Beauty of Egypt (inclusive flight)

Location : Egypt
Price : ₹ 119900
Duration : 7 Days/6 Nights
The Best of Beauty of Egypt (inclusive flight)
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Description

Visiting the place where the people were one of the first major civilizations to codify design elements in art and architecture. Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate, is a pigment used by Egyptians for thousands of years. It is considered to be the first synthetic pigment. The wall paintings done in the service of the Pharaohs followed a rigid code of visual rules and meanings. Egyptian civilization is renowned for its colossal pyramids, temples and monumental tombs.

Egypt is very famous for its ancient civilization and the monuments of the majestic pharaohs, such as the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum, the GEM (The Grand Egyptian Museum), Sakkara, and Dahshur.

In the south, there are famous monuments such as the Luxor Temple, the Karnak Temple, Abu Simbel, the Temple of Hatshepsut, the Valley of the Kings with emphasis on the tomb of Tutankhamun, the Temple of Edfu (Horus), the High Dam of Aswan, and the Philae Temple.

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About The Tour

Inclusions

  • To and from Mumbai Cairo, international flight tickets on economy classes
  • Internal Egypt flights (Cairo to Aswan and Luxor to Cairo)
  • 03 Nights’ accommodation at Azal Pyramids Hotel Cairo (4*) or similar
  • 03 Nights’ accommodation at Nile Cruise (5*) Standard cabin or similar
  • Daily breakfast at hotel. All Meals on Nile Cruise – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
  • Sightseeing from Cairo:
  • Full day tour Pyramids, Sphinx, Egyptian Museum and Khan El-Khalili bazaar.
  • Full day visit the Citadel, Old Coptic Cairo and Khan El-Khalili Bazaar.
  • Day excursion from Nile Cruise.
  • Day Tour to Kom Ombo, and Edfu. Visit Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple.
  • Visit Valley of kings and Hatshepsut and Memon "West bank”.
  • Service of a Professional English-speaking guide during tour.
  • Travel by comfortable A/C coach as per the tour itinerary
  • Egypt E-visa for single person
  • Insurance included
  • Meal included- breakfast included
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Exclusions

  • Tips / Portage / Gratuity on board (Compulsory $7 per person per day)
  • Any increase in Airfare, Visa fees, Airport taxes, Govt Taxes, Fuel Surcharges and any applicability of new taxes.
  • Any up gradation in Airline class or hotel room category
  • Cost of Air ticket deviation charges
  • Cost of pre or post tour hotel accommodation
  • Any extra expense such as route change, Airline change, Date change, Accommodation facilities, etc. incurred due to the unforeseen, unavoidable forced majeure circumstances during the tour
  • Porterage, laundry, telephone charges, shopping, wines & alcoholic beverages, items of personal nature and food or drink which is not part of a set group menu
  • Any extra cost incurred on behalf of an individual due to illness, accident, hospitalization, or any personal emergency
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Trip summary

  • Flights included
  • Hotels- Included
  • Activities- Included
  • Transfers- Included
  • Meals- breakfast included
  • Sightseeing- Included
  • E-visa- Included
  • Insurance
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Detailed Day Wise Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to the Cairo, Egypt

When you will arrive at the Cairo airport, for your comfort our one of the representatives will be present at the time of immigration process with you to assist you with the process and after that the representative will help you with your luggage and also to connect you with your private transfer to the hotel. After getting settled into the hotel and being refreshed get charged up as we will be heading towards a wonderful tour of to The Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren Mykerinus. After seeing the Famous pyramids and getting lots of photos, visit the Valley Temple. This is the place where you can have a close-up look at the Sphinx, the legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of King Chaperon. Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, also known as the Egyptian Museum, is a veritable treasure trove of Ancient Egypt’s artifacts, with an extensive collection of more than 120,000 items split between its exhibits and storerooms.

Day 2: Entire day sightseeing the Citadel, Old Coptic Cairo and Khan El-Khalili Bazaar

After having a full nutritious breakfast in the morning, your guide will meet you at the hotel to kickstart the tour for the day. First, you’ll pay a visit to Salah El Din Citadel which was constructed by Salah El Din on the Moqattam hills in 1183 AD to defend Cairo from the armies of Crusaders, following to this the second visit of the day will be to Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque which was designed by the architect Yousif Boushnaq, a Turkish man who came especially from Istanbul. Then, after being culturally delighted, move on to Old Cairo visiting the Hanging Church, Abu Sirga Church and the Jewish Synagogue. As the day draws to a close, Cairo’s Khan Khalili Bazaar becomes a vibrant scene: a maze of shops lined with souvenirs and antiques, restaurants and coffee shops, workshops, mosques, and food vendors.

Day 3: Flying in Aswan- to boarding the Nile cruise

After having your delighted breakfast you’ll checkout from the hotel and take a any domestic flight to fly in Aswan. Upon arrival to Aswan airport, you will be greeted by our representative, then you will start your sightseeing. Visit the Philae Temple, High Dam and unfinished Obelisk.

Day 4: Sightseeing to Kom Ombo, and EdfuThe Kom Ombo Temple

Transfer with your private guide and get off from your Nile cruise to explore on foot the Kom Ombo Temple, a unique Greco-Roman temple dedicated to two gods: Sobek, the crocodile god, and Haroeris, the sun god. The Temple in Kom Ombo dates from about 180 BC, during a period known as the Ptolemaic era, and had some additions built on to it during Roman times. The temple is unusual in that it is a double temple, with one side dedicated to the god Haroesis and the other side to Sobek. The design is almost perfectly symmetrical, with two sidebyside sanctuaries and two parallel passageways leading through the outer parts of the temple. Following the second visit of the day, your private guide to explore the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Dedicated to Horus, the falcon god, the temple was built from 230 to 57 BC by Ptolemy III and his successors and is considered the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt because of its later construction date.

Day 5: Stop by Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple

After having your breakfast for the day, with your private Egyptologist guide, visit the impressive UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the monuments of Karnak and Luxor, learning more about ancient Egypt’s fascinating and lengthy history Following to the day the first visit would be to the Karnak Temple, strolling along the Avenue of Sphinx to enter the complex. The Temples of Karnak make up the history of Thebes and consists of colossal sandstone columns transported 100 miles along the Nile River, panoramic friezes. The second visit of the day would be to a temple which dates to approximately 1400 BC, it is Luxor Temple which was once joined to the Temples of Karnak by a 1.25milelong Avenue of Sphinx, a portion of which marks the entrance to the temple. It is dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship rather than the Pharaohs, cult gods or deified versions of the king in death

Day 6: Explore the valley of kings; Hatshepsut and Memom “West Bank”

The famed Valley of the Kings, hidden between rocky escarpments, was the final resting place for the kings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties. Their main attraction is their wonderfully vivid wall paintings. Mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut Explore the recently renovated mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the second historically confirmed female Pharaoh. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful Pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty, and remembered as the first great woman in history of whom we are informed. Colossi of Memnon. End the visit to the West Bank with a visit to the Colossi of Memnon, the only remaining monuments of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III

Day 7: Farewell to the land of ruins (Egypt)

After having your breakfast, check out from your hotel and by private transfer you’ll reach to Cairo airport for final departure.

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