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- Best of Kenya
and Egypt Tour and Safari
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- DAY 1 Cairo,
Egypt
- Fly overnight to
Cairo, where you are met and assisted through customs before
- transferring to
your hotel on the Nile.
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- DAY 2: Cairo
- Visit the Pyramids
built for Pharaohs Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus on the Giza Plateau. Continue
to the Solar Boat Museum to view the 141-foot-long funerary boat of King Cheops.
Just to the east is the legendary Sphinx. Dinner at your hotel. (B L D)
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- DAY 3: Cairo/Abu
Simbel/Aswan
- Fly to Abu Simbel
and visit the two temples built by Egypt's longest ruling pharaoh,
- Ramses II. Continue
to Aswan, where you board 'your nile cruise.' After lunch visit the
- Aswan High Dam
before a short boat ride to the exquisite Temple of Philae on the
- island of Agilika.
Proceed to the granite quarries, which supplied the ancient
- Egyptians with most
of the hard stone used in the temples. (B L D)
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- DAY 4: Aswan/Kom
Ombo/Edfu
- Cruise to Kom Ombo
and explore its third century BC temple. There is time to rest
- and enjoy the
lovely scenery as your cruise takes you to Edfu, where you visit the
- Temple of Horus,
the falcon-god. Begun in 230 BC by Ptolemy III, this extraordinary
- structure is the
best-preserved temple in Egypt. (B L D)
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- DAY 5: Edfu/Luxor
- This morning cross
the Nile to explore its West Bank. Tour the Valley of the Kings
- and visit the
Valley of the Queens and the Temple of the female Pharaoh, Queen
- Hatshepsut, before
passing the famed Colossi of Memnon. After lunch on board visit
- the temple of Amun
at Karnak. Continue on to the spectacular Temple of Luxor. (B L
- D)
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- DAY 6: Luxor/Cairo
- Fly to Cairo, where
you will visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, housing the
- world's greatest
collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts, including the treasures
- of Tutankhamun and
the Mummy Room. (B L)
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- DAY 7:
Cairo/Nairobi, Kenya
- Visit the hilltop
Citadel and explore the mosque and tomb of the Ottoman ruler
- Mohamed Ali. A
walking tour of Islamic Cairo takes you from one of the remaining
- gates of the city,
Bab El Fotouh, to Khan El Khalili Bazaar for a traditional lunch.
- Later this evening
board your overnight flight to Nairobi. (B L)
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- DAY 8: Nairobi
- Arrive in Nairobi
this morning, then transfer to your hotel. This afternoon, visit
- the Giraffe Centre,
the Karen Blixen Museum and the nearby Kazuri Beads workshop.
- (B)
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- DAY 9: Nairobi/Samburu
- Fly to the
semi-desert bush country of the Northern Frontier District and take your
- first game drive in
Samburu this afternoon. (B L D)
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- DAY 10: Samburu
- During your game
drives today, watch for crocodile basking on the muddy riverbanks,
- velvet monkeys
frolicking in the sun, and unique northern species including the
- reticulated
giraffe, Somali ostrich, Grevy's zebra and the graceful gerenuk. In the
- afternoon, visit a
local Samburu village. (B L D)
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- DAY 11: Samburu/Masai
Mara Game Reserve
- Fly to the
magnificent Masai Mara Game Reserve, host to the most spectacular array
- of wildlife. Lion
are found in abundance throughout the park as are elephant,
- giraffe, a variety
of gazelle species and zebra. Cheetah and leopard are also
- regularly seen, and
you may even glimpse rhino. After a late-afternoon game drive,
- return to camp for
dinner. (BLD)
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- DAY 12: Masai
Mara Game Reserve
- Spend an
exhilarating day in the Mara, embarking on morning and afternoon game
- drives in search of
lion, elephant, giraffe and impala. You will also have the
- opportunity to
visit a Maasai village during your stay. Bid farewell to the Mara at
- a special dinner
tonight. (B L D)
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- DAY 13: Masai
Mara Game Reserve/Nairobi
- Fly to Nairobi
today where a dayroom has been reserved for your use before tonight's
- flight. The
afternoon is at leisure. (B)
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