Egypt Christmas Tour Package
Overview
Enjoy your Egypt Christmas Tour Package with our Egypt Christmas Tour. We will take you to the best sights of Egypt’s capital, Cairo, incl. Giza, Aswan, and Luxor. In Cairo, you will visit the Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Valley Temple, Sakkara, and the ancient capital Memphis. You will go to the Aswan Dam and Temple of Philae while cruising the Kom Ombo and Edfu temples in Aswan. You will visit the Karnak Temple, the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon in Luxor. You will celebrate Christmas abroad on our 5 * Luxury Cruise Ship.
Included
- Meet and greet service by our representatives at Cairo / Aswan / Luxor airport
- All transfers by private air-conditioned deluxe vehicles
- Egyptian entry visa upon arrival Cairo airport – Interior flight tickets from Aswan – Cairo with Egyptair
- Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo hotel of your choice with breakfast from the list below
- Accommodation for 1 night on board the sleeping train
- Accommodation for 3 nights on board cruise Aswan-Luxor on full board
- Tour to Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley temple, Sakkara and Memphis
- Tour to the High Dam and Temple of Philae in Aswan – XMASS dinner and Party aboard the cruise ship
- Tour to Kom Ombo temple and Edfu temple enroute
- Tour to Karnak temples and Luxor temple in East bank of the Nile
- Tour to Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut temple & colossi of Memnon
- Felucca ride in Luxor with sunset attendance
- Lunch meals (open buffet) during tours in Giza & Cairo
- Entrance fees to the sights in Giza, Cairo, Aswan and Luxor
- English speaking guide in Giza, Cairo, Aswan and Luxor
- Service charges and taxes included
Excluded
- Optional Tours
- Personal Expenses
Itinerary
Upon arrival, our guide will meet you at Cairo International Airport to give you your entry visa. You will drive to your hotel to check-in. There, you will relax. In the evening, you can optionally enjoy the spectacular sound and light show in the pyramids.
After your overnight stay, the second day of your Egypt Christmas Tour Package starts with a relaxing breakfast at the hotel in Cairo before your private Egyptologist guides you to Sakkara, the part of the necropolis of Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt. Continue to the oldest burial places, the pharaohs of Egypt. You will visit The Step Pyramid of King Djoser designed by Imhotep, the ancient Egyptian architect, and the Teti pyramid and tombs in Saqqara. From here, you can drive to the famous Giza Plateau, the site of one of the great monuments in Egypt. Here, you can see the largest pyramid, the Cheops pyramid, the middle of Chephren, and the smallest of Mykerinos. You will find time for a commemorative photo with a camel ride in front of the pyramids and then visit the Great Sphinx, with an inclusive visit to the Valley Temple. Afterward, we offer you the possibility to participate optionally in the boat. We will drive back to the hotel, where you can have dinner and spend the rest of the evening relaxing.
After a hearty breakfast at the hotel, we begin with the first step of our full-day sightseeing tour of Cairo, The Egyptian Museum. Built-in the Neoclassical Style, this building contains a collection of more than 150,000 ancient treasures from the Predynastic period and the Pharaonic era to the Greco-Roman era in Egypt. Here, you can admire the impressive grave additions and the sarcophagus of the child King Tutankhamun. Optionally, we offer you the opportunity to visit the mummy rooms, where you will learn all about the art of the ancient Egyptians to mummify their deceased. From here, we continue with a tour of the Citadel of Saladin, overlooking the city.
Other landmarks of Cairo are the Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque, which was built in Turkish style, and the Blue Mosque, which is very similar to Turkey and worth a visit. Her minaret is visible from every part of Cairo.
The next stop of our route is the Christian heritage in the Coptic part of Cairo. Here, you can see the hanging or floating church.
The Ben Ezra Synagogue, one of the Jewish heirs of Cairo, with a library of documents from 1896, is our last visit at our Cairo sightseeing tour. We will take you to the Railway Station of Giza to enter the train to Luxor. Enjoy your dinner and breakfast while traveling by train.
The fourth day of your Egypt Christmas tour package starts with the reception by our travels – REP in Luxor, who will take you to your luxury ship to spend your Christmas days on board. Enjoy the Lunch, which we serve on board before we start the guided tour to Karnak and Luxor temples, the famous temples of Luxor. Back on the ship, you will enjoy your afternoon tea on the sundeck. A full dinner is served on board the ship in Luxor.
Enjoy your breakfast before we take you for a tour on the West Bank of the Nile in Luxor to visit the famous Valley of the Kings, including visiting three tombs, the Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahari, and the Colossi of Memnon. Back on the ship, you can enjoy lunch and afternoon tea while continuing our trip to Edfu. Once in Edfu, you can relax on board before we serve a full dinner; spend the rest of the evening until the overnight on board.
After breakfast on board the ship, we will take you to the temple of Horus in Edfu for a guided tour. Return to the ship, the journey continues to Kom Ombo. Meanwhile, we serve lunch on board. In Kom Ombo, we have prepared a tour of the temple of the two gods, Sobek and Haroeris. After the sightseeing in Kom Ombo, we continued with a tour to Aswan, had dinner, and spent the night on board.
In the early morning and after breakfast, we will drive to Abu Simbel. After visiting the famous Abu Simbel Temple, head back to Aswan to visit the Aswan Dam, the unfinished obelisk, and the majestic Philae Temple. With a small motorboat, you cross the Nile to visit the Botanical Gardens. After completing our excursion, you will go to the airport of Aswan, from where the flight back to Cairo is. After you arrive in Cairo, we will take you directly to your hotel, where you will check in for your overnight stay.
In the morning, after breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, we will transfer you to Cairo airport for your flight home.
Prices
Per Person in Single Room | Per Person in Double | Per Person in Triple | |
Prices | $ 2399 | $ 1599 | $ 1499 |
Notes
Tour Guides:
All our tour guides in Cairo are knowledgeable Egyptologist with at least 5 years experience. Also, they have academic qualifications to make your tour such a success.
Payment plan:
25% down payment required to secure the booking and can be done online by Credit card, Visa and Master or bank transfer
75% balance will be required on arrival in Egypt and can be paid by credit cards or cash
Booking:
Booking of your trip will be complete and confirmed by your tour designer as soon as we receive the 25% down payment
Egypt Accessible Tours & Travels
we offer travel experiences for travelمers with many types of physical disability. We are specialized in disabled travel in Egypt and Jordan. We offer private and customized accessible tours in Egypt for individuals, families and groups. Just send us your request details. Selected tours and shore excursions from the Europe cruises, Mediterranean cruises, and African cruises.
Extra charge for Wheelchair travelمer to provide:
1. Personal care from our staff throughout the trip
2. Accessible modern air-conditioned vehicles provided
3. Selected hotels & Nile cruises with accessible room/cabin facilities
4. Wheelchair if required
What To Bring
– Hat
– Sunblock
– Sunglasses
– Comfortable shoes
– Photo/Video Camera
– Warm clothes in winter
– Cotton clothes in summer
– Passport valid for 6 months