Day 1: 30 June (Fri) – Amman Airport – Amman Hotel
(ETA – 01:00am) Our representative welcomes you with signage at Amman Airport. Transfer about 45 minutes to your Amman Hotel, check in, and have some rest.
Amman City Tour – Amman Hotel
11:00am Pick up at the lobby of your hotel in Amman. Have a city tour in Jordan's capital. Amman, already mentioned in the Bible as Rabbath Ammon, is a bustling modern city. The historical places are located in downtown, where we visit the Citadel with remains from the Roman to the early Islamic period. Then we have a round in the Archaeological Museum. We stroll via the Souq, where you get an idea of everyday life, to the Roman Theatre from 2nd century with 6000 seats. Return to your hotel in Amman and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast at hotel
After breakfast at camp, drive 1:30 hour to the red rose city Petra, the spectacular rose rock city. Prepare yourself for walking over uneven terrain. Petra is the biggest attraction of Jordan and was first established around the 6th century B.C. by the Nabataean Arabs. Meet your local guide who will give you an understanding of Petra's history within the next 2.5 hours. Start with a walk to the canyon, the so-called Siq, at its end you see the most beautiful monument, the Treasury. The building rises over 40 meters, and is carved into the sandstone like most of Petra's architecture. Continue via the Street of Facades, passing by the Theatre to the Royal Tombs. Your guide says farewell. Free time to uncover Petra on your own, climb for example the 800 stairs to the impressive Monastery El Deir. Return along the same trail back to the main entrance. Transfer
The guided tour in Petra Visit (morning) lasts 2.5 hours.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 4: 3 July Mon Petra - Amman airport - Cairo
Breakfast, latest check out 12:00, according to departure time transfer 3 hours to Amman Airport to say farewell. Arrive Cairo and transfer to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 5: Tues 4 July Pyramids and Egyptian museum Khan El Khalili Bazaar
Breakfast at hotel Start your full day tour in Cairo
• 8:00 am Pick up from your hotel for a day tour in Cairo to visit Pyramids of Giza, Visit the Great Pyramids of Giza – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx – a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren. Then proceed to visit the Egyptian Museum of antiquities. On display is a rare collection of 5000 years of art the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry, as it was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated. Lunch will be sered during tour at a local restaurant.
Then head to Khan El Khalili Bazaar one of the oldest souqs in the middle east with its winding alleys and glittering merchandise. You can opt to stop for a coffee at the Fishawy Coffee shop which is believed that it did not close its doors for the past 200 years.
Optional tour Sound and light show at Pyramids of Giza
Transfer back to your hotel for overnight
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 6: Wed 5 July flight Aswan, Philae temple High Dam
Breakfast at hotel. Check out and transfer to Aswan airport for flight to Aswan • Upon arrival to Aswan visit Upon arrival to Aswan airport meet our representative then visit Philae Temple (The Temple of Isis is one of the greatest Temples in Egypt and it occupies about a quarter of the island. It is the main Temple on the island, with its huge, complete, pylons and beautiful scenes),
Then proceed to see High Dam (One of the most outstanding architectural achievements of the twentieth century. It was constructed to replace the old Aswan dam built in 1902. The High dam was constructed to protect Egypt from the floods as well as providing irrigation and electricity all over Egypt. It is 3600 meters long. Visitors can easily locate lake Nasser which is a huge water reservoir). Check in at Nile Cruise
After lunch start your excursion to explore the Nubian village where you will be taking a motor boat crossing the banks of the River to go to a traditional Nubian Village walk through its streets and souk.
Meals: Breakfast (breakfast box in case of early flight), Lunch, Dinner
Day 7: Thurs 7 July Kom Ombo
Sail to Kom Ombo. Visit the Kom-Ombo Temple (Located in Kom Ombo town, 45 km north of Aswan. It is built on a hillside overlooking the Nile. This temple was constructed in the Ptolemaic Roman era for the worship of god Haroeris and Sobek, the crocodile god. It is noted for relief engravings on its walls which show ancient surgical tools, bone saws and dentistry tools. Nearby there are three mummified crocodiles. Then sail to Edfu temple
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8: Friday 8 July Edfu temple
Breakfast on board and sail to Edfu temple. Take Horse carriage to visit the temple of Edfu one of the best perserved temples with its falcon Gods standing at the gates
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 9: Saturday 8 July: Hot air Balloon Ride Luxor Valley of Kings - Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and Colossi of Memnon -Flight to Cairo
Hot air Balloon Ride at Sun Rise. Breakfast on board Nile Cruise then start your day tour to Luxor West Bank, including: Valley of the Kings (Is a valley in Egypt where for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the kings and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt). The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile, across from Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis.), Colossi of Memnon (The two colossi are made of sandstone, which during ancient times was brought from Gabal El Silselah. Each colossus, including the pedestal and the crown, is about 21m tall and represents King Amenhotep III seating on his throne, wearing the Memes, or royal headdress, with the divine cobra protecting his forehead. On the sides of the colossi there is a representation of the Nile god Hapi, bending together the lotus and the papyrus plants, symbolizing the union of Upper and Lower Egypt) and Temple of Queen Hatshepsute (Hatshepsut was the fifth Pharaoh of the18th-dynasty who was one of the handful of female rulers in Ancient Egypt. Her reign was the longest of all the female pharaohs. Her funerary temple still stands as a tribute to her incredible rise to power).
Visit Karnak temple one of the largest temples in Egypt with it Pillar hall and sacred lake.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 10: Saturday 9 July Coptic Cairo and final transfer
• Breakfast on board Nile Cruise and check out. Check out from Nile Cruise and transfer to Luxor airport for flight to Cairo. Overnight hotel in Cairo
Coptic Cairo and Khan El Khalili Bazaar
Meals: Breakfast
Day 10; Sat 9 July Coptic Cair Tour Final departure
Breakfast and check out • Transfer to your the Coptic Cairo area where you will have a walking tour through the ancient churches like the church of St Sergius, Church of St Barbra, Church of St George and the Ben Ezra Synagogue. After the tour.Transfer to Cairo airport for final departureInternational flights not included.
Flight Amman - Cairo not included