Magic of The Nile - Chase Travel

First class or Deluxe Hotels. *All meals on Nile Cruise.all outside cabins. * All tours with the services of professional guides. *All entrance fees to museums and sites. *All transfers & airport assistance. * Domestic airfare within Egypt / Overnight train to Upper Egpyt. *Camel ride by the Pyramids, sailing in Aswan & carriage ride in Luxor.

• 1 st Day - Friday - Kennedy/Cairo:
Departure fron New York City tonight to Cairo. Aboard you will enjoy the best in-flight service and meals.

• 2nd Day - Saturday - Cairo:
Arrival in Eternal Egypt today, you will be met and escorted to your hotel.

• 3rd Day - Sunday - The Egyptian Museum and Pyramids:
Your first visit this morning is the Egyptian Museum, the greates of its kind in the world. It houses monuments dating back 5000 years. After the museum you will visit the famous Pyramids and Great Sphinx in Gize. The Pyramids stand as a tertimony to the ancients' belief in the immortality of the soul. The Great Sphinx is a gigantic strange limestone beast with a lion's body and the head of a human.

• 4th Day - Monday - The Old City:
This morning a tour of the old city of Cairo will include visits to Saladin Citadel, Gawhara Palace of Mohammed Ali (the great grandfather of late King Farouk), Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque, the Azhar Mosque considered one of the oldest universities in the world, and the famous Bazaars of Khan El Khalili. Visits will also be made to the Abu Serga Coptic Church built over the cave where the Holy Family took refuge and to Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest jewish temple in Egypt.

• 5th Day - Tuesday - Cairo/Luxor:
Early morning transfer to Cairo airport in time for your flight to Upper Egypt. In Luxor, you will be met and escorted to your Sheraton cruise boat for a fabulous five day cruise. After lunch visitis will be made to the Temples of Karnak and Luxor (18th dynasty). Overnight in Luxor.

• 6th Day - Wednesday - Thebes:
Sightseeing includes Thebes's Necropolis, The Valley of the Kings and The Tomb of Tutankhamon, The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Deir-El-Bahari, The Romantic Valley of The Nobles, The Valley of the Queens, The Temple of Medinet Habu and the famed Colossi of Memmon Facing the Nile. Overnight in Luxor.

• 7th Day - Thursday - Luxor/Edfu:
Morning sail to Edfu. Visit the Temple of Horus (237 B.C.) the most complete example of an Egyptian temple in existence. Overnight in Edfu.

• 8th Day - Friday - Edfu/Kom Ombo/Aswan:
Sail to Kom Ombo. Visit the Ptolemic Temple of Kom Ombo, offering beautiful murals and a magnificent view of the Nile. Continue to Aswan and visit the botanical island or the Nubean village and the Mausoleum of Agha Khan by "feluccas" (small sailing boats). Overnight in Aswan.

• 9th Day - Saturday - Aswan/Cairo:
Today you will visit the Temple of Philae, the High Dam, and the unfinished Obelisk. Disembark and transfer to Aswan airport in time for your flight to Cairo. Once in Cairo, a host wil be on hand to escort you to your hotel.

• 10th Day - Saturday - Cairo/Kennedy:
Take a farewell look at the fascinating city of Cairo as you are driven to the airport in time for your return flight, arriving New York in the early afternoon.