Pyramids, Petra, Promised Land with Cruise 19 Days | Cairo to Tel Aviv
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TRIP NOTES Pyramids, Petra, Promised Land with Cruise 19 days | Cairo to Tel Aviv Travelling from Cairo to Tel Aviv, explore the beautiful Temple of Queen the slopes of Mount Carmel and see the take in the highlights of Egypt, Hatshepsut UNESCO listed Bahai Shrine • • Jordan and Israel, neighbouring The Dead Sea - Spend a night at the Caesarea – Discover Roman and Dead Sea, float in the famously buoyant, Crusader-era ruins countries, steeped in history. From mineral-rich waters and smother yourself • Jaffa - Stroll around the picturesque the grand Pyramids of Giza in in Dead Sea mud fortified old town Cairo, to the beautiful Rose City • Luxor - Roam around the colossal Temple • Tel Aviv - Independently explore Israel's of Petra and the Biblical sites of of Karnak and take an optional tour of the "City That Never Sleeps", with its long Jerusalem, join us on a journey of beautifully illuminated Luxor Temple at stretch of beautiful beaches epic proportion. night • Aswan - Take a leisurely boat trip to What's Included Agilika Island to explore romantic Philae • Breakfast daily, 3 lunches and 6 dinners HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS Temple and wander around the colourful • 6 nights 4-5 star hotels in Egypt, 7 nights souqs 4 star hotels in Jordan and Israel, 1 night Trip Highlights • Nile cruising - Cruise from Aswan to deluxe desert camp in Wadi Rum and 3 • Jerusalem (West Bank) - Explore the Luxor, spending 3 nights on board a 5 nights aboard a 5 star Nile Cruiser (en sacred sites of the Old City, including star Nile cruiser suite cabin) the Wailing Wall, the Church of the Holy • Hurghada - Relax at the Red Sea, swim • 1 overnight train from Cairo to Aswan Sepulchre and Via Dolorosa and opt to snorkel or scuba dive in the (Private 2 berth sleeper cabin) • Petra - Discover this spectacular clear coastal waters • Airport arrival and departure transfer on UNESCO-listed Nabataean city, which is • Kom Ombo - Visit the Nile side Temple of day 1, day 11 and day 19 one of the New Seven Wonders of the Kom Ombo • Touring - Cairo, Giza, Saqqara, Aswan, World • Wadi Mujib - Trek the Siq Trail and go Luxor, Hurghada, Petra, Wadi Rum and • Cairo - Marvel at the legendary Pyramids canyoning in the lowest nature reserve Shobak of Giza, explore the Necropolis of in the world (seasonal - included on • Dead Sea - Free time to swim and detox Saqqara and see King Tut's treasures at departures Apr to Oct) • Wadi Rum - 4x4 desert safari through the the Egyptian Museum • Shobak - Visit Shobak Crusader Castle, sand dunes • Wadi Rum - Explore this vast red desert perched dramatically on a hill top • Touring in Israel - Jerusalem, Bethlehem, with its rolling dunes and dramatic rock • Bethlehem (West Bank) - Visit the Haifa, Caesarea and Jaffa formations in a 4x4 and camp under a Shepherd’s Field, Church of the Nativity • Escorted by Egyptian tour guide qualified blanket of stars and Manger Square in Egyptology, licensed Jordanian and • Luxor West Bank - Discover exquisite • Haifa - Walk through the beautiful Israeli tour guides in Jordan and Israel tombs at the Valley of the Kings, see terraces of the Bahai Gardens, set on respectively the towering Colossi of Memnon and Pyramids, Petra, Promised Land with Cruise - 19 days updated on 28-04-2021 08:54:53 www.onthegotours.com This information has been compiled with care and good faith. They give an accurate illustration of the proposed arrangements for this holiday. Circumstances beyond our control such as changes in local conditions, inclement weather or other reasons could force us to make changes to UK 020 7371 1113 [email protected] this itinerary. Any costs shown are subject to change, though are an accurate reflection of costs at time of writing. Please also note that visa AUS 1300 855 684 [email protected] requirements are subject to change and are the responsibility of the traveller and not that of On The Go Tours. NZ 0800 44 77 69 CAN 1 866 890 7038 - 1 - USA 1 866 606 2960 SA 0800 990 311 TRIP NOTES Pyramids, Petra, Promised Land with Cruise • All transfers and transportation in private arriving before 8.30am, join our optional Day 3 : The Grand Egyptian modern air-conditioned vehicles Backstreets of Cairo tour which departs the Museum • Entrance fees included for sightseeing in hotel at 10am (best booked prior with your Israel travel consultant). This optional tour takes you off the beaten track in Egypt's bustling What's Not Included capital, visiting Downtown Cairo, the exquisite • Tipping Kitty: USD$90-110pp, paid in local mosques and monuments of El Moez Street in currency Islamic Cairo, Garbage City and the incredible • Entrance Fees: USD$190-210pp, paid in Cave Church of St. Simon. Overnight - Cairo local currency • International flight between Hurghada Day 2 : Pyramids of Giza & and Amman is not included and needs Saqqara to be booked separately by the traveller Our day starts with a visit the famous pyramids Cairo - Aswan. Today we visit the new - refer to the Trip Notes, on day 11 for and huge Sphinx at Giza Plateau. Sole Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses a details survivors from the ancient Greek-listed Seven giant exhibition containing the treasures of • International flights and visas (see Trip Wonders of the World, the pyramids are King Tutankhamun. In this incredible 490,000 Notes for further information about visas) the planet’s oldest tourist attraction! Known sq.m complex many of the exhibits are being • Tip for Nile Cruise staff. Tip for your tour as Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus, the displayed for the first time and artefacts have guides in Egypt, Jordan and Israel - we pyramids were already more than 2,000 been brought together from across Egypt and recommend you allow USD$5-7 per day, years old when Herodotus the Greek historian the world. The museum also makes use of per traveller for your guides, though visited them (5th century BC). A highly skilled new technology including virtual reality. tipping is an entirely personal gesture corps of mathematicians, masons, surveyors After our guided tour of the Grand Egyptian and stone cutters carried out the job of Museum we head over to National Museum building the pyramids. 100,000 workers were COVID SAFE GUIDE of Egyptian Civilization to visit the fascinating used to carry out the backbreaking task of Royal Mummies' Hall where the mummies moving and laying the stones of the largest DETAILED ITINERARY of ancient Egyptian kings and queens are pyramid-Cheops. About 2.5 million limestone on now display. This incredible hall contains blocks, quarried locally and weighing in Day 1 : Cairo 20 mummies in total and some are so well excess of 6 million tonnes, were used in the Friday. Welcome to Egypt! Upon arrival preserved that they still have thick locks of construction of Cheops. You can also opt to at Cairo airport, you will be met by hair, visible finger nails and smooth blackened enter the second or third pyramids (Chephren a representative from On The Go. The skin! At this museum please note that we will or Mycerinus) depending upon which is open prominent sign depicting our company logo only visit the Royal Mummies' Hall, which is the on the day. easily identifies our representative. Cairo highlight, allowing enough time to relax back International Airport can appear to be a little We then visit a government supervised at the hotel and have dinner before we board chaotic to the uninitiated, this is normal. papyrus emporium where you can buy the night train to Aswan this evening. Exiting the airport you will be escorted to genuine papyrus at quite reasonable prices. our awaiting transportation and transferred Please Note: the Grand Egyptian Museum to your hotel. Here, your Egyptian adventure Continuing to the necropolis of Saqqara, we is set to open late 2021, an official date begins! This evening a Welcome Meeting will can explore the myriad tombs and temples has yet to be released. If travelling prior to be held at 7pm. at this site and see Zhoser’s step pyramid - the opening of the new facility we'll visit If you are arriving a day or two before the constructed by Imhotep, the pharaoh’s chief the Egyptian Museum instead. Overnight - tour starts, one of our team will be on hand to architect in 2700 BC! Sleeper Train (B) advise on where best to enjoy your extra time Today's lunch break will take place prior to in Cairo in advance of the tour commencing. our tour of Saqqara or after depending on the We also offer a pre tour Alexandria Day Trip heat, time of year you are travelling and traffic which can be pre-booked, please refer to our on the day. Your guide will keep you updated. website for details. This evening offers free time or you can opt Day one is designed to be an arrival day to attend the Pyramids Sound & Light Show. for all passengers, so there are no formal Entrance fees and tip kitty will be collected arrangements on this first day. Perhaps relax today. Overnight - Cairo (B) by the hotel pool or for those that are Pyramids, Petra, Promised Land with Cruise - 19 days updated on 28-04-2021 08:54:53 www.onthegotours.com This information has been compiled with care and good faith. They give an accurate illustration of the proposed arrangements for this holiday. Circumstances beyond our control such as changes in local conditions, inclement weather or other reasons could force us to make changes to UK 020 7371 1113 [email protected] this itinerary.