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Contact your local Viking travel advisor, call us on 138 747 (AU), 0800 447 913 (NZ) or visit viking.com | 37 DAY DESTINATION 1 CAIRO Arrive and check in to your hotel; explore Egypt's exhilarating capital on your own 2 CAIRO Tour the Sakkara Step Pyramid; the Cairo Citadel & Mosque of Muhammad Ali 3 CAIRO Browse the Grand Egyptian Museum; witness the Great Pyramid and Great Sphinx 4 LUXOR Hotel transfer to your ship; walk through the ancient Temples of Luxor and Karnak 5 QENA View columns and hieroglyphics at the Dendera Temple complex 6 LUXOR Explore the Valley of the Kings, Queen Nefertari's tomb and Queen Hatshepsut's mortuary temple 7 ESNA Stroll the Temple of Khnum's Hypostyle Hall with its intricately carved columns 8 ASWAN Learn about the Aswan Dam, browse a souk and sail the Nile in a felucca 9 ASWAN Explore a Nubian village, Philae Temple and discover how papyrus paper is made NILE RIVER Sail along the scenic Nile; attend a lecture or admire scenery from the Sun Deck KOM OMBO Visit Kom Ombo Temple, dedicated to two gods, with both sides being identical 10 EDFU Discover the ancient Temple of Horus and see the multiple statues of the falcon god NILE RIVER Sail the Nile, taking in its green riverbanks backed by hills of desert sands LUXOR Return to Luxor after dinner; evening at leisure to prepare for your morning flight 11 CAIRO Ship transfer to your hotel; mingle with locals at an Egyptian souk or visit a museum 12 CAIRO Check out of your hotel. Bid farewell to your fellow guests and journey home. Or spend more time exploring, perhaps joining one of our extensions Petra Amman D ea d S ea Alexandria JORDAN R e d S ea Cairo Qena Luxor Edfu Esna Aswan Kom Ombo NILE EGYPT M e di te r r a n ean S ea London & Oxford ENGLAND Istanbul TURKEY – C r ui s e • – • A ir •• O ve r night VIEW VOYAGE

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