EGYPTIAN SPLENDOUR TOUR, Nov. 27-Dec. 6, 2009

Cruise:
Deluxe 4-night cruise from Aswan to Luxor in an outside stateroom with private facilities

Cairo:
Welcome reception; guided sightseeing, visit Tutankhamun’s Tomb in the Egyptian Museum, Ramses II & Alabaster Sphinx in Memphis, the “stairway to the sky” at Sakkara, the Great Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza

Cairo-Aswan:
By air, including airport transfers

Aswan:
Sail by felucca to Kitchener Island; visit the Botanical Gardens; excursion to Old Dam & High Dam; cruise to Agilika;
visit Temple of Isis and ancient granite quarries

Edfu:
Visit the Temple of Horus

Luxor:
Guided sightseeing, visit the Valley of Kings, Valley of Queens, Deir el-Bahri, and the Luxor Temple; picture stop at Colossi of Memnon

Accommodations:
MEALS - (B) Breakfast (L) Lunch (D) Dinner

Day by Day Itinerary:
November 27, 2009 (The day after Thanksgiving!)
(Fri.) Board your overnight transatlantic flight.
November 28 Cairo, Egypt
(Sat.)
November 29 Cairo. The Pyramids
(Sun.) Meet your Egyptologist and traveling companions at 8am. Sightseeing in and around Africa’s largest metropolis starts at the EGYPTIAN MUSEUM with Tutankhamun’s fabulous treasures, an exciting first encounter with the splendor of three millennia of Egyptian civilization. Then, leave for ancient MEMPHIS to admire the 40-foot statue of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx.
(Mon.) Enjoy time this morning for independent activities (B,D)
December 1 Aswan (Embarkation) December 1-5 Cruise the Nile--ALL MEALS INCLUDED

(Tue.) Morning at leisure in Aswan. . (B,L,D)

December 2 Aswan--Kom Ombo
(Wed.) Take a morning excursion to the turn-of-the-century OLD DAM—to this day the widest dam in the world—and to the gigantic Aswan HIGH DAM, completed in 1970. (B,L,D)
December 3 Edfu
(Thu.) Board a horse-drawn carriage for the drive through Edfu to the TEMPLE OF HORUS with its menacing black stone statue of the falcon god. Built in the time of Cleopatra about 2,000 years ago, it is recent by Egyptian standards and beautifully preserved. See white-clad farmers with their donkeys, camels, and water buffaloes work lush, green fields; and ever present on the horizon beyond the palm trees is the desert. Tonight, dock at Luxor and take advantage of the optional sound and light show at Karnak. (B,L,D)
December 4 Luxor
(Fri.) Focus on the VALLEY OF KINGS and VALLEY OF QUEENS on the west bank of the Nile, where generations of pharaohs and nobles were buried in great splendor in crypts cut into the cliffs. . (B,L,D)

December 5 Luxor (Disembarkation)–Cairo
(Sat.) Experience a grand finale to your sightseeing in the Nile Valley with the stunning monuments of KARNAK, the greatest city of ancient Egypt. To walk among the pillars of the colossal TEMPLE OF AMON RA and along the AVENUE OF THE SPHINXES is an experience you will treasure the rest of your life. (B)
December 6 Cairo
(Sun.) 0Homebound flight. (B)

Pricing...
$2299 per person based on double occupany for tour & air within Egypt
We can supply roommate or Single Supplement is $699 if you want single rooms~~~

$250 nonrefundable deposit Due April 15th
Final Payment Due Aug. 15th
Air from Chicago to Cairo Not Included - It's running around $900 per person
...come with us to Egypt, it will be amazing!!!

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