Day 01: Cairo (No Meal)
Arrival to Cairo airport. Our representative will Welcome and assist you through passport control Formalities, luggage identification & portage. Transfer by a private A/C car to your hotel and Overnight in your hotel in Cairo.
Day 02: Cairo (B)
Breakfast. And Tour starts to Visit the Great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren & Mykerinus. 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 onwards to Sakkara to see the first pyramid ever built - the step pyramid of Zosser.
Lunch in a restaurant beside the Pyramids (on your own cost).
Then free time. Over night at hotel.
Day 03: Cairo - Aswan (B-D)
Breakfast. Our city Tour starts with the Egyptian Museum where most of the fabulous treasure of the pharaohs are kept, then drive to the Citadel, which was the home for most of those who ruled Egypt for nearly 700 years. Later, we can explore many attractions of the Old Coptic, such as the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue (The Jewish Temple). Transfer to the Cairo station to catch the Sitting train to Aswan.
Day 04: Aswan (B)
Welcome to Aswan. Meeting & assistance by our local representatives. Transfer to your hotel and check in. Visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries & The Temple of Philae. Overnight at hotel in Aswan.
Day 05: Abu Simbel – Felucca (B-L-D)
Breakfast. Optional trips : Abu Simbel by plane or by road.
Afternoon, check-in your felucca on your way to Luxor.
Lunch on the felucca. Sailing towards Kom-Ombo.
Moor on sandy island for a night.
Dinner and over night on the felucca.
Day 06: Felucca Cruise (B-L-D)
Breakfast then Sail to Kom-Ombo stop for lunch and chance to swim in clean area in the
Nile. Continue sailing to Kom ombo.
Arrive at sunset.
Dinner, over night on board.
Day 07: Luxor - Felucca (B)
breakfast and check out Felucca, visiting Kom ombo temple, dedicated to the crocodile god of Nubian. Then drive to Luxor you will visit the great temple of Horus (god of protraction) then you will be transferred from Edfu to your hotel in Luxor city.
Meet, check into hotel.
Afternoon a drive to Karnak & Luxor temples dedicated to Amoun-Ra the king of Gods overnight at hotel in Luxor.
Day 08: Luxor – Dahab (B)
breakfast and free morning.
Optional Hot Air Balloon over west bank.
At night transfer to bus station to catch the bus to Dahab.
Overnight in bus.
Day 09: Dahab (B)
Arrive Dahab and transfer to the hotel
Check in and free day on the beach.
Overnight in Dahab.
Day 10: Dahab - Taba - Jordan (B-D)
Breakfast then transfer to Taba in the afternoon we catch the ferry boat to Aqaba. Arrive Aqaba Port, our representative will meet you to help with the visa formalities and then you will be transferred to your Camp in Wadi Rum, dinner with party Overnight in Rum.
Day 11: Wadi Rum - Petra (B)
Breakfast and then start the tour, in the jeep tour for 2 Hours in a moonscape terrain of ancient riverbeds, towering cliffs and smooth, pastel colored sands. Then continue to Petra, arrive the hotel. Overnight.
Day 12: Petra (B)
Enjoy this wonderful ancient Nabatean city, which indeed is unique on this world. We ride a short way on horsebacks and continue by feet through the 1,5km long famous "Siq" until our eye first catches the imposing treasury "El Khazna". Petra reaches over a total area of 40qkm - look at all those hundreds of old rose-red buildings, facades, baths, temples and unforgettable drawings. After this wonderful walk, you will be driven back to your hotel in Petra, overnight.
Day 13: Petra – Dead Sea – Amman (B)
Breakfast followed by a transfer to Dead Sea, free time at leisure, at afternoon, drive back to Amman for overnight.
Day 14: Amman – Jerash – Bosra – Damascus (B)
Breakfast at the hotel, and then visit Jerash; the best-preserved Roman city of the Decapolis. Entering the city through the monumental South Gate, one comes upon the lovely Oval Plaza, the Temple of Zeus, and the South Theater, which seats more than 3,000 spectators. Walking through the Colonnaded Street, one can see the Market Place, the Omayyad residential quarter, a 4th century AD cathedral, St. Theodore’s Church, the Nymphaeum, and the North Theater.
And then, proceed to Bosra, Bosra: is an ancient city administratively belonging to the Daraa Governorate in southern Syria. It is a major archaeological site and has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Continue to Damascus for overnight.
Day 15: Damascus – Crack de Chavliers – Palmyra (B)
Breakfast at the hotel, and then proceed to visit Crack de Chevaliers & then to Palmyra
Crack de Chevaliers: is a Crusader fortress in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval military castles in the world. It is located 65 km west of the city of Hims, close to the border of Lebanon.
Palmyra: was in ancient times an important city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus[1] and 120 km southwest of the Euphrates. It has long been a vital caravan city for travelers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert.
Bel Temple: considered "the most important religious building of the first century AD in the Middle East. The central shrine (cella) was added in the early 1st century AD, followed by a large double colonnaded portico in Corynthian style. The west portico and the entrance (propylaeum) date from the 2nd century. The temple measures 205 x 210 m.
Colonnade street: corresponding to the ancient documents, leads to the rest of the ancient city. It has a monumental arch with rich decorations. Next were temple of Nabu, of which little remains today apart the podium, and the so-called baths of Diocletian
Theater: today having 9 rows of seating, but most likely having up to 12 with the addition of wooden structures. It has been dated to the early 1st century AD. Behind the theater were a small Senate, where the local.
Overnight at the hotel in Palmyra.
Day 16: Palmyra – Damascus City Tour (B)
Breakfast at the hotel, and then proceed to Damascus for City Tour
Damascus: It is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000. The city is a governorate by itself, and the capital of the governorate of ("Rural Damascus").
Takieh Sulemaniyeh: The complex is composed of a large mosque on the southwest side of a courtyard, flanked by a single line of arcaded cells, and a soup kitchen across the courtyard to the northwest, flanked by hospice buildings.
National museum: a large museum in the heart of Damascus, Syria. It contains 5 wings which are: Prehistoric Age- Ancient Syria- Ancient Syria- Islamic Age-Modern art
Omayad mosque: it is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Located in one of the holiest sites in the old city of Damascus, it is of great architectural importance.
Azem palace: it was originally built in 1750 as a residence for the Ottoman governor of Damascus As'ad Pasha al-Azem. The palace now houses the Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions.
Hananiya church: is the ancient house of Saint Ananias, in the old Christian quarter of Damascus, Syria. It is believed to be the house where Ananias baptized Saul (who became Paul the Apostle).
Overnight at hotel.
Day 17: Departure (B)
transfer to airport for final transfer. |
