Tour EA1 - Egyptian Delight
12 days / 10 nights Cairo, Luxor & Aswan including 4 Day Nile Cruise

Day 1 (Fri) - En Route
An overnight flight from Toronto to Cairo.

Day 2 (Sat) - Cairo
Upon arrival at Cairo airport you will be met by our representative assisted through formalities and transferred to the hotel.

Day 3 (Sun) - Cairo
After breakfast visit Memphis, the City of the God Ptah and the capital of the oldest kingdom in the world where you will visit the Alabaster Sphinx and the Statue of Ramses II. Continue to Saqqara, to visit the famous Unas Pyramid, King Zoser Step Pyramid, Mastaba Tomb of Ti, and the Tomb of Ptahotep. In the afternoon, you will visit the great Pyramids of Giza, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the mysterious Sphinx, a colossal lion with a pharaoh’s head. Return to Hotel. (BL)

Day 4 (Mon) - Cairo
After breakfast visit the Egyptian Museum, that houses a magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities, especially the golden treasures of Tut Ankh Amun. In the afternoon you will proceed to Old Cairo to visit the citadel of Salah El Din, and the Mohammed Ali Mosque situated high above the city, Continue to visit the Church of Abu Serga, Moallaqa Church (Hanging Church) and Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish synagogue in Egypt. For those who wish to browse and shop, your tour will stop at the Khan El Khalili Bazaar displaying and selling all types of oriental goods. Balance of day at Leisure. Return to your hotel. (BL)

Day 5 (Tue) Cairo / Train
Day at leisure in Cairo. Transfer in the afternoon to the train station to board a special tourist overnight sleeper train to Aswan. (BD)

Day 6 (Wed) - Cruise
Arrival Aswan and transfer to your cruise for embarkation. You will sail on an Egyptian felucca passing by Elephantine Island and view the Botanical Gardens on Kitchener Island with its exotic rare plants, trees and the Aga Khan Mausoleum. After lunch you will visit the High Dam, Granite Quarries and Philae Temple. Sail to Kom Ombo. Enjoy a fine view of the immortal Nile until arrival for a visit to Sobek Temple, which offers beautiful murals and reliefs. Sail to Edfu and overnight. (BLD)

Day 7 (Thu) - Cruise
After breakfast visit Horus Temple, which is one of the three beautiful temples of the Ptolemaic period. Sail through the locks of Esna and continue to Luxor and overnight. (BLD)

Day 8 (Fri) - Cruise
In the morning your sightseeing in Luxor includes the West Bank (Thebes) where some of the richest treasures in the world exists, including the Tomb of Tut Ankh Amun (optional) and other royal tombs including Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings, you will be able to visit some of these tombs as well some of the beautiful coloured tombs of the Valley of the Queens, Visit Hatshepsut’s funerary temple at Dier El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. After lunch visit the great Luxor Temple and the magnificent Karnak Temple of Amon with its famous Hypostyle hall and the 134 huge columns, the statue of Ramses II, the Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut and the Scared Lake. Overnight in Luxor. (BLD)

Day 9 (Sat) - Luxor / Train
Disembark in the morning, and spend the balance of the day at leisure in Luxor. Transfer in the evening to the Luxor train station for your overnight return trip to Cairo. (BD)

Day 10 (Sun) - Cairo
Arrival Cairo and transfer to your hotel. Balance of day at leisure in Cairo. Overnight at Hotel. (B)

Day 11 (Mon) - Cairo
Day at leisure in Cairo. Overnight at Hotel. (B)

Day 12 (Tue) - En Route
In the morning, you will transfer to Cairo airport for your return flight. (B)