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Egypt & Jordan (Winter 2012/13) - Insight Vacations - I999WC07
Price from: for 14 Days

Description

From Jordan's Crusader forts to the world's oldest pyramid, this tour is a virtual time machine catapulting you on through history with each and every visit. Tour Pace: Your days in Jordan and Cairo are packed with interesting visits that require a bit of walking, but well worth the effort. Once aboard your Nile cruise, there is more time to relax, enjoy the changing scenery and absorb the depth of history on show. Hotels: Most hotels here hail from the prestigious and well respected Marriott group. In Cairo your sumptuous hotel is well located - a tranquil oasis in the bustling city. While your comfortable, well equipped Nile cruiser is in the traditional style.

Itinerary
Egypt & Jordan (Winter 2012/13)
Day 1 DEPART CANADA

Board your overnight flight (not included).

Day 2 AMMAN AT LEISURE

You are met and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy a Welcome Reception with drink and a light meal.(Welcome Reception)

Day 3 AMMAN - JERASH - PETRA

Tour the Greco-Roman city of Jerash. Return to Amman for a city tour. Continue south to Petra.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)

Day 4 PETRA SIGHTSEEING

Sightseeing takes you through the Siq to visit the lost city.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)

Day 5 PETRA - AMMAN

Visit the crusader fortress of Shobak. Continue to Mt Nebo and visit the mosaic map in Madaba.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)

Day 6 AMMAN - CAIRO

Board your flight to Egypt where you are met and transferred to your Cairo hotel.(Buffet Breakfast)

Day 7 CAIRO SIGHTSEEING

Visit Tutankhamun’s treasure at the Egyptian Museum. Visit the the Citadel and Alabaster Mosque. Pyramids Sound & Light Show.(Buffet Breakfast)

Day 8 CAIRO - LUXOR - JOIN CRUISE

Fly to Luxor and board your cruise. Visit Luxor Temple and nearby Karnak.(Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)

Day 9 Day 11 - ON BOARD SHIP

During your cruise enjoy a West Bank excursion to the Temple of Hatshepsut and Valley of the Kings. Visit the Temple of Horus at Edfu and Kom Ombo temple complex. Aswan sightseeing includes the High Dam, unfinished obelisk, Philae Island temple complex and a sail on a felucca. Enjoy high tea in English colonial style. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is served on board daily plus enjoy a fun galabeya party and dinner.(Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner / Highlight Dinner)

Day 12 ASWAN - CAIRO

Free time this morning or optional Abu Simbel excursion. Later, board your flight back to Cairo.(Buffet Breakfast)

Day 14 RETURN TO CANADA

Transfer to the airport for your onward flights.(Buffet Breakfast)

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Highlights
What's Included
A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
Egyptian dinner and galabeya party with entertainment (HD)
12 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 Lunches (L) and 6 Dinners (D)
Professional multi-lingual Tour Directors accompany you
Air-conditioned coach/minibus
Headsets for guided visits
Deluxe or first class hotels including service charges, taxes and porterage
4 night Nile cruise on MS Medea or MS Sapphire or La Boheme (or similar) with all cruise boat gratuities included
Scheduled air travel Amman/Cairo, Cairo/Luxor, Aswan/Cairo
Services of Insight’s Representative in Egypt
Insight Traveller Welcome pack
Airport arrival & departure transfers
WhatsIncluded
Professional multi-lingual Tour Directors accompany you
Air-conditioned coach/minibus
Headsets for guided visits
Deluxe or first class hotels including service charges, taxes and porterage
4 night Nile cruise on MS Medea or MS Sapphire or La Boheme (or similar) with all cruise boat gratuities included
Scheduled air travel Amman/Cairo, Cairo/Luxor, Aswan/Cairo
Services of Insight’s Representative in Egypt
Insight Traveller Welcome pack
Airport arrival & departure transfers
A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
Egyptian dinner and galabeya party with entertainment (HD)
12 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 Lunches (L) and 6 Dinners (D)
Amman: See the Roman Amphitheatre and Citadel Hill.
INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS
Jerash: Visit the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world.
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Petra: Journey through the winding dark passageway between rock walls 300 and 600 ft high to the ancient hidden city.
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Shobak: Visit the Crusader fortress.
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Madaba: View the mosaic that is believed to be the earliest surviving map of the Holy Land.
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Mount Nebo: Look down upon Moses’s Promised Land.
INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS
Cairo: See Tutankhamun’s treasure in the Egyptian Museum. Visit Tahrir Square, the ‘beating heart’ of the 2011 Revolution. Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque and view Cairo from the Citadel.
INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS
Giza: Enjoy a Sound & Light Show at the Great Pyramids. See the Sphinx and venture inside one of the Pyramids
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Memphis: See the statue of Rameses II & Alabaster Sphinx.
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Sakkara: See the Step Pyramid of Zozer, oldest in the world.
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Luxor: Visit the awe-inspiring Temples of Luxor and Karnak. See the Colossi of Memnon, visit the Temple of Hatshepsut and some of the Pharaoh’s tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS
Kom Ombo & Edfu: Visit the riverside temples.
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Aswan: Enjoy the sunset and high tea in colonial English style at at Agatha Christie’s Old Cataract hotel. Sail on a traditional ‘felucca’ around the Botanical gardens Visit the Aswan High Dam and the unfinished obelisk.Board a motorboat to the Philae Island temple complex.
INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS
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