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Egypt
on a Yacht
The 10-Day Tour : Cairo and a cruise on Yasmina Dahabiya
or Haya Deluxe Dahabiya . Including Abu Simbel Temples
We have even included all the tips
Here's
the best of Egypt : a good look at Cairo and a one week Yacht Dahabiya
cruise along the Nile on Board the Yasmina Dahabiya or Haya Dahabiya
, and even include the Abu Simbel Ramses temples in Nubia , locally
escorted.
Tour Starts Weekly in Cairo . The
cruise boarding is in either Luxor or Aswan. These Deluxe Feluccas or
Dahabiyas are Air Conditioned.
Combine with Morocco.
Add An extra night?
Add a beach resort stay at Sharm El Sheikh . Compare
with the 13-day version
Come to Egypt and enjoy your private honeymoon or Anniversary
cruise
Deluxe
air-conditioned Dahabiya Yachts on the The Nile River . Available for
Private Charter .
Each Deluxe Dahabbiya Felucca is 38 meters in length and 6 meters in
width. Sample
of the Deluxe Felucca / Dahabia : El Bey (His
Lordship)
* El Hanem (The Lady) Zahra (Flower) * Nesma (Breeze).
Or book the cruise only , without Cairo . Compare
with the special Category Dahabia : Dongola and
Zarafa used by Egypt former
Royals and nobility
DAY
1 - CAIRO Wednesday - Weekly in Cairo ,
year round
Our representative greets you at the airport and whisks you to your
hotel. Visa fee is included and will be issued upon arrival at Cairo
Airport for : American, EU , Canadian , Singaporean & Japanese citizens.
You are responsible for having your passport in order valid at least
for 6 month beyond the date of your arrival in Cairo. Welcome
fruit basket & Egyptian pastry awaits you in your room with our
compliments.
Hotels
: City Stars Inter.continental . Nile Hilton , Cairo Conrad or Grand
Hyatt or similar
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
2 - CAIRO - Thursday (BL)
On your first full day in Egypt we show you the Egyptian Museum including
the " Mummies Room" , the Sphinx , the Pyramids of
Giza, complimentary short Camel ride is included, to allow you a
photo with the Pyramids in the background, time is limited , so please
do not go for what the camel driver tries to convince you , i.e. go
for a long ride around the Pyramids .
Lunch is included at a local restaurant . On
to the Citadel of Saladin, and Mohammed Ali Mosque, made
of alabaster.
A complimentary Dinner is included at a local home:
Meet the locals,
you may wish to bring token gifts to exchange with the host family (
T shirt , small souvenirs of your home town )
This
evening we'll venture where few ordinary visitors ever tread . . . right
into the homes of some of the people of Cairo l! You'll be invited to
a family dinner, and while you enjoy wholesome home-cooked specialties,
you'll learn about and appreciate the outlook, aspirations, and way
of life of your hosts. Be assured, as curious as you may be about your
new friends, they're sure to have questions about your own background.
Once the ice is broken, you'll enjoy a lively evening, and find that
you have more in common than you ever suspected. Of course, you may
enjoy a quiet evening with your travel companions, by letting us know
your preferences.
Day 3 - Friday - Cairo to Luxor and Nile Palace
Steinberger Hotel or similar
Very
early morning breakfast and transfer to Cairo Airport. Flight is included
in our rate, in economy class , tax included . Morning arrival at Luxor
. We'll meet you at the airport , and proceed to
the West Bank for visits to the burial places of the Pharaohs - the
Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen
in 1922. Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, the temple of
Medinet Habu and the Colossi of Memnon.
Check-in
at the Nile Palace Steinberger Hotel , or the Pavillion Winter Palace,
for the Old Winter Palace , please add $ 150 PER person in double
Day
4- Saturday - Luxor- Esna - On board your Yacht Nile Cruise
You will visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak,
with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing
28 th Dynasty Luxor Temple , then proceed in your air-conditioned vehicle
to Esna , where we tour Esna Temple and board your deluxe Dahabiya.
Get ready for a relaxing week sailing the Nile
on your Dahabbiya.
We board our Dahabiya: We glide past timeless villages and fields of
grain, nourished by the waters of the great river. By late afternoon,
we reach El Hegz, where we tie up for the night and enjoy our dinner
prepared on board.
Day
5-Sunday - Edfu- El Fuza - On board your Yacht Nile Cruise
Breakfast is served on the sun-deck , we’ll resume our cruise
past feluccas, fishing vessels, and cargo boats loaded with freshly
cut sugar cane. We’ll stop at Edfu to visit the Temple of Horus,
one of the largest and best-preserved in all of Egypt. By nightfall,
we will have reached the island of El Fuza Island , where we will tie
up for the night.
Day
6- Monday - El Ramady - On board your Yacht Nile Cruise
In the morning we continue our cruise deeper into Upper Egypt. El Ramady
and visit the Nubian village there , on to Besaw Island , and tie up
for the night
Day
7- Tuesday - Djebel Silsileh - Maniha - On board your
Yacht Nile Cruise
We’ll reach Djebel Silsileh, where the Nile squeezes between steep
cliffs. On the western shore, we’ll espy a sanctuary dug into
the rock, dedicated long ago to the seven divinities of the south by
Pharaoh Horemheb. We’ll explore an ancient quarry where sandstone
was cut for temples, and tie up for the night at the island of Maniha.
Day
8- Wednesday - Kom Ombo - Draw - On board your Yacht
Nile Cruise
We cruise onward to Kom Ombo, with its unusually symmetrical temple
dedicated to both Sobek the crocodile god and Horus the falcon. Back
on board, we’ll continue to the village of Daraw, where traders
bring spices, perfumes and crafts from across the desert and from the
heart of Africa. Enjoy the opportunity to gaze at and bargain for traditional
wares and appreciate a way of life that seems untouched by modernity.
After a walk around, we’ll reboard, and continue our cruise to
Kopania and overnight on board .
Day
9- Thursday - Aswan - Abu Simbel - Check-out from your
Yacht Nile Cruise / Cairo (BL)
Breakfast on board . we’ll disembark at Aswan after breakfast.
You’ll continue touring in Aswan : Philae Temple
Aswan Dam, the Granite Quarry , the Unfinished Obelisk.
Then it is off to Aswan Airport to fly to Abu
Simbel
wher your Private guideawaits you in Abu Simbel. Always with your Private
driver. Private air-conditioned vehicle
In the larger temple, 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 , admiring their ancient aura and artistry, after
which retire to a comfortable hotel for our lunch , and refreshments.
Just as planeloads of visitors arrive to throng the temples we head
for Abu Simbel Airport an dfly back to Cairo
Air fare is included , in economy class
with all taxes.
DAY 10 - CAIRO/ Departure - Friday (B)
Our representative escorts you to the airport for your homeward flight.
Bon Voyage
Please
click here for the
Dahabias Photo Gallery
.
Sample Deck plan for some of the Dahabbiya's
All are available for private charter
Year Round ( Except Holiday season)
Rates are per person in USD $
Rate per person in double : $ 3995
Rate per person in single : $ 5890
Peak
Season :
Easter ( 2 weeks ) & Christmas and New Year ( 2weeks)
:
Rates are per
person in USD $
Rate per person in double : $ 4335
Rate per person in single : $ 7220
Rate
Includes:
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Dahabiya
Nile cruise shore excursions with all the guided sightseeing
including all entrance fees, all as per itinerary .
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Private
Egyptologist and private car/driver for Cairo and Abu Simbel
tours as listed including all entrance fees and lunch.
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All
meals on board the DELUXE Felucca / Yacht / Dahabiya Nile cruise
: Pre set meals as listed including B
= Breakfast, (or cB, Continental Breakfast),
L = Lunch, D =
Dinner
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Tea/
coffle and afternoon tea while on board the Deluxe Nile Cruise
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All
airfares within Egypt in "Y" class including tax as
listed .
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Private air conditioned car /driver for all transfers within
Egypt.
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Deluxe
hotel accommodation with tax & service charges.
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Visa
fee , visa will be issued upon arrival at Cairo Airport for
: American, Australian, NZ , Canadian, Singaporean & Japanese
citizens. You are responsible for having your passport in order
valid at least for 6 month beyond the date of your arrival in
Cairo.
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Accommodation in a private cabin : Double or single on board
The Dahabia / Felucca / Yacht Nile Cruise with all meals and
shore excursions ( there is no triple occupancy cabin on board
)
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A
complimentary home hosted family dinner in Cairo.
Rate
Does Not Includes:
- Travel
Insurance ( Please ask your insuranec agent )
- International
air fare from / to your home country .
Upgrade
to the Four Seasons
Ultra Deluxe Rates
the Cairo Four Seasons Hotel
Ultra
Deluxe Rates are in USD $
Rates are PER Person
There is no triple occupancy cabins
Based on Four Seasons Hotel Nile View , Executive
suite with Sofa Bed
or Mena House Palace Section, Pyramid view room ( subject to availability)
Flying Business Class within Egypt
Year
Round , except during Easter - Christmas/New Year's :
Rates are per person in USD $
Rate per person in double : $ 5510
Rate per person in single : $ 7130
Peak
Season :
Easter ( 2 weeks ) & Christmas and New Year ( 2weeks)
:
Rates are per
person in USD $
Rate per person in double : $ 6473
Rate per person in single : $ 7650
Unique
interiors at the Cairo Four Seasons Hotel
Haya
Dahabbiya
is one of the most comfortable sailing boats on the Nil, with two
Decks & a Sun-deck. With some shaded Areas, oriental furniture
and a lot of comfortable features.
Main-Deck: 04 Guest Cabins, lounge–salon- Upper-deck: 02 Guest
Cabins & 02 Suites
• Every cabin/Suite is fully air-conditioned with individual
control. A bathroom with shower.
• The Dahabiya is 33 Meters long and 7 meters wide
• Cabins : 6 double – bed cabins 17 square meters , 2
suites with King beds 20 square meters
Add
Jordan and a Deluxe Dahabiya Sailing boat in Egypt
Daily
Telegraph
Peter Hughes
Saturday 13 May 2006
'Going
with the flow'
...'The
riad I found was not in the city but on the Nile. It's a dahabiya,
a traditional, two-masted Nile sailing cruiser. Anywhere else it would
be called a yacht. King Farouk had several. So if a riad is a small
princely palace on land - now given over to holiday making - a dahabiya
is a riad on the river...'
...'Mahogany
panelled and with two faux-glass oil lamps swinging from the beams
- a perfect touch for a sailing ship - the look was of a colonial
club. Hercule Poirot could have popped up at any moment. There were
button-back leather sofa and chairs, an antique bookcase and Scrabble,
and tables where we ate when the weather was too chilly for the deck.
The food was outstandingly good...'
...'
While the big ships charged by as if permanently late, the El Bey
moved at the same courtly pace as the Nile - slow enough to enable
us to smell woodsmoke from the villages and watch the kingfishers
hover. Under our isosceles sails we were as much a curiosity as the
boys laying fishing nets and the women doing laundry, the donkey carts
and buffalo. But it was the sight of some 40 huge cruise boats, moored
in ranks, cheek by gunwale up to 10 deep, at the pretty little temple
of Kom Ombo that made the greatest sense of dahabiya travel. The dahabiyas
don't take you to sites different from the norm, but they do take
you in irresistibly different style...'
...'The
greatest compliment to the El Bey was that, for all the wonders of
ancient Egypt, shown to us by our own guide, the part of the week
my fellow passengers enjoyed most was the time on the river...'
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