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Egypt & Jordan Experience 16 days

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Egypt and Jordan map

Short Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive in Cairo. Transfer from airport to hotel
Day 2 Cairo - Pyramids, Sphinx & Saqqara tour
Day 3 Cairo - Egyptian Museum and City tour. Sleeper train to Aswan
Day 4 Aswan - board Nile Cruise. Tour Nubian Museum & Philae Temple
Day 5 Aswan (Abu Simbel option) Island felucca trip, cruise to Komombo and Edfu
Day 6 Cruise to Esna and Luxor
Day 7 Luxor - East Bank temples of Luxor & Karnak, evening sound & light show at Karnak
Day 8 Luxor - (hot air balloon option). West Bank sites (Valleys of the Kings & Queens, Temple of Hatchepsut etc.). Sleeper train to Cairo
Day 9 Cairo. Free day (Alexandria day trip option)
Day 10 Drive to Mt. Sinai
Day 11 St. Cathierine's Monastery. Snorkelling at the Blue Hole
Day 12 Ferry to Jordan. Wadi Rum jeep safari. Bedouin Camp
Day 13 Petra - tour
Day 14 Drive up the King's Highway to Amman via Kerak, Madaba, Mt. Nebo
Day 15 Tour to the Dead Sea and Jerash
Day 16 Amman - free time. Transfer to airport for flight home

Tour Highlights
The Pyramids & Sphinx; Egyptian Museum Tutankhamun exhibit; Luxury Nile Cruise; Valley of the Kings; Temple of Karnak; Mt. Sinai & St. Catherine's Monastery; Snorkelling at the Blue Hole; Wadi Rum Safari & Camp; Petra; The Dead Sea; Jerash
 

Tour Facts
Activity / Class Cultural / Superior
Group Size Min - 2  Max - 18  Min age - None
Activity Level Low
Features Sightseeing, camel ride (optional), Nile cruise, Mt. Sinai climb (optional), snorkelling, jeep safari, Bedouin desert camp
Accommodation 3 nights - Cairo hotel (A)
2 nights - sleeper train (C)
1 night Aswan hotel (A)
3 nights - luxury cruise boat (B)
1 night St. Catherine's hotel (C)
1 night Taba hotel (A)
1 night - Desert campsite (E)
1 night - Petra hotel (A)
2 nights - Amman hotel (A)
Transport Air-conditioned bus/minibus/car, overnight sleeper train, 5-star deluxe cruise boat, fast ferry, jeep
Meals B - 15 L - 5 D - 7

Booking Information
Departures Approx. twice a month
Price (excluding flights) From UK£1,200
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Local Payment None
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Tour Options
Pyramid View Supplement (2 nights) UK£40
Single Room Supplement UK£360
Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temple UK£20
Extra day in Amman (5 star) - post-tour UK£60
Wadi Rayan & Valley of the Whales day trip UK£85
Hot Air Balloon Flight - Luxor UK£80
Alexandria Day Trip UK£70
Sound and Light Show at the Pyramids UK£20
Abu Simbel Flight & Tour UK£95

Itinerary

The Treasury in Petra, Jordan
The Treasury in Petra, Jordan
While Egypt's many historical sites are rightly famous, Jordan also has a lot to offer the modern traveller including historical remains from many different cultures, and beautiful scenery. We start by visiting the pyramids & sphinx and main sites in Cairo before featuring a luxury Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor. We visit St. Catherine's Monastery & Mt. Sinai, and enjoy some snorkelling, before heading to Jordan to travel up the King's Highway and visit Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea, among other sites.
 
You start your Egyptian adventure in Cairo with a visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the great pyramids at Gisa. Our next tour visits the famous Egyptian Museum, the Citadel, a couple of mosques, and the Khan-el-Khalili bazaar.

Statues at Abu Simbel, Egypt
Statues at Abu Simbel, Egypt
An overnight sleeper train takes you south to the beautiful town of Aswan, on the banks of the Nile just north of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser. Here the Nile is at its most attractive, and you have time to relax and watch feluccas sail lazily around the many small islands or experience traditional Egyptian life with a stroll along the mazy streets of the town’s colourful bazaar. We take you on a visit to the island temple of Philae and you have the option of a flight out to Abu Simbel, with its remarkable rebuilt temple to Ramses II, before beginning your cruise down the Nile towards Luxor.

You can relax by the pool and watching the world go by during the day, and enjoy different cuisines in the restaurant in the boat restaurant each evening. En route you will stop at the temples of Komombo and Edfu before finally reaching Luxor.

In Luxor you take a tour to the Pharaonic tombs in the Valleys of the Kings, visit Queen Hatchepsut and Medinat Habu temples, and also tour the vast temples of Luxor and Karnak.

The desert landscape of Wadi Rum, Jordan
The desert landscape of Wadi Rum, Jordan
From Luxor you travel back to Cairo where there is an option to visit the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, before we drive across the Suez Canal and into the Sinai peninsular where we spend a night at the foot of Mt. Sinai, next to St. Catherine's Monastery. After visiting the monastery and climbing Mt. Sinai (optional), we enjoy some spectacular snorkelling at the Blue Hole, just outside Dahab.
After crossing by ferry into Jordan, we feature an afternoon jeep safari amid the stunning desert & mountain scenery of Wadi Rum, before spending the night at a comfortable Bedouin camp. Our next stop is Petra, one of the highlights of the tour, where we have a full day tour of this world famous Nabatean city.

Colonnaded street in the Roman city of Jerash, Jordan
Colonnaded street in the Roman city of Jerash, Jordan
From Petra we head north up the scenic King's Highway to Amman, with stops to visit the crusader castle of Kerak, the intricate Byzantine mosaics at Madaba, and the peaks, churches and distant views at Mt. Nebo. We take a day trip out from Amman to bathe in the Dead Sea, and visit the Roman Ruins at Jerash. The tour finishes in Amman (Open Jaw flights are readily available to fly into Cairo and out of Amman).
 
Note: A Standard level version of this tour is also available - please see our Grand Egypt & Jordan Adventure tour for details.


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Travelling with your children? Check our family information page.
 
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