12-Day Supreme Egypt Tour with Exotik Journeys
Price: Starting from $2830 CAD Per Person
(Pricing is CAD ($), per person, in double occupancy, and based on promotional discounted departure date between May 2-May 13, 2023, in a small group of maximum 14 passengers.)
Departure: May 2, 2023
Return: May 13, 2023
Photo: Boats in the Nile near the banks of Aswan, Egypt
This program will make you admire the land of contrast that is Egypt: the splendor of its desert landscapes, the magnificence of its perfectly preserved ancient jewels, as well as the majesty of its Nile, the largest river in Africa. After your cruise, relax and enjoy your time on the coast of the Red Sea. If you like diving and beautiful seabeds, then you will definitely be charmed by Hurghada!
Inclusions:
- 8-night accommodation including breakfast
- 3-night Nile cruise on full board basis, including all excursions with English speaking guide (shared)
- Meals: 11 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 3 dinners
- All transfers in private vehicles
- Private local English-speaking guide in Alexandria and Cairo
- Full day visit to the Egyptian museum, Pyramids, and Sphinx in Cairo
- Full day visit to the Roman Theater, Pompey’s Pillar, Catacomb, the National Museum, and Library in Alexandria
- Entrance fees to visited sites, as per itinerary
2 optional activities: Full day sea safari and a full day desert safari excursion for $200 each.
Photo: Khan el-Khalili Bazaar | Cairo, Egypt
Itinerary:
Day 1: Cairo (Tuesday)
Arrival at Cairo international airport. Meet and assist by representative. Transfer to the hotel for check in and overnight in Cairo.
Accommodation: Cairo for 2 nights
Day 2: Cairo (Wednesday)
After a good breakfast at your hotel, you will spend the whole day at the most iconic places at Cairo. Visit the magnificent pyramids of Giza and admire the mysterious Sphinx without forget the Egyptian Museum.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3: Cairo-Aswan (Thursday)
Transfer to Cairo domestic airport for your flight to Aswan. Arrive and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Aswan for 1 night
Day 4: Nile Cruise, Aswan (Friday)
Transfer to the pier and board a felucca to start your cruise. Visit the Philae temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, and the Unfinished Obelisk. Then continue to the South, to see the Aswan High Dam, a huge rock fill dam which captures the Nile in the world’s largest artificial reservoir, Lake Nasser. Return to the ship. Overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: On cruise for 3 nights
Photo: Luxor Temple
Day 5: Nile Cruises, Aswan / Kom Ombo / EDFU (Saturday)
Today, sailing to Kom Ombo to visit the only temple in Egypt dedicated to two gods: Sobek, with a crocodile head, and Haroeris with a falcon head. Return to the ship and cruise to Edfu.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6: Nile Cruise, EDFU / Luxor (Sunday)
After breakfast, you will start your day by visiting the temple of Horus in Edfu, one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman temples in Egypt. In the afternoon, visit the East Bank with the temples of Luxor and Karnak. In Karnak, admire the most imposing sites of prayer ever known to man. Luxor is famous for its immense columns sculpted in the shape of papyrus buds. Back to your ship and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7: Luxor (End of the cruise) / Hurghada (Monday)
Photo: Marina in Hurghada
Day 8-9: Hurghada (Tuesday-Wednesday)
Two full days at leisure to enjoy the beach or snorkel at one of the best places in the world!
Or book one of our great safari optional excursion below.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hurghada for 3 nights
Day 10: Hurghada / Cairo (Thursday)
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Cairo. Arrival to Cairo airport, you will be meet & assist by our representatives before your drive for an overnight to Alexandria (nearly 3 hours drive).
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Alexandria for 1 night
Day 11: Alexandria-Cairo (Friday)
After breakfast, transfer for full day tour to visit Pompay’s pillar, A column of red Aswan granite standing some 90 feet high, the Catacombs of Kom E-Shouqafa, the National Museum & the Alexandria New Library. Then we will drive you back to Cairo for an overnight at hotel in Caro.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Cairo for 1 night
Day 12: Final Departure (Saturday)
After a last breakfast at your hotel, check out ad transfer to Cairo International airport for final departure.
Meals: Breakfast
Your hotel accommodation or similar:
- Cairo: 3 nights Ramses Hilton 4*sup
- From Aswan to Luxor: 3 nights on Nile Style Cruise
- Aswan: 1 night at Moevenpick Aswan 5*
- Hurghada: 3 nights at Marriott Hurghada 4*sup
- Alexandria: 1 night at Steinberger Cecil 4*sup