Tour Includes:
  • Round trip airfare New York / Cairo / New York
  • Domestic airfare Cairo / Luxor and Aswan/ Cairo
  • 3 nights at the Grand Hyatt in Cairo including breakfast, service fees and taxes
  • 4 Night Nile Cruise in an outside cabin including all meals and shore excursions on the Sonesta Nile or Moon Goddess
  • Private Cairo tour as mentioned on Day 3 including entrance fees, entrance pyramid 2 and camel ride PLUS lunch at the historic Mena House
  • Sightseeing as mentioned in itinerary including entrance fees
  • Private transfers and baggage handling

Departs: Saturday

Day 1: New York / Cairo (Saturday)
Enjoy your overnight flight to Cairo.

Day 2: Cairo (Sunday)
Upon arrival in Cairo, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel. Remainder of the day at leisure. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 3: Cairo (Monday)
Begin your day with a visit to the famous Egyptian Museum of antiquities. Lunch at the historic Mena House. Continue to the plateau of Giza to visit the Great Pyramids. Enter one of the Great Pyramids and see the timeless Sphinx. Continue to Old Cairo and the Khan El Khalili Bazaar. (B, L)

Day 4: Cairo/Aswan (Tuesday)
Morning transfer for a flight to Aswan. Optional tour to Abu Simble available: Visit the magnificent site of the two rock Temples of Ramses II and his Queen Nefertari. Upon arrival in Aswan, you will be transferred to your Sonesta ship. In the afternoon, enjoy a peaceful felucca ride (sailing boat) to view the Elephantine Island, the Botanical Garden and the impressive Agha Khan Mausoleum. Overnight in Aswan. (B, L, D)


The Sphinx

Day 5: Aswan / Edfu / (Wednesday)
After breakfast, visit the High Dam and the Granite Quarries, site of the Unfinished Obelisk. Then, visit the Temple of Philae, shrine of the goddess Isis. The boat sails to Kom Ombo where you will visit the Greco- Roman Temple of Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu and overnight. (B, L, D)

Day 6: Edfu / Luxor (Thursday)
This morning in Edfu, travel by horse-drawn carriage to the Temple of Edfu. Sail to Luxor. Overnight in Luxor. (B, L, D)

Day 7: Luxor (Friday)
Cross the Nile to the Valley of the Kings and the Queens. Visit the terraced Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Stop at the site of the Colossi of Memnon, visit to the Temple of Karnak, the largest religious complex in the world, where the ancient Pharaohs recorded their glory on its walls, columns and obelisks. Continue to visit the Temple of Luxor with its elegant colonnaded hall. Overnight in Luxor. (B, L, D)

Day 8: Luxor / Cairo (Satday)
Disembark and transfer to the airport for your flight to Cairo. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day at leisure. Overnight at a hotel near the airport. (B)

Day 9: Cairo / New York (Sunday)
Transfer to the airport for your return flight.


Per person, double occupancy
Departure Dates SDX
Apr 3-17 $2515
Apr 24 $2455
May 1-15 $2265
May 22-Jun 26 $2840
Jul 3-24 $2885
Jul 31-Aug 14 $2820
Aug 21-Sep 25 $2285
Oct 2-30 $2385
Nov 6-Dec 11 $2410
Dec 18 $3005
Dec 25 $2620
Jan 2-Mar 27, 2012  $2450
Single Supplement: On Request
Tour Notes:

Notes: Air tax: $265 is additional  and subject to change.

 

Christmas Dinner on Dec 24 & Gala Dinner on Dec 31 may be compulsory at some hotels at an additional cost.

 

Visa needed for Americans traveling to Egypt.

 

Land only rates deduct Apr 1-May 15 & Aug 21-Dec 11, $1055; May 15-Aug 14 & Dec 11-18, $1600; Dec 25- Mar, 2011, $1065. Additional Egyptian domestic airfare will apply.

 
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