Egypt & Jordan

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13 Nights / 15 Days

Day 1: USA - Amman (Jordan)
Flight with a good itinerary.

Day 2: Amman
Arrival at Queen Alia International Airport where you will be met by our representative to help you through formalities then transfer to your hotel in Amman. Dinner & overnight.  

Day 3: Amman - Madaba - Mt. Nebo - Petra
Breakfast. Pick up from your hotel in Amman, head to visit Madaba, a city best known for the famous 6th century Mosaic map of Jerusalem & Holy Land and for its spectacular Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics. Proceed to Mt. Nebo, a city mentioned in the Bible as the place where Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land that he would never enter. Then drive south through the Kings' Highway where you will enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of Jordan Valley, Wadi Al-Mujib, and many natural reserves like Dana biosphere reserve. Arrival to Petra, transfer to your hotel. Dinner & overnight.  

Day 4: Petra
Breakfast. Pick up from your hotel in Petra for a visit to the Nabatean Red Rose city of Petra with a local English-speaking guide for 2 hours. Petra is one of the 7 world wonders and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Enter the city through a 1KM long narrow gorge which is flanked either side by 80m high cliffs! Notice the dazzling colors and formations of the rocks. The site is massive and contains hundreds of elaborated rock-cut tombs, a treasury, Roman-style theatres, temples, sacrificial altars, and colonnaded streets. Return to your hotel. Dinner & overnight.

Day 5: Petra - Wadi Rum - Dead Sea
Breakfast. Pick up from your hotel in Petra, head to explore Wadi Rum on a 1:30 hour jeep ride into the Jordanian desert! Wadi Rum was best described by T.E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia) as “Vast, echoing and god-like”, and by the locals as “Valley of the Moon”. Transfer to your hotel at the Dead Sea. Dinner & overnight.

Day 6: Dead Sea - Jerash - Amman
Breakfast. Departure to Jerash for a 2-hour visit to the ancient Roman city with a local English-speaking guide. Walk the paved and colonnaded streets, and take note of the soaring hilltop temples, theatres, spacious public squares, plazas, baths, fountains and city walls. 

After the visit, you will be transferred to Amman for a 2-hour (approx.) tour of the capital city of Jordan. Your visit includes sites and museums such as the Archeological Museum, the Folklore Museum, The Citadel, the blue mosque, and the Amphitheatre. Transfer to your hotel in Amman. Dinner & overnight.

Day 7: Amman (Jordan) - Cairo (Egypt)
Breakfast. Transfer to Queen Alia International Airport for departure flight to Cairo.

Arrival at Cairo airport. Greeting and transfer to the hotel. Dinner & overnight.

Day 8: Cairo - Aswan (Sleeping Train)
Breakfast. Start Full day tour of Pyramids (from the outside), the Sphinx and the Egyptian Museum. Lunch in a local restaurant. Transfer to the train station to go toward Aswan. Overnight on board in a first-class cabin, dinner on-board.

Day 9: Aswan (Beginning of the Nile cruise)
Breakfast on board the train. Arrival to Aswan and transfer to the port to embark on the Carnival Nile cruise ship (Or similar cruise). Visit the Aswan High Dam, the Philae Temple, and the unfinished Obelisk. Lunch & dinner on-board.

Day 10: Aswan - Kom Ombo - Edfu
Breakfast. Enjoy the cruise facilities or opt for an amazing optional ($) excursion to Abu Simbel. Sailing towards Kom Ombo and visit the Temple of Sobek then continue to Edfu. Lunch & dinner on-board.

Abu Simbel optional tour + $160 / person:
Breakfast. Early morning transfer from Aswan to Abu Simbel to visit the Abu Simbel Temple which is considered to be one of the most impressive sites in Egypt. Here you will visit the two temples built by Ramses II as a high-architect before he became a Pharaoh. The 100-foot-high Great Temple is world famous, which features 4 statues of Ramses II and his wife Queen Nefertari, each 65-foot high. Next to the Great Temple is the temple dedicated to Queen Nefertari. Both temples were originally carved in a mountain. In 1965 they were moved 600 feet and raised 65 feet, thanks to an international project to save them from the flooding caused by the construction of the High Dam. Return to Aswan.

Day 11:  Edfu - Esna - Luxor
Breakfast. Visit the Temple of Horus. Continue towards Esna and Luxor. Lunch & dinner on-board.

Day 12: Luxor
Breakfast. Visit the West Bank of the Nile including the incredible Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch & dinner on-board.

Day 13: Luxor
Breakfast. (Disembarkation). Visit Karnak & Luxor Temples. After the visits, you will be transferred to your hotel in Luxor. Dinner & overnight.

Day 14: Luxor - Cairo
Breakfast. Transfer to Luxor airport to take your flight to Cairo.

Upon arrival in Cairo, you will be transferred to your hotel. Dinner & overnight.

At night opt for an incredible optional pyramids sound and light optional show ($).

Pyramids Sound and light optional show + $75 / person:
Watch the Pyramids Sound and Light Show, illuminated at night with a stunning audio-visual display. Learn about the history of pharaohs, the story of the Sphinx, guardian of the Giza Necropolis for over 5000 years. 

Day 15: Cairo - USA
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be transferred to the airport for your return flight home.

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Package includes: 

-International flights between USA / Amman, Amman / Cairo and Cairo / USA with good itineraries

-Domestic flights between Luxor and Cairo
-Greeting and all transfers by AC vehicles during the tours
-2 nights in Amman at the Mena Tyche 4* hotel (or similar) in a standard room
-2 nights in Petra at the P Quattro Relax 4* hotel (or similar) in a standard room
-1 night in the region of the Dead Sea at Grand East 4* hotel (or similar) in a standard room
-2 nights in Cairo at Le Meridien Heliopolis 5* hotel (or similar) in a standard room
-1 night onboard the sleeping train between Cairo and Aswan, in a first-class cabin
-4 nights onboard of the Carnival 5* Nile Cruise (or similar cruise)
-1 night in Luxor at Mercure Luxor 4* hotel (or similar) in a standard room
-All breakfasts + 5 Lunches + 13 Dinners (31 Meals)
-English-speaking guides during the tours in Jordan and Egypt
-Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites in Jordan as per the itinerary
-Horse riding (Approx. 300m) in Petra till the Siq
-Safari 4X4 Jeep Ride in Wadi Rum Desert for 2 hours
-Visits in Egypt: Full day tour of the Pyramids, the Sphinx, and the Egyptian Museum; Karnak Temple, Valley of Kings, Temple of Queen

  Hatshepsut, Two Colossi of Memnon, Temple of Horus, Temple of Sobek, High Dam, the unfinished Obelisk and the Philae Temple in

  Aswan
-Visa in Jordan

-All taxes, and fees

Package does not include:

-Travel insurance
-Baggage fees (if applicable)
-Visa: $25 per person in Egypt
-Tips: $35 per person payable in Egypt
-Tips: Guides, bus drivers, horse boy in Petra and the hotel staff in Jordan
-Personal expenses and optional activities
-Beverages and meals unless otherwise mentioned
-Carriage in Petra
-Entrance inside the Great Pyramids (Around $25)
-Optional tours to Abu Simbel and the Pyramids sound & lights show in Cairo
-Entrance of Mummy’s Room in the Egyptian Museum (Around $12.50)

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*Please note*

  Additional fees apply for rooms in single occupancy. Prices can fluctuate depending on the season and availability of seats​