THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th
Depart Memphis

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - CAIRO (D)
Transfer to your hotel later join the group for Dinner
 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 - CAIRO (B, L)
Drive to Giza and visit the Pyramids. See the Great Pyramid, a royal burial chamber, the
Valley Temple and the Sphinx. Then visit the Solar Boat, one of the most amazing Pharaonic discoveries.
Continue to Memphis, capital of the Pharaohs during the Old Kingdom. Visit the recumbent statue of Ramses II and the 80-ton Alabaster Sphinx.
Lunch en route
Continue to Sakara to see the prototype of the pyramids, the Step Pyramid, built for the 3rd Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser by the exalted architect Imhotep.
Continuing south, visit the Pyramid of Dahshour. King Senefru, father of King Cheops,
built this Pyramid, also known as the Red Pyramid, approximately 4,600 years ago. Many
Scholars consider it to be more glorious than the Great Pyramid of Cheops.  Return to Cairo and visit the Papyrus Institute on the way to your hotel for overnight.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - CAIRO (B, L)
Drive to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities for a detailed, guided tour. Among other fascinating exhibits, see the treasures of the Tomb of Tutankhamen and the extraordinary Mummies Room. Over ten mummies, including that of Ramses II, are displayed in freestanding glass cases in this climate-controlled room. Walk around the Mummies and examine them from all angles, gaze into their incredibly well preserved 3000-year-old faces. Leave the museum and enter Old Cairo and walk back in time. Visit the Old Coptic Church and the Ben Ezra Synagogue.
Lunch en route
Continue to the Mohammad Ali Mosque and the streets of Khan el Khalili Bazaar.
Return to your hotel for overnight.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 - NILE CRUISE (Luxor) (B, L, D)
Transfer to the airport for your flight from Cairo to Luxor. On arrival transfer to your Nile cruise vessel, M/S TiYi, for lunch. After lunch, begin touring with a visit to Karnak Temple, called by some "the Temple of Temples." It is the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means "the most sacred of places." The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs.
Within the complex, the great "Hypostyle Hall" is an incredible forest of giant pillars covering an area larger than the whole of Notre Dame Cathedral. Then visit the graceful Temple of Luxor built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun.
Return to your cruise for dinner and overnight on board.

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All units are equipped with a full mini-bar, individual interactive TV channels, a hair dryer, bathrobes, and cabin bathroom with a walk in shower, and deluxe amenities and toiletries.
We also offer Music system with a daily program, same day laundry service with express pressing service.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 - NILE CRUISE (Edfu) (B, L, D)
After breakfast cross to the West Bank of the Nile and visit the wondrous Valley of the Kings, a vast city of the dead where the magnificent tombs of 62 pharaohs have been discovered. The tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs. Visit several of the tombs. Next, visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. This beautiful monument to the reign of the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it.
On the way back to your Nile cruise, stop at the famed Colossi of Memnon, two 66ft, 1 thousand ton statues of Amenhotep III. These colossal statures were known by the ancient Greeks to emit haunting voices at dawn. Though damaged by nature and ancient tourists, the statues are still impressive. Return to your cruise and set sail for Edfu. The afternoon is at leisure. Lunch and dinner on board. Overnight at Edfu.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - NILE CRUISE (Aswan) (B, L, D)
After breakfast set out by horse-drawn carriage to visit the Temple of Horus, the most perfectly preserved of all the Nile Temples. Horus, also known as Haroeris, was the falcon-headed solar war god. Return to your cruise vessel by carriage and sail to Kom Ombo. Visit the Temple of Sobek, the crocodile-headed god of fertility and creator of the world. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where, in ancient times, sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank. Lunch, dinner and overnight on board. Sail to Aswan for overnight.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - NILE CRUISE (Aswan) (B, L, D)
After breakfast take a tour of Aswan High Dam, Egypt's contemporary example of building on a monumental scale. Next, proceed to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the Unfinished Obelisk, possible intended as a companion to the Lateran Obelisk, originally at Karnak but now in Rome. It would have weighed over 1,100 tons and would have been the worlds' largest piece of stone ever handled. Continue by a short motor-boat ride to the Temple of Philae on the island of Agilka. The temple was dedicated to Isis, sister/wife of Osiris and patroness of the Ptolemaic rule. In the afternoon, sail around Elephantine Island on a felucca, the traditional Egyptian sail boat. Elephantine Island is the largest of the Aswan area islands, and is the site of some of the most ancient remains in Egypt, with artifacts dating to pre-dynastic periods. Elephantine is Greek for Elephant. In ancient times, the island was called Abu or Yabu, which also means elephant. The name may indicate that the island was once a center for the trade of ivory. Continue sailing around Kitchner Island (also known as Lord Kitchner's Botanical Garden, Plant Island, Gizirat al-Nabatat, Plantation Island, or Gizirat al-Bustan). Lord Kitchner moved there after being given the island for his campaigns in the Sudan. He imported plants from around the world to create his famous garden. From the river you have a nice view of the Aga Khan Mausoleum, an elegant pink granite structure built in the late 1950's. Return to your Cruise for dinner and overnight in Aswan.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 - CAIRO (B)
After breakfast you will transfer to Aswan airport for your flight to Abu Simbel. Visit the temples that were built over a 25 year span and are one of the most prodigious feats of engineering in Egypt. The entire complex of temples was moved to its present location 90 feet above its old site to protect it from the rising water of the Nile when the Aswan Dam was built in the early sixties. Fly back to Aswan and connect to your flight to Cairo.
Transfer to your airport hotel for overnight. Fairmont Heliopolis Hotel- Offers a convenient location in the Heliopolis area, few Kilometers from the Cairo International airport.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 - (B)
Transfer to the airport for an early departure arriving home the same day
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Price per person in a double room: $4195.00
Price for a single room supplement: $841.00
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PRICE INCLUDES:
* Round Trip Air US/Cario/Luxor
* Flight and tour to Abu Simbel.
* 4 nights accommodations with buffet breakfast daily at the Cairo Marriott Hotel or similar
* 4-night Nile cruise with all meals onboard ship, and tours included on board of the M/S TiYi or similar
* 1 night accommodation at the Fairmont Heliopolis Hotel or similar on bed and buffet breakfast
* All transfers to / from airports and ports.
* 6 days of touring in an air-conditioned, private
* 2 lunches in Cairo.
* Dinner by the Pyramids.
* All entrance fees as per itinerary.
* Service and local taxes.
* Visa to Egypt.
* Tips for guide and driver.
* Tips on Nile Cruise to cover all services on the cruise including meal service, maid and
   miscellaneous services.

* Expenses of personal nature, telephones, laundry, etc.
* Beverages