Egypt
and Jordan a la Indiana Jones
A
12 days tour of : Egypt and Jordan, Including a Nile Cruise and
Petra
We
have even included all the tips. No Hidden Charges. No Additional tax
Indiana
Jones himself couldn't squeeze more adventure into a 12-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 YEAR ROUND
DAY
1- CAIRO - Start Weekly in Cairo on Sundays
( 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 .
Visa
maybe secured upon arrival for a limited number of nationalities
such as American , Australian, NZ , Canadian, EU , Singaporean, and
Japanese Citizens , if in doubt about your eligibility , please contact
the Egyptian Consulate nearest you .
After exiting the terminal, our local representative will escort you
to the hotel
DAY
2 - CAIRO -Monday (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.
We
are glad to include the entrance fee to get inside the Great Pyramid
, if interested , please read this first : The King's Chamber in the
Great Pyramid was not meant to be visited:
Getting to it is challenging, and once you enter, it is very difficult
to turn back. The stone passage is only wide enough for one person.
You must be in good physical condition, able to climb several flights
of stairs, bend double, crouch and duck-walk for short distances. The
King's Chamber itself is the world's most claustrophobic place, with
dim light and heavy, hot, oxygen-poor air. There is no ventilation.
If you are at all sensitive to claustrophobia or confinement, or if
you have any sort of respiratory condition, for your own safety and
the safety of others, you must not enter the pyramid because it is impossible
to remove a person or to bring aid to them quickly
DAY
3 - CAIRO Tuesday (BLD)
Full
day at leisure , explore Cairo on your own.
Lunch is included at a local home:
Meet the locals,
you may wish to bring token gifts to exchange with the host family (
T shirt , small souvenirs of your home town):
This
afternoon we'll venture where few ordinary visitors ever tread . . .
right into the homes of some of the people of Cairo l! You'll be invited
to a family lunch, and while you enjoy wholesome home-cooked specialties,
you'll learn about and appreciate the outlook, aspirations, and way
of life of your hosts. Be assured, as curious as you may be about your
new friends, they're sure to have questions about your own background.
Once the ice is broken, you'll enjoy a lively afternoon , and find that
you have more in common than you ever suspected. Of course, you may
enjoy a quiet afternoon with your travel companions, by letting us know
your preferences.
In
the evening, we settle you into your private wood-panelled sleeping
compartment on the train bound along the banks of the Nile. You'll enjoy
dinner in the dining car, as the lights of villages reflect in the river.
Prefer to fly ? please
click here
DAY
4 - ASWAN Wednesday (BLD)
After breakfast on board, your train arrives in Aswan, where we settle
you into your cabin on your Nile steamer. Complimentary
welcome fruit basket.
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
5 - KOM OMBO -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
6 - EDFU and LUXOR- 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 7 - SHARM EL SHEIKH - RED SEA Saturday (BLD)
Now that you've seen the best of the Egypt of the Pharaohs, our guides
escort you to the airport. You'll fly over the Sinai Peninsula and land
at historic Sharm El Sheik on the Red Sea. You're at the beach and free
to swim, or explore under the waters. Lunch is included at the hotel
in Sharm, is the flight is a late one, snacks will be served at your
room at no additional charges.
Complimentary welcome dinner at the hotel.
DAY
8 - SHARM EL SHEIK - Dinner with the Bedouins in Sinai Sunday (BLD)
Relax! Today is set aside as a strategic mid-journey break.
Spend some time in the sun, but don't miss your chance to snorkel or
dive under Red Sea waters for an array of coral and glittering tropical
fish. Lunch at the hotel. Evening dinner with the Bedouins in Sinai
.
DAY 9 - MOUNT SINAI Monday (BLD)
Our knowledgeable guides arrange a pre-dawn departure into the still-cool
wilderness of Sinai, through which Moses led the Children of Israel
to the Promised Land. Our goal is the Monastery of St. Catherine, built
of rock at the base of Mount Sinai, at the site of the Burning Bush.
We tour the monastery, rich in history, icons and sacred paintings,
then return to Sharm El Sheik. Dinner is included at the hotel.
Please
advise us early on , if you prefer to do Mount Sinai / St. Catherine's
tour by Jeep versus air conditioned sedan / vehicle.
DAY
10 - AQABA, PETRA Tuesday (BL)
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, NZ , Canadian, EU , Singaporean & Japanese citizens. Passports
must be valid for at least 6 month upon arrival). Lunch is included
today.
DAY 11 - PETRA - Wednesday (BL)
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. Lunch at a charming local restaurant .
DAY
12 - 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
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Deluxe |
First
Class |
| Triple |
US$
3410 |
US$
3125 |
| Double |
US$
3530 |
US$
3275 |
| Single |
US$
4770 |
US$
4360 |
Easter ( two weeks) , Christmas, New Year's Dec 15 - Jan 5: 15 % supplement
will apply.
Prices
include:
- All
domestic flights within Egypt in y economy class , with possible free
upgrade to business class subject to availability when you purchase
the deluxe category.
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Air-conditioned hotel accommodations with tax and service charges
- All
transfers in Egypt & Jordan on a private basis .
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Private sleeping compartment on Nile-side train.
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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.
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Nile Cruise with all meals & shore excursions, 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 .
- Jordanian
visa (valid only for American, Australian , NZ, EU & Japanese citizens.
Passports must be valid for at least 6 month upon arrival).
- Jordanian
departure tax.
- All
the tips to your drivers, porters, guides and the crew on board your
Nile cruise .
Not included:
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Personal
expenses and beverages .
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Additional
meals, drinks and services
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Trip
interruption and cancellation insurance
- International
air fares from/to home country
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Wonders of Egypt & Arabia 22
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