The Discovery of Egypt - Chase Travel

First Class of Deluxe Hotels. 7 day Nile Cruise, all outside cabins. All meals on cruise, breakfast & dinner daily at hotel. All Inter-Egypt flights. All tours and excursions as per itenerary with the services of professional, licensed English speaking tour guides. All entrance fees to museums and sites. All transfers, airport assistance and porterage. Flight bag with the tour documents. Services of our professional local representatives. Camel ride by thhee Pyramids, sailing in Aswan and carriage ride in Luxor

• 1st Day - Departure:
Departure from USA to Egypt.

• 2nd Day - Arrival:
Arrival at Cairo Airport, assistance and transfer to hotel

•3rd Day - Luxor/Cruise:
This morning you will be driven to the airport for your flight to Luxor. After arrival in Luxor, you will be transferred to your Nile cruiser. Afternoon at leisure to get ready for your 7 day exciting cruise.

• 4rd Day - Dendera/Abydos/Luxor/Cruise:
This morning we will sail to Dendera to visit the Temple of Hathor (goddess of love), built in the First Century b.C. In front are six dramatic columns with capitals in the shape of the cow-headed goddess Hathor. Reliefs on the walls show the empress Cleopatra, and there are sculptures of

the gnomelike god Bes. After lunch, continue to Abydos and visit the Temple of Seti I, containing some of the finest reliefs in all Egypt, done in an exquisitely refined style. Many of the colors are still preserved. In the Hall of Kings, Seti is shown paying tribute to earlier kings. Late afternoon we cruise back upstream to Luxor. Overnight in Luxor.

• 5th Day- through 9th days:
Same as in Magic of the Nile

• 10th Day - Pyramids & Sphinx/Memphis & Sakkara:
This morning we will visit the Great Pyramids (2900 B.C.)

and Sphinx. A camel ride is included. In the afternoon, we drive 20 miles southwest of cairo to the first capital of Egypt - Memphis. Close by we will visit Sakkara. Here is the oldest pyramid of King Zoser. Here also, were found the oldest mummy and papyrus.

• 11th Day - Old Cairo/Egyptian Museum/ Citadel/ Mosques:
This morning the Galleries of Tutankamen await you at the Egyptian Museum. We will then drive to the Old Cairo section of the city, dated 641 A.D. Here is the Church of Abu Serga and Ben Ezra Synagoge in Cairo. Next stop is the Citadel of Saladin and the Mosque of Mohamed Ali.

• 12th Day - At Leisure

• 13th Day - Departure:
Say goodbye to Egypt as you are driven to the airport for your departing flight. You will be assisted through customs.