Sunday

   Arrive Cairo

  WELCOME TO EGYPT!!!

  You will be met at the airport and assisted through customs and immigrations.  Please note that you have to

  identify your luggage once through immigrations by placing it on a luggage cart that will accompany you to your

  private car. 

 You will be driven to your hotel.     

      Overnight RAMSES HILTON HOTEL, Cairo

  Monday

  Today you will tour the Egyptian Museum that houses the most spectacular collections of Egyptian artifacts.  Here

   you will view the treasures found in King Tut’s Tomb.  You will also visit the Citadel, the Mosque and the bazaars.

  In the afternoon tour Giza, site of the three great pyramids. Here you will have the opportunity to climb within

  Cheop’s Pyramid to view the inner chamber.  Continue onward to see the elusive Sphinx and the Valley Temple. (b)

      Overnight RAMSES HILTON HOTEL, Cairo

  Tuesday

  Transfer to the airport flight to Aswan where you will be met and taken to board your Nile cruise ship.

  OPTIONAL;  ABU SIMBEL

  Afternoon felucca sail to Elephantine Island, Agha Khan Mausoleum and the Botanical Gardens. (b,l,d)

  Wednesday

  Aswan/Kom Ombo/Edfu

  Morning visit of the High Dam, Granite Quarries, the Unfinished Obelisk and the Temple of Philae.  Depart for Kom

  Ombo and the Temple of Two Gods.  Continue along the Nile to Edfu. (b,l,d)

  Thursday

  Morning tour of the Temple of Horus, the most complete temple complex in Egypt.  Cruise to Esna to tour the

  Temple, dedicated to Knum.  Proceed to Luxor. (b,l,d)

  Friday

  Luxor

  Saturday

  Morning departure from cruise ship. Ferry crossing to the Western Bank to see the Valley of the Kings, Queen

  Hatshepsut’s temple and the Colossi of Memnon.

  Afternoon transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo to connect with your flight to Amman.

  WELCOME TO JORDAN!!!

  Transfer to your hotel. (b)

     Overnight  GENEVA HOTEL, Amman

  Sunday

  Amman/Madaba/

  After breakfast at the hotel, departure for a tour to south of Amman to visit Madaba and Mount Nebo the highest in 

  the Moabit range which has been a center for pilgrimages since earliest Christian times. Madaba has some of the

 finest Byzantine mosaics in the world including the famous 6th century mosaic map of Palestine.

 Drive to the all inspiring Wadi Mujib along the Moabit ridge to Kerak castle which was built in the 12th century,

 Continue to Petra.   (b)

     Overnight PANORAMA HOTEL, Petra

  Monday

  Petra/Amman

  After breakfast at the hotel, departure for a full day tour to the Red Rose City Petra. Upon arrival you will begin an

  unforgettable trip on horse back till the Siq after by foot till you reach the Treasury. The local guide will give a brief

  history of the city the greatest tourist attraction in the middle East. The Nabateans carved this capital of theirs from

  the living rock of the surrounding mountains in Petra. Among other monuments for the visitors today are Pharaoh's

 Castle, the Triumphal arch, the amphitheater and monastery.

  Return to Amman (b)

     Overnight  GENEVA HOTEL, Amman

  Tuesday

  Amman

  Today you will visit the ancient Greco Roman city of Jerash. The local guide will take you for a tour through the

  colonnaded street, amphitheater, churches, temples and the vast Roman Forum. (b)

      Overnight  GENEVA  HOTEL, Amman

  Wednesday

  Transfer to the airport for departure.