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Temples and Timeless VistasA
SIX day package with a five-day Nile cruise , a one night stay
in Aswan
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5
stars -Sample Deluxe Nile Cruises
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| Triple |
US$
1500.00 |
| Double |
US$
1570.00 |
| Single |
US$
2160.00 |
Upgrade
to the Ultra Deluxe :
Please add 20 % supplement to the deluxe rates for :
The all suite Sonesta M/S Moon
Goddess, the all suites Sonesta M/S Star Goddess ( Mozart Suite
),
Radamis II , The new Royal Lotus , Nile
Vision , Queen TiYi , Amarco
,
MS Queen
of Hansa,
MS Movenpick Radamis I , MS Movenpick Radamis II , MS Movenpick
Royal Lotus
Christmas / New Year / Easter : please add 20 % to any of the rates
For a PRIVATE: CAR/DRIVER & GUIDE for all the shore excursions for the duration of the cruise , please add :$ 250 per person.(this doesn't apply when you book the Presidential Suite)
RATES per person in USD for the total 5 day Cruise
| 4
stars - First Class |
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| Triple |
US$
1285 |
| Double |
US$
1435 |
| Single |
US$
1986 |
Rates do not include:
For
Christmas/New Year's and the month of April :
Please add %20 supplement, to any of the listed rates.
For a PRIVATE: CAR/DRIVER & GUIDE for all the shore excursions for the duration of the cruise , please add :$ 250 per person. ( Guests booking a Presidential suite will always have a private guide, at no additional charge)
Children
discount :
10 % on the adult double rate. ( 9 years of age or younger), must be
raveling with an adult. No children discount on triple or single rates.
Transfer
Between Hurgada & Luxor :
Minimum 2 guests : Rate per person : $55 + $15
handling fee. . Private air conditioned car & driver
Boarding the cruise is from either Luxor or Aswan, depending on the availability at the time of booking.
Dining
Room Reservations: Meet other passengers :
YOU will not require any, our dining rooms do accommodate all our guests
in one seating, one less thing to worry about while you are on the Nile.
Enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere with several different languages being
heard at dinner.
Do
we get sea sickness while sailing the Nile ?
This is river sailing, so do not expect any waves , no rough seas
! Your Nile cruises is actually a floating hotel that moves from place
to place along the Nile. Actual cruising times are short and pleasant.
What
to Pack:
Most of the year look forward to warm, even hot weather in Luxor & Aswan,
morning & evenings are cooler. For Shore excursions, we suggest comfortable
cotton & natural fabric lightweight clothing. Comfortable walking shoes
are essential.
Clothing
on Board:
Lightweight comfortable & casual clothing. Swimsuits, sun hat. Dining
room dress code is casual for breakfast & lunch, but smart casual for
dinner. All ships are fully air conditioned
Jacquie
Kennedy & Abu Simbel:
All Americans alive during the 1960s remember President John F Kennedy
and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Most Americans from that
time also remember Abu Simbel, the dramatic, ancient Pharaonic temple
threatened by the rising waters blocked by the new Aswan High Dam.
It’s worth remembering that it was Jacquie Kennedy who provided crucial support for the mammoth rescue project. Without her help, Abu Simbel might have been lost.
No
one questioned that the temple must be saved. UNESCO developed a marvelous
plan to cut the huge monument into 1,423 stone blocks and move it 200
meters (219 yards) north and 63 meters (207 feet) higher,
just above the estimated level of Lake Nasser, the vast inland sea that
would be created by the new dam.
But
who would pay? As a developing country, Egypt could not shoulder the
burden alone. Other countries could contribute, but only one country--the
United States of America--truly had the resources for this
monumental rescue effort.
No matter how much wealth there is, it is never enough. Many legitimate, worthwhile projects compete for funds. What Abu Simbel needed was an advocate, someone who recognized the temple for the irreplaceable world art treasure that it was.
First
Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, already famous for her grace, refinement, and
sensitivity to the arts, saw the need to work for the salvation of Abu
Simbel. It was she who urged Congress to allocate $10 million for the
rescue effort (a sum roughly equivalent to $100 million today). It was
an enormous amount of money, but she saw that America
must step up to the challenge of saving this treasure of worldwide importance
for all time.
The rescue funds were approved by Congress and the temple was saved.
In
appreciation for her efforts, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
presented the First Lady and the president with a 4000-year-old Egyptian
statue (which is now preserved in the John F Kennedy Library &
Museum in Boston). (http://www.jfklibrary.org/visit_museum-14.html)
President
Nasser wanted also to give a gift of thanks to the people of the United
States for their valuable support. He asked Mrs. Kennedy to choose an
appropriate monument. She suggested the small Temple of
Dendur (c. 15 BC), and the gift was readily approved. The temple was
brought to the United States in 1965 and installed at New York’s
Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967.
(http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/
view1.asp?dep=10&full=0&item=68%2E154)
Times change, leaders come and go, but some acts of support and generosity are remembered through the decades.
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy loved Egypt, and Egypt still loves her.
