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Cairo and the Nile


Day 01- Saturday 25.08
Arrive at Cairo International Airport .Meet & assist by our representative- transfer to your hotel. Check in & Overnight in Cairo at the Movenpick Pyramids Hotel

Day 02- Sunday 26.08
PyramidsMeet your English Tour Guide, start your day tour by visiting one of the lasting seven wonders, The Three Pyramids, Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerionos. Then visit the Sphinx Monument; guarding the royal burial chambers and temple of Cheops. After that, you will proceed to Sakkara., built for the 3rd Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser by the architect Imhotep. Then you will visit Memphis, the capital of the Pharaohs during the old kingdom, built by King Menes and is located 24 kilometers southwest of Cairo. Back to the Hotel & Overnight in Cairo.
( Breakfast )

Day 03 – Monday 27.08
Meet your English Tour Guide, and start your day tour by visiting The Egyptian Museum, housing the largest collection of ancient monuments in the world, including the golden treasures of Tutankhamen. After that you will visit the Coptic Cairo: includes the hanging church which was built in the 4th century over the southern gate of the fortress Babylon & dedicated to the Virgin Mary& some other old churches .Then proceed to visit the Citadel of Salah El Din, which is one of the world's greatest monuments to medieval warfare, as well as a highly visible landmark on Cairo's eastern skyline & the complex includes the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali . Then you will have a walk at Khan El Khalili Bazaar. Back to the Hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
( Breakfast )

Day 04- Tuesday 28.08


sonesta moon goddess Check-out from hotel. Then transfer to Cairo domestic airport for leaving to Luxor. Upon arrival to Luxor. Meet & assist at airport by our representative - transfer to your Nile Cruise MOON GODDESS. Embarkation before lunch. Lunch on board . Cross to the west bank to visit the valley of the kings Queens , queen hatshepsut temple & the colossi of memnon & luxor temple .dinner & over night in Luxor .
(Breakfast)



Day 05 – Wednesday 29.08
Break fast on board . visit karnak temple . Lunch on board . sail to edfu . dinner & over night .
( Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner )

sonesta moon goddess bedroomDay 06 –Thursday 30.08
Breakfast on Board. Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu. lunch on Board. Sail to kom ombo. Visit the Temple shared by the two Gods Sobek and Harories in Kom Ombo. Sail to Aswan. Dinner on Board . Over night in Aswan .
( Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner )

Day 07- Friday 31.08
Breakfast on board. Visit the high dam , the granite quarries , unfinished oblesik & the philae temple . Lunch on board . evening ,sail on the nile by felucca around kitchener's island & agha khan mausoleum . Dinner on Board . overnight in Aswan.
( Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner )

Day 08- Saturday 01.09
Breakfast on board . Disembarkation . Transfer to the Pyramisa Isis Hotel and Spa, Aswan . check-in . over night in aswan .
(Breakfast+ Lunch + Dinner)

AswanDay 09 – Sunday 02.09
Breakfast at hotel . Day free at leisure . Over night in Aswan
( Breakfast )

Day 10- Monday 03.09
Breakfast at hotel . Check-out & transfer to Aswan Airport for leaving to Cairo . Upon arrival to Cairo . Meet & assist & transfer to your hotel, Movenpick Pyramids Hotel . Check-in . over night in cairo .
( Breakfast )



Day 11 – Tuesday 04.09
After breakfast check-out & transfer to Cairo International Airport for your final departure .
( Breakfast )
End of Program

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Namibian Deserts and Canyons Safari

This small group departure takes in the finest sights of this beautiful desert country. This trip combines wonderfully with a post-safari extension to Cape Town.

namibia ostriches

Day 1. Depart London
Depart London on the overnight flight to Windhoek.

Day 2. Kalahari Desert
After arriving in Windhoek you head out via Rehoboth into the Kalahari Desert for the night at Auob Lodge on the banks of the Auob River. This small lodge offers a peaceful atmosphere in which to relax in the Kalahari. You may wish to relax, or perhaps take to an open vehicle for a scenic sunset drive.

Day 3. Fish River Canyon
Drive through the Kalahari spending a little time at the Kokerboom (Quiver tree) forest near Keetmanshoop before continuing via Naute Dam to view the Fish River Canyon's spectacular northern fringes. You overnight at Canon Lodge set amid a 520 square kilometre private game reserve. It is an excellent base from which to explore the canyon. The 26 bungalows of the lodge are spread amongst distinctive and gigantic boulders which are smooth to the touch and have been rounded by an eternity of erosion.

Day 4. Luderitz
Travel to Aus where you may see the famous desert horses as you enter the Namib Desert. Arrive in the small fishing port of Luderitz around midday and take an afternoon drive around the southern peninsula travelling out to Diaz point where you should see African Penguins as well as dolphins. Overnight in Loderitz at the Nest Hotel. This medium-sized hotel has its own private beach and is the ideal place for a sundowner!

Day 5. Maltahohe
This morning visit Kolmanskop, a deserted diamond town and in the afternoon visit Duwisib Castle before continuing to the Maltahohe region for the night at Hammersteine Rest Camp.

namibia desert

Days 6. Namib Naukluft National Park
Make an early start today visiting the soaring dunes of Sossusvlei in the heart of the Namib Desert. Visit Sesriem Canyon and Solitaire as you pass through Naukluft Mountains. You will reach the Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge (where you spend the night) at around lunchtime. This traditionally built lodge blends beautifully into the local surroundings, it has 22 rooms and a swimming pool to cool off in!

Day 7. Swakopmund
Drive through Kuiseb Canyon towards the coast enjoying a packed lunch en-route. Visit the nearby desert park where you will see the ancient Welwitschia plants (said to grow more than a 1000 years old) and the Moon Landscape. You spend the next three nights in Swakopmund at the Hansa Hotel.

Days 8 & 9. Swakopmund
Your time in Swakopmund, an historic Victorian seaside town, is at leisure. You could simply relax, or perhaps take an optional boat trip to see Cape Fur Seals and rare Heaviside's Dolphins, and of course plentiful birdlife.

Days 10 & 11. Damaraland
This morning you leave early for Henties Bay visiting Twyfelfontein en-route to Damaraland where you arrive mid-afternoon. Your stay here will include morning and afternoon game-drives in search of elusive desertadapted Black Rhino, and Elephant. Here you spend two nights at Palmwag Lodge. On day 11 you have the option (at extra cost payable locally) to take a full day drive and visit one of the nearby Himba tribes.

namibia lodging

Day 12. Otjiwarongo
Continue via Kamanjab to Outjo and Mount Etjo Safari Lodge game reserve for a late afternoon game drive. This private reserve is home to both Black, and White Rhino, Elephant, Greater Kudu, Damaraland Dik-Dik, Sable and Roan Antelope.

Days 13 to 15. Etosha National Park
Continue on to Etosha National Park, famous for its extensive game-viewing and dazzling white salt pans. You spend you time here on the look out for Lion, Cheetah, Giraffe, Burchell's Zebra, and the near-endemic Black-faced Impala. You spend two nights at Etosha Restcamp (or one of the nearby private lodges) before transferring for your last night in Etosha to Mokuti Lodge.

Day 16. Windhoek
Visit Lake Otjikoto and the mine museum in Tsumeb before travelling via Otjiwarongo and the local handicraft market at Okahandja in time for your overnight flight to London.

Day 17. Arrive home.

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