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1st Day: Transfer to the hotel, in the evening you have the opportunity to attend an optional tour to see Cairo by night or to have dinner on board of floating restaurant.
2nd Day – Cairo: Today we visit the only surviving wonder of the ancient world, the majestic pyramids of Giza with the 20 m high statue of a reclining lion with a human head. Nowadays, it is believed that the Sphinx should guard the plateau. In the afternoon you have the opportunity to take an optional excursion to Memphis and Sakkara.
3rd Day – Cairo: Learn Cairo know each other during a sightseeing tour, a visit to the Egyptian Museum, the Mosque of Mohammed Ali Alabaster on the Citadel, the Mosque of Ibn Tulun and the famous Khan Khalili bazaar here is a “must”.
4th Day – Cairo • Aswan: Early morning finds the Cairo airport transfer and flight to Aswan instead. Go to great Aswan Dam, which dams up the Nile to the huge Lake Nasser. With motorboats you reach the island Agilkia and you will visit the Temple of Isis at Philae. Then drive in the granite quarries and visit the Unfinished Obelisk, Transfer to the hotel.
5th Day – Aswan: After a sailboat trip on the Nile to Kitchener Island and a visit to the Botanical Garden you have the rest of the day at leisure. Or take an optional excursion to the Rock Abu Simbel temples. Departure in Aswan is against about 11:00 clock.
6th Day – Kom Ombo: Early in the morning the ship sails to Kom Ombo, where the mighty Temple of Sobek and Haroeris double is visited. Enjoy the passing scenery before Edfu is achieved. After visiting the local god Hor-winged sun consecrated Horus Temple, continue to Luxor.
7th Day – Luxor: crossing to the west bank of Luxor, where some of the graves are, visited the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut and the two next to each other ancient Egyptian colossal statues of the Colossi of Memnon in the impressive Valley of the Kings. Even a visit to the 1979 UNESCO World Heritage Site of Luxor and Karnak Temple, one of the largest temple complexes, which dates back to the 12th Dynasty under Sesostis I should not be missed.
8th Day – Luxor Transfer to Luxor airport and flight or extend your stay.
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Rebecca Stone –
This is an amazing tour and i recommend this purchase to all family with kids. Thanks again for the excellent tour guide that allow us to visit the country in best way possible. Thanks !