The Nile Bliss

The Nile Bliss – 7 Days/6 Nights

Touring Cairo and cruise the Mighty Nile in style.

RATES: Available on request.

Detailed Itinerary

DAY ONE: CAIRO

Arrive Cairo International Airport. You will be met our representative who will assist you through the immigration. Transfer to your hotel. Check-in and rest of the day at leisure.

Overnight: Cairo

Meal Plan: Nil 

 DAY TWO: CAIRO/TRAIN

Breakfast at the hotel. Check out of the hotel and proceed to enjoy the Captivating city of Cairo.

  HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA   The great Pyramids of Choeps, Chepren and Mysterious are the only ones surviving of the seven wonders of the ancient world. They are Egypt’s most visited monuments and among the world’s greatest tourist attractions.

THE SPHINX is carved from a single piece of stone. It is a lion with the head of a pharaoh   thought to be the portrait of Chepren.

CHURCH OF ST.SERGIUS (ABU SERGA) – A 5th century basilica built over crypt where the Holy Family is believed to have stayed during their flight into Egypt.

CHURCH OF ST.MERCURIUS (ABU SEFEIN) – boasts a unique collection of Coptic art including 175 icons that depict scenes from the old and new testaments, wall paintings, etching and stained glass.

  BEN EZRA SYNAGOGUE

Modest in appearance, delightful in interior and boasting of legends, the Ben Ezra synagogue is the supreme Jewish monument in Cairo. Legends claim that the synagogue is built on the spot where pharaoh‘s daughter found Moses in the bulrushes and where Jeremiah spoke to survivors after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. The most important recent event is the finding of medieval manuscripts in 1894. The collection, called Geniza, , counted more than 250,000 pages, dating to the period between 1002 and 1266.

THE KHAN EL KHALILI   The most famous of oriental bazaars it is a treasure of trove of medieval craftsmanship. Shop to your total hearts content- for the Egyptian artifacts…or order yourself a sheesha, indulge and watch the world go by…both very enjoyable pass times!!

Transfer to the Ramses Train Station to board your sleeper train for Aswan. Dinner on the train.

Overnight: Sleeper train 

Meal plan: breakfast/ lunch/dinner

DAY THREE :  NILE CRUISE

Breakfast in the train. Arrive Aswan in the morning. Transfer to the Nile cruise. Embarkation before lunch.

                                                             HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

HIGH DAM

The high dam is the largest rock-filled dam in the world and one of the most important engineering feats of the 20^TH century an artificial lake-Lake Nasser, with a surface of 4000 sq km lies behind the dam.

FELUCCA SAILING

Felucca is a traditional Egyptian sailing boat. We shall sail by the felucca around the Elephantine Island to view the Aga Khan Mausoleum and the Kitcheners botanical garden.

Overnight in the cruise

Meal plan: breakfast/lunch/dinner.

DAY FOUR : NILE CRUISE

Breakfast in the cruise. Today we sail to Luxor via Kom Ombo and Esna.

                                                                HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

TEMPLES OF KOM OMBO

Kom ombo temple is exquisitely situated on a dune above a bend in the Nile. Alone among Egypt’s temple it is shared equally by two gods-Sobek, the crocodile god of Nile fertility and haroeis, the elder Horus.

TEMPLE OF EDFU

The town of Edfu boasts Egypt’s most best preserved temple dedicated to Horus, the god of sun and planets .The falcon –his symbol-is a prominent decoration.

A very delightful hantour (horse carriage) ride takes you from the Nile to the temple grounds.

Overnight in the cruise

Meal plan: breakfast/lunch/dinner 

DAY FIVE: NILE CRUISE

Breakfast in the cruise

                                                              HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

VALLEY OF THE KINGS

The Valley of the Kings shelters the fabled tombs of the pharaohs. More than 40 pharaohs were laid to rest here in ornate subterranean palaces penetrating sometimes under 100 m into the face of the rock.

COLOSSI OF MEMNON

Dominating the desert to the east stand the huge colossi of Memnon, sole relics of the funerary temple of Amenhotep 111.

Overnight in the Nile cruiser.

Meal plan breakfast /lunch/dinner.

DAY SIX:  LUXOR

Breakfast in the cruise. Disembark from the cruise.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

GREAT TEMPLES OF KARNAK

“Here are works in whose presence it is a task for the imagination to overtake the eyesight’

The impressive and awesome Karnak temples, are for many – pharonic Egypt grandest monument of all .The temple complex covers a hundred acres:its history spans throughout thirteen centuries.

Enjoy rest of the day in Luxor shopping at the various shops and souks

Later in the afternoon, transfer to the train station to board your train for Cairo.

Overnight: Sleeper Train 

Meal plan breakfast /dinner on board the train.

DAY SEVEN :  CAIRO

Breakfast on the train. Arrive Cairo and transfer to your hotel

Rest of the day at leisure to shop to your heart’s content at the various malls and souks in Cairo .

 Overnight: Cairo

Meal plan breakfast /dinner on board the train

DAY EIGHT:  CAIRO – DEP

Breakfast at hotel

Rest of the day at leisure then , Transfer to the airport for your  departure  flight, Our rep will assist you with the check in formalities

Meal plan breakfast                                           

INCLUDES

• 02 nights accommodation at 5 stars Hotel In Cairo with daily Breakfast  (Grand Pyramids  or Similar )
• 03 nights on board of  Nile Cruise 5 stars on full board basis(MS/ Marqise