15 DAY Pyramids & Beaches
DAY 1 Cairo. Get smacked with a high-voltage dose of mosques, churches, palaces and papyrus sellers as you make your way through Cairo, the City of a Thousand Minarets. DAY 2 Cairo to Aswan. Remember the Time of ancient Egypt filled with jewels, King Tutankhamen’s tomb haul and of course, mummies, at the Egyptian Museum. Then, witness the last survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World—the Great Pyramid of Giza—and snap a sphinx selfie. (B) DAY 3 Aswan. Recover your strength in laid-back Aswan. Opt to visit the Philae High Temple and check out the Nubian’s roofless houses in one of the driest inhabited places in the world. (B) DAY 4 Aswan to Felucca. Kanye may think he’s a god and have a wife that #breakstheinternet, but Pharaoh Ramesses II had way more swag in ancient Egypt. His four statues flanking the entrance to Abu Simbel mean he’ll be remembered long after Yeezus. And the Temple of Hathor proves his wife, Queen Nefertari, didn’t have to keep up with anyone. After doing the rounds, fling your gear onto a felucca for the next life-changing chapter. (B,L,D) DAY 5 Felucca Journey. Sail down Egypt’s ancient trading highway, where chilling out and eating traditional Nubian dishes is the order of the day. #bliss (B,L,D) DAY 6 Luxor. Lose yourself in Luxor’s 200-acre sprawl of ridiculously opulent temples, tombs and... mummified crocodiles? Yep, for real. (B) DAY 7 Luxor to Cairo. Watch your step on a guided tour of the Valley of the Kings. With 50 new mummies discovered in 2014, who knows what else lies beneath. (B) DAY 8 Cairo. Back in the Big Mango, see Christianity’s ancient influence in Coptic Cairo, haggle your way through Khan el Khalili market or just join in a game of backgammon at Fishawi’s cafe and keep the mint tea flowing. (B) DAY 9 Cairo to Dahab. Dahab (meaning gold) has the midas touch for divers, windsurfers and real-world defectors. Y’all ready for this? (B) DAYS 10-13 Dahab. Wake up to the blinding beauty of Dahab’s coral reefs, turquoise water and Bedouinstyle cafes lining the sand. Strike diving gold at
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+ Fully-guided tours of all major sites with Egyptologist (entrance fees not included)
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+ Pyramids & Sphinx at Giza Plateau
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+ Guided tour of the Egyptian Museum
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+ Visit historic Valley of the Kings + Overnight Felucca sailing on the Nile + Relax on the Red Sea in Dahab
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+ 14 breakfasts (B), 2 lunches (L), 2 dinners (D) + 9 nights twin/triple-share in 3é hotels, 1 night twin/triple-share in tourist class hotel, 2 nights aboard a felucca sailboat, 2 nights aboard overnight coach or first class train + Arrival transfer from the airport to hotel + Transport in an air-conditioned minibus + Awesome English-speaking Trip Leader the Blue Hole or see what legends are made of at Thistlegorm—one of the world’s most famous wreck dives. When you get bored of sun, swimming and snorkelling, slap on some sunscreen and make your way to the top of Mt Sinai for sunrise and mingle with the monks at St Catherine’s Monastery. Then, saddle up for a camel ride or sate your inner Indiana Jones exploring the desert by quadbike. After four days here the only thing you’ll wish for is at least four more. (B) (B) (B) (B) DAY 14 Dahab to Cairo. Commit the scene of Dahab to your memory bank as we carry your salt-soaked bones back to Cairo. Tonight, get down and Dervish on a dinner cruise to watch the hypnotic traditional dancers. (B) DAY 15 Cairo. All good things must come to an end. Even that bowl of kushari. Don’t cry, it’s only hot sauce! And you’re in the best position to keep on exploring. (B)
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