EGYPT FAM TRIP

8 day/6 night package including air from JFK, three nights hotel accommodations and full day tour in Cairo, and 3 night/4 day five-star deluxe Queen Nabila Nile cruise only $1,299.00, land and air.

Departures every Wednesday from Jan 14 - Apr 29, 2009

We offer this package to travel agents with valid credentials - i.e., IATA or CLIA card.

             RATES:
Jan 14 thru Apr 29, 2009 $1,299.00 per person in double occupancy, with air

Single supplement:

$250.00
Spouse supplement: $100.00
Companion supplement: $150.00

Wed Day 1 USA/Cairo: Board EgyptAir's direct flight to Cairo at JFK International Airport.
Thu Day 2 Arrival: Upon arrival at Cairo, you will be met by our representative and escorted to the Sofitel Sphinx hotel or similar.
Fri Day 3 Cairo: (BL) Visit the fascinating collections of antiquities at the Egyptian Museum. Tour Old Cairo, including the Church of St. Sergius on the site where the Holy Family lived in Cairo and Ben Ezra Synagogue near the spot where pharaoh's soldiers found the infant Moses. In the afternoon, drive to Giza to visit the world-renowned Great Pyramids and the Sphinx.
Sat Day 4 Luxor/Cruise: (BLD) Transfer to the airport for your flight to Luxor, where you will be met and transferred to your Five-Star Deluxe Queen Nabila Nile cruise vessel, in an outside junior suite, with French door, overlooking the Nile. Cross the Nile to visit the pharaohs' tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the tombs of their wives and children in the Valley of the Queens. See the funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman to rule as pharaoh in ancient times. After lunch on board, visit the stupendous Temple of Amon at Karnak and Luxor Temple.
Sun Day 5 Cruise: (BLD) Sail to Esna and cross the lock, arriving at Edfu tonight.
Mon Day 6 Cruise: (BLD) A brisk ride in a horse-drawn carriage brings you through the town of Edfu to the Temple of Horus, the best preserved temple on the Nile. Sail to Kom Ombo and visit the temples of Horus the falcon god and Sobek the crocodile god. Sail to Aswan and dock for the night.
Tue Day 7 Cruise/Cairo: (B) Check out of the cruise and visit beautiful Philae Temple, the Aswan Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk. (Opportunity fo fly to Abu Simbel to visit the temples of Ramses II and his Nubian queen Nefertari available at additional cost.) Fly back to Cairo and return to your hotel, Novotel Heliopolis or similar.
Wed Day 8 Departure: (B After breakfast at your hotel, you will be transferred to the airport for EgyptAir's direct flight to JFK.

INCLUSIONS:

  • Airfare JFK/CAI/LXR--ASW/CAI/JFK on EgyptAir.
  • All transfers as per above itinerary in Egypt.
  • Three nights hotel accommodations in Cairo, including tax, service charge and buffet breakfast.
  • Three night/four day five-star deluxe Nabila Nile cruise, including all meals and shore excursions.
  • Sightseeing as per itinerary, including all entry fees and English-speaking Egyptologist guide.
  • One lunch at a local restaurant during Cairo sightseeing.

NOT INCLUDED:

  • Visas.
  • Tipping.
  • Tax on airfare
  • Processing fee: $50.00
  • Any meals or sightseeing or transfers not included in the above itinerary.
  • Items of a personal nature like bottled water, alcoholic beverages, laundry service, etc.
  • Optional excursion to Abu Simbel: $225.00 per person, including flights, transfers and tour with English-speaking Egyptologist guide.