Nile Adventure a La Indiana Jones

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

Here's the best of Egypt & Petra . A good look at Cairo and a 4 -day cruise along the Nile. Including Abu Simbel. . All transfers are on a private basis . Private touring in Cairo and 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- Sunday - Weekly - Year Round
( 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 - Monday
Our representative greets you at the airport, helps with formalities, and whisks you to your hotel. Visa may be secured upon arrival by paying $ 15 in cash in USD or Euros, please have exact change, this is 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 . Your Passport must be valid at least for 6 month beyond your arrival date into Egypt. After exiting the terminal, our local representative will escort you to the hotel

DAY 3- CAIRO- Tuesday (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- Wednesday (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- Thursday (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.

DAY 6 - EDFU & ESNA- Friday (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- Saturday (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- Sunday (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- Monday (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- Tuesday (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- Wednesday (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- Thursday (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$ 4455	US$ 4170
In Double Occupancy	US$ 4515	US$ 4220
In Single Occupancy	US$ 6015	US$ 5520
Cairo	Hilton. Sheraton. Meridien or similar	Shepheard's , Oases or similar
Petra	Movenpick. Marriott	Golden Tulip or similar
Nile Cruise	M/S Monaco. M/S Mojito M/S Lady Diana or similar	M/S Ruby. M/S Nile Dream or similar
Amman	Landmark Hotel or similar	Golden Tulip or similar

Upgrade to the Ultra Deluxe Category :

Rate per person in double : $ 6091 from JFK
Rate per person in Single : $7488 from JFK

Four Seasons Hotel - Standard Room : in Cairo and Amman

And an Ultra Deluxe Nile Cruise :
M/S Tuya , M/S TiYi , Movenpick deluxe : Royal Lotus or the Royal Lilly .
The all suites M/S Amarco .
The Ultra Deluxe Sonesta M/S Moon Goddess, all cabins with private balconies

General Notes :

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, Orlando: $ 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 visa for Jordan is issued upon arrival in Amman 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
Visa for Egypt may be secured upon arrival by paying $ 15 in cash in USD or Euros, please have exact change, this is 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 . Your Passport must be valid at least for 6 month beyond your arrival date into Egypt. After exiting the terminal, our local representative will escort you to the hotel

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.
In Double Occupancy	US$ 9355.
In Single Occupancy	US$ 10,705.