Egypt
in a Week From Madrid
Air
fare included from Madrid or Barcelona , roundtrip, tax included
Flying Egyptair Madrid Cairo Madrid - All in 9 Days
Here's the best of Egypt in a week: a good look at Cairo and a 5-day
cruise along the Nile, locally escorted.
Tour
Starts Weekly in Cairo - Arrive any Monday , for
daily arrivals please click here
Compare
with the 9 day edition , the 10
days, 11 Day , 12
Day with extended stay in Luxor or Aswan
Prefer to use the sleeper train ?
Add: Abu Simbel , Petra A La
Indiana Jones , or ' Dendera
& Abydos Temples .
Go fishing for a day on Lake
Nasser . Add an extra night in
Sharm . Going to Taba ?
Honeymooners , Private Parties ? Ask for a Private
Cruise
DAY
1 - CAIRO Tour
Starts Weekly in Cairo - Arrive any Monday Year Round.
Including air fare from Spain Madrid or Barcelona , tax included : On
Egyptair
Our representative greets you at the airport and whisks you to your
hotel. Secure your visa prior to arrival in Egypt through the Egyptian
consulate nearest to you , or secure it in Luxor upon arrival .
Visa is issued upon arrival at Cairo Airport for : Australian, NZ, American,
EU , Canadian, Singaporean & Japanese citizens. You are responsible
for having your passport in order and valid
Handling your own air
? Classical Egypt
DAY
2 - Luxor -
Nile Cruise - Tuesday
(BLD)
All meals on board . We tour today as well the magnificent tombs in
the Valley of the Kings including Tut-Ank-Amon's tomb and the
great temple of Medinet Habu and the Colossi of Memnon on the
way back to our cruise , in time for a delicious lunch. After lunch
tour the gigantic Great Temple of Amon at Karnak, and the mighty
Temple of Luxor . We'll return in time for the afternoon tea
served on deck. You'll have a chance to explore your ship before dinner.
DAY
3 - LUXOR , Esna Lock / Edfu / Kom Ombo - Wednesday (BLD)
We sail in the afternoon we cruise to Esna to go through the
locks , and on to Edfu where we dock for the night. We
moor in Edfu, climb aboard horse-drawn carriages, and clip-clop
through the town to the Temple of Horus, Egypt's best-preserved
temple. Re-embarking on our Nile cruiser, we enjoy lunch as we sail
further south upriver . We disembark downstream at Kom Ombo to
visit its twin temples of Haroeris, the sun god, and Sobek, the crocodile
god.
In
the evening , we'll celebrate in Egyptian style, dressed in galabias,
the flowing national costume.
DAY
4 - KOM OMBO / ASWAN - Thursday (BLD)
We continue our voyage to Aswan, where we enjoy a felucca
sailing on the Nile among the rocky islands . Afternoon at leisure or
add an optional tour to Philae Temple :
dedicated
to the Ancient Goddess ISIS
Isis
was the powerful and quick-witted protector of her son Horus, the Sun
God. Ancient peoples throughout the Mediterranean regarded Isis and
Horus as the perfect Madonna and Child. Another legend says she was
also the mother of the fertility god Min who, judging from the depiction
of him on temple walls, needed no help from Viagra!
Because
of her wisdom and skill at protection, she was admired as a good magician
capable of healing the sick and protecting the dead in their journey
to the Underworld.
Isis
is portrayed regally, as a queen seated on a throne (which may be the
meaning of her name), often holding her son Horus as a baby. Other images
show her with broad, magnificent gilded wings able to protect the world.
In the evening enjoy music and dance after dinner.
DAY
5 - ASWAN / CAIRO (BL)
Morning at leisure or add an optional tour of Abu Simbel ( by air )
.
Board our return flight to Cairo. In the afternoon, wander through
the city on your own, or do your last-minute shopping.
DAY
6 - Giza (B)
On your first tour in Cairo , we show you the Pyramids of Giza,
the Sphinx.
Afternoon at leisure or join us for an optional tour to Memphis and
Sakkara
DAY
7 - CAIRO (B)
Full day at leisure or join us on an optional tour of the Egyptian
Museum , the Citadel of Saladin , the Alabaster Mosque and Khan
El Khalili Bazaar
DAY
8 - On
Desert Safari for the Day - Fayoum Oases - And you thought the Pyramids
were old
(BL)
We leave Cairo by sunrise ( private air conditioned car/driver/guide):
Full day Fayoum Oases including:
Hawara Pyramid, El Lahoun Pyramid, Ruins of Karanis, drive by Lake Qarun,
lunch is included at a local restaurant.
The
wilds of the desert begin right on the outskirts of Cairo, and continue
for hundreds of miles to the east and west, through sands, rock, mountains,
oases, and a surprising variety of scenery and inhabitants.
Join
us for a day ranging across the desert like modern nomads. In place
of camels, we’ll travel in comfortable, reliable four-by-four
Toyota Land Cruisers. Your guide and drivers will meet you at your hotel,
and soon you’ll leave bustling Cairo behind as you undertake the
drive toward the Oasis of El Fayoum, 150 kilometers to the southwest.
Hard as it is to believe, a great inland sea once covered these sands.
It was a holy reserve of sacred crocodiles, symbolized by the god Sobek.
We’ll
visit the temple of Kom Oshim, drive over ancient lake beds, and alongside
the waters of today’s Fayoum Lake to reach the fishermen’s
village of Chak Chouk. There we’ll stop for a lunch of fish caught
fresh that morning. There will be time to wander the village lanes and
discreetly watch the everyday activities of baking flatbread, irrigating
crops from the lake’s waters, and bringing in the catch. We’ll
also include the craft and pottery museum where the best works of local
artisans are on display.
Then
it’s into our four-by-fours again, for an off-road adventure!
We’ll head alongside and across desert washes, between dunes,
and over ancient lake beds for 35 kilometers to the Valley of the Whales
( In Arabic : Wadi-El-Hitan) . Incredibly, these great mammals once
thrived - almost forty million years ago- in waters surrounded by sands.
We’ll stop and gaze in amazement at their fossilized remains alongside
smaller sea creatures that remain in stone.
This valley was discovered in 1936 , by the German geologist George
Schweinfurth in the northwestern corner of Wadi El-Rayan.
The valley provides evidence of one of the major changes in this mammal
evolution has been declared by the UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site.
It is believed that these land based whales once had feet that may have
helped them somewhat while ashore . A team from the University of Michigan
discovered in the late 80's that these Zeuglodon whales did have rudimentary
feet , this was a startling discovery , suggesting that whales of Wadi
-El-Hitan had recently started living in water as well , these whales
were not related to any of the whales we have today , rather a more
slender body and may grow up to 75 feet long. Several skeletons of whales
are exposed in the sand. George Schweinfurth named this extinct specie
the Zeuglodon Isis Whales .
In
the evening, you’ll return to your hotel in Cairo. Land
transportation in air-conditioned four-wheel-drive Toyota Land Cruiser
with the services of driver and English-speaking driver. Lunch is included
DAY 9 - CAIRO- Departure (B)
Our representative escorts you to the airport for your homeward flight.
per person in USD
Rates For the 9 Day program
From / To Madrid or Barcelona Spain
Using Egyptair regular Flights
|
Four
Seasons
Nile Plaza Cairo |
Semiramis
Inter.Continental
Grand Hyatt Cairo |
| Triple
Occupancy |
US$
3510.00 |
US$
3020.00 |
| Double |
US$
3633.00 |
US$
3133.00 |
| Single |
US$
4063.00 |
US$
3863.00 |
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Private touring on board the cruise: Please add $150 per person for
the full cruise/shore excursions.
- For
Dec 20 - Jan 3 , Easter , please add %30 supplement to any of the
listed rates.
Rates
includes
- All
domestic airfares with tax and transfers in Egypt, in economy class
, tax included
- Air
fare : Madrid or Barcelona to Egypt round trip as per itinerary ,
based on your choice between Charter or Egyptair, economy class, tax
included
- Hotel
accommodation with tax & service charges.
-
Nile Cruise with all meals , and group shore excursions
- All
the shore excursions while on board the Nile Cruise and a complimentary
welcome drink.
- Preset
menu meals including B = Breakfast, (or cB,
Continental Breakfast) L = Lunch, D
= Dinner .
- All
guided sightseeing as per itinerary including all entrance fees. On
board the cruise you'll be part of an average 10-15 English or Spanish
speaking group depending on your choice.
Not
included:
Click
here for the 14 -day edition with one week in Hurgada or El Gouna on
the Red Sea:
A
"Dream Come True" tour. 14
days , Cairo and the Pyramids. A Nile
Cruise of course, and a beach resort at Hurgada or El Gouna,
on the Red Sea. Including the welcome Zaffa
(procession that will resemble an Arabian/Egyptian wedding party) with
a troupe of dancers and musicians dressed with the Egyptian typical
clothes, welcoming guests by singing and dancing Egyptian Folklore).
Extend
your stay one night in Abu Simbel :
Abu Simbel:
Ramses the Great's huge desert temple at Abu Simbel marked the southern
border of the pharaoh's dominions. Rescued from the rising waters of
Lake Nasser by an international effort, it is a marvel of sacred engineering.
Twice a year‹and only then‹the sun penetrates to the Holy of Holies,
illuminating the stone figures of Ramses and Nefertari. We've planned
our visit to maximize your Abu Simbel experience. Rising before dawn,
we drive along the shore of Lake Nasser, watching the sky lighten and
the sacred sun rise above the horizon. We reach the temple while the
air is clean, clear and cool, and the sun's light still golden‹just
right for photographs. We explore the huge temple by ourselves, admire
its ancient aura and artistry, then retire to a comfortable hotel for
refreshments. Just as planeloads of visitors arrive to throng the temple
we begin our leisurely drive back along the shore to Aswan, arriving
late afternoon. Private tour private guide, private car with a chauffeur
Or add one night in Aswan , based on using Basma Hotel ( 4 stars First
) or Oberoi / Old Cataract ( 5 stars Deluxe ) including Breakfast.
Compare
with : Egypt in a Week & Santorini
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