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Highlights: |
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Tour Departs: |
Daily
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Pick up Time: |
upon arrival in Cairo |
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Transport: |
Air-conditioned |
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mini bus 4X4 jeep
Toyota land cruiser |
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Accommodation: |
6 Nights hotel - 1
night desert camp |
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Meals: |
7 breakfast, 4 lunch
and 5 dinner. |
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Beverages: |
included in the desert
camp |
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Guides: |
your language guide. |
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Tours: |
as mentioned in the
program |
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Entrance Fees: |
included
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Click map for
detailed route |
Day 1: Arrival in Cairo
Arrival at Cairo airport, assistance during entry visa
formalities. Transfer and overnight in the hotel in Cairo.
Day 2: Visit of Cairo
After breakfast, the program starts with the worldwide known
Egyptian Museum, with its great collection of works of art.
Here, the Tut-anch-Amun Tomb treasure must also be visited. In
these rooms, one is literally submerged in the gloss of old
Egypt.
The visit leads us then towards the Islamic part of Cairo. The
Citadel with its alabaster Mosque control in an impressive way
the profile of the city. A true construction of luxury is the
Hassan Sultan Mosque. Certainly, you also will visit the Gizeh
Pyramids and the Sphinx. The evening, you will stroll in the
famous bazaar of Khan El Khalili. Night in the hotel in Cairo.
Day 3: Cairo - Oasis Bahariya
After the breakfast, we leave in the direction of the desert
towards the Bahariya oasis, also known as the Golden Mommies
Valley. Numerous sources of water make of the oasis a green
island in a sea of sand. We thus discover the sources of hot
water, the palm tree alleys and of course the exhibition of the
famous Golden Mommies. Dinner and overnight in the hotel in
Bahariya.
Day 4: Bahariya Oasis - White Desert
On the road towards the Farafra oasis, we discover the Black
Desert (according to the black basalt rock) and the Crystal
Mountain. In our exploration of the White Desert we admire
innumerable limestone formation shaped by the wind. Overnight in
tents in the desert.
Day 5: White desert - Farafra - Dakhla Oasis
In the morning, visit of the native museum and then we proceed
towards the most beautiful oasis of the Western Desert, Dakhla
Oasis. Here we will visit El Qasr and Deir El Hajar, the
‘Monastery of stones’, a temple dated from the Roman emperors
and later occupied by Christian monks. Overnight in a hotel in
Dakhla.
Day 6: Dakhla Oasis – Kharga Oasis
Today our trip leads us to the ‘Valley of the Pyramids’ and
Kharga Oasis, with an important historical and cultural past. We
will visit the Temple of Hibis, the Temple of Nadura and the
Museum of Kharga. Overnight in a hotel in Kharga.
Day 7: Kharga Oasis - Luxor
Our journey continues today through the desert in direction to
the Nile. In the afternoon we arrive in Luxor. Overnight in the
hotel in Luxor.
Day 8: Departure from Luxor (*)
Transfer to the airport in Luxor and flight back.
Price includes:
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Meals: Cairo and Luxor:
breakfast
During the tour in the oases: full board
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2 nights hotel 3* in Cairo
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1 night hotel in Bahariya
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1 night in tent in the White
Desert
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1 night hotel in Dakhla
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1 night hotel in Kharga
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1 night hotel in Luxor
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Camp equipment in the desert
(tents, sleeping bags..) and Jeep
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All transfers (private, in air
conditioned minibus, with driver)
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English speaking guide
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All taxes
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Entry fees for the sites
Price excludes:
No of guests
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Summer Rates
from 1-6 to 15-9 |
Winter Rates
from 16-9 to 30-5 |
| 2 guests |
460 Euro per person |
490 Euro per person |
| 3 guests |
400 Euro per person |
410 Euro per person |
| 4 guests |
330 Euro per person |
340 Euro per person |
| 5 guests |
280 Euro per person |
290 Euro per person |
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