Quick
Tour od Egypt and Jordan
a la Indiana Jones
An
8-day tour of Egypt and Jordan , Including Petra

Indiana
Jones himself couldn't squeeze more adventure into an 8 -day journey:
Cairo and the Pyramids, a cruise on the Nile, the fabled temples
and tombs of Luxor and Thebes, diving in the Red Sea, the mountains
of Sinai, and a trek to the mysterious ruins of Petra in Jordan.
Departures are weekly on Sundays . Compare
with the Ultra Deluxe Version
DAY
1- Start in CAIRO - Every Monday - Weekly year round
(
click here if your prefer to start in Amman Jordan)
Our Egypt-based staff greets you in bustling Cairo airport and escorts
you to your hotel .
Private transfer. Private Car / Driver / Tour Escort
Complimentary
Egyptian visa fee (valid for American, Australian , NZ, EU ,
Canadian, Mexican & Japanese citizens. Passports must be valid for at
least 6 month upon arrival). At your hotel, complimentary coffee or
tea ( please advise your preference), one bottle of water for each guest,
and a platter of Egyptian sweets will await you at your room.
Visa
will be issued upon arrival.
As you exit the gate, you will pass through a door or two , down some
stairs , then walk for 2-5 minutes , until you pass the duty free shops,
at the end of a wide corridor , you will see the security officers.
There you will be met by a local representative, who will be holding
a sign with the name you prefer to use for the sign .
Our local representative will then take your passport to obtain a stamp
from the cashier / bank window and escort you to speak with the passport
officer. He will escort you through another last check on your passport
as you exit the passport control, into customs area, he will assist
you in collecting your luggage and clearing customs . After exiting
the terminal, our local representative will escort you (private vehicle)
to the hotel
DAY
2 - CAIRO - Tuesday (BL)
Your exploration of the ancient world begins today! First stop is the
Egyptian Museum, with its treasures of the ancient pharaohs: mummies,
statuary, precious stones and metals. We'll also stop at the Citadel
of Saladin and the Alabaster Mosque. Then it's on to Giza and the mysteries
of the Pyramids and Sphinx.
DAY
3 - ASWAN - Nile Cruise - Wednesday (BLD)
After breakfast at the hotel, we fly to Aswan (
or Luxor ) , where we settle you into your cabin on your Nile steamer.
( air fare is always included in our rate). Complimentary
welcome fruit basket waits you in your cabin .
We'll visit the world famous Nubian Museum, the enormous dams
at Aswan, then board a launch on Lake Nasser to visit the Temples of
Philae, rescued from rising waters.
DAY
4 - KOM OMBO - Nile Cruise Thursday (BLD)
We cruise northward down the Nile today, at a stately pace,
disembarking for a visit to Kom Ombo, the twin temple dedicated to the
crocodile river god, Sobek. We'll also see Haroeris, the solar disk.
DAY
5 - EDFU and LUXOR- Nile Cruise Friday (BLD)
Horse-drawn carriages or vans meet us at riverside to take us through
Edfu to the Temple of Horus, best-preserved in all of Egypt. Then we'll
continue beside the Nile to take in an array of ancient splendors: the
Valley of the Kings; the imposing tomb-temple of Queen Hatshepsut ;
and, back in Luxor, the Great Temple of Amon at Karnak.
DAY 6 - SHARM EL SHEIKH - NUWEIBA / RED SEA/ AQABA, PETRA Saturday
(BLD)
Now that you've seen the best of the Egypt of the Pharaohs, our guides
escort you to the airport. Connect in Cairo ( air fare included Cairo
Sharm with tax) .You'll fly over the Sinai Peninsula and land at historic
Sharm El Sheik on the Red Sea.
We'll drive to the port of Nuweiba, where we'll board the Red Sea ferry.
Across the water in Aqaba, with Israel and Saudi Arabia in sight, our
Jordan-based representative waits to greet you. You'll drive north under
a towering ridge of mountains, and arrive at your hotel in Petra for
the night. Complimentary Jordanian visa fee (valid only for American
, Australian , Canadian, EU & Japanese citizens. Passports must be valid
for at least 6 month upon arrival). Lunch is included in Sinai or on
Aqaba . Complimentary welcome dinner is included at your hotel.

DAY
7 - PETRA (BLD)
We'll spend the entire day at Petra, the stunning desert city hewn by
the Nabateans from solid cliffs of pink and violet sandstone. Petra
was known in the bible as Sela, and rediscovered only in 1812. You'll
feel like Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark as you penetrate
into the city through a narrow sandstone gorge, the Siq, and wander
among the Temple of the Winged Lion, tombs, Roman theater, and the imposing
Treasury. Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner are all included today.
DAY
8 - DEPARTURE FOR HOME Thursday (B)
Our staff escorts you to the airport of Amman for your flight home.
Or, you may choose to add one of our extensions,to Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh,
Syria, Greece or Turkey or even stop in Paris or London on the way back
RATES
per person in USD
|
|
Deluxe |
First
Class |
Tourist
Class |
| Triple |
US$
2450 |
US$
2105 |
US$
1910 |
| Double |
US$
2590 |
US$
2250 |
US$
2030 |
| Single |
US$
3450 |
US$
3160 |
US$
2940 |
Easter
( Two Weeks) , Christmas, New Year's Dec 20 - Jan 5 : 15 % supplement
will apply
Prices
include:
- All
transfers in Egypt & Jordan.
-
Domestic air fare within Egypt , in economy class , tax included
-
Red Sea ferry ticket.
- Complimentary
welcome fruit basket on board the Nile Cruise.
- Bottled
water ( one per person) delivered daily to your cabin
- Bottled
water / tea / coffee with every meal on board the Nile Cruise.
-
Air-conditioned hotel accommodations with tax and service charges
- Nile
Cruise with all meals & shore excursiones, cabins are always outside
with large panoramic windows.
- Sightseeing
with professional guide and entrance fees as indicated
- Meals
as indicated, with pre-set menu (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- Lonely
Planet guidebook to Jordan and Egypt J
- Jordanian
visa and Egyptian visa fee (valid only for American & Japanese citizens.
Passports must be valid for at least 6 month upon arrival).
- Jordanian
departure tax.
Not included:
-
Personal
expenses and beverages .
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Gratuities
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Additional
meals, drinks and services
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Trip
interruption and cancellation insurance
Supplement
to Upgrade to the Ultra Deluxe Nile cruise :
Please add % 20 to the deluxe rates
Sample
5-stars Ultra Deluxe Nile Cruises:
M/S Princess Sara Nile cruise
M/S Tuya , M/S TiYi
Alexander the Great Nile Cruise
Movenpick Radamis II and Movenpick Royal
Lotus Nile Cruise
M/S Amarco
The all suites with private
balconies Nile Cruise:
Oberoi MS Philae
Sonesta : MS
Star Goddess or Sonesta M/S Moon Goddess ( all state rooms
do offer private balconies)

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Add
the Ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis and the Step Pyramid
in Sakkara
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The
Wonders of Egypt & Arabia 22
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