This very special private tour is offered at a very  fair price. It has been designed primarily for the first or second time visitor to Egypt, who has the time and desire to gain an in-depth appreciation for this ancient culture, yet wants to experiance Egypt in a grand style on a private tour. Through a unique confluence of circumstances we have been able to secure a limited number or rooms in the three finest hotels in Egypt, along with the best possible experience for traveling on the Nile, for a very special, once in a lifetime experience. One in which the accommodations will contribute as much to your enjoyment as the sites we'll visit. It is a 15 day, 14 night, trip which includes visits to the most important and famous pharonic monuments in Egypt as well as a number of impressive, but lesser visited places. There are also brief visits to the most important Islamic, Coptic and Jewish sites in Cairo. The highest standard of quality is maintained throughout, including stays in the most historic five star Victorian hotels in Egypt; the old wing of the Mena House, the Old Winter Palace Hotel in Luxor and the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan. And it includes a cruise aboard the historic dahabeyah, NeferuRa.

Day 4, Tuesday
You will visit the ancient necropolis at Saqqara for the entire morning. Sites include the Step Pyramid of Djoser (the world's first pyramid), the Pyramid of Teti with its pyramid texts, the causeway of Unis, the Tomb of the Brothers and the Mastaba tomb of Meruka. After a late lunch you will be driven to the ancient capital of Memphis with its magnificent and beautiful Colossus of Ramses before heading to the airport to catch your evening flight to Luxor, where you will transfer to the deluxe and historic, five-star Old Winter Palace Hotel .
B - Mena Hotel
L - Saqqara Palm Club Restaurant
D - Winter Palace Hotel
Hotel - Old Winter Palace

 

Day 5, Wednesday
After an early breakfast you will cross the Nile to visit the West Bank. You will begin your day by visiting the workers village at Dier el Medina and the Tomb of Sennedjem , one of the best preserved tombs in all of Egypt. While you might choose to take the bus, if you are truly ambitious you will have the opportunity to hike over the hills, following a 3,500 year old workers trail, to the Valley of the Kings where you will visit several of the most interesting tombs open to the public, including the Tombs of Thutmose III, Rameses VI and Tutankhamen. You will finish your day with a visit to Dier El Bahri and the Temple of Hatshepsut , and the Colossi of Memnon , the giant statues of Amenhotep III.  After returning to your hotel the remainder of the day is free to enjoy the sights and sounds of Luxor.
B, D - Winter Palace

L - Toutankhamun
Hotel - Old Winter Palace

Day 6, Thursday
After a drive through town you will  visit Karnak Temple , the largest temple complex in the world. We've allowed allowing ample time for a guided tour and just wandering around. This will be followed by a visit to the small but magnificant Luxor Museum .  Theafternoon is free to explore the town, visit the bazaar or just relax.  After an early dinner you will go to Luxor Temple for a spectacular after-dark tour. 

B, L, D - Winter Palace
Hotel - Old Winter Palace

Day 7, Friday
Today you will return to the West bank to catch the sights missed two days ago. Your schedule will include the Valley of the Queens , including the beautiful and touching tomb of Khaemwaset, a son of Rameses III, who died in childhood. you will also have time to visit the Ramesseum , the mortuary temple of Rameses II (known as Rameses the Great), and Medinet Habu , the best preserved of the New Kingdom temples. About mid afternoon you will be driven to Esna where you will see the emple before boarding the historic dahabeyah, NeferuRa, your home for the next four nights.
B, L - Winter Palace
D - NeferuRa
Hotel - NeferuRa

Day 8, Saturday
This morning you will begin sailing toward Aswan, arriving at Edfu around dusk.
B, L, D - NeferuRa
Hotel - NeferuRa

Day 9, Sunday
Horse drawn carriages will take you from the dock to the stupendous, Ptolemaic Temple of Horus ,

 the best preserved temple on the Nile. After visiting the temple you will set sail once again.  Our

boat should reach Gebel Silsila , the ancient sandstone quarries, with its many, fascinating rock

cut chapels, late this afternoon.
B, L, D - NeferuRa
Hotel - NeferuRa

Day 10, Monday
After sailing all day, you will visit the twin Temples of Horus , the falcon headed god, and Sobek ,

the crocodile god, at Kom Ombo .
B, L, D - NeferuRa
Hotel - NeferuRa

Day 11, Tuesday
This morning you will disembark and your van will take you to Aswan where you will board a falucca to visit the Botanical Gardens on Kitchener's Island and the archaeological digs on Elephantine Island. You will return in time for a late lunch and transfer to the grand Victorian Old Cateract Hotel. Your afternoon is free.
B - NeferuRa
L, D - Old Cararact Hotel
Hotel - Old Cataract Hotel

Day 12, Wednesday
After an early breakfast, you will fly to visit the fabled temples at Abu Simbel built by Ramses II, for himself and his favorite wife, Nefertari. In the afternoon

you can relax while you sail in a falucca to visit and explore the 6th and 12th dynasty nobles tombs on the West Bank before returning to your hotel in

time for afternoon tea on the balcony.
B, L, D - Old Cararact Hotel
Hotel - Old Cataract Hotel

Day 13, Thursday
You will begin the day with a short drive to visit the New Nubia Museum, one of Egypt's newest and finest. You will then visit the ancient granite quarry with its Unfinished Obelisk of the female Pharaoh, Hatshepsut.. Finally you will take a short motorboat ride to Agilka Island, new site of the Temple of Isis at Philae, considered by many to be the most beautiful temple in all Egypt.
B, L - Old Cataract Hotel

D - Aswan Moon
Hotel - Old Cataract Hotel

Day 14, Friday 
Today is free until you are taken to the airport to catch your plane back to Cairo where you will check into the Nile Hilton Hotel, located next to the Egyptian Museum.  Dinner in the famed Khan el Khalili bazaar will complete your day.  
B, L - Old Cataract Hotel
D - Khan el Khalili
Hotel - Nile Hilton Hotel

Day 15, Saturday
The entire morning will be spent at the Egyptian Museum with the Treasures of Tutankhamen and the Royal Mummy Room . After lunch you will explore Old Cairo and learn about its Christian (Coptic) and Jewish past. A visit to the Citadel of Saladin and the Alabaster Mosque will complete your day.
B, L, D - Nile Hilton
Hotel - Nile Hilton Hotel

Day 16, Sunday
You leave Cairo and return to New York and then home.
B - Nile Hilton Hotel
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NOTES:  B=Breakfast,  L=Lunch,  D=Dinner
The right is reserved to substitute carriers or hotels should it be deemed necessary or desirable to do so. Items in the itinerary are subject to schedule changes. Specific activities are subject to availability at the time of the tour and we cannot be held responsible for monuments that are closed or otherwise unavailable. In this case, substitute activities will be made available whenever possible.