Egypt & Jordan Tour Package

Day 1
Arrive Cairo Airport where you will be met by our tour representative who will help you with your immigration and customs formalities. Later you will be transferred to your hotel, for overnight.
 

Day 2
After breakfast drive to Memphis on the edge of the Western Desert, the capital of the Ancient Kingdom, and one of the most important cities throughout the history of ancient Egypt. From here we drive to Sakkara, the vast Necropolis of ancient Memphis. Lunch. In the afternoon, drive to the Pyramids of Giza. Cheop's Pyramid, the largest of the three, was built in the 4th Dynasty about 2650 BC, and is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. In front of the Pyramids of Chephren, we find the Sphinx carved from a single piece of stone. It is a lion with a pharaoh's head thought to be a portrait of the Pharaoh Chephren. Later transfer back to your hotel for an overnight. (B/L)

Day 3
Breakfast, then you will be met and transferred to Cairo Airport for your flight to Aswan. Upon arrival at Aswan Airport, you will be met and transferred to embark your cruise ship. Later you will visit by "Felucca" the Elephantine Island, the Mausoleum of Agha Khan and the Botanical Gardens. Lunch, you will be met by our tour guide and a private tour of the newly opened Nubian Museum in Aswan, where you can see the Nubian civilization from the start until present time. Later transfer back to your cruise ship for dinner and overnight on board Nile cruise ship. (B/L/D)

Day 4
Breakfast, then visit the Unfinished Obelisk in the ancient granite quarries, and the High Dam. Lunch, then cruise to Kom-Ombo. Visit the Ptolemaic Temple of Kom-Ombo, which was dedicated to two gods: the Crocodile God Sobek and the Falcon-Headed god Haroeris. Sail to Edfu. Dinner and overnight on board Nile cruise ship. (B/L/D)

Day 5
Breakfast, then visit the Temples of Horus (237 BC), the best preserved Egyptian temple in existence. Lunch. Sail to Luxor. Dinner and overnight on board Nile cruise ship. (B/L/D)

Day 6
Breakfast, then cross to the West Bank of the Nile to visit the Necropolis of Ancient Thebes. Explore the Valleys of the Kings and Queens where tombs of 64 Pharaohs and 57 Queens have been discovered, and enter some of the most important burials. Visit the temple of Queen Hatshipsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch. Afternoon visit the Temple of Karnak, which took over 1500 years to build and is considered the world's largest religious complex. Then visit to the Temple of Luxor, which was started by Amenhotep III, and completed by Ramses II. Dinner and overnight on board your Nile cruise ship. (B/L/D)

Day 7
Breakfast, then disembark your Nile cruise ship, where you will be met and transferred to Luxor Airport for your flight back to Cairo. Upon arrival at Cairo Airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel, for overnight. (B)

Day 8
Breakfast, then start your tour visiting the Egyptian Museum famous for its antiquities from Egypt's Pharaonic Period, which dates back some 50 centuries and includes the fabulous treasures of King Tut-Ankh-Amon. Lunch. Afternoon, excursion to the Citadel of Salah-El-Din, and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali. Continue your visit to the medieval bazaars of Khan-El-Khalili. Return to your hotel for an overnight. (B/L)

Day 9
Breakfast and morning at leisure for last minute shopping. Overnight at your hotel. (B)

Day 10
Breakfast, then you will be met by our tour representative and transferred to Cairo Airport, where you will be helped with your check-in and immigration formalities for your flight to Amman. Arrive Amman Queen Alia Airport where you will be met by our representative, assisted and transferred to your hotel, for overnight. (B)

Day 11
Breakfast, then drive north for a full day tour to three of Jordan's most historical sites: Jerash, Ajlun and Umm Qeis. You will start in the biblical land of Gilead (Jerash). This is one of the finest preserved Greco-Roman cities, which the Hellenistic forces of Alexander the Great called Antioch on the Chrisorhoas. It is one of the best preserved cities of the decapolis. Within its intact towered city walls, are colonnaded streets, three theaters, several baths, two temples, plazas, fountains and many other public spaces that formed the typical wealthy provincial Roman town. From the Byzantine period, Jerash has at least 15 churches with sparkling mosaics. Back to the hotel for an overnight. (B/L)

Day 12
After an early breakfast, drive south, via the King's Highway, on your way to what is rightly called "The 8th Wonder of the Ancient World": Petra. As you pass south of Amman through the Old Ammonite Kingdom, we reach Madaba, with one of the best preserved collections of early Christian Byzantine mosaics from the 4th to the 7th centuries AD. Ten minutes east of Madaba, is Mt. Nebo, with its commanding view of the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley. It is the same spot where Moses is thought to have looked out over the Holy Land. Continue to the massive crusader fortress of Kerak, with its labyrinth of underground galleries, rooms and secret passages. Its thick defensive walls are pierced by narrow slits, where the crusader's archers held out in vain for over 1000 years. Continue to Petra. Overnight at your hotel. (B/D)

Day 13
After breakfast, start your full day tour is the rose red city of Petra, the wondrous, rock-carved Nabatean capital. From that same well-secured spot, the Nabatean Arab kingdom controlled one of the greatest international trade routes of the ancient world, the fabled "Spice and Incense Route", which linked China, India and Southern Arabia with rich markets of Greece, Rome and the Mediterranean world. For approximately 500 years, between the 3rd century BC and the 2nd century AD, the Nabateans carved a fabulous city out of the rose red rock, of which over 800 individual monuments and tombs can still be appreciated today. Overnight at your hotel. (B/L)

Day 14
Breakfast, free day at leisure. Overnight at your hotel. (B)

Day 15
Breakfast, then you will be met by our tour representative and transferred to Amman Airport, where you will be helped with your check-in and immigration formalities for your departure flight. (B)

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