2 nights Cairo, 3 nights Nile cruise & 2 nights sleeping train

8 days & 7 nights

                                                 

 

 

  Day 01

  Arrive Cairo international airport you will be meet & assist by Osoris steward assisting you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage then transferring you by air conditioned private Limousine to your hotel in where you will be assisted by Osoris steward for check in & overnight in Cairo.

 

 

  Day 2

  Breakfast at hotel, checkout and then you will be meet by our professional Egyptology English speaking guide to accompany you by private air conditional car to visit pyramids & sphinx. There are no more famous ancient sites within Egypt or for that matter elsewhere in the world, than the great pyramids & sphinx. They have been both the main destination for tourists & a source of imaginative thought to the world for over three thousand years. . The ancient Egyptians believed in their belief that the spirit life after death & existence eternal life. So, near the pyramids there they placed wooden boats, to be at the disposal of the king when he went at his journey at day & night with the sun god. Near the pyramids we find the sphinx which has a body of a lion with ahead of king or god. Then drive to Giza train station where you will be helped by Osoris steward with your portage & to board on your train in where you will be served dinner in cabin or the train restaurant according to your choice while traveling to Aswan & overnight on the train.

 

  Day 3

  Breakfast at the train, then you will be meet & assist by Osoris steward assisting you with your portage & for check in on your Nile cruise, lunch on the cruise, free at leisure to enjoy the cruise & it premises swimming pool then dinner & overnight on the cruise in Aswan

 

  Day 4

  Breakfast at your cruise then you will be meet by our professional Egyptology English speaking guide to accompany to start your visit to the high dam which is near Aswan and its provides irrigation & electricity for whole Egypt & it have a wonderful views for visitors & from the top of two mile long high dam you can gaze a cross Nasser then visit Philae temple which had a great love story & the Victorian world fell in love with the romance of the temple & also at night you can visit the sound & light show. Then sail to kom ombo & visit the temple of two gods Sobek & Haroeris, & it`s 28 miles north of Aswan & it’s actually two temples, temple to sobek &temple of haroeris & everything is duplicated along the main axis ,two entrance, two courts, two colonnades, two hypostyle halls & two sanctuaries. Then sail to Edfu, which was the Greek city of apollino polise magna & is a religious & commercial centre, it`s a friendly town & the main attraction here is the temple of horus, then dinner & overnight in Edfu.

 

  Day 05

  Breakfast on board then visit the temple of horus in Edfu which is dedicated to horus the falcon headed god, it was built during the reigns of six ptolemies & it not only the best preserved ancient temple in Egypt but also the second largest after karnak. It was believed that the temple was built on the site of great battle between norus & Seth. Then sail to Esna which was built in area of ancient latopolis & the site of a major temple dedicated to the god khnum & other deities the most prominent were neith & heka. Then sail to Luxor, have your dinner & overnight in Luxor.

 

  Day 06

  Breakfast on board, & disembarkation, then cross the west bank & visit the necropolis of thebes, which were in the beginning personal tomb but over time their function was extended to also receive the remains of other family members & the structure of the tombs in the necropolis was fairly uniform, & they built their tomb almost as if there was building code requiring Specific architectural element. Then visit Valley of the Kings. Then visit the temple of queen Hatshepsut which is one of the most dramatically situated in the world, the queen`s architect set it at head of a valley over shadowed by peak of Thebes where the goddess lived. Then visit colossi of the Memnon which had built by amenhotep the third who built a mortuary temple in Thebes that was guarded by two gigantic statues on the outer ates. On the sides on the sides of the statues are reliefs depicting Nile gods joining together plants symbolizing Upper and Lower Egypt. then transferring you by private Limousine to Luxor station where you will be helped by Osoris steward with your portage & to board on your train to Cairo. Where you will be served dinner in cabin or the train restaurant according to your choice while traveling to Cairo & overnight on the train.  

 

  Day 07

  Breakfast at the train, arrive Cairo. You will be meet & assist by Osoris steward helping you with your portage and then you will be meet by our professional Egyptology English speaking guide to accompany you by private car to visit Egyptian museum.  If you want to see treasures & jewels of the Egyptian kings you can see it at the Egyptian museum you can see the mummies too and treasures that you can’t see in any other place in the world. Then proceed to khan el khalili (The old city) which is one of the oldest market in the world and if you want to get unique gifts you will find it there, Then Drive back to your hotel in where you will be assisted by Osoris steward for check in & overnight in Cairo.

 

  Day 8

  Breakfast at your hotel, checkout. Then You will be meet & assist by Osoris steward helping you with your portage and accompany you by private air-conditioned car to drive to Cairo International airport where you will be assisted by Osoris steward for portage & check in on board of your flight carrier then helping you on the emigration formalities wishing you a happy flight back home.

For Package Price: contact us at Egypt@osorios.net