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(415) 440-1124, 1255 Post Street # 506 , San Francisco, CA 94109 USA

 

Nile Adventure
a La Indiana Jones

A 12-day Egypt and Jordan Adventure
Flying between Cairo and Amman



 Sonesta Deluxe Hotel Cairo , honeymoon trip, honeymoon cruise, Egypt tour

 

Here's the best of Egypt & Petra . A good look at Cairo and a 4 -day cruise along the Nile. Including Abu Simbel. Leave Any day . All transfers are on a private basis . Private touring in Cairo & Jordan except while on board th e Nile cruise: you will be part of a 10-15 English Speaking Group)
Compare with the 10 -Day with Alexandria , the 14 Day with Alexandria , or add a short stay in Add Sharm el Sheikh
, or in Athens, Greece or add London

 

 

 

DAY 1 - DEPART - NEW YORK- Daily ( Subject to availability) Air fare add-on available from major cities
Board your Lufthansa , Swiss , Air France or British Airways wide-body jet at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport for your transatlantic flight . Egyptair is the only non-stop flight JFK Cairo with an afternoon arrival into Cairo .


For West Coast guests : You need NOT to fly via New York . When you fly onboard Lufthansa,
British Airways , Air France , etc, then you fly non stop from the West Coast to Europe then connect to Cairo .

For business class upgrades from JFK ( roundtrip) :
Egyptair , Air France Lufthansa or British Airways : Please add : $ 3050 tax included .


For business class upgrades from LAX, SFO, SEA or SAN (roundtrip) :
Lufthansa , Air France , or British Airways : Please add : $ 4300 tax included .


Click for Thursday departure version . Click for Friday Departure . If you prefer to handle your own airfare , please deduct $ 600 from the listed rates.

 

 

 

Day 2 - CAIRO
Our representative greets you at the airport, helps with formalities, and whisks you to your hotel. Visa fee is included. Visa will be issued upon arrival for " American, Australian , NZ , Canadian, EU, Singaporean & Japanese Citizens, you are responsible for having your passport valid for at least 6 month beyond the date of arrival.

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 3- CAIRO (BL)
On your first full day in Egypt we show you the Egyptian Museum, including the Mummy Room and the fabulous treasures Tutankhamon, the Pyramids of Giza .
Those who are fit and adventurous enough may wish to penetrate into the heart of the Great Pyramid, to the King's Chamber your ticket is included with our compliments (or the interior of Kephren Pyramid). Taking a camel ride (Included) is entirely your own choice! the Sphinx, the Citadel of Saladin,and the Mohammed Ali Mosque, made of alabaster. In the evening, we return to the pyramids for a memorable sound-and light show.

 

 


DAY 4 -ABU SIMBEL / Board your Nile Cruise (BLD)
Very early breakfast. Fly to Abu Simbel via Aswan , tour the colossal temples of Ramses the Great and his Queen Nefertari : In the larger temple of Ramses the Great : colossal figures of Ramses are seated with the gods and attended by his queen and daughters.
The smaller temple is dedicated to Queen Nefertari, who appears as Hathor, the goddess of love, joy and fertility, symbolized by the benevolent cow. We explore these fine temple , after which we fly back to Aswan to Aswan
in time for lunch on board your Nile cruiser .
Welcome fruit basket & Egyptian pastries in your cabin.

In the afternoon we inspect the Aswan High Dam and the older Victorian-era dam below it, then visit an ancient red granite quarry. An unfinished obelisk here, in excellent condition, testifies to the workmanship of ancient Egypt's artisans. Boarding a motor launch, we return to the Philae temples to inspect the impressive structures dedicated to the Ancient Goddess ISIS

we transfer to a graceful felucca, the traditional Nile sailboat, for a cruise amidst the rocky islands beneath the Aswan High Dam.

 

 


DAY 5 - ASWAN & KOM OMBO (BLD)
Today which served as the backdrop to last night's sound-and-light drama. Back on our Nile cruiser, we cast off and cruise downstream to Kom Ombo to visit its twin temples dedicated to Sobek, the Nile crocodile god, and Haroeris, the solar disc.

 

honeymoon cruise, Egypt tour

 

 

 

DAY 6 - EDFU & ESNA (BLD)
Our riverboat ties up at Edfu, and we climb aboard horse-drawn carriages for a short clip-clop ride through the town to the Temple of Horus, Egypt's best-preserved. After our visit, we re-embark and cruise to Esna, where we pass through the Nile locks. By evening, we reach Luxor.

 

 

 

DAY 7 - LUXOR (BLD)
Today we tour some of Egypt's greatest wonders: the tombs of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, and, in the nearby Valley of the Queens, the great funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut.

Deir El Medinah, the first known "Workers Village" these were the true creative heroes who built the temples & tombs for the mighty Pharaohs of the Nile Kingdom.

Deir El Medinah is on Luxor's west bank you get a totally different perspective on ancient Egyptian life, at the ancient workers' settlement of Deir el-Medinah. While most of the imposing stone monuments and sites of Egypt honor the lives and after-lives of royalty, Deir el-Medinah gives us unique and surprising insights into the ordinary citizens who constructed and decorated the tombs.

Here we'll see the excavated homes shared by laborers with their domestic animals. These quarters were surprisingly large, with three good-sized rooms, courtyard, kitchen, and even storage cellars. While ancient Egypt might not have been a workers' paradise, we'll see that artisans and builders were highly regarded in their community. We are proud to be the only operator to offer regular visits to this singular ancient settlement in its tour and cruise programs.

We also stop at the Colossi of Memnon, mammoth seated statues now standing alone in a farmer's field. In the evening, we attend the sound-and-light show at the gigantic Great Temple of Amon at Karnak.

 

 

 

DAY 8 - LUXOR & CAIRO (B)
We return to the Great Temple of Amon at Karnak to inspect it in the daylight, then move on to the smaller but still huge Temple of Luxor. Followed by Luxor Museum . Our touring done, we return by air to Cairo.

Complimentary Dinner is included at a local home:
Meet the locals
:
This evening 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 dinner, 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 evening, and find that you have more in common than you ever suspected. Of course, you may enjoy a quiet evening with your travel companions, by letting us know your preferences. You may wish to bring token gifts to exchange with the host family ( T shirt , small souvenirs of your home town)

 

 

DAY 9 - CAIRO/ AMMAN (B)
Our representative escorts you to the airport for your Amman flight .Complimentary Fruit basket awaits you in your room. Our local rep will meet you upon arrival and help with the transfer to your hotel in Amman .Complimentary visa is issued upon arrival for American , Australian, NZ, Canadian, EU , Singaporean & Japanese passport holders. Passport must be valid at least for 6 month beyond the date of your arrival.
Subject to flight availability and schedule , if you arrive early in the day ,then you will proceed on to Petra, otherwise for evening arrivals we spend the night in Amman.

 

 

 

Tour Petra Jordan

 

 

 

DAY 10 - MADABA, KERAK & PETRA (BL)
We drive south along the King's Highway, an ancient caravan route, to Madaba to visit the church containing the oldest known map of the Holy Land. Continuing to Mount Nebo, we enjoy the panoramic view of the Promised Land the way Moses saw it for the first time. Further on, at Kerak, we tour the ruins of its romantic Crusaders' castle of Renaud de Chatillon, one of a line which stretched from Aqaba to Turkey. Finally, we arrive to PETRA . Lunch included at a local restaurant.

 

 

 

 

 

DAY 11 - PETRA - The Dead Sea (BL)
Today the fabulous Nabatean City of Petra awaits us. Made famous in the Indiana Jones movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark," its ancient temples, tombs and striking Khazneh (Treasury) were hewn right from the pink and violet sandstone. We spend a full day here, before we head back for Amman and another night. Lunch included at a local restaurant.

 

 

DAY 12 - Departure : Dead Sea Resorts / Amman Airport (B)
We escort you to Queen Alia Airport , if you wish to add extra nights , please click here .



For guest going on to Syria with us. You will continue on to The Syrian border, visit Bosra before continuing to Damascus. Or if you are touring Syria on your own, we'll be glad to arrange for the transfer to Bosra in Syria ( Supplement $165 per person, minimum 2 guests, private car/driver to Bosra), Do you Speak
THE LANGUAGE OF THE JESUS IN THE LAND OF THE BOOK ? Visit Maaloula in Syria

Jordanian departure tax is included in our rate. Extend to Dubai & the United Arab Emirates

 

 

Rates per person in US $

 

From JFK

Deluxe Hotels
Deluxe Nile Cruise

First Class Hotels
First Class Nile Cruise

In Triple Occupancy

US$ 3955.00

US$ 3670.00

In Double Occupancy

US$ 4015.00

US$ 3820.00

In Single Occupancy

US$ 4795.00

US$ 4545.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upgrade to: Supplement 20 % to be added to the deluxe rate ( subject to availability).

All suites with private balconies : M/S Senator ( all suites all private balconies), or M/S Alexander the Great ( all suites) .
Movenpick Radamis II , M/S Tuya and M/S TiYi , ultra deluxe , The all suites M/S Amarco , the all suites Sonesta Star Goddess and Sonesta M/S Moon Goddess ( all suites with private balconies)


Deluxe  suite  on board the Amarco Luxury Nile  Cruise
All Suites Amarco Ultra Deluxe Nile cruise


DEPARTURE DATES

* This tour departs daily from New York (JFK), and London .

* For Easter, Christmas and New Year's Weeks, a 20 % holiday surcharge will apply.

 

Air Fare Notes:

For departures from Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego or Seattle, please add US$ 450 per person to the rates. DC , Denver Chicago, Miami, Orlands: $ 400

Air fare supplement : Doesn't apply when you handle your own air fare:
For May - Sep 15 : departures,
please add a summer airline surcharge of $450 per person to the rate

Package Rates are subject to change without notice.

 

 

 

Your tour includes:

  • Round-trip transatlantic airfare, including air taxes, from New York to Cairo and return on British Airways, Air France, Swiss , Lufthansa or another IATAN airline, subject to seat availability at the time of reservation.

 

  • All airfares within Egypt, with taxes in economy class, upgrade to business class for Egypt's domestic flights: $150

 

  • All transfers in Egypt & Jordan on a private basis .
  • Jordanian departure tax.
  • Complimentary visas are issued upon arrival for EU , Australian, NZ, Canadian, American, Singaporean & Japanese passport holders. Passport must be valid at least for 6 month beyond the date of your arrival.
  • Hotel accommodations, including tax and service charges.
  • Nile cruise; the sequence of sights visited between Aswan and Luxor is subject to change according to vessel requirements, and the cruise may begin in either Aswan or Luxor.
  • Private touring in Cairo & Jordan except while on board th e Nile cruise: you will be part of a 10-15 English Speaking Group)
  • Meals as indicated in the tour itinerary: B = continental breakfast; L = set-menu lunch; D = set-menu dinner.
  • Bottled water ( one per person ) delivered to your cabin daily while on board the cruise.
  • Tea or coffee as well as bottled water with every meal while on board the cruise.
  • Guided sightseeing by private air-conditioned motor coach or car as per itinerary, including all entrance fees.
  • Complimentary Lonely Planet travel guidebook to Egypt

 

 

Not included:

  • Travel Insurance (please consult with your own insurance agent t)
  • Any item that's not specifically listed in the "inclusions"
  • Personal expenses, including excess baggage or shipping charges, beverages, and personal charges in hotels for laundry, telephone, or other services
  • Gratuities
  • Optional Excursion

 

 

Business class from the West Coast
SEA, SFO, LAX, SAN . Based on flying on : LH, BA, AF
Non-stop to Europe
Then connect to Cairo
Must be booked at least 21 days in advance


Deluxe Hotels
Ultra Deluxe Nile Cruise
Suites with private Balcony

In Triple Occupancy

US$ 9250.00

In Double Occupancy

US$ 9355.00

In Single Occupancy

US$ 10,705.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea

Amid scenes of exquisiteness and peace, the Kempinski Hotel Ishtar will give you the opportunity to enjoy its riches where Marc Anthony, Queen of Sheba, Aristotle and even Cleopatra once strived to unravel mystery.

Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea

 

Millennia Of History, Welcome to Ishtar


Surely there is no region on earth where nature and history have more wonderfully conspired, where so exciting a drama has obtained so beautiful a theatre.

Amid scenes of exquisiteness and peace, the Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea gives you the opportunity to enjoy its riches - where Marc Anthony, Queen of Sheba, Aristotle and even Cleopatra once strived to unravel mystery.

Indulge in the ultimate family escape to the Ishtar Royal Villa.
The Ishtar Royal Villa is a three bedroom masterpiece that allows the comfort of joining two
Ishtar Beach Chalets located directly on the beach to it, making it an ideal secluded retreat for families seeking unmatched personalised luxury and intimacy.

The Ishtar Royal Villa offers the following benefits:
• Complimentary massage upon arrival in the privacy of the wellness area of the Villa which includes a Therapy Room, Steam Room, Sauna and a Shower Room
• Exclusive Dead Sea Bathroom Amenities
• Complimentary VIP Bar
• Complimentary High-Speed Internet Access
• Designer Tea and Coffee-making Facilities
• VIP Welcome Tray
• Fruit & Water replenished daily
• Laptops on request
• iPods on request
• Kids' VIP Welcome Set
• Luxury Turn-down Service
• Farewell Ishtar Gift
• International Newspapers
• Complimentary Pressing upon arrival
• DVD/CD Player
• Private Infinity Edge Pool and Outdoor Jacuzzi
• Personal Butler
• Personal Chauffeur during the entire stay, from point of arrival at Queen Alia International Airport until point of departure from the Airport


The Ishtar Royal Villa has an area of 476 square meters in addition to 74 square meters in each individual Ishtar Beach Chalet, as well as a private garden and pools, totaling a breathtaking 1,830 square meters of absolute luxury.


living room Ishtar Royal Villa Kempinski  Hotel Dead Seabedroom Ishtar Royal Villa Kempinski  Hotel Dead SeaIshtar Royal Villa Kempinski  Hotel Dead Sea

 

Ishtar Spa Room
Spa room Ishtar Royal Villa Kempinski  Hotel Dead Sea


All rooms have natural stone floors and designer furniture, featuring King size beds, a living area, a working desk and a walk-in wardrobe. Rooms are located on the second floor and have an area of 68 square meters and a bi-level private terrace of 45 square meters with terrace furniture and an outdoor Jacuzzi.
The Ishtar Spa Rooms feature a state-of-the-art DVD/CD player (upon request) and complimentary suit pressing upon arrival.

 

Ishtar Terrace

Ishtar Terrace  Ishtar Royal Villa Kempinski  Hotel Dead Sea
All rooms have natural stone floors and designer furniture, featuring a King size bed, a working desk and a generously sized wardrobe. Rooms are located either on the first floor or second floor. Rooms located on the first floor have an area of 51 square meters and a terrace of 16 square meters with terrace furniture and great views of the Dead Sea. Rooms located on the second floor have an area of 40 square meters, a balcony of 8 square meters with terrace furniture and great views of the Dead Sea, as well as a private terrace of 68 square meters Ishtar Terrace Rooms feature a state-of-the-art DVD/CD player (upon request) and complimentary suit pressing upon arrival.

 

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