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Vacation type: Sun EAST Tours

Brochure   : Winter & Summer

Private Tour

Egypt Nile Cruise & Jordan Tours

12 Days/ 11 Nights

Think in an unusual trip, travel through the history and get in the mystery of ancient Egypt & Jordan. This journey is for exploring the mysterious greatness of the pharaohs and the exquisite monuments in Jordan in Petra & Amman.

Day 1:Arrival Cairo

Arrival to Egypt. Sun East Tours  Representative will meet you at the airport, assist you through customs and will be with you to help you check into your hotel,  review your itinerary, answer questions and most of all, help to make sure that your trip will be of the best experiences you’ve ever had.

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Day 2:Pyramids / Cairo

Breakfast. Then Meet with your Egyptologist tour guide at the lobby to enjoy your tour visiting to:

• The Egyptian Museum of antiquities. On display is rare collection of 5000 years of art the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry.
• Then visit Great Pyramids – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. It is the last of the seven Wonders of the ancient world that still standing. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx – a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren
• Then continue to Khan El Khalili Bazaars. Shops in this district are legendary for fine border brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques …etc.

At the end of the day we will transfer you back to your hotel.

(Optional) Nile Dinner Cruise with Show including transportation, dinner, Belly Dancer, Tanura Show.

The cost is 49 Euro per person.

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Day 3:Cairo/ Luxor Nile Cruise

Check out from hotel in the morning then transfer to Cairo Airport for a flight to Luxor where you will be met and assisted, then taken by an air-conditioned vehicle to board your 5 star Egypt Nile cruise to check in. After lunch on board, enjoy a visit to the impressive Karnak Temples and Luxor Temple. Dinner and overnight on board Nile cruise.
Day 4: Luxor West Bank

After breakfast on your Nile cruise, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings, then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut approximately in the 15th century BC. Head to the Colossi of Memnon. After lunch, you will sail to Edfu enjoying a leisurely dinner on board. Overnight on board Nile Cruise.
Day 5:Edfu/ Kom Ombo

After breakfast on Nile Cruise, visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus at Edfu. Sail toKom 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.
Day 6:Aswan Sightseeing

After breakfast on Nile cruise, enjoy a day’s sightseeing in Aswan. Start with the High Dam and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, theUnfinished Obelisk, then on to the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor. Dinner and overnight on board deluxe Nile Cruise.
Day 7:Back to Cairo

Disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast, then transfer to Aswan Airport for your return to Cairowhere you will be met and assisted at the airport then taken to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 8:Cairo/ Fly to Amman

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for flight to Amman. Upon arrival at Queen Alia Airport our representative will meet and assist you through the customs and immigration procedures. Transfer to the hotel in Amman for overnight.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 9:Umm Qais Tour

In the morning we drive two hours from Amman to Gadara (Umm Qais), which belonged to the famous decapolis, a union of 10 cities, founded by Alexander the Great. Here you have an overwhelming view over the north Jordan Valley, the Golan Heights and the Sea of Galilee. We leave to Jerash, the best example of a Roman provincial city in the whole Middle East. Visit the spectacular forum, Roman colonnaded street, the Nymphaeum and the Temple of Artemis. Next stop is Ajloun the great 12th century Islamic castle build around 1184/85 by the famous Islamic leader Salah al-Din. Back to Amman and overnight.
Day 10:Dead Sea in Jordan

After breakfast drive to Mt. Nebo, the place where Prophet Moses gazed at the promised land before he died and his alleged burial place. You visit the old monastery and overlook the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, Jericho and Jerusalem. After we proceed to Madaba, where to find the famous mosaic 6th century map of Palestine in St. George’s church. Afterward we drive to the lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea, where you have leisure time and the chance to float on water. Overnight Amman hotel.
Day 11:Petra Tour

After breakfast drive about 2 hours to the rose red city Petra, the biggest attraction of Jordan. Petra was first established around the 6th century B.C. by the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe who settled in the area and laid the foundations of a commercial empire that extended into Syria. Upon arrival you will begin the trip on horse back to the canyon, the so called Siq, and then by foot to the most beautiful monument: the Treasury. Among other monuments you will see are the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs and Pharaoh”s Castle. Afterward back to hotel in Amman for overnight.
Day 12:Final Departure

After breakfast transfer to QAI (Queen Alia Airport) Airport for departure.
 

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• Meet and greet service by our representatives at airports .
• Assistance of our guest relations during your stay.
• All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
• Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo including daily breakfast.
• Accommodation for 4 nights on 5 star Superior cruise on full board.
• Accommodation for 4 nights in Amman including daily breakfast.
• Domestic flight (Cairo – Luxor – Aswan – Cairo).
• All sightseeing tours in Egypt Cairo, Luxor, Aswan as mentioned in the itinerary.
• Sightseeing tours on the cruise sharing Memphis Tours group.
• Two day tours in Amman & the Dead Sea as described above.
• Day tour in Petra sights as described above in itinerary.
• Private English speaking guide in Cairo.
• Spot Local English guide in Petra for about 02/03 hours.
• Spot Local English guide in Jerash for about an hour.
• English assistant driver in the Dead Sea, Umm Qais, Ajloun.
• Entrance fees to the above mentioned places.
• Meals in hotels, Nile cruise and during tours as mentioned in the itinerary.
• A bottle of water during you trip
• All transfers to / from airports & hotels by an A/C vehicle.
• 30 minutes of local calling (5 minutes international) and a mobile phone loaned for the length of your stay in Egypt or an Egyptian sim card for your unlocked mobile device
• All taxes & service charge.

WHAT’S EXCLUDED:

• International Airfare
• Entry visa to Egypt & Jordan
• Cairo / Amman flight
• Any optional tours
• Personal spendings
• Tipping