Egypt & Jordan 12 Nights / 13 Day

Day 1 : Arrive Cairo

Arrive Cairo. You will be met by our Tours representative and transferred to your chosen hotel. & our representative will help you for a smooth check in.  Day is at free or Visit the Sound & Light show of Pyramids.

Day 2 : Cairo

Breakfast at hotel . This day you will start to discover one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx, the necropolis of Sakkara and the former capital, Memphis. With your own private qualified Egyptologist guide to lead the way on this private tour, he will provide a fascinating introduction to each of the three pyramids: Cheops, Khafre and Menakaure. You will have free time to enter one of the pyramids (additional cost), though your guide is not permitted to enter with you, or take a camel ride (additional cost).

After visiting the pyramids, you’ll continue across the plateau for a photo opportunity of the three pyramids rising from the sands, with the Cairo skyline in the background. A short drive to the city side of the plateau finds you standing at the feet of the Sphinx, for thousands of years the enigmatic symbol of Egypt. Also in Giza you may visit the Solar Boat Museum (optional), home to the remarkably well preserved funerary boat of Khufu.

Then you will visit the fabulous Egyptian Museum, home to priceless antiquities; including -statues, reliefs, sarcophagi, and the King Tutankhamun’s treasures. After this marvelous visit, will stop to have your lunch at local restaurant before transfer to Khan El Khalili Bazar. Back to your hotel & overnight.

Day 3 : Cairo- Luxor

After Breakfast. Check out . Private transfer to Cairo Airport and board the flight to Luxor . Arrive Luxor . Upon arrival our representative will help you to finish airport procedure. Arrive at Luxor &  transfer to Cruise. Check in formalities. Start your cruise from high tea or any refreshment. Settle down. In the evening you will be greeted by your Boat Manager for a cocktail reception, who will review your cruise program for the upcoming days. Enjoy cocktails and a selection of canapés, followed by a gourmet dinner.

** Note: Entertainment & Sailing times are subject to change

Day 5 : Luxor

A breakfast buffet will be served on board while you cruise northwards to Qena*. Enjoy a morning visit to the Ptolemaic Temple of Goddess Hathor in Denderah, complete with a massive stone roof, dark chambers, underground passages and towering columns inscribed with hieroglyphs. Hathor was the goddess or pleasure and of love, usually associating her with Aphrodite. Return on board for lunch whilst sailing back to Luxor.

Afternoon tea will be served on board, from which your Egyptologist will guide you on a tour of the East Bank of Luxor, to the strikingly graceful Temple of Luxor dedicated to the God Amun. Dinner will be a Gourmet menu on board followed by a belly dancer, accompanied by a whirling dervish show.

** Note: Entertainment & Sailing times are subject to change

Day 6 : Luxor / Edfu / Kom Ombo 

Breakfast will be served on board as you cruise to Edfu, followed by a morning visit to explore the extraordinary Temple of Horus. Enjoy lunch and afternoon tea on board and take part in an Egyptian cooking lesson, as you continue cruising to Kom Ombo. In the afternoon visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where in ancient times sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank.

Tonight’s dinner on board will be an “Egyptian Night” costume party for all guests, with a chance to dress up in traditional Egyptian “galabeyya”. Dinner will be a lavish buffet of Egyptian specialities, followed by oriental music and dancing for everyone.

** Note: Entertainment & Sailing times are subject to change.

Day 7 : Aswan

A breakfast buffet will be served on board as you cruise to Aswan, Breakfast buffet on board whilst sailing to Aswan followed by a short motorboat ride to visit the majestic Philae Temple on the Island of Agilika. Next we proceed to the Granite Quarries, which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples, and still hold a huge unfinished obelisk. Lunch will be on board. In the afternoon (weather permitting) take a ride on a felucca, a typical Egyptian sail boat, around Elephantine Island, Lord Kitchener’s Botanical Gardens, and the Agha Khan Mausoleum (life jackets will be provided). Enjoy your afternoon tea served in the lounge and tonight’s farewell dinner will be a gala dinner (jacket required), with white-gloved waiters serving gourmet cuisine.

Day 8 : Aswan / Cairo / Amman

Disembarkation after breakfast. visit  the High dam, “ is an embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Continue the transfer to airport and board your flight to Cairo, then take a connecting flight to Amman. Upon arrival at Amman, you will be met by our Tours representative and transferred to your chosen hotel. & our representative will help you for a smooth check in. Over night at Hotel.

 Day 09 : Amman Sight seeings

Breakfast at hotel. Today visit half day sight seeings at Amman city. Visit Amman Citadel: The area known as the Citadel sits on the highest hill in Amman, Jebel Al Qala’a (about 850m above sea level), and is the site of ancient Rabbath-Ammon. Occupied since the Bronze Age, it’s surrounded by a 1700m-long wall, which was rebuilt many times during the Bronze and Iron Ages, as well as the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods. There’s plenty to see, but the Citadel’s most striking sights are the Temple of Hercules and the Ummayad Palace. Roman Theater: This magnificently restored theatre is the most obvious and impressive remnant of Roman Philadelphia, and is the highlight of Amman for most foreign visitors. The theatre itself is cut into the northern side of a hill, and has a seating capacity of 6000. The best time for photographs is the morning, when the light is soft – although the views from the top tiers. After half is free for you. Drop of at Shopping areas. Overnight at Hotel.

Amman Citadel: The area known as the Citadel sits on the highest hill in Amman, Jebel Al Qala’a (about 850m above sea level), and is the site of ancient Rabbath-Ammon. Occupied since the Bronze Age, it’s surrounded by a 1700m-long wall, which was rebuilt many times during the Bronze and Iron Ages, as well as the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods. There’s plenty to see, but the Citadel’s most striking sights are the Temple of Hercules and the Umayyad Palace Roman Theater: This magnificently restored theatre is the most obvious and impressive remnant of Roman Philadelphia, and is the highlight of Amman for most foreign visitors. The theatre itself is cut into the northern side of a hill, and has a seating capacity of 6000. The best time for photographs is the morning, when the light is soft – although the views from the top tiers just before sunset are also superb.

Day 10 : Ammam to Petra

After breakfast, check out and transfer to Petra . Arrive and Petra tour . start the day visiting Petra the home of the Nabataea’s; the complete city carved in a mountain with the huge colorful rocks that called “the red rose city”. The tour will start by crossing the “siq” lined with mountains in multiple colors up to the treasury; the pride of all Jordanian, The royal tomb, theatre, the high place of sacrifice and roman soldier tombs.

Petra: The ancient city of Petra is one of Jordan’s national treasures and by far its best known tourist attraction. Located approximately three hours south of Amman, Petra is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago. Admired then for its refined culture, massive architecture and ingenious complex of dams and water channels, Petra is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that enchants visitors from all corners of the globe. Much of Petra’s appeal comes from its spectacular setting deep inside a narrow desert gorge. The site is accessed by walking through a kilometer-long chasm (or siq), the walls of which soar 200m upwards. Petra’s most famous monument, the Treasury, appears dramatically at the end of the Siq. Used in the final sequence of the film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” the towering façade of the Treasury is only one of myriad archaeological wonders to be explored at Petra. Various walks and climbs reveal literally hundreds of buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, arched gateways, colonnaded streets and haunting rock drawings – as well as a 3,000 seat open air theatre, a gigantic 1st century Monastery and a modern archeological museum, all of which can be explored at leisure. A modest shrine commemorating the death of Aaron, brother of Moses, was built in the 13th century by the Mamluk Sultan, high atop mount Aaron in the Sharah range. overnight stay at Petra.

Day 11: Petra to Dead Sea – Free Day

After breakfast, Check out and transfer to Dead sea. Spend a relaxing day at the Dead Sea the lowest point on Earth. Dead Sea: At 408m below sea level – the lowest point on earth – the Dead Sea is a body of intense blue water, polished smooth like oiled skin on a windless day in winter and ruffled into whitecaps by the summer winds. Dead Sea salts and minerals have long been exploited for their skin-friendly properties. While swimming, the extreme salinity will help you discover cuts you never knew you had (don’t shave beforehand), and be prepared for a few minutes of agony if any water gets in your eyes. ‘Swimming’ is actually a misnomer – the buoyancy makes it difficult to do much more than happily bob.

Day 12 : Dead Sea

Breakfast at hotel. Free day to explore the city and relax on the beach. Explore the northeast coast which is lined with luxury resorts. Here you can enjoy a spa treatment, watch the sunset across the water and look across to the West Bank and the distant lights of Jerusalem.

Day 13 : Dead Sea – Queen Alia International Airport

 

After breakfast, transfer to Queen Alia Airport for departure. This not a Goodbye … Will have you back here in Jordan !