This fully guided, moderately priced, tour is designed primarily for the first time visitor to Egypt, who has limited time or whose schedule does not permit participation in our Egyptian Odyssey tour. It is a 12 day, 11 night (including international travel which is available for an added cost), trip which includes visits to the most important and famous pharaonic monuments in Egypt, including Abu Simbel at no extra cost. There are also brief visits to the most important Islamic, Coptic and Jewish sites in Cairo. A high standard of quality is maintained throughout, including stays in 4-star (Value) and 5-star (Standard and Superior) hotels and a 5-star cruise ship.

 

All tours depart from New York on Monday and return to New York on Friday of the following week. This is a low priced, fully guided tour. A holiday surcharge applies for departures in December (Christmas Holiday) and Spring Break (usually in April).

 

For a FREE color brochure, email us with your name and address. Please include the word "Egypt" in your subject line. If, in addition, you would like to reserve space on this trip, indicate the trip name (JOURNEY) and the desired date, and we will sent you information, plus save you a place for 10 days. Then if you decide to participate, you will be sure of having a spot. Of course, you are under no obligation.

Day 1, Monday
If we are arranging your international travel you will leave New York on Egypt Air for your overnight trip to Cairo.

 

Day 2, Tuesday
Upon arrival in Cairo you will be met by a Museum Tours Rep-

resentative, who will assist you with checked luggage, passport control and customs. You will then be driven through Cairo to the legendary five star hotel, The Mena House, located at the base of the pyramids, in time for lunch. The rest of the day is free to relax and get over your jet lag.

B - in flight
L, D - On your own
Hotel - Sofitel Sphinx (Value, Mena House (Standard and Superior)

Day 3, Wednesday
After breakfast, you and your guide visit the Pyramids at Giza. Explore inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu, visit the Solar Boat museum, and the ageless Sphinx of Khafra with its valley temple. After lunch, at a nearby restaurant, you can return to the hotel to relax, or, if you have the energy, join your guide and return to the Giza Plateau for a walking tour, to visit the Pyramids of Khafra and Menkara, with the remains of their mortuary temples, the Tomb of Qar and the Tomb of Idu, nobles of the Old Kingdom.
B - Hotel
L - Peace Restaurant

D - On your own
Hotel - Sofitel Sphinx (Value, Mena House (Standard and Superior)

Day 4, Thursday
A visit to the ancient necropolis at Saqqara will begin your day. Sites include: the Step Pyramid of Djoser (outside only) (the world's first pyramid), the Pyramid of Unas (outside only) with its pyramid texts and causeway, the Tomb of the Brothers, the Mastaba tombs of Mereruka and the Pyramid of Teti. After a late lunch you will be driven to the ancient capital of Memphis with its magnificent and beautiful Colossus of Ramses before catching your eveining flight to Luxor.
B - Hotel
L - Saqqara Palm Club
D - On your own
Hotel - Iberotel (Value, Steigenberger Nile Palace (Standard and Superior)

 

Day 5, Firday
After breakfast, your guide will take you to visit Karnak Temple, the largest temple complex in the world. After lunch you will cross the Nile to visit the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Rameses II, and Medinet Habu, temple of Rameses III. The day ends with an after dark tour of Luxor Temple.
B - Hotel
L, D - On your own
Hotel - Iberotel (Value, Steigenberger Nile Palace (Standard and Superior)

Day 6, Saturday
After an early breakfast a ferry will take you across the Nile to visit the West

Bank. Begin your day by visiting the ancient workers village at Dier el amedina.

Then it is on to the Valley of the Kings, burial place for the great kings of the

18th, 19th and 20th dynasties. where you will be able to visit several of the

most interesting tombs open to the public, including the Tomb of Tutankhamen.

We will return to the East bank and check into our Nile Cruise Boat.

B - Hotel

L, D - Cruise Boat

Hotel - Cruise Boat, King of Thebes (Value), Royal Lotus (Standard and Superior)

 

Before sailing, you will tour the Valley of the Queens, including the beautiful

and touching tomb of Khaemwaset, a son of Rameses III who died in

childhood. You will finish your morning with a visit to Dier El Bahri and the Temple

of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon, the giant statues of Amenhotep III,

before you return to your cruise ship for lunch. After noon the boat will set sail

for Aswan.
B, L, D - Cruise Boat
Hotel - Cruise Boat

Day 8, Monday
This morning you will visit Edfu where horse drawn carriages will take you to the stupendous, Ptolemaic Temple of Horus , the best preserved temple on the Nile. Your boat then sets sail to visit the twin Temples of Horus, the falcon headed god, and Sobek, the crocodile god, at Kom Ombo in the afternoon. It will arrive at Aswan late this evening.
B, L, D - Cruise Boat
Hotel - Cruise Boat

Day 9, Tuesday
Today a short drive and boat ride will take us to Agilka Island, new site of

the Temple of Isis at Philae, considered by many to be the most beautiful

temple in Egypt. Visit the Unfinished Obelisk of the female Pharaoh,

Hatshepsut, at the ancient granite quarry.

B - Cruise Boat

L, D - On your own
Hotel - Isis Corniche (Value), Movenpick Resort (Standard and Superior)

Day 10, Wednesday
After an early breakfast, you will fly to the fabled temples of Abu Simbel built

by Ramses II, for himself and his favorite wife Nefertari. Return to Aswan in

time for lunch and a relaxing sail in a felucca on the Nile before your evening

flight to Cairo.
B - Hotel
L,D - On your own
Hotel - Rameses Hilton (Value), Cairo Marriott (Standard and Superior)

Day 11, Thursday 
Explore Old Cairo and learn about its Christian (Coptic) and Jewish past. Visit the Citadel of Saladin and the

Alabaster Mosque. After lunch on your own visit the Egyptian Museum with the Treasures of Tutankhamen

and the Royal Mummy Room. Finally, a visit to the famed Khan el Khalili bazaar will complete your day.
B - Hotel
L,D - On your own
Hotel - Rameses Hilton (Value), Cairo Marriott (Standard and Superior)

Day 12, Friday
Leave Cairo and return to New York and then home.
B - 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.