11 Days Best of Egypt and Turkey package

Our English speaking representative will meet you upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport who will assist you with all the paperwork and transfer you to your hotel by a private A/C vehicle.

Overnight in Cairo.

After breakfast,   your expert tour guide will pick you up from your hotel  to start your tour to Giza Plateau, where you will explore one of the 7 ancient world wonders, the Great Pyramid for king Cheops, Pyramids for king Khefren and Pyramids for king Mycernes, you will see the whole complex, the 9 pyramids from an excellent location, we name it the Panoramic view location. Then we will go to the Valley temple of king Chephren, the builder of the second pyramid, you will know more about Mummification and purification processes and you will see the Great Sphinx. You will get excellent photos from the best locations.
Lunch will be in a nice local restaurants overlooks the pyramids.

Then, you will drive to visit the Egyptian museum in down town, one of the biggest museums all over the world including the golden treasures of king Tutankhamun.

Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Meals ; Breakfast and Lunch

Optional Visits :

• Sound & Light show by Giza Pyramids at night.
• Sailing Nile Dinner Cruise, enjoying the folklore show and the belly dance show.
• Camel or Carriage Ride through the sand dunes at Giza Pyramids plateau

Desert Safari by Quad Bike (ATVs) around Giza Pyramids for thrill-seekers.

Early breakfast at your 5 Stars hotel, then our representative will pick you up from your hotel  to Cairo Airport for a flight to Luxor city, where you will be met and assisted, then transferred by an air-conditioned vehicle to embark your  5 star Nile cruise to check in .

After lunch on board, you will join your expert guide to visit the East bank of Luxor, one of the main attractions in Luxor city, you will start by visiting Karnak temple, this cult temple was dedicated to the main triad of Thebes city (God Amun, his wife Goddesses Mut and their son God Khonso), it took them around three thousand years to build it. Karnak temple is considered the largest religious building ever built in mankind; it covers more than 200 acres.

Then you will be transferred to visit Luxor temple, and you will see scenes on the walls shows the rituals of the pilgrimage of the main triad Gods of Luxor, travelling every year from Karnak to Luxor temple and then they returned back using there sacred boats to Karnak temple, back to the cruise.

Dinner and overnight on board your 5 Stars Nile cruise

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

Breakfast on your Nile cruise, then you will join your expert guide to start your tour to visit the West bank of the River Nile, first stop will be the Valley of the Kings, it carry more than 63 tombs, all cut in the mountains to be as much as possible hidden, the paintings on the walls of the tombs shows part of their life time and shows verses of the holly book  “Book of the Dead” to help them in their journey in after life. After, you will visit Queen Hatshepsut temple, all cut in the rock. After, you will visit Colossi of Memnon, which are 2 big statues for king Amenhotep the third, they were guarding his huge mortuary temple, which all get destroyed because of natural disasters.

Finally, you will be transferred back to you Nile cruise to enjoy lunch while sailing and relax the rest of the day

Dinner and overnight on board your 5 stars Nile cruise

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

Optional:  Hot Air Balloon (around 40 min.) by sunrise.

Breakfast on board, then you will join your expert tour guide in a horse carriage to visit Edfu temple, it was built on the western side of the River Nile by the Greeks,  they dedicated it to the Pharaonic God “Horus”, the falcon God. Back to the Nile cruise to enjoy lunch while sailing to Kom Ombo.

Kom Ombo temple is a unique one because it is a double temple dedicated to two different Gods, God Sobek “the crocodile God” and God Rc-Hurakhty “The Falcon in the horizon or falcon the elder”, it was built during the reign of the Greeks (around 200 B.C) and then some additions was added by the Romans, it is a nice place where you will see the remaining of the oldest hospital in mankind, and nice paintings shows how they do surgeries.

Finally, you will return back to your 5 stars Nile cruise to start sailing to Aswan city.

Dinner and overnight on board your 5 stars Nile cruise.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

After breakfast on board, your expert tour guide will pick you up from the Nile cruise to visit the main attractions in Aswan city, your first visit is the High Dam, it was built by the Egyptian government and financed by UNESCO support to protect ancient Egyptian monuments from floods, they finish it in year 1970, today it protects Egypt from flood and one of the main source of power.

After, you will drive by your AC vehicle to visit the unfinished obelisk, located in one of the main granite stone quarries areas in ancient Egyptian time, it is a huge obelisk built by queen Hatshepsut, however, it get cracked while cutting it and she decided to leave it in its original quarry. Then you will visit Philae temple, dedicated to Goddesses Isis, the mother God, she is God of magic and fertility, it is built during the reign of the Greeks or the Ptolemy’s, the whole temple get covered or submerged in water after building the High Dam in its original island, then it was cut into pieces and delivered to a new island, Agelica island, to protect it from flood.

Finally, you will be transferred to your 5 Stars Nile cruise to have lunch.

Dinner and overnight on board your 5 stars Nile cruise.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

Disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast, then our representative will pick you up, to Aswan airport to get your flight back to Cairo. Upon arrival, we will meet you at Cairo Airport then you will be transferred safely to your hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Meals : Breakfast

After breakfast at your hotel, our representative will transfer you to Cairo International Airport for your flight to Istanbul. Upon Arrival, our representative will meet you at Istanbul Airport to transfer you to your hotel, and enjoy afternoon free to explore Istanbul city.

Overnight in Istanbul

Meals : Breakfast

Breakfast at your hotel, then your tour guide will pick you up to visit Hagia Sophia, it was built on 530 A.D., it serves as Christian Orthodox church before its conversion to be as a Muslim Mosque, it has a very big dome, and its unique decoration is mix between the Byzantine and Turkish design. After, you will visit the fabulous Blue Mosque, which was built on the 17^th. Century by the engineer Youssef Beshnak , and you will visit Istanbul Topkapi Palace museum, built on 1465 A.D., it was a resident and center of administration for the members of the Ottoman Empire till the 29^th. Century,and opened to be as a museum on 1924.

Later, you will visit St Segiuos and St. Bacchus church, they are two Syrian officers believe in Christianity and murdered by the Romans. Finally, back to your hotel and overnight in Istanbul.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast at your hotel, you will drive with our representative to the dock, where you will embark on Bosphorus ferry boat for one hour and half, it runs between Asia and Europe continents through Istanbul city, your guide will tell you more about a shore villages and many Ottoman palaces when you will pass by it.

Then, your guide will escort you to the spice market, dates back to the 17^th. Century, and you will visit a leather wholesaler firm. Finally, back to your hotel and overnight in Istanbul

Meals : Breakfast

After breakfast, transfer to Istanbul International Airport for final departure.
Meals: Breakfast

B: You can add (or remove) more days in Cairo or in Istanbul, please share your plans with our reservation team to accommodate your requirements and needs.

Prices

Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip and can be paid in Sterling or Euros by credit card via a secure payment with no extra surcharge.

Children Policy

• 6 - 11.99 years old pay 50% of tour price . (Except for domestic flight tickets)
• 0 - 05.99 years old Free of Charge (Except for domestic flight tickets)

.The children’s policy applies to children who share a room with their parents. If your trip includes a flight ticket, additional fees for your children may apply.

Payment Policy

It is better to do your booking with us as early as possible. This will give us a chance to secure your perfect spot. You will need to pay at least a 25% deposit to get your booking confirmed with us. This deposit is indeed a part of your total payment.

Tipping

We advise if you are willing to offer it, in case you receive an excellent service, the stuff will be appreciating your tip, this would be great and if not, you are not obliged to do it.

Cancellation Policy

• The full amount of the cruise will be charged if cancellation is received less than 30 days prior to check-in date.
• 50% of the whole cruise amount will be charged if cancellation is received 60 to 31 days prior to check-in date.
• 15 % of the whole cruise amount will be charged if cancellation is received from 90 to 61 days prior to check-in date.

Full refund of payment will be given if cancellation is received before 91 days prior to check-in date