9 Day Egypt Special


	9 Day Egypt Special for singles With a 4-day/3-night Nile cruise and Overnight Sleeper Train from Aswan to Cairo

Departures Wednesday Only Pricing November 1 thru December 15, 2008 $2359.00 Per Person January 12 thru March 3, 2009 $2399.00 Per Person plus an Airport tax of $305.00, a document fee of $50.00 and an Egyptian Visa Charge of $25.00 per person

Visit CAIRO, LUXOR, EDFU, KOM OMBO, ASWAN, EDFU

Includes: Roundtrip Air from New York (JFK). Fuel Surcharge 2 nights Cairo Breakfast Daily 3 nights Nile Cruise All meals Outside Junior Suite Cabin 2 Nights Sleeper train Egyptian Museum of Antiquities See Great Pyramids and the defending Sphinx Travel by horse-drawn carriage to the Temple of Horus

*Itinerary*
DAY 01: Wednesday - Depart to Egypt today. DAY 02: Thursday - Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, you will be met and assisted through customs and formalities, then transferred to your hotel. Balance of the day is at leisure. Optional Sound and Light Show available this evening. (Optional Sound and Light Show $35.00 per person) Overnight in Cairo. DAY 03: Friday- Visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which houses the world's largest collection of artifacts from the era of the pharaohs including some belonging to King Tut. Tour Old Cairo, where early Judaism and Christianity flourished in Egypt. Visit sites like the Ben Ezra Synagogue, and the Moallaka Church where the Virgin Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus took refuge. Spend the afternoon at the Great Pyramids of Giza built for Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos, and the defending Sphinx. You will be transferred to the Cairo Train Station for your overnight sleeper train to Luxor. Overnight on board. (B/L/D) DAY 04: Saturday- Upon arrival in Luxor, you will be transferred to your Deluxe Nile Cruise Boat for a 4-day/3-night Nile cruise. Accommodations aboard will consist of an Outside Junior Suite Cabin with private facilities. In the afternoon, visit Luxor Temple dedicated to the god Amon-Ra. It was expanded by Ramses II, who added statues of himself. Also visit the magnificent Karnak Temple. Optional Sound and Light Show available this evening. (Optional Sound and Light Show $35.00 per person) Overnight on board. (B/L/D) DAY 05: Sunday - Cross the Nile to the West Bank. Visit the Necropolis of Thebes, Colossi of Memnon, Queen Hatshepsut Funerary Temple, and the Valley of the Kings and Queens. Sail to Edfu. Overnight on board. (B/L/D) DAY 06: Monday - Travel by horse-drawn carriage to the Temple of Horus, the best preserved of all the large Egyptian Temples. Sail to Kom Ombo. Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo. Sail to Aswan. Overnight on board. (B/L/D) DAY 07: Tuesday - Morning at leisure or Optional excursion to Abu Simbel available this morning. (Visit the Great Temples of Ramses II. Stand before the colossal statue of the Pharaoh with smaller statues of his wife Nefertari and daughters at his feet. After this visit, fly to Aswan.) Disembark this afternoon and visit the High Dam, Old Dam, Philae Temple, and the Granite Quarries. Sail by felucca for an outside visit to the Agha Khan Mausoleum and Elephantine Island (time permitting). You will be transferred to the Aswan Train Station for your overnight sleeper train to Cairo. (Optional Trip to Abu Simbel is $225.00 per person) Overnight on board. (B/D) DAY 08: Wednesday - Upon arrival in Cairo, you will be transferred to your hotel. Balance of the day is at leisure. Overnight in Cairo. (B) DAY 09: Thursday- You will be transferred to Cairo Airport for your return flight. (B)


The Fine Print: Deposit of $200.00 is non refundable. Egyptian Visa $25.00 per person . The round trip cost of transportation to JFK in not included. All pricing now includes air fuel surcharges per U.S. D.O.T Regulations. Air taxes are additional. In the past fuel surcharges were paid with final payment and were collected along with the taxes, now the fuel surcharge is collected as part of the package price. Bottom line is the same. You are not paying more now, you did not pay less before! Prices quoted do include fuel surcharges, but do not include airport fees or airline taxes.