DAY 1 - DEPART NEW YORK - Wednesday - Weekly - Year Round
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 to Europe , then on to 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- Thursday
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- Friday (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 - Board your Nile Cruise in Luxor - Saturday ( or Aswan ) (BLD)
Very early breakfast. You may board the cruise in Aswan or  Luxor . Transfer to Cairo Airport and fly to Luxor to board your Nile cruise : Deluxe : M/S Monaco, M/S Mojito , M/S Monte Carlo or similar.
First Class : M/S Nile Dream . M/S Lady Diana, or similar.
Upon arrival, we proceed from the airport to 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.

We also stop at the Colossi of Memnon, mammoth seated statues now standing alone in a farmer's field. We head for your Nile cruise in time for lunch on board . A welcome fruit basket & Egyptian pastries awaits in your cabin. The afternoon is devoted to Karnak and Luxor temples.
In the evening, we attend the sound-and-light show at the gigantic Great Temple of Amon at Karnak. Today is a very full day . So please make sure that you get enough rest when you can. Always have your hat , and bottled water with you . Avoid sun-stroke, always drink enough water ( bottled water) , make sure you bring your sun screen. Cruise shore excursiones are ALWAYS subject to last minute changes in regard to the sequence and the order in which sites are visited.

DAY 5 -Esna - EDFU - Sunday (BLD)
Full day sailing , you will pass scenery that changed little since Biblical times.
We cruise by Esna and take our turn to pass through the locks, on to Edfu, where we dock for the night .

DAY 6 Edfu - KOM OMBO/ ASWAN- Monday (BLD)
After breakfast : we board horse-drawn carriages for the ride to the Temple of Horus. Return to ship and set sail for Kom Ombo. We explore the twin Temples of Haroeris and Sobek at Kom Ombo, then sail south to Aswan. In the evening, there's a jolly galabia party aboard.

DAY 7- ASWAN- Tuesday (BLD)
Today 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. In The afternoon , we tour the Nubian Museum. Evening Farewell dinner on board.

DAY 8 - ASWAN / Abu Simbel/ Cairo- Wednesday (B)
After breakfast , we check-out , fly south to Abu Simbel where your private air-conditioned vehicle and private guide await you , 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 Cairo and your hotel .

DAY 9 - CAIRO/ AMMAN- Thursday (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. Deluxe Hotels: Sheraton Al-Nabil or similar . First class hotels : Imperial Palace or similar

DAY 10 - MADABA, KERAK & PETRA- Friday (B)
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 . Deluxe : Movenpick Petra or Marriott. First class : Petra panorama Hotel.

DAY 11 - PETRA - Dead Sea Resort- Saturday (B)
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 the Dead Sea resort area.

DAY 12 and Day 13 - Dead Sea Resort- Saturday and Sunday (B)
Enjoy these two days as you wish, enjoy the spa your deluxe facilities and the Dead Sea nature.

DAY 14 - Departure : Dead Sea Resorts / Amman Airport - Monday (B)
We escort you to Queen Alia Airport . Bon Voyage

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 $

• This tour departs Weekly from USA , and London subject to availability and plane/cruise time table.
  
• For Easter, Christmas and New Year's Weeks Dec 20 - Jan 3 , a 20 % holiday surcharge will apply.

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

• All transfers in Egypt and Jordan always on a private basis : private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur.
  
• All tipping in Egypt : to drivers, guides, porters etc. Yet just in case of the bell captains or others may forget , you may refer them to our local rep.

• 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

For PRIVATE GUIDE/CAR/DRIVER :
For the full duration of the Nile Cruise & shore excursions: please add $250 per person . This supplement doesn't apply when you have at least 6 guests in your party.

Upgrade to the Sonesta M/S Star Goddess ( all suites , all with private balconies )
or the : Sonesta M/S Star Goddess or the Sonesta M/S Moon Goddess
( all state-rooms are with private balconies)
Add a stay in the Egyptian Riviera on the Red Sea

More Choices:

• Compare with the 9 Day Version , or add a resort stay in Sharm El Sheikh

• The 11 day edition with Memphis and Sakkara

• The 12 day with Athens

• Add Petra , or Petra and Syria

• Add Sharm el Sheikh on the Red Sea ,

• Add Alexandria . 

• Add Israel and Palestine

• Compare with the 12 Day private Touring

• Form London to Luxor Tour : The King Tut's connection
  
• Private Touring with a stay in the Egyptian Riviera on the Red Sea .
  
• The Great Arabian Adventure : A 20- Day True Near East Fantasy Tour of : Egypt , Jordan and Syria. Weekly Departure from the USA - Year Round