15 days/ 14 nights featuring an 8 day/ 7 night Deluxe Five star Nile river cruise starting at $3245
Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Alexandria
Highlights include:
* Guided Tours to the "A" list of sites in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and the city Cleopatra made famous, Alexandria
* International buffet breakfast daily plus lunches and dinners while on the cruise
Fully escorted from arrival to Cairo
Guaranteed weekly departures year round
Small groups with no more than 16 travelers
Travel Egypt's Grand Egypt tour provides travelers with the opportunity to relax with an extended cruise of the Nile plus
time to enjoy a visit to Alexandria, the city Alexander the Great built and Cleopatra made famous.
Travel Egypt's Grand Egypt tour includes Five star hotels with the comfort of superior or deluxe rooms plus your 5* Deluxe Nile cruise cabin will be located on the upper decks with panoramic views of the Nile. Included meals are a giant international buffet breakfast daily plus both ala carte and buffet lunches and dinners while on the cruise.
Egypt tourism should be relaxing. Travel Egypt Egypt tours are fully escorted from your arrival to Cairo, thus allowing you the opportunity to learn, relax, enjoy and immerse yourself in over 5000 years of ancient Egypt's history.
As part of a small group with never more than 16 travelers you will enjoy the personal attention that has made Travel Egypt famous.
Highlights include visits to the Giza plateau, featuring the Great Pyramid and Sphinx. The Egyptian Museum of antiquities where you will marvel at King Tut's treasures. Temples along the Nile from Luxor to Aswan and the city Alexander the Great founded but Cleopatra made famous. All costs associated with these visits including transportation, entry fees, guide, service charges, taxes and port fees are included in the tour price.
The
Program:
Day
01: (Friday) Arrive Cairo, clear immigration and customs then staff will transfer you to the Le
Meridien Pyramids hotel. Overnight Cairo
VISAS: All travelers to Egypt must have a visa. Citizens of most countries can obtain one on arrival. Please let us know what passport you are traveling with and we will confirm whether you can get your’s on arrival.
Day 02: (Saturday) International buffet breakfast, Visit Memphis (the ancient capital), Sakkarra with the Stepped Pyramid and Dahshur with it's famous Bent and Red Pyramids plus the new Imhotep museum. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day
03: (Sunday) Enjoy an international buffet breakfast and check out before starting the day at the Pyramids
at Giza, home of the 7th wonder of the world, the Great Pyramid and the inscrutable Sphinx. Visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities featuring King Tut’s treasures. Afterwards staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Luxor. Arriving staff transfers you to the Sonesta Luxor Hotel. Overnight Luxor (B)
Optional: Sound and Light show at Karnak Temple $40 per person
Day
04: (Monday) Buffet breakfast, check out, staff transfers you to board the M/S Amarco or the M/S Royal Viking. Check in and have lunch. Afternoon free to enjoy Luxor. Dinner.
Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)
Optional Excursions:
Dendara and Abydos Temples: $120 per person
Day
05: (Tuesday) Breakfast then visit the Temples of Karnak and Luxor. Sail to Esna while having Lunch. Dinner. Overnight Esna. (B,L,D)
Day
06: (Wednesday) Breakfast, Lunch while sailing to Edfu. Visit the Horus Temple in Edfu. Dinner while sailing to Kom Ombo. Overnight Kom Ombo (B,L,D)
Day
07: (Thursday) Breakfast while sailing to Aswan. Arriving visit the High
Dam, the Pharaoh’s granite quarries with the Unfinished
Obelisk plus the Temple
of Philae. Return to the ship for Lunch. Free time to enjoy Aswan. Dinner. Overnight Aswan. (B,L,D)
Day
08: (Friday) Breakfast with the morning free to enjoy Aswan or enjoy an optional excursion to Abu
Simbel to see the famous temples of Ramses. (extra cost of $250 per person). Lunch on board. FREE BONUS: Sail on the Nile by Felucca (native sailboat). (Please note that these boats are solely wind powered, if there is no wind this will not operate). Dinner. Overnight Aswan. (B,L,D)
Day
09: (Saturday) Breakfast while sailing to Kom Ombo. Visit the Kom Ombo Temple. Lunch while sailing to Edfu. Continue to Esna, cross the river lock and sail to Luxor. Dinner. Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)
Day
10: (Sunday) Breakfast then visit the West Bank of Luxor including the Valley of the Kings, Temple
of Queen Hatshepsut, and the Colossi
Memnon. After the visit return to the ship for lunch. Afternoon free to enjoy Luxor. Dinner. Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)
Optional Tour of West bank sites not included in cruise: $95 per person (includes the Valley of the Queens, the tombs of the nobles and artisans, Medinet Habu, Ramessium, temple of Seti 1)
Day
11: (Monday) After your buffet breakfast, disembark, staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Cairo. Arriving transfer by air-conditioned vehicle to Alexandria, the city Alexander the Great built and Cleopatra made famous. Enjoy the comfort of the new Radisson Blu Hotel, right on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Overnight Alexandria (B on the ship)
Day
12: (Tuesday) Buffet Breakfast, A full day touring the wonders of Alexandria including the catacombs, the museums, the Greco-roman sites and the new library. Overnight Alexandria (B)
Day
13: (Wednesday) Buffet Breakfast, check out and return to Cairo. Lunch at a local restaurant. Enjoy the comfort of the Marriott hotel. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day
14: (Thursday) After your buffet breakfast enjoy a tour of Old
Cairo with it's famous churches and synagogue. Visit the Citadel
of Salah el Din, bane of the crusaders and the Alabaster
Mosque then end the day with a visit to the Khan
el Khalili bazaar where travelers have been finding bargains since the middle ages. Overnight Cairo (B)
Day
15: (Friday) Staff will transfer you to the airport, assist with exit formalities and checking in for your international departure.
(meals on the flight)
TOURS
INCLUDE: OPERATES WITH NO MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM OF 16 TRAVELERS. Domestic flights in Egypt in coach (economy) class. All transfers by air-conditioned vehicle relating to the tour program starting with arrival to Cairo. Baggage handling of no more than 1 piece of luggage per person however baggage and personal effects are at the owner's risk at all time during the tour (baggage handling does NOT include tips for bellmen, porters, etc.). Hotels (based on double occupancy). 5 star Deluxe Nile cruise with outside Nile view cabin, private bath, individual climate control. Meals as outlined by B for breakfast, L for lunch and D for dinner. Fees for visiting antiquity sites and museums. Services of an English speaking licensed Egyptologist. Service charges and taxes.
NOTE: During any of our small group tours people may join or leave at various times, however at no time would any group be larger than 16 travelers. We can provide private tours with an additional supplement. The cost depends on the tour chosen.
NOT
included are: INTERNATIONAL AIR, items of a personal nature such as tips (tipping guideline), entry visa (available at the airport on entry for USA citizens. Other nationalities should check with the nearest Egyptian consulate), phone calls, laundry, beverages of any nature at any time, any items not specifically covered in the included items.
INTERNATIONAL AIR, items of a personal nature such as tips (tipping guideline), entry visa (available at the airport on entry for USA citizens. Other nationalities should check with the nearest Egyptian consulate), phone calls, laundry, beverages, meals in any hotel or cruise speciality restaurant, any items not specifically covered in the included items.
Laundry in Egypt
All hotels and the cruises have laundry/dry cleaning available.
Sample laundry prices IN EGYPTIAN POUNDS (LE) are:
Men:Shirts (collared, short or long sleeve): 9 to 17 LE
Trousers: 12 to 20 LE
Under shorts: 5 to 7 LE
T Shirts: 6 to 13 LE
Socks: 3 to 6 LE
Shorts: 7 to 13 LE
Ladies
Blouse: 10 to 17 LE
Panties: 5 to 8 LE
Bra: 5 to 8 LE
Slacks: 12 to 22 LE
Dress: 20 to 36 LE
T shirt: 6 to 13 LE
Shorts: 6 to 13 LE
Laundry in before 9AM is back at 6PM.
Laundry in after 9AM is back the following day.
Rush laundry is generally available at 50% more cost.
Dry cleaning is available with prices about the same as laundry.
Children's clothes are generally 50% of the adult cost.
Beverages
No drinks are included in tour prices. Some hotels and cruises give one bottle of water free daily others do not. As a general guide you could expect to pay:
Bottled water at hotels or on the cruise: $1 to $3 for a small bottle, $2.50-$5 for a large bottle.
NOTE: This is filtered water. If you order perrier it will cost more.
Coffee or Tea: 50 cents
Soft drinks (Coke, Pepsi, etc): $1 each
Alcoholic drinks:
Local beer: $3 per bottle
Imported beer: $5 to $8 per bottle
Wine: local $4 to $6 per glass. imported will be more $$.
Liquor: local $5 per cocktail + cost of mixer (soft drink, juice, etc), imported $8-$15 per cocktail + cost of mixer)
ICE: In the hotels and on the cruise the ice is prepared from filtered water.
| Grand
Egypt Price |
PP/Double |
PP/Single |
| Low (Jun, Jul, Aug) |
$3,245 |
$4,225 |
| Shoulder (May and Sept*) |
$3,425 |
$4,395 |
| Peak (Oct-Apr) |
$3,595 |
$4,575 |
| Holiday (Christmas, New
Year, Easter) |
$4,175 |
$5,395 |
*September tours must end no later than September 30 to get the shoulder season rate.
Round trip air from JFK starting at $966
Tours must be booked at least 45 days prior to arrival.
Prices
and itinerary subject to change without notice.
Single Price
is for Single occupancy hotel rooms and cruise cabins
based on a minimum of two travelers. Single travelers
(one person on the tour) would have additional cost.
FREQUENT
TRAVELERS: You are welcome to arrange your own
international air or we can assist if you are departing from the USA. Also if you are
a member of any hotel chain frequent traveler program
you are welcome to use your points for hotel rooms and
the cost of the tour will be reduced accordingly OR
if you want to accumulate points plus take advantage
of membership hotel room upgrades let us know which
program you want to use.
We
contract with most major hotel chains including:
Prices
are based on using the hotels shown. If you change hotels
the tour price may change.
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