, at evening transfer to Luxor train station for departure back to Cairo by first class sleeping train & overnight (Dinner & Breakfast will be served on board)

Day 7: Arrival Giza – Optional Sound & Light Show
Arrival Giza train station, meet & assist by our representative , transfer to your hotel for refreshment, free day in Cairo or an Optional visit to attend Sound & Light show at pyramids area, it’s an enchanting experience not to be missed , you may never know exactly how the magnificent pyramids were built ,the riddle of Sphinx may remain one of the world’s oldest mysteries, you are visiting the pyramids in the 21st century, thousands of years after they were built & they will continue to endure for generations, back to your hotel & overnight in Cairo.

Day 8: Sharm El Sheikh - Taba
Breakfast at your hotel, drive via air conditioned modern vehicle to Taba, have a relaxing time, dinner & overnight in Taba.

Day 9: Aqaba Jordan - Wadi Rum
In the morning, transfer to Taba heights marina; take the ferry boat to Aqaba - Arrive Aqaba board. Driving to  Wadi Rum we start by Bedouin Jeeps in the village and drive first to Lawrence's Spring and then to the sand dunes in Wadi Um Ishrin where you can also see some Nabatean inscriptions. Transfer to your hotel in Petra & overnight.

Day 10: Petra City Tour
Breakfast at your hotel in Petra, visit the rose red city, the city of the Nabateans. Go through the Siq (canyon), then walk through the canyon and enjoy the beautiful carvings of statues, idols and niches on the way to the treasury. After treasury starting from a point close to the theatre, the Path to the high place of sacrifice. The High Place itself has been carved flat, and drainage channels have been cut into the rock to allow the blood of sacrificial animals to drain away. After that going down along the facades street to the Roman theatre, royal tombs, the Roman colonnaded street. Overnight in Petra.

Day 11: Petra - Taba to Cairo
Breakfast at your hotel, Free time in Petra. Afternoon, drive to Aqaba port to take the ferry boat to Taba, meet & assist at Taba port, drive back to Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 12: Cairo - Home
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, transfer to Cairo international airport for final departure, assistance through formalities by our representative.

Travel Package Includes:
- Meet & assist upon arrival and departure by our representative in Egypt
- All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle in Egypt and Jordan
- Accommodation in Cairo for 04 nights including daily breakfast
- Accommodation in Aswan for 01 night including daily breakfast
- Accommodation in Luxor for 02 nights including daily breakfast
- Accommodation for 01 night in first class sleeping train (Luxor - Cairo) including breakfast & dinner
- Accommodation in Taba for 01 night including dinner
- Accommodation in Petra for 02 nights including daily breakfast
- All sightseeing tours in Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Petra are (Private tours) according itinerary
- Professional English speaking tour guide
- Entrance fees to all sightseeing in Egypt and Jordan according itinerary
- Lunch meals during tours in Egypt and Jordan as per itinerary
- Flight ticket Cairo - Aswan
- Train ticket Aswan - Luxor
- Drive from Cairo to Taba & return by an air conditioned vehicle
- Ferry boat tickets Taba - Aqaba - Taba
- All taxes & services charges

Travel Package Excludes:
- Personal expenses
- Any optional tours
- Tips

Booking:
Booking of your trip will be complete and confirmed by your tour designer as soon as we receive the 25% down payment

What to bring:
- Hat
- Sun block
- Sunglasses
- Comfortable shoes
- Photo/Video Camera
- Warm clothes in winter
- Cotton clothes in summer
- Passport valid for 6 months

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