Majestic Egyptian Escape Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise and Cairo

Description

Day 1: Arrival Cairo
Welcome to Cairo, Egypt (Around the Clock).
Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport and provide entry visa for Egypt. The guide will escort you to the Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at First Residence by modern private vehicle. At your hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo at Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at First Residence.

Day 2: Giza Pyramids – Sakkara Step Pyramid
Breakfast at your hotel, then move to start your blissful day kicking off with Blue Rays Tours the ancient capital of Old Egypt during the Old Kingdom. It was founded by King Menes. Proceed to the Step Pyramid at Sakkara which was designed by the architect Imhotep for his master King Zoser. Lunch at good quality local restaurant. After that, move to visit the enchanting Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus at Giza. Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion’s body, dates back to the time of Chephren. The tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple which belongs to the Pyramids of Chephren. Back to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3: Cairo Sightseeing Tour
Breakfast at the hotel and then you will be escorted by your private guide to visit the Egyptian Museum. Transfer to visit Salah El Din Citadel which was constructed by Salah El Din in 1183 AD to defend Cairo from the armies of Crusaders. After that visit Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque, the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) who ruled Over 45 years. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. Continue driving to the area of Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar. Then back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 4: Fly Cairo to Luxor – Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise
After breakfast, check out from your hotel in Cairo, then transfer to Cairo Airport for flight to Luxor. Embark on board a 5-star luxuriously Nile Cruise, Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise, in Luxor for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on board. After Lunch aboard the Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise, enjoy excursion to visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak, with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by a visit to Luxor Museum. Overnight moored on the banks of the Nile in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise – Luxor and Dendera
After breakfast, enjoy an excursion to the West Bank to visit the burial places of the Pharaohs; the Valley of the Kings, where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen` in 1922. Continue to the temple of Medinet Habu and the Colossi of Memnon. Back to the Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise and sail on the way to Qena (noon time) to visit the Temple of Dendera, dedicated to Hathor, Goddess. Overnight in Qena.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise – Luxor Sightseeing
Breakfast on board your Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise whilst sailing to Luxor. Leave your boat to visit Valley of the Noble’s tombs, Dier El Madina. Continue to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut approximately in the 15th century BC. Move to the East Bank to visit the impressive Luxor Temple. Dinner and overnight on-board Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7: Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise – Edfu Temple
After breakfast on Nile Cruise, visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus at Edfu. Dinner and overnight on board your Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise in Edfu.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8: Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise – Aswan Tours
Sail to Aswan with breakfast on board your Nile cruise, then enjoy a day’s sightseeing in Aswan. visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old Dam (completed in 1902). Move also to visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam’s construction. Back to the Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise and overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 9: Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise – Kom Ombo Temple
Breakfast on Nile Cruise whilst sailing to Kom Ombo to see the unique Temple of Sobek, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god. Lunch on board. Continue sailing to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board your deluxe Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10: Oberoi Zahra – Optional Tour to Abu Simbel
Breakfast on board the Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise with free time in Aswan, or you can take our recommended optional tour to one of Egypt’s top tourist attractions, Abu Simbel temple, which were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari. Dinner and overnight on board your Nile Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 11: Aswan – Cairo – Fly Back Home
Breakfast on board with free time. Disembark your Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise, then you will be transferred to Aswan Airport for flight to Cairo airport to connect with your flight back home.
Meals: Breakfast

Price Inclusions

Meet and greet service by our representative at Cairo International airport
All transfers to/from airport & hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
Accommodation for 3 nights in the Four Seasons Hotel at the First Residence including daily breakfast.
Accommodation for 7 nights on board Zahra Nile cruise on full board basis.
Domestic flight Cairo/Luxor – Aswan/Cairo.
Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary
All sightseeing tours in Cairo – privately guided tours
All sightseeing tours on the cruise sharing cruise group
Meals as in the itinerary
More flexibility during sightseeing & stops.
All Sightseeing tours as in the itinerary.
English speaking Egyptologist guide during your excursions.
All Sightseeing tours on your Nile Cruise as in the itinerary.
Bottled water during the tour
All service charges and taxes

Price Exclusions

Extra entry to the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the valley of king.
Extra Entrance fees (interior of the Pyramids, Solar Boat, and Royal Mummy Room in the Egyptian Museum.
International airfare
Entry visa to Egypt
Any optional tour
Personal spending
Tipping