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Best Of Egypt And Kenya, 13 Days
Tour Includes:Above Costs Include in Kenya: 1. Accommodations in properties listed.
2. Transportation in a chauffer driven minivan with pop-up roof for easy game-viewing and photography
3. Services of an English speaking driver-guide
4. Game viewing drives and parks entrance fees as indicated in the itinerary
5. All government taxes and levies.
6. Free safari hat.
7. Free mineral water during game drives only.
8. All meet and greet services.
9. All arrival and departure transfers.
10. Full Board (3 meals per day)
11. Guaranteed window seat in the minivan.
12. Two-way long range high frequency radio communication in each minivan.
13. On safari accessories in the minivan: first aid kit, wildlife books, beanbags for easy photography, a pair of binoculars, cool box, and fire extinguisher. Above Costs Include in Egypt: 1. Hotel accommodation in the properties listed.
2. Deluxe 5 star Nile Cruise with all Meals included (Buffet breakfast, Lunch and dinner), belly dancing and entertainment shows and all shore excursions and horse carriage rides.
3. Private Egyptologist English-speaking Guide with Private driver and private Vehicle.
4. All domestic flights (Cairo/Aswan /Luxor /Cairo).
5. Transfer Agent in the airport to manage the Visa issuance and the Luggage handling.
6. All Transfers from and to the airport and from and to the hotel and all visits transfers.
7. All entrance fees in the visits in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan. Tour Price Does Not Include: Kenya Tour does not Include: 1. All items of a personal nature e.g. telephone calls, etc.
2. Tips and gratuities to hotel, lodges, and driver-guide(s).
3. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
4. Any local or international flight
5. Kenya visa (currently $50) 6. Laundry services
7. Any other item(s) not included in itinerary.
8. International airfare Egypt Tour does not Include: 1. Visa Fees ($30) to be paid to the authorities in Cairo International Airport upon arrival in Egypt, with the assistance of our agent.
2. Gratuities to Guide and driver.
3. International airfare
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| Call (800) 237-0301 for more information or to book today! Mention code 5786307 | | Palace Travel Inc | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Cairo | Upon arrival in Cairo, you will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel for overnight. Meal(s) Included: Dinner Overnight at Pyramisa Suites Or Similar | | Day 2 | Cairo | After breakfast, we drive through the scenic streets on our way to the great pyramids of Giza, where we get to see the 3 gigantic pyramids and the Sphinx and also the whole of the Giza Plateau with the royal, private tombs and the village of the workers who built the pyramids dating back to 3000 years B.C. We also see the sphinx and the valley temple and if we want we can visit the amazing Solar Boat that is discovered and dug out from the side of the pyramid and was used for the burial of the King about 5000 years ago. After lunch, drive through the streets of Cairo on your way to downtown Cairo to visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities and get an amazing detailed guided tour, with it's amazing collection of artifacts from Ancient Egypt dating back to 5000 years before the birth of Christ, especially all the golden items of the tomb of the young king Tut-Ankh-Amen including his golden Mask and his pure solid 220Lbs gold coffin, have some free time at the museum for photos, the mummies room with at least 12 mummies that are very well preserved and that are 4 thousand years old. In the evening, visit Khan El Khalili Bazaar, which is an Oriental Bazaar that go back to the 10th Century just like the one heard of in (A thousand and one nights) and a neighborhood of the draughts men who spend their life crafting art-work on Jewelry, metals and Furniture, and we stroll through the streets of the Bazaar and set at it's nice Oriental Caf's to drink exotic traditional drinks and enjoy the traditional Hookas (water-Pipe) with apple-flavored tobacco. Transfer back to hotel. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Pyramisa Suites Or Similar | | Day 3 | Aswan | Take the morning flight to Aswan, upon arrival in Aswan, transfer to your cruise ship where you will spend the next 3 nights / 4 days. After breakfast, take a tour of Aswan High Dam, Egypt's contemporary example of building on a monumental scale. Next, Proceed to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the Unfinished Obelisk, possibly intended as a companion to the Lateran Obelisk, originally at Karnak but now in Rome. It would have weighed over 1,100 tons and would have been the world's largest piece of stone ever handled. Continue by a short motor-boat ride to the Temple of Philae on the island of Agilka. The temple was dedicated to Isis, sister/wife of Osiris and patroness of the Ptolemaic rule. Sail around Elephantine Island on a felucca, the traditional Egyptian sail boat. Elephantine Island is the largest of the Aswan area islands, and is the site of some of the most ancient remains in Egypt, with artifacts dating to pre-dynastic periods. Elephantine is Greek for Elephant. In ancient times, the island was called Abu or Yabu, which also means elephant.The name may indicate that the island was once a center for the trade of ivory. In the afternoon sailing in a felucca on the Nile to Kitchner Island (also known as Lord Kitchner's Botanical Garden, Plant Island, Gizirat al-Nabatat, Plantation Island, or Gizirat al-Bustan). Lord Kitchner moved there after being given the island for his campaigns in the Sudan. He imported plants from around the world to create his famous garden. From the river you have a nice view of the Aga Khan Mausoleum, an elegant pink granite structure built in the late 1950's. After lunch, sail to Kom Ombo, and visit the Temple of Sobek, the crocodile-headed god of fertility and creator of the world. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where, in ancient times, sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank Then sail to Edfu and overnight on Board Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Overnight at Domina Prestige Emilio Nile Cruise Or Similar | | Day 4 | Luxor | After Breakfast, visit Edfu temple of Horus Set out by horse-drawn carriage to visit the Temple of Horus, the most perfectly preserved of all the Nile temples. Horus, also known as Haroeris, was the falcon-headed solar war god, back to the cruise. ? Sail to Esna, passing through the Esna Lock, continue sailing towards Luxor and overnight on Board. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Overnight at Domina Prestige Emilio Nile Cruise Or Similar | | Day 5 | Luxor | After breakfast, Cross to the West Bank of the Nile and visit the wondrous Valley of the Kings, a vast city of the dead, where the magnificent tombs of 62 pharaohs have been discovered. The tombs were carved deep into the desert mountains, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs. Visit several of the tombs. Next, visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. This beautiful monument to the reign of the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. On the way back to your Nile cruise, stop at the famed Colossi of Memnon, two 66ft, 1 thousand ton statues of Amenhotep III. These colossal statues were known by the ancient Greeks to emit haunting voices at dawn. Though damaged by nature and ancient tourists, the statues are still impressive. ? (Evening Possibility for optional Sound & Light Show at the Karnak Temple) overnight on Board. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Overnight at Domina Prestige Emilio Nile Cruise Or Similar | | Day 6 | Nairobi | After breakfast, visit Karnak Temple, in the north of Luxor, called by some "the Temple of Temples" It is the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means "the most sacred of places." The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great Hypostyle Hall is an incredible forest of giant pillars covering an area larger than the whole of Notre Dame Cathedral. And soon after, visit the graceful Temple of Luxor built by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun and see its gigantic statues and obelisks. ? Disembarkation and transfer to the airport for your flight to Cairo. ? Arrival in Cairo, transfer to the airport for your onward flight to Kenya Meal(s) Included: Breakfast | | Day 7 | Amboseli | Upon arrival in Nairobi, drive to Amboseli National Park (4 hour drive) or fly; lunch, afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight at Ol Tukai lodge Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | | Day 8 | Amboseli | Experience the majestic view of Kilimanjaro with morning and afternoon game drives, lunch, dinner and overnight at Ol Tukai lodge Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | | Day 9 | Treelodge | Afternoon drive to Aberdares. From a base hotel, transfer to special vehicles for drive to the Treelodge. Tea, dinner and overnight game viewing from the verandas of Treetops lodge Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | | Day 10 | Nakuru | Morning drive via Nyahururu Falls down to the floor of the Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park. Lunch, afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight in Lake Nakuru at Lion Hill Lodge Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | | Day 11 | Maasai Mara | Morning drive across the Rift Valley down to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Lunch, afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight at Keekorok lodge Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | | Day 12 | Maasai Mara | Experience the magical Maasai Mara; with morning and afternoon game drives, lunch, dinner and overnight at Keekorok Lodge Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner | | Day 13 | Nairobi | Early morning game drive followed by breakfast. Return to Nairobi in time for lunch on own. Day-room provided to relax and refresh before transfer to the airport for your late night departing flight Meal(s) Included: Breakfast |
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