Real Egypt
Day 1 - Depart USA Overnight flight to Cairo.
Day 2 - Arrive Cairo Trafalgar meets you on arrival at Cairo Airport and transfers you to your hotel. The rest of +your day is free to relax or to begin to explore this fascinating city.
Day 3 - Cairo — Pyramid Excursion — Overnight Train Sightseeing shows us the Colossus of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx, then to Sakkara to see the Step Pyramid before our highlight visit to the Pyramids of Giza, and the Sphinx. Later, we board our overnight train to Aswan. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 4 - Aswan - Nile Cruise (3 nights) We board our cruise ship stopping to visit the High Dam, the Temple of Isis on the Island of
Philae and the Unfinished Obelisk. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Cruise Ship: MS Medeaw* (3 nights)
Day 5 - Nile Cruise: Kom-Ombo — Edfu Today, a felucca ride across the Nile. Then, there is the opportunity to take an optional excursion by air to Abu Simbel. Later, we return to our cruise ship and continue to Kom-Ombo and on to Edfu. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Day 6 - Nile Cruise: Edfu First to Edfu and then on to Luxor to visit the Temple of Luxor and the amazing Temple of Karnak. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Day 7 - Disembark — Luxor This morning, a visit to the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Medinet Habou, Queen Hatshepsut's temple and the Colossus of Memnon. Later, we transfer to our hotel in Luxor. (Breakfast)
Day 8 - Luxor — Cairo (2 nights) The morning is at leisure. Then we transfer to the airport for our flight to Cairo. On arrival we transfer to our hotel for the night. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 9 - Cairo sightseeing Today's sightseeing highlights the Citadel, plus a visit to the Sultan Hassan Mosque and Mohammed Ali's Alabaster Mosque. In Old Cairo we visit the Hanging Church of St. Mary. We'll also visit the Egyptian Museum, home of King Tutankhamun's priceless treasure. Tonight is free, perhaps visit a traditional Egyptian folklore show.(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 10 - Depart Cairo We transfer you to the airport for your return flight home. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 11 - * Note At certain times a similar cruise ship of the same category may be used.
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