| |
Egypt Tour, Nile
Cruise, Kenya Safari Combined with Egypt Holiday, Egypt Tours and travel,
Egypt Travel, Egypt VacationS, Kenya Safari Travel, Africa Tours
|
|
| |
-
Safaris to Egypt, Kenya Egypt Tours, Pyramid Tours in Egypt
-
-
Best of Kenya
and Egypt Tour and Safari
-
- Day 1 Cairo,
Egypt
- Fly overnight to
Cairo, where you are met and assisted through customs before
- transferring to
your hotel on the Nile.
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
-
- 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)
|
|