Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport you will be met, assisted through Immigration & Customs, and then escorted to your selected hotel.

Today's sightseeing takes you to the fabulous Egyptian Museum and the Solar Boat.. Regarded as one of the most prominent in the world, it offers visitors remarkable insights into Egypt's ancient history dating back 5000 years. The priceless antiquities include King Tutankhamon's Treasures -- a spectacle beyond belief! After lunch we visit Cheops' Pyramid--one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World--and the Sphinx, the great god-lion sentinel, built over 35 centuries ago. The towering pyramid stands majestically on a desert plateau with two slightly smaller pyramids (one built by Cheop's son Kephren and the other by Mycerinus) erected to preserve their bodies and treasures for the afterlife. East of Cheops Pyramid is the Solar Boat Museum housing the spectacular funerary boats placed at the King's disposal for his journey of Day and Night in the afterlife with the Sun God Ra. Your sightseeing also includes the bazaars featuring a variety of items and bargains galore! (BL)

Transfer to Cairo Airport for your early morning flight to Luxor. On arrival you will be escorted to your Ship, your floating hotel for the next 5 days as you cruise up-the-Nile. This morning you cross the Nile to Luxor's West Bank, where you'll explore the astonishing and extensive New Kingdom city of "Thebes". Sightseeing includes the Valley of the Kings and Queens where some 64 of Egypt's Pharaohs have their palatial resting places hewn into the sheer rock and the Colossi of Memnon, two huge seated statues of Amenhotep III. After lunch, you will visit Luxor and Karnak Temples, a holy city of pylons, hypostyle halls, colossal statues and obelisks built over many centuries and dedicated to the God Amon-Ra, his consort Mut, and their son Khonsu. (BLD)

Early morning, you sail to Edfu via Esna lock. Overnight in Edfu. (BLD)

Today visit the Temple of Horus and the Falcon God. Sail to Kom Ombo to visit the Temple of Sobek. Continue sailing to Aswan. (BLD)

Morning sightseeing includes Aswan's High Dam, ancient Granite Quarries, and the Temple of Philae. Sail around Elephantine Island, the Botanical Gardens. (BLD)

Disembark after breakfast. Transfer to Aswan Airport for your flight back to Cairo where you will be met and transferred to your hotel.

*Passengers who purchased the "Abu Simbel" optional excursion will fly from Aswan to this dramatic site to admire the magnificent Temples of Ramses II and Queen Nefertari. They were moved up the hillside to keep them from destruction by flooding from the Nile when the High Dam was built forming Lake Nasser. (B)

Early morning we cross the Red Sea and continue by motorcoach to the Sinai Peninsula, which contains great stretches of extraordinary desert scenery. High Granite Mountains and deep chasms form landscapes that in places look like the surface of the moon. There are fertile green oases where Bedouin tribesmen bring their sheep and camels for water. Overnight at the Inter-Continental Taba Heights. (BD) (BLD)

We cross by ferry to Aqaba and continue to Petra through Wadi Rum a land of mesmerizing beauty and contrast: the haunting wilderness, ever changing, and remote desert canyons, immense and still. A jeep ride takes us deep inside the valley. Lunch at a desert camp. Afterwards continue to Marriott Dead Sea for overnight.(BL)

After breakfast, we drive to Madaba “City of Mosaics” where we visit St. George’s church and the 6th century Byzantine mosaic map showing Jerusalem and other holy sites. We proceed to Mount Nebo, the memorial of Moses, the presumed site of the prophet’s death and burial place. The remarkable view of the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and the spires of Jerusalem is simply exhilarating. Continue to Petra and overnight at the Beit Zaman. (BL)

Today you visit Petra, Jordan's most exciting site. It was carved out of the craggy rock mountains south of the Dead Sea by the Nabataean traders more than 2000 years ago. Travel by horseback through a narrow defile or sig; the sudden view of the spectacular Khazneh or Treasury is dramatic. See the gigantic Deir or Monastery, the High Place and the Roman-styled Palace Tomb. After lunch at the Basin, transfer to Aqaba to cross by ferry to Taba Heights. Dinner and overnight at the Inter-Continental. (BLD)

A day at leisure to relax and soak up the sun. Also, time for water sports activities, scuba diving and snorkeling. (BD)

Your imagination will be captured by the biblical traditions of its ancient past where Moses led the 12 tribes of Israel from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land Jebel Musa, the Mount Sinai of the Old Testament, is where Moses received the Ten Commandments from Jehovah. We arrive at the Monastery, an isolated holy place of rich treasures. The fortified monastery has sheltered Christian monks since the Sixth Century, when it was built on the order of Emperor Justinian. It is at the foot of Jebel Musa on the traditional site of the Burning Bush, a part of the Greek Orthodox Church. The Church contains the great Mosaic of the Transfiguration of Christ, numerous icons and sacred art treasures. The Monastery's Library is considered second in importance only to the Vatican Library. After lunch we drive to Cairo. Overnight at the Fairmont Towers. (BL)

NOTE: Please dress conservatively when visiting St. Katharina Monastery Chapel.  Entry is at the discretion of the resident monks.  We might be refused entry without notice.

Transfer to airport for your departure flight home. (B)

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