EGYPT and THE NILE IN DEPTH WITH LAKE NASSER CRUISE (WAS2012)
A 16-Day Avalon Waterways tour starting from $4,201
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| Starting Price: | $4,201 |  |
| Tour Length: | 16 Days | |
| Countries Visited: | Egypt | |
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Cities Visited: NOTE: Intra-country airfare is required for this tour and is includied in the prices below along with applicable air taxes. Please contact a travel agent for more information. Title Vacation Overview |
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Hotels
CAIRO
Oberoi Mena House (garden view) (D),
ALEXANDRIA
Helnan Palestine (SF),
NILE CRUISE
MS Mayfair,
LAKE NASSER
MS Nubian Sea or Kasr Ibrim,
CAIRO
Fairmont Heliopolis (D )
Meals
Welcome drink; 5 buffet breakfasts, 10 full breakfasts (B), 10 lunches (L), 11 dinners (D), including farewell dinner in Cairo
Arrive in Cairo, Egypt. A welcome drink awaits you at your hotel; settle in and start soaking up the atmosphere of this exciting city.
Day 2:
Cairo. Meet your Egyptologist and traveling companions at 8 am. Sightseeing in and around Africa’s largest metropolis starts at the ancient Egyptian capital of MEMPHIS, where you can admire the 40-foot statue of RAMSES II and the ALABASTER SPHINX. On to Sakkara, a vast desert necropolis built for kings and nobles, and its “STAIRWAY TO THE SKY,” the oldest of all pyramids. In the afternoon, drive south to the now-famous Tahrir Square and visit the EGYPTIAN MUSEUM with Tutankhamun’s fabulous treasures and many other masterpieces of ancient Egypt. Tonight, enjoy a SOUND & LIGHT SHOW at the pyramids that will put these wonders of the ancient world into an easily understandable historic context. (B)
Day 3:
Cairo. Today, visit one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Take a close-up look at the daunting GREAT PYRAMIDS of Giza. Cheops, with an original height of 496 feet, is the most colossal pyramid ever built. A little farther away you find the mystic guardian of the pyramids, the enigmatic SPHINX. Drive back to Cairo to Saladin’s 12th-century citadel, whose robust walls and towers were constructed with stones stripped from the pyramids at Giza. Visit the ALABASTER MOSQUE OF MOHAMMED ALI, built completely in Turkish style and making no attempt to incorporate the Egyptian architecture of the time. In Coptic Cairo, see the Hanging Church where the Virgin Mary and Jesus stayed while in Egypt, then walk to see the oldest synagogue in Cairo, founded in the 9th century. There is still time for a visit to the labyrinthine Khan el Khalili SOUK. How about an optional Nile River dinner cruise tonight? (B)
Day 4:
Cairo–Alexandria. This morning, a pleasant drive through the fertile Nile Delta takes you to the seaport of Alexandria. Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, this Mediterranean port city soon became one of the major commerce and science centers of the Hellenistic world. Your sightseeing features the NATIONAL MUSEUM, Pompey’s massive red granite pillar, and the intriguingly decorated CATACOMBS, the Library of Alexandria, and the Pharoah’s lighthouse, built to aid ships navigating the featureless coastline of Mediterranean Egypt. (B)
Day 5:
Alexandria–Aswan (Embarkation). Today, return to Cairo for your flight up the Nile Valley to Aswan, where you board your Nile cruiser in time for lunch. This afternoon, visit the SOUK of Aswan before meeting your friendly crew over a welcome cocktail on board. (B,L,D)
Day 6:
Aswan–Kom Ombo–Edfu. This morning, consider an optional flight (weather permitting) to the huge sandstone temples of Abu Simbel. Return to your ship in time for lunch. Later, dock at KOM OMBO for a short walk to its bluff-top twin temples. The right side is dedicated to the crocodile god, Sobek-Re, while the left side is dedicated to the falcon god, Horus. This is where you will also find man’s first calendar. After dinner tonight, it’s time for some fun and an onboard GALABYA PARTY. (B,L,D)
Day 7:
Edfu–Luxor. This morning visit the TEMPLE OF HORUS with its menacing black stone statue of the falcon god. Built in the time of Cleopatra about 2,000 years ago, it is recent by Egyptian standards and beautifully preserved. Sail on to Luxor and visit the TEMPLE. Later, visit the LUXOR MUSEUM, containing one of the best displays of antiquities in Egypt. (B,L,D)
Day 8:
Luxor. After breakfast, disembark and visit the VALLEY OF KINGS and VALLEY OF QUEENS on the west bank of the Nile, where generations of pharaohs and nobles were buried in great splendor in crypts cut into the cliffs. Sixty-two royal tombs have been uncovered so far, of which only the tomb of Tutankhamun was nearly inviolate when discovered in 1922. Visit DEIR EL-BAHRI, Queen Hatshepsut’s monumental rock temple. Stop for pictures at the two COLOSSI OF MEMNON guarding the valleys. Later, visit KARNAK, which, together with Luxor, were the greatest cities of ancient Egypt that had a combined population of more than one million. To walk among the pillars of the colossal TEMPLE OF AMUN-RA and along the AVENUE OF THE SPHINXES, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an experience you will treasure the rest of your life. This afternoon, learn more about this ancient civilization during an exclusive lecture by your Egyptologist. (B,L,D)
Day 9:
Luxor. Excursion to Dendera–Edfu. Today, drive northward to Dendera to visit the TEMPLE OF HATHOR, one of the very few temples that remains almost completely intact. (B,L,D)
Day 10:
Edfu–Kom Ombo–Aswan. A leisurely day today lets you relax on the comfortable sun deck of your ship to catch up on postcard writing or to simply muse over the marvelous sights and sounds you have experienced in recent days. The more active may wish to return to the temples for another look and more photos. (B,L,D)
Day 11:
Aswan. Sightseeing today starts at the GRANITE QUARRIES that supplied ancient Egypt with its hard stones for the pyramids in Giza. Also see the famous unfinished obelisk, still in the quarry. Next, visit the gigantic Aswan HIGH DAM, completed in 1970. Board a motorlaunch to the island of AGILIKA, situated between the two dams, and visit the TEMPLE OF ISIS, transplanted from the submerged island of Philae. This afternoon, board a FELUCCA and sail across the blue waters of the river. En route, see the ancient “nilometer” on Elephantine Island, Kitchener Island’s lush BOTANICAL GARDENS, and the splendid Aga Khan Mausoleum on the left bank. (B,L,D)
Day 12:
Aswan Nile River (Disembarkation)–Aswan Lake Nasser (Embarkation). Today, transfer from the Nile to Lake Nasser, where the crew of your lake cruiser welcomes you. After lunch on board, visit the KALABASHA TEMPLE; the rock-cut temple of BEIT EL-WALI, where several reliefs detailing the Pharoah’s victory over the Nubians can still be seen; and the tiny Roman KIOSK OF KERTASSI. (B,L,D)
Day 13:
Aswan–Wadi el-Seboua. Sail across the Tropic of Cancer as you head for Wadi el-Seboua, which means “Valley of Lionesses” and is named for the avenue of sphinxes guarding the rock TEMPLE built in honor of Ramses II. Nearby are the Temples of DAKKA and MEHARAKKA. (B,L,D)
Day 14:
Amada–Kasr Ibrim–Abu Simbel. This morning, visit the Temples of AMADA and DERR, as well as the TOMB OF PENOUT, the viceroy of Nubia under Ramses VI. Next, your ship docks in Kasr Ibrim in sight of the ancient citadel, the only Nubian monument that still exists in its original location. Entrance to the citadel site is not permitted. Continue to Abu Simbel and after lunch, visit the magnificent TEMPLES that were dismantled and raised higher up their sandstone cliffs to save them from submersion in Lake Nasser due to the construction of the High Dam. This evening you may wish to attend an optional Sound & Light Show before enjoying a candlelight dinner to mark your last night on board. (B,L,D)
Day 15:
Abu Simbel (Disembarkation)–Cairo. A special experience this morning (weather permitting): watch the sunrise over Abu Simbel. Then, board your flight back to Cairo, where a special FAREWELL DINNER is planned to celebrate the end of a remarkable vacation. (B,D)
Day 16:
Cairo. Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (B)
Touring Date |
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Single (Land Only) |
Single (Land + Air) |
5/20/2012 - 6/5/2012 |
$4,201 |
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6/3/2012 - 6/19/2012 |
$4,201 |
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6/17/2012 - 7/3/2012 |
$4,201 |
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7/1/2012 - 7/17/2012 |
$4,201 |
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7/15/2012 - 7/31/2012 |
$4,201 |
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7/29/2012 - 8/14/2012 |
$4,201 |
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8/12/2012 - 8/28/2012 |
$4,201 |
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8/26/2012 - 9/11/2012 |
$4,201 |
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9/9/2012 - 9/25/2012 |
$4,201 |
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9/23/2012 - 10/9/2012 |
$4,850 |
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10/7/2012 - 10/23/2012 |
$5,217 |
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10/21/2012 - 11/6/2012 |
$5,217 |
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11/4/2012 - 11/20/2012 |
$5,217 |
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11/18/2012 - 12/4/2012 |
$5,217 |
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12/2/2012 - 12/18/2012 |
$5,068 |
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12/16/2012 - 1/1/2013 |
$5,924 |
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City Highlights
CRUISE
: Deluxe 7-night Nile River cruise from Aswan to Aswan in an outside stateroom with private facilities
CAIRO
: Guided sightseeing, visit Ramses II and Alabaster Sphinx in Memphis, the “Stairway to the Sky” at Sakkara; visit Tutankhamun’s Tomb in the Egyptian Museum; Sound & Light show at the Pyramids; visit the Great Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza; see Saladin’s citadel and visit the Alabaster Mosque in Old Cairo; see the Hanging Church and Cairo’s oldest synagogue in Coptic Cairo; visit the Khan el-Khalili souk; farewell dinner
ALEXANDRIA
: Guided sightseeing, visit the National Museum and the Catacombs; see Pompey’s pillar, the Library of Alexandria, and the Pharaoh’s Lighthouse
ASWAN
: Welcome cocktail; visit the souk; sail by felucca to Kitchener Island; visit the Botanical Gardens; excursion to High Dam; cruise to Agilika; visit the Temple of Isis and the ancient granite quarries with the unfinished obelisk; see the Mausoleum of the Aga Khan
KOM OMBO:
Visit the twin temples; see man’s first calendar; galabya party
EDFU
: Visit the Temple of Horus
LUXOR
: Visit Luxor temple, the Avenue of the Sphinxes, monuments of Karnak, Temple of Amun-Ra, Valley of Kings, Valley of Queens, Deir el-Bahri, and the Colossi of Memnon; lecture on board; visit the Luxor Museum; excursion to Dendera
CRUISE:
Deluxe 3-night cruise from Aswan to Abu Simbel on Lake Nasser
ASWAN:
Visit Kalabsha Temple, Beit el-Wali, and Kiosk of Kertassi Cross the Tropic of Cancer
WADI EL-SEBOUA:
Visit the Temples of Dakka and Meharakka
AMADA:
Visit the Temples of Amada and Derr; visit the Tomb of Penout
KASR IBRIM:
See the citadel
ABU SIMBEL:
Visit the rock temples
ALL DAYTIME SHORE EXCURSIONS
Notes
Notes:Your Egyptologist may alter the day-to-day itinerary to optimize time at the sights in accordance with local circumstances such as traffic, special events, etc.As traffic conditions and the water level of the Nile are not always predictable, slight changes to the day-by-day itinerary cannot be excluded.
Price Details US
Supplement for single room on land and single stateroom on cruise:$1509 (January 15 - April 22 & October 7 - December 2), $1019 (May 6 - September 23), $1834 (December 16). Triples not available.Extra nights per person in Cairo (start vacation)Departures January 15 - March 25 and April 22 - August 26: in single room $300, in twin room $225Departures April 8 & September 9 - December 16: in single room $355, in twin room $245Supplement per person per night for Pyramids view - start vacation- on tour and extra nights:Departures January 15 - March 25, and April 22 - August 26: in single room $176, in twin room $86Departures April 8 & September 9 - December 16: in single room $192, in twin room $109 Extra nights per person in Cairo (end vacation)Departures January 15 - April 8 & September 23 - December 2: in single room $250, in twin room $150Departures April 22 - September 9: in single room $200, in twin room $125Departure December 16: in single room $325, in twin room $210
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