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

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 .

• Gratuities

• Additional meals, drinks and services

• 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)