From
London to Cairo
The World of Egypt
From
the Britsih Museum to the Egyptian Museum in 15 Days
The
treasures of Egyptian art and culture are spread throughout the world,
so we've devised a way for you to see them in 15 days--and to Travel in
Style!
Stop in London for three days to see the Rosetta Stone and other
Egyptian treasures at the British Museum, then fly off to Egypt for a
week's tour, including a five-day cruise up the Nile.
Round-trip
international airfare from USA London and on to Cairo, roundtrip is included
in our very competitive tour rates. You can also use London as your base
for excursions to other European capitals to see other examples of great
Egyptian art. In Egypt meet the locals : Join us in a home hosted meal.
No other company offers a tour like this!
DAY
1 - JFK - LONDON - Saturday - Weekly - Year Round
Board your comfortable British Airways flight JFK to London, overnight
across the Atlantic.
For West Coast guests please add $ 350 , in this case you 'll fly non-stop
to London from SFO, LAX, SEA or SAN .
Air
fare add on is available from most major cities in the USA. For West
Coast Passengers : You need not to connect via JFK, you will fly LH,
BA or AF etc. non-stop to Europe , then connect to another non-stop
to Cairo . For JFK Passengers : Please note that Egyptair is the only-non-stop
flight JFK Cairo , with a great afternoon arrival time, versus other
carriers very late PM arrivals.Air fare is always subject to change,
even on a last minute basis.
For business class upgrades from JFK ( roundtrip) :
British Airways : Please add : $ 3450 tax included .
For business class upgrades from LAX, SFO, SEA or SAN (roundtrip) :
Lufthansa or British Airways : Please add : $ 4500 tax included .
DAY
2 - LONDON - Sunday
In London! We welcome you to a two-night stay in a 3- or 4-star
hotel (of our choosing) .
Private airport transfer : our local rep. will meet you at Heathrow and
assist with your private transfer to your hotel, settle in, and enjoy
this world-renowned cultural and entertainment destination.
Sample Hotels in London : Radisson Grafton , Radisson Mountbatten
, Copthorne Tara, Thistle Marble Arch, Millenium Knightsbridge, The Cumberland
or similar
DAY
3 - LONDON - Monday (cB)
Enjoy continental breakfast at your hotel, before heading out to see the
sights
Hop on Hop off London tour . Seat in a coach tour , ticket is valid for
24 hours
DAY
4 - LONDON - Tuesday (cB)
Enjoy continental breakfast at your hotel, before heading out to see the
sights (on your own) .
A must-see: the Rosetta Stone, discovered by Champollion in 1822,
which provided the key to understanding ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic
writing. It's on display in the British Museum, along with mummies,
embalmed crocodiles, papyrus scrolls, and hundreds of other priceless
Egyptian works of art in the Upper Egyptian Galleries.
DAY
5 - LONDON & CAIRO- Wednesday (BD)
Enjoy another continental breakfast--on us--at your hotel, then get ready
to meet our local rep. for your private transfer to Heathrow Airport to
board your flight to Cairo .
Air fare is of course included: London Cairo , in economy class , tax
included
Our representative greets you at Cairo's international airport, helps
you with formalities, and accompanies you to your hotel. Settle in, then
perhaps take a walk to get your first look at the great Egyptian capital.
Visa fee is included.
Transfers in Egypt are always provided to our guests on a private
basis , private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur .
On arrival, our local rep. will escort you to your comfortable hotel.
Our local representative greets you at the airport and whisks you to your
hotel. Visa may be issued upon arrival at Cairo Airport for a limited
number of citizens such as : American, EU , Canadian , EU Singaporean
and Japanese citizens. For Americans , please pay the $ 15 USD fee in
cash upon arrival . You are responsible for having your passport in order
valid at least for 6 month beyond the date of your arrival in Cairo. Our
local rep. meets with a sign that carries your name you after you clear
the passport and customs formalities . After exiting the terminal, our
local representative will escort you (private vehicle) to the hotel .
Dinner is included upon arrival at the hotel.
. After exiting the terminal, our local representative will escort you
(private vehicle) to the hotel
: Grand Hyatt , Cairo Conrad , Le
Meridien Pyramids , Sonesta, J. W. Marriott or similar
DAY
6 - CAIRO - Thursday (BLD)
Today we show you the top sights: the treasure-filled Egyptian Museum,
including the "Mummies room" the awesome Pyramids of Giza,
the Solar Boat Museum and the Great Sphinx, . Luncg is included
at the Mena House .
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 ! 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
dinner at the hotel by letting us know your preferences.
DAY
7 - LUXOR - Friday (B)
We arrive in Luxor and settle into your Nile view room at the Old Winter
Palace, New Winter Palace or the Pavillion Winter Palace subject to availilibilty
, then on to explore, Luxor Museum , the huge Temple of Luxor and
the truly gigantic Great Temple of Amon and on to the mighty Karnak
temple complex , the largest religious compound man ever built , thing
of 20 Vatican cities put together .
In the evening, your guide will call on your for horse drwan carriage
ride through Luxor's lively streets and bazaar.
DAY
8 - LUXOR - Nile Cruise - Saturday (BLD)
After breakfast , check out from your hotel . Crossing the Nile, we tour
the magnificent tombs in the Valley of the Kings including Tutank-amon
tomb and Valley of the Queens, including the great funerary
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon
We check-in on board your deluxe Nile cruise , wellcome complimentary
Fruit Basket awaits you in your cabin). Sample Nile cruise : M/S
Mojito, M/S Monaco , M/S Monte Carlo , or similar
In the afternoon we sail for Esna pass through the locks .
DAY
9 - Full Day Cruise - Sunday (BLD)
A grand Day of sailing past scenery that changed little since Biblical
times .
All meals are included on board . We reach Edfu where we dock for the
night. .
DAY
10 - EDFU - Monday (BLD)
In Edfu, where we board horse-drawn carriages to clip-clop through
the town. Our goal is the grand Temple of Horus, the best-preserved
ancient temple on the Nile. After our temple tour, we return by carriage
to our cruise vessel and continue upriver, docking at Kom Ombo for the
night.
DAY
11 - KOM OMBO & ASWAN - Tuesday (BLD)
We begin our day by touring the famous Twin Temple of Kom Ombo,
dedicated to Horus (the sun god) and Sobek (the crocodile god). The sun
disc symbol is prominent, as is a tomb for mummified crocodiles! Then
we re-embark for the cruise to Aswan. After a leisurely shipboard
lunch, we board a traditional felucca for a sail among the rocky
islands below the Nile's First Cataract. If you're interested, we'll take
you on a mini-camel caravan to a Nubian village. Late in the afternoon
we sail back to our Nile cruiser for dinner and a good night's sleep.
DAY
12 - ASWAN & ABU SIMBEL - Wednesday (B)
After breakfast, we check out of our Nile cruiser and head off to see
the Nubian Museum, the great Aswan High Dam, a technological marvel
of its time. From the dam we go to an ancient Pharaonic rock quarry
where a huge obelisk of red Nile granite lies unfinished--as though the
workers put down their tools just yesterday, rather than thousands of
years ago. Tour
of Kalabsha Temple dedicated to the ancient god Mandulis, and the
goddess Isis . Built during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus
, the small rock-cut temple of Beit El Wali, built by Ramses
the Great , and the small yet charming Kiosk of Qertassi.
Finally, we tour the beautiful Temple of Philae, saved from the
rising waters of Lake Nasser by an international rescue effort and rebuilt
on its own Nile island. Fly to Abu Simbel & Overnight with dinner
at your hotel.
DAY
13 - ABU SIMBEL - CAIRO -Thursday (BD)
Early wake up call to watch the sunrise over the mighty temples of Ramses
the Great & Queen Nefertari. Tour the temples, before we fly back
to Cairo via Aswan, and our hotel. to the hotel : Grand Hyatt
, Cairo Conrad , Le Meridien Pyramids , Sonesta, J. W. Marriott or similar
. Dinner is included at Zeitouni at the Four Seasons.
DAY
14 - CAIRO - Friday (BLD)
Morning
tour of the Citadel of Saladin, the Mohammed Ali Mosque,
made of creamy alabaster
, Sultan Hassan Madrassa ,and el-Rifai Mosque , lunch at Naguib
Mahfouz restaurant Afternoon walking tour of Hadaik Al-Azhar, Khan El
Khalili and
Muizz
Ledeen Allah Street . Dinner at La Bodega restaurant in Zamalek .
DAY
15 - CAIRO - Departure- Saturday (B)
Our representative escorts you to Cairo's airport for your flight
back home via London , back to the USA
Rates
per person in USD $
| |
Deluxe |
First
Class |
Modest
Tourist Class |
| Triple |
US$
6650 |
US$
6345 |
US$
6010 |
| Double |
US$
6880 |
US$
6678 |
US$
6120 |
| Single |
US$
7770 |
US$
7460 |
US$
7200 |
Air
Fare Supplement Notes :
-
Our airline partners for departures from New York are : Lufthansa
, British Airways, Air France, Egyptair and Olympic Airways.
- From
San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix,
Denver and Dallas-Fort Worth please add an additional $450; from
Chicago or Washington, DC's Dulles International Airport, please
ad an additional $350.
- Air
Fare High Season:
In
addition, for any departures from May 1 through end of Sep ,
Dec 20 - Jan 2 please add $500 high-season airfare surcharge to the
rates shown above. This air fare supplement doesn't apply when
you handle your own airfare.
YOUR
TOUR INCLUDES :
- Round-trip
international airfare JFK - London-Cairo-London - JFK , tax included
, in economy class
- As
well as domestic airfare within Egypt in economy class
, tax include
Meals
as indicated: cB = Continental breakfast; L = set-menu lunch; D = set-menu
dinner
-
London
Hop on Hop off seat in acoach group tour ticket
-
All
airport and Nile cruiser transfers within Egypt and
London , always on a private basis , private air-conditioned vehicle,
private chauffeur
-
Hotel
accommodation in Egypt based on the category of your choice, including
tax and service charge,
while in London its always 4 stars category of our choice as listed
above
-
5-day
(4-night) Nile cruise, including all meals, and shore excursions as
described in the tour itinerary
-
Complimentary
welcome drink upon arrival on board the Nile Cruise.
-
Complimentary
welcome fruit basket on board the Nile Cruise.
-
Large
bottle of water ( per person ) delivered to you cabin daily while
you are on board the Nile Cruise.
-
Tea
or coffee and bottled water with each / every meal while you are on
board the Nile Cruise.
- Guided
sightseeing in Egypt, including all entrance fees
Sample
deluxe cruises: M/S Monaco /
M/S Mojito / M/S Monte Carlo / M/S
Lady Diana
Subject to availability
Not
included:
- Transfers
in London
- Touring
in London
- Tips.
- Travel
Insurance
More
Choices :
Tha
Agha Khan in Egypt :
Darb
Al-Ahmar, one of the
poorest parts of Cairo, is the site for various AKDN social programmes
- including restoration of the decayed housing stock - which are designed
to help revitalise the historic district. Al-Azhar park, undertaken by
the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, has proven to be a powerful catalyst for
urban renewal in the neighbouring district of Darb al-Ahmar -- one of
the poorest districts in Cairo. Other AKDN agencies are now working on
social programmes in the neighbourhood, including microfinance, education,
civil society strengthening and health.
Darb
Al-Ahmar Social Programmes
Less than two centuries ago, Darb Al-Ahmar was one of the wealthiest neighborhoods
in Historic Cairo. Today, however, the 92,000 inhabitants of the district
are among the poorest. While featuring one of the richest concentrations
of Islamic architecture in the world, the district also suffers from a
lack of adequate basic infrastructure and services such as water and sanitation.
When the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) made a baseline study in 2003,
the housing stock was crumbling, piles of trash lined the streets, the
historic monuments had come under increasing stress, the neighborhood
retained an unsavory reputation and hope among its inhabitants for improvements
in the quality of life had dimmed.
Since
2003, AKTC and its partners have created a number of social programmes
in Al Darb Al-Ahmar, each of them designed to address a development challenge.
Hundreds of families have benefited from improvements to the water supply
network, including the replacement of lead junctures. Repair of the electrical
systems began in 2007. Parts of the sewage network have been upgraded
and expanded into alleys previously not served by these facilities. New
drainage works are preventing the pooling of water, thereby reducing the
potential for water-borne disease. Environmental programmes have stressed
general environmental awareness as well as focusing specifically on environmentally
friendly solid waste disposal practices. A programme to remove the trash
and rubble that is strewn across many roofs in the area and replace them
with vegetable gardens was undertaken. Another project installed water
supply cisterns on roofs, addressing a chronic lack of water and water
pressure. In addition, to tackle the lack of heating in 25 percent of
the area’s homes, a pilot project for affordable solar water heating
systems was started.
