Hot Deal of the Week – Egypt and The Nile
HOT DEAL OF THE WEEK
Egypt with Nile River Cruise
September 2023
$2623/person* + air
Includes:
10-Day Guided Tour + River Cruise with Globus
Many Excursions Included
Daily Breakfast
Four Lunches
Six Dinners
*Price based on occupancy and is subject to change and availability until booked. Airfare, insurance, and gratuities not included.
ITINERARY:
DAY 1 ARRIVE IN CAIRO, EGYPT
Welcome to Cairo! At 6 pm, meet your Tour Director and travel companions for a welcome dinner at your hotel.
DAY 2 CAIRO. EXCURSION TO GIZA
Secrets of the Sphinx CAIRO Guided sightseeing includes a visit to the Egyptian Museum.
GIZA See the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids.
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
HISTORY & MYSTERY Get up close and personal with The Pyramids of Giza – one of the World’s Seven Wonders. Ponder the enigmatic secrets of the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza. Marvel at the massive monument of Cheops, the most colossal pyramid ever built. with an original height of 496 feet.
DAY 3 CAIRO–LUXOR
Palace Life CAIRO Fly to Luxor.
LUXOR Take an orientation tour of Luxor. Free time this afternoon and evening.
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
LEGENDARY LIVES Discover ancient secrets in the Egyptian city of Luxor – the “world’s greatest open-air museum.” Here, the ruins of the Egyptian temple complexes of Karnak and Luxor, share the shores of the Nile River with views of the monuments, temples, and tombs of the Theban Necropolis and Valley of the Kings and Queens across the west bank.
DAY 4 LUXOR (EMBARKATION)
River Mysteries Revealed LUXOR Embark on your Nile River cruise ship with lunch on board. This afternoon, guided sightseeing includes the Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple.
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
ANCIENT CITIES See the stunning monuments of Luxor and Karnak, ancient cities whose combined populations once topped one million. Walk among the pillars of the colossal Temple of Amun Ra and along the Avenue of the Sphinxes for an experience you will treasure for a lifetime.
DAY 5 CRUISING: LUXOR–EDFU
Kings, Queens & Captain’s Cocktails LUXOR Guided sightseeing on the West Bank of the Nile features the Valley of Kings and Queens. Visit Deir El-Bahri, Queen Hatshepsut’s monumental rock temple, before returning to ship. Enjoy a Captain’s welcome cocktail party.
Sail to Edfu.
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
HISTORIC SPOTS Venture to the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens on the west bank of the Nile where generations of pharaohs and nobles were entombed in cliffside crypts. See where 62 royal tombs have thus far been discovered, of which one was virtually intact—the splendid tomb of Tutankhamun discovered in 1922.
DAY 6 CRUISING: EDFU–KOM OMBO–ASWAN
Egyptian Gods & Gowns EDFU Visit the Temple of Horus, then enjoy lunch on board while sailing.
KOM OMBO Guided walking tour includes the temple dedicated to the crocodile and falcon gods. Free time to browse. Enjoy a Galabeya (traditional Egyptian gown) party on board this evening.
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
LEGENDS & LORE Explore captivating Kom Ombo with a walking tour of its bluff-top twin temples. Gaze at the spellbinding temples dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek-Ra and the falcon god Horus.
DAY 7 CRUISING: ASWAN
Landscapes & Legends of the Nile ASWAN See the High Dam before continuing to the ancient Granite Quarries and a visit to the Philae Temple of Isis. Sail on a felucca (traditional wooden sailing boat) around Kitchener’s Island and the Mausoleum of Aga Khan. Take part in a Nubian Folklore presentation on board this evening.
LOCAL FAVORITE
EPIC RIDE Sail from Aswan on a felucca a traditional Egyptian wooden boat with a canvas sail. Capture the wind to move effortlessly around the botanical sanctuary of Kitchener’s Island and the Mausoleum of Aga Khan – the stately and austere done-topped rose limestone monument and Carrara-marble tomb of the 20th-century religious and political leader.
DAY 8 DISEMBARKATION. ASWAN
At Leisure in Aswan ASWAN Disembarkation. Free time this afternoon and evening.
FREE TIME TIPS
EXPLORE MORE with an excursion to Abu Simbel – dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah, as well as to the deified Ramesses himself. Discover for yourself why Abu Simbel is considered the grandest and most beautiful of the temples commissioned during the reign of Ramesses II, and one of the most beautiful in Egypt.
DAY 9 ASWAN–CAIRO
Capital Ideas in Cairo ASWAN Fly to Cairo.
CAIRO Enjoy free time this afternoon, followed by a farewell dinner at your hotel this evening.
FREE TIME TIPS
EXPLORE MORE in the “the city of a thousand minarets” with its skyline filled with many mosques, castles, and churches in this bustling and historic metropolis.
DAY 10 CAIRO
Safe travels until we meet again! Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.
