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The Wonders of Cairo and the Red Sea
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The Wonders of Cairo and the Sinai
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The Best of Egypt and The Sinai
17 Days/15 Nights with an extension to Jordan and Israel
Relief of Crowning Ceremony • Temple of Karnak
Day 1 – Tuesday Departure
Depart New York today for Egypt.
Day 2 – Wednesday –Cairo
Ahlan Wa Sahlan! Welcome to Egypt, Land of the Pharaohs! On arrival at Cairo International Airport,
your tour representative will greets you, collect your passport so he can obtain your Egypt Visa, and
assists you with Custom formalities. After checkin
at the hotel and time to freshen up, you will meet
with the Learning Through Travel representative to discuss the exciting days ahead. This evening enjoy
a welcome dinner on board a Nile Dinner Cruise Ship.
ACCOMMODATIONS: MARRIOTT PALACE HOTEL OR SIMILAR (D)
 Day 3 – Thursday –Cairo
Today you will visit the Giza Plateau where there are three Pyramids, the greatest being that of
Cheops. It took 100,000 workers more than 20 years to construct. Entrance to one of the pyramids is
included. Southeast of the Great Pyramids is the Sphinx, carved out of solid natural rock in about 2650
BC, a magnificent monument with the head of the Pharaoh and the body of a lion. Continue to visit the
first Pyramid ever built, the Step Pyramid of Zoser, in the Sakkara Complex. When Memphis was the
capital of Egypt, during the Old Kingdom period, Sakkara was its necropolis. Spread over seven
kilometers of desert, Sakkara is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. Before
returning to the hotel, we will stop to visit the remains in Memphis, the first capital of United Upper and
Lower Egypt.
ACCOMMODATIONS: MARRIOTT PALACE HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
 Day 4 – Friday –Cairo/Luxor
This morning you will take a short flight to Luxor, ancient Thebes. Explore the East Bank of the Nile
including the Temple of Luxor. Here, the Avenue of Sphinxes, famous for its artistic degree of
uniformity, leads to the entrance of the temple where a seated colossus of Ramses II and a towering
Obelisk sit. Continue to the Karnak Temple, one of the most impressive monuments of ancient art and
architecture in the world. The carvings, which adorn all of the walls, depict the history and conquests of
many of Egypt’s Pharaohs. This evening you may join an optional excursion to the Karnak Temple for a
spectacular Sound and Light Show.
ACCOMMODATIONS: SONESTA ST. GEORGE HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
Day 5 – Saturday –Luxor/Sharm El Sheikh
This morning you will take a short flight to Sharm El Sheikh. Arrive in the “Land of Turquoise” where
rock meets coral reefs and the desert stops at the sea. Transfer to the harbor where you will meet with
an Emperor Diver guide who will take you on an orientation dive at the Far, Near and Middle Garden
site. Your equipment will be waiting for you when you arrive. After your checkout
dive embark your
safari boat the M/Y Snefro Crown.
ACCOMMODATIONS: M/Y SNEFRO CROWN LIVE ABOARD BOAT (B, L, D)
Day 6 Sunday
–Ras Mohammed National Park
Today you will dive the outer areas of Ras Mohammed National Park including Jackson Alley and
Alternatives.
ACCOMMODATIONS: EMPEROR DIVERS –SNEFRO CROWN BOAT (B, L, D)
Day 7 – Monday –Thistlegorm
Early this morning you will arrive at the famous wreck of the Thistlegorm. There is so much to explore
so you will have a minimum of 2 dives. The first will be a complete overview and the second a
penetrating one. For the third dive your oat will sail to Small passage where two channels cut the reef
system of Shaab Mahmoud and connect the sheltered lagoon to the open sea. A night dive inside the
lagoon is optional.
ACCOMMODATIONS: EMPEROR DIVERS –SNEFRO CROWN BOAT (B, L, D)
Day 8 – Tuesday –Ras Mohammed National Park
Your first dive today will be to the historical wreck of the Dunraven which sank in April 1876. The
Dunraven is an old wooden wreck with plenty of room for passing through thousand of glassfish that
live in the shade of the wreck. Next you return to Ras Mohammed National Park to dive some of the
most popular sites including Shark and Yolanda Reef, the southernmost tip of the Sinai Peninsula with
an endless wall unique to the Red Sea. Sailing back to ward Sharm El Sheikh you will have your third
dive at Ras Zatar, Ras Ghazlani or possibly Ras Um Sid. Upon arrival at the port you will be met and
transferred to your hotel. Dinner will be at the hotel and then take a camel ride into the desert to have
tea and pastry with the Bedouins.
ACCOMMODATIONS: SHERATON SHARM RESORT OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
 Day 9 – Wednesday Sharm
El Sheikh/Nuweiba
This morning you will leave Sharm El Shiekh for Nuweiba. Nuweiba is about 185 km north of Sharm El
Sheikh and is nestled between the deep blue of the Gulf of Aqaba and the high desert mountains of the
Sinai. Nuweiba is a quiet getaway famous for its magnificent beaches and offers easy access to the
cultural sites of St Catherine's Monastery and Petra in Jordan, also just 80 km away to the north is the
busy seaside resort of Eilat, Israel. The diving in the area runs from Devils Head and in the north to Abu
Gallum in the south and is mainly accessed from the shore by jeep or even camel due to the lack of
jetty facilities or safe anchorages for boats. This afternoon enjoy a dive seeing the vibrant coral gardens
and marine life.
ACCOMMODATIONS: NUWEBIA HILTON HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
Day 10/11 – Thursday/Friday Nuweiba
The next two days will be spent diving some of Nuweiba dive sites. These are just a sample of what
you will see. Your dives could include Ras Mamlach which is situated in the Abu Galum National Park?
this will be one of the highlights of your dive experience in Egypt. It's a 1 ½ hour drive along the desert
road by Jeep to get there but it's a worthwhile trip.
The reef starts at about 12 m, with a beautiful coral
garden and on to a steep wall that bottoms out at 70 m plus. Beautiful fan and table corals covered with
soft corals and the intensive blue of the Gulf of Aqaba create a fantastic picture. The variety of the
underwater life opens a new world? Barracudas, Jackfish, Groupers and much, much more. Two dives
are not enough to see everything! Dive Abou Lou Lou House Reef. The main reef lies between 5 and
20 meters of depth. You will see Puffers, Morays, Groupers, Surgeonfish, Shrimps, Lion Fish and
crabs.
El Magana the
reef starts just 20 meters from the beach at a depth of 5 meters. Your first dive takes you to the left
side along a wall where the reef drops to 35 meters. A break in the coral plate forms a canyon which
we fin through at a depth of around 2025m
from where we head back through a coral garden to the
exit. After a surface interval you continue on your second dive heading right this time along the coral
reef plate. This is a very similar site to the first with some large fish and plenty of healthy corals. Both
reefs are mainly hard corals and with a little bit of luck you can spot Napoleons, Barracudas and
Seahorses.
ACCOMMODATIONS: NUWEBIA HILTON HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
 Day 12/13 – Saturday/Sunday –Aqaba, Jordan
After breakfast you will take a fast ferry to Aqaba. During the next two days you will have an opportunity
to dive some of Jordan’s wonderful dive sites including the famous wall dive the Power Station. Named
after the small oil fired power station on the coast road to the North of the dive site this is the site
where, on the chart, the one hundred and two hundred meter contour lines hit the coast. It is a
spectacular wall dive, either to the North or South of the mooring. Sharks and other large pelagics are
often spotted here. Sea turtles are often spotted here along with several hump head wrasse and some
large moray eels. The wall and drop off are spectacular and there is an abundance of life to entertain
you on the reef slope and in the shallows.
ACCOMMODATIONS: GOLDEN TULIP HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
Day 14 – Monday –Aqaba/Taba
Cross back over to Egypt and the resort city of Taba.
ACCOMMODATIONS: TABA HILTON (B, L, D)
Day 15 – Tuesday –Taba/Cairo
This morning you will leave Taba for Cairo driving via the Suez Canal.
ACCOMMODATIONS: CONRAD HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
Day 16 – Wednesday –Cairo
This morning you are being introduced to the masterpieces of ancient art in the Egyptian Museum of
Antiquities, including the Mummy Room. The museum is home to the vast findings of King
Tutankahmun’s tomb and other important pieces of Egypt’s history. There will be time to visit the Khan
El Khalili Bazaar, known for its narrow alleys. Hundreds of shops are selling all types of Egyptian
handicrafts, silver and gold jewelry, cottons, copperware and perfumes.
This evening enjoy a farewell dinner.
ACCOMMODATIONS: CONRAD HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
Day 17 – Thursday –Departure
Farewell to Egypt! Arrive home your hearts and minds filled with many happy memories of ancient and
modern Egypt. (B)
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- International air New York/Cairo/New York
- Domestic Air Cairo/AswanLuxor/
Sharm El Sheikh (may be substituted with a fast ferry)
- 2 nights accommodation in Cairo at the Marriott Hotel or similar
- 1 night accommodation in Luxor at the Sonesta St. George Hotel or similar
- 3 nights Live Aboard Private Charter – Mini Safari
- 1 night accommodation in Sharm El Shiekh at the Sheraton Resort Hotel or similar
- 3 nights accommodation in Nuweiba at the Hilton Hotel or similar
- 2 nights accommodation in Aqaba at the Golden Tulip Hotel or similar
- 1 night accommodation in Taba at the Hilton Hotel or similar
- 2 nights accommodation in Cairo at the Conrad Hotel or similar
- All transfers: Cairo/Aswan/Luxor/Sharm El Sheikh/Nuweiba/Aqaba
- Transfer of dive equipment from Cairo to Sharm El Sheikh
- All dive excursion as per boat schedules
- Sightseeing and transfers by deluxe motor coach
- English speaking guide throughout Egypt and Jordan
- Full day sightseeing Pyramids (entrance into 1 pyramid)/Sphinx –Memphis/Sakkara
- Full day sightseeing Egyptian Museum of Antiquities including entrance into the Mummy RoomCitadel,
Mosque & Bazaar
- 15 breakfasts, 15 lunches and 15 dinners
- Hotel taxes and service charges
- Porterage
- Luggage Tags/Travel Bag/Passport Wallet/First Aid Kit
NOT INCLUDED
- U.S. Departure Taxes & Airport Security ($425.00 subject to change)
- Domestic air within the U.S.
- Egypt Visa/Jordan Visa
- Items of a personal nature such as laundry, telephone calls, internet
services, dive equipment,
- National Park fees, soft drinks, coffee, tea (except at breakfast), mineral water, alcoholic
beverages, passport fees, gratuities for drivers, guides, transfer personnel, travel insurance,
etc..
Jordan and Israel Extension
Day 14– Monday Aqaba/
Petra
Today you will leave Aqaba for the magnificent city of Petra. Enjoy sometime at your leisure this
afternoon.
ACCOMMODATIONS: MOVENPICK JOLIE VILLE HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
 Day 15 – Tuesday –Petra
Your exploration of Petra begins early this morning. Climb atop
your horse for a ride to the main entrance to the “lost city of
Petra”. Much of Petra’s appeal comes from its spectacular setting
deep inside a narrow desert gorge. From the main entrance you
walk into the siq, which ripped through the rock in a prehistoric
quake. As you make your way through the cliff walls you will pass
inscriptions in ancient languages. Petra’s most famous monument
is the Treasury (the final scene of Indian Jones and the Last
Crusade was filmed here). You will also see a 3,000 seat theater
from the early 1 st Century, tombs baths, funerary halls temples
and rock drawings. (Box lunch included today)
ACCOMMODATIONS: MOVENPICK JOLIE VILLE HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
Day 16 – Wednesday –Petra/Jerusalem
Today you will cross the border to Israel.
ACCOMMODATIONS: GRAND COURT HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
Day 17/18 – Thursday/Friday –Jerusalem
The next two days will be spent exploring Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Visits include? The Mount of
Olives, first touring its famous cemetery, Garden of Gethsemane and the Church Of All Nations, Old
City of Jerusalem? Jewish quarter at the Western wall, Temple Mount and Jerusalem’s famous golden
Dome of the Rock, 'Way of the Cross' (Via Dolorosa), this route through the Arab and Christian Quarter
and follows all the Stations of the 'Way of the Cross'. This leads to Christianities most revered site in
Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Enter this massive Basilica to see the Hill of Calvary and
the Tomb of Jesus, Mt. Zion to see the Tomb of David, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition
Abbey. St. Anne’s Church and Pool of Bethesda and Rachel’s Tomb. Visit the Garden Tomb believed
by many to be the garden and Sepulcher of Joseph of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the
resurrection of Jesus. In Bethlehem you will visit the Church of the Nativity and the Shepherd's field.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT THE ORDER OF THE VISITS, THIS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE
GUIDE AND WILL BE ADVISED IN THE FINAL DOCUMENTS.
ACCOMMODATIONS: GRAND COURT HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
Day 19 – Saturday –Jerusalem Dead
Sea
Today you leave Jerusalem to visit Masada Herod’s mountain palace and site of the Jewish Zealot’s
last stand against the Roman Legionnaires. Ascend and descend by cable car. See the caves where
the Dead Sea Scrolls were found and view the new interactive audiovisual program. The afternoon is
spent at the Ein Gedi Spa where you will enjoy the mud baths, sulfur bath, soaking in the Dead Sea
and enjoying lunch.
ACCOMMODTION: GRAND COURT HOTEL OR SIMILAR (B, L, D)
Day 20 – Sunday –Jerusalem/Tel Aviv/Cairo
This morning you will take a short flight to Cairo. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to your
hotel. After some time to freshen up meet with your guide for a tour of Old Cairo including the Citadel
and the Mohammed Ali Mosque.
ACCOMODATION: CONRAD HOTEL OR SIMIALR (B, L, D)
 Day 21 – Monday –Cairo
This morning you are going to be introduced to the masterpieces of ancient art in the Egyptian Museum
of Antiquities, including the Mummy Room. The museum is home to the vast findings of King
Tutankahmun’s tomb and other important pieces of Egypt’s history. After lunch continue to the Khan El
Khalili Bazaar, known for its narrow alleys. Hundreds of shops are selling all types of Egyptian
handicrafts, silver and gold jewelry, cottons, copperware and perfumes. Farewell dinner this evening
will be in the bazaar at Naguib Mahfouz Restaurant, named after the famous Egyptian author who has
won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988. The restaurant has a live musical band that plays classical
Egyptian and Arab music.
ACCOMODATION: CONRAD HOTEL OR SIMIALR (B, L, D)
Day 22 – Tuesday –Departure
Your exploration of the Egypt, Jordan and the Holyland ends today as you transfer to the airport for
your flight back home. (B)
JORDAN AND ISRAEL TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- One way air Tel Aviv/Cairo
- 2 nights accommodation in Petra at the Movenpick Jolie Ville Hotel or similar
- 4 nights accommodation in Jerusalem at the Grand Court Hotel or similar
- 2 nights accommodation in Cairo at the Conrad Hotel or similar
- Transfers: Aqaba/Petra/Jerusalem/Tel Aviv/Cairo
- Full day tour of Petra
- 2 Full day tours of Jerusalem and Bethlehem
- Full day tour of Masada and the Dead Sea
- 9 breakfasts, 9 lunches, 9 dinners
- Hotel taxes and service charges
NOT INCLUDED
- Jordan Visa
- Reentry
visa to Egypt
- Items of a personal nature such as laundry, telephone calls, internet
services, dive equipment,
- National Park fees, soft drinks, coffee, tea (except at breakfast), mineral water, alcoholic
beverages, passport fees, gratuities for drivers, guides, transfer personnel, travel insurance,
etc..
Please ask for rates and dates
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