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VACATION ENHANCING TOURS Make the most of your vacation, and book your tours before your trip. Everything will be pre-arranged and all you have to do is enjoy! NILE IN STYLE 8-NIGHT CRUISE This package includes: • Transfers to and from the Cairo International Airport • Four-night accommodations at Cairo Marriott & Omar Khayyam Casino • Three-night accommodations on-board the Sonesta Nile Goddess Vessel with full board • Buffet breakfast daily during four-night stay at Cairo Marriott • Full-day tour of Cairo including Valley of the Kings, Hatsheput Temple, Karnak Temple and Luxor temple with lunch • Full-day tour of Cairo including the Museum of Antiquities, Islamic Cairo and the Khan-Khalili Bazaar with lunch • Private English-speaking guide Day 1: Arrival at Cairo International Airport where you will be met and transferred to your hotel in Cairo, Marriott & Omar Khayyam Casino. Day 2: Meet your Egyptologist guide and start your guided tour of the Pyramids, Memphis and Sakkara. Begin with an unforgettable tour of the great Pyramids of Giza. Enter the temple of the mysterious Sphinx. After lunch tour Memphis, the oldest capital of Egypt, built by King Menes The colossal statue of Ramses II is exhibited in the museum. Sakkara is the oldest Ancient Egyptian cemetery, home of the Step-Pyramid and mortuary compound, built by the engineer lmhotep for King Zoser. Day 3: Transfer to Cairo Airport to board your flight to Aswan, where you will be met & assisted upon arrival. Board your 5-Star deluxe Nile vessel, the Sonesta Nile Goddess. Sail by felucca around Elephantine Island and the Agha Khan Mausoleum, the burial place of the former leader of the Ismaili Muslims. Visit the Aswan High Dam. After, take a short motorboat ride to visit the Philae Temple on the Island of Agilka. Sail to Kom Ombo and visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek. After lunch sail to Edfu. Day 4: Explore the largest and most completely preserved Pharaonic – albeit Greek-built – temple in Egypt, the extraordinary Temple of Horus at Edfu. Sail to Luxor. Dinner will be served on board, followed by "Galabeya party", where you can dress in traditional Egyptian costumes. Day 5: Begin your day with a visit to the West Bank of Luxor to explore the Valley of the Kings, a vast City of the Dead where magnificent tombs were carved into the desert rocks, decorated richly, and filled with treasures for the afterlife by generations of Pharaohs. Rising out of the desert plain in a series of terraces, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Ancient Egypt's only female Pharaoh) merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it, as if nature herself had built this extraordinary monument. On the way back to the river Nile, you will pass the famed Colossi of Memnon, known in Ancient Greek times for their haunting voices at dawn. After lunch visit the Temple of Karnak, dedicated to the God Amun. Proceed to the Temple of Luxor. Dinner and belly dancer show. Day 6: After breakfast, transfer to Luxor airport to board your short flight to Cairo where you will be met and assisted upon arrival. Transfer to your hotel in Cairo for your overnight stay. Day 7: Meet your Egyptologist guide and start your guided tour of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Citadel and Khan El-Khalili Bazaar. Museum Tour: Your Egyptologist guide takes you on a fascinating tour to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which houses the world's greatest collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts, including 12 rooms filled with golden treasures from the world famous tomb of the boy king Tutankhamen. Islamic Cairo: Your Egyptologist guide will take you on a fascinating tour of Islamic Cairo, including the beautiful and graceful Mohamed Ali Mosque and the ancient Citadel, a spectacular medieval fortress perched on a hill above the city. Khan El-Khalili Bazaar: Take a brief tour of the fascinating Khan El-Khalili Bazaar – the largest bazaar in the Middle East. Day 8: After breakfast transfer to Cairo International Airport for your return flight. *Meals are included on cruise. Madinet Habu Egypt 9