CLASSICAL EGYPT

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CLASSICAL EGYPT

8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS
DEPARTS EVERY SATURDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY

Day 1: Arrival at the Cairo Airport. Our Sylvia Tours representative will be there to meet and assist you through the airport formalities. You will be escorted to your hotel for check in and overnight.

Day 2: Breakfast at Hotel. Meet your guide at the hotel for departure on a full day's tour of Cairo. You will visit the Memphis & Sakkara following which we will have lunch at one of Cairo restaurants. After lunch, visit Pyramids of Giza and the famous Sphinx.
Back to Hotel and overnight.

Day 3: Breakfast at hotel. Meet your guide at the hotel for departure on a full day tour of Cairo. You will visit the Egyptian Museum. Then you will visit The Citadel of Salah Din and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali. Your tour will end with a visit to Khan El Khalili, the oldest bazaar in Cairo, where you can shop for souvenirs.
Back to Hotel and overnight.

Day 4: Check out after Breakfast. Transfer to Cairo Airport to fly to Luxor (cost of flight not included). Arrival Luxor Airport. Our Sylvia Tours representative will be there to meet and escort you to your 4 nights Cruise. Embarkation and Check in before Lunch. Lunch on board. After Lunch you will start visits to Luxor and Karnak Temples. Overnight on board in Luxor.

Day 5: Breakfast on board then will visit the West Bank including the Valley of the Kings, Temple of Queen Hatchepsut and the 2 Colossi of Memnon. Back to cruise, enjoy sailing across the river Nile, reach Esna Lock, cross the lock and continue sailing to Edfu. Overnight on board.

Day 6: Breakfast on board. In Edfu, take a tour by horse-drawn carriage to visit the Temple of Horus. Back to cruise, sail to Kom Ombo, visit the temples of Sobek and Horus, Back to cruise and sail to Aswan. Overnight on board.

Day 7: Breakfast on board, Start the visits of Aswan with The High Dam and Philae Temple. After that you will experience the short adventure trip in the Nile by a Felucca (small boat) sailing around the islands where you will view Elephantine Island and the Aga Khan Mausoleum with a visit to the Botanical Garden. Overnight on Board in Aswan.

Day 8: Check out after breakfast on board, Transfer to Aswan Airport for departure to Cairo or to your onward destination (cost of flight not included).