CLASSIC EGYPT WITH THE RED SEA
10 NIGHT / 11 DAY PROGRAM
3 NIGHTS IN CAIRO + 3 CRUISE NIGHTS + 4 NIGHTS IN HURGADA
Day 01 Cairo
ARRIVAL AT EL CAIRO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ASSISTANCE AND RECEPTION BY OUR STAFF. FINISH VISA, CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES. THEN TRANSFER TO THE SELECTED HOTEL.
ACCOMMODATION IN THE HOTEL IN A / D REGIME
Day 02 Cairo
BREAKFAST BUFFET AT THE HOTEL. THEN DEPARTURE TO PERFORM FULL DAY VISITS IN CAIRO. FIRST WE WILL SEE THE FAMOUS PYRAMIDS AND THE SPHINGE.
THE GREAT PYRAMID BUILT BY THE KING “KEOPS” IN CENTURY 4 (2690 BEFORE CHRIST) WHOSE EXTENSION OF 13 HECTARES, AND AN ORIGINAL HEIGHT OF 146 METERS.
THE VOLUME OF THE STONES IS 2 MILLION AND A HALF OF M3.
THE SECOND PYRAMID OF THE PHARAON “KEFREN”, HEIGHT 136 M.
THE THIRD PYRAMID BUILT BY “MICERINOS” SON OF KEFREN, HEIGHT 62 M.
THE SPHINGE, LION BODY AND HUMAN HEAD, HAS 70 METERS OF LENGTH AND 20 METERS OF HEIGHT.
THE SPHINGE AND THE 3 PYRAMIDS WERE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WONDERS OF THE OLD WORLD.
THE VISIT LAST TWO HOURS APPROXIMATELY.
THEN HOURS OF REST.
IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL VISIT THE MUSEUM OF PHARONIC ART OF EL CAIRO, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND IMPORTANT MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD, WHERE MORE THAN 100,000 OBJECTS ARE APPLIED IN THEIR GLASSES THAT WE CAN CONTEMPLATE WITH ADMIRATION.
IT WAS FOUNDED IN THE YEAR 1858 BY THE FRENCH EGYPTOLOGIST AUGUSTE MARIATTE AND ILLUSTRA THE HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN ART SINCE THE PREDINASTIC AGE UNTIL THE GRECORROMANA.
BETWEEN HIS TREASURES HIGHLIGHT THE OBJECTS OF THE PREDINASTIC EGYPT “SHEIKH EL BALAD”, A WRITTEN SITTED IN CALIZED STONE, THE SCULPTURES OF THE PHARAONES OF THE DYNASTS OF THE OLD EMPIRE, THE WORKS OF THE LOW EMPIRE AND OF THE EARLY TIME MOST NOTABLE ARE THE OBJECTS DISCOVERED IN THE TOMB OF THE PHARAON “TUT ANKH AMOUN” IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS IN 1922.
THE DURATION OF THIS VISIT LASTS TWO HOURS APPROXIMATELY.
BACK TO THE HOTEL – ACCOMMODATION.
Day 03 ASWAN
BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL. AT THE SCHEDULED TIME IT IS DIRECTED TO THE AIRPORT OF EL CAIRO TO EXIT IN DOMESTIC FLIGHT DESTINATION TO ASWAN. ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION BY OUR PERSONS THERE. THEN TRANSFER TO THE SELECTED FLUVIAL MOTORCYCLE. DEPARTURE TO VISIT THE ASWAN HIGH PRISON, OPENED IN ITS FIRST SECTION IN THE YEAR 1964 AND BY ITS DIMENSIONS, ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF ENGINEERING THAT HAS TAKEN HUMANITY TO TERM. Its construction managed to expand the irrigation area to 800,000 hours and to produce 10 million KWH per year, although it led to the emigration of 60,000 citizens. AT THE END, WE WILL VISIT THE FAMOUS UNFINISHED OBELISK.
RETURN TO THE BOAT AND BOARD LUNCH.
AFTERNOON DEPARTURE TO PERFORM A PANORAMIC EXCURSION IN THE BOTANICAL GARDEN.
NIGHT NAVIGATION TO KOM OMBO THAT IS 45 KM2 AWAY FROM ASWAN. ACCOMMODATION IN KOM OMBO.
Day 04 kom Ombo – Edfu
FULL BOARD PENSION. DEPARTURE TO VISIT THE TEMPLE OF KOM OMBO BELONGING TO GOD “SOBEK”. HE WHO IS VERY CLOSE TO THE SPRING, WE WILL GET THERE ON FOOT. THE VISIT LASTS ALMOST ONE HOUR. RETURN TO THE BOAT AND NAVIGATION TO EDFU. ARRIVAL IN EDFU. EXIT IN TYPICAL HOUSES TO VISIT THE TEMPLE OF EDFU. BUILT BY “PTOLOMEOIII” IN THE YEAR 235 A / C. THE TEMPLE IS VERY WELL PRESERVED AND DEDICATED TO GOD “HORUS” THE GOD HALCON. AT THE END OF THE BOAT.
NAVIGATION TO LUXOR. ACCORDING TO CROSSING THE CLOSE, REACHING THE CITY OF LUXOR.
Day 05 Luxor
ARRIVAL TO LUXOR. DEPARTURE TO VISIT THE WESTERN NILO SHORE WHERE YOU SEE:
* THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS WHERE 62 KINGS ARE IN THE TOMBS EXCAVED IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE FAMOUS KINGS UNDER THERE ARE TUT ANK AMÓN, SITI I, RAMSES II, —— ETC
THEN WE WILL VISIT THE TEMPLE OF ” THE DEIR EL BAHARI ”, THE TEMPLE BUILT BY THE QUEEN ” HATCHEPSUT ”, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED ” THE MONASTERY OF THE BAHARI ” BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS IN THE IIX CENTURY USED IT AS A CONVENT .
ON THE ROAD WE WILL VISIT THE TWO COLOSOS DE MENÓN.
AT THE END, WE GO BACK TO THE BOAT. BOARD LUNCH.
HOURS OF REST.
IN THE AFTERNOON DEPARTURE TO VISIT THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE NILE WHERE WE SEE THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR THAT IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, WHOSE POPULATION IS OF 90000 PEOPLE. THIS TEMPLE WAS BUILT BY AMENOFISIII AND RAMSES II IN THE 13TH CENTURY A / C. THIS TEMPLE WAS JOINED WITH THE KARNAK TEMPLE BY THE FAMOUS AVENUE OF ESFINGE. ONE OF THE OBELISCES OF THE LUXOR TEMPLE ENTRY WAS TAKEN TO THE CONCORD PLACE IN PARIS.
BACK TO THE BOAT. DINNER AND ACCOMMODATION IN LUXOR
Day 06 Hurghada
BREAKFAST BOARD. FINAL DEPARTURE OF THE BOAT. EXIT TO VISIT THE KARNAK TEMPLE “THE TEMPLE OF AMÓN RA”. THE SACRED ENVIRONMENT OF TEBAS THAT IS FULL OF OBELISCOS, COLUMNS AND GIANT STATUES. THE GREAT TEMPLE OF KARNAK WAS BUILT BY MANY PHARONES, THEREFORE IT IS CONSIDERED THE LARGEST TEMPLE THAT WAS MADE FOR THE CULT OF A GOD THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY.
THE VISIT LAST ALMOST TWO HOURS. Then we left in a private car with destination to Hurricane. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN LUXOR AND HURGADA IS APPROXIMATELY 290 kms, AND A DURATION OF 3h 40 min approx. HURGADA IS THE CITY LOCATED ON THE SEA OF THE RED SEA ..
ARRIVAL AND ACCOMMODATION IN THE SELECTED HOTEL IN P / C REGIME.
Day 07 Hurghada
BREAKFAST BUFFET AT THE HOTEL. DAY OFF TO DO PERSONAL ACTIVITIES
HALF DAY LUNCH AT THE HOTEL.
DINNER AND ACCOMMODATION IN THE HOTEL.
BACK TO THE BOAT. DINNER AND ACCOMMODATION IN LUXOR.
Day 08 Hurghada
BREAKFAST BUFFET AT THE HOTEL. DAY OFF TO DO PERSONAL ACTIVITIES
HALF DAY LUNCH AT THE HOTEL.
DINNER AND ACCOMMODATION IN THE HOTEL
Day 09 Hurghada
BREAKFAST BUFFET AT THE HOTEL. DAY OFF TO DO PERSONAL ACTIVITIES
HALF DAY LUNCH AT THE HOTEL.
DINNER AND ACCOMMODATION IN THE HOTEL
Day 10 cairo
BREAKFAST BUFFET AT THE HOTEL. THEN I RETURN TO CAIRO BY PRIVATE CAR. ARRIVAL AND ACCOMMODATION IN THE SELECTED HOTEL IN CAIRO. ACCOMMODATION IN A / D REGIME.
Day 11 Cairo
BREAKFAST BUFFET AT THE HOTEL. AT THE EXPECTED TIME FINAL DEPARTURE OF THE HOTEL. WE ARE GOING TO THE CAIRO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE FINAL JOURNEY