The Splendor of EGYPT TOUR, 2024

MAIN TOUR – April 18-28/2024
(11 Days/9 Nights)
additional / optional SHARM EL SHEIKH PACKAGE –  April 28-May 3
(6 extra days/5 extra nights on the Red Sea / in the Sinai Desert)

5 star+ Accommodations w Breakfast daily . Domestic & International Flights
*All Inclusive* 4 Day Nile Cruise . Daily Sightseeing
Private Air conditioned Buses . Dinner on Nile & Show in Cairo
Experienced Native English Speaking Tour Guides
All Tips (except Guide) & Bedouin Dinner in the Sinai Desert

A TRIP OF A LIFETIME and a professionally guided tour that is designed and overseen by the owner of The Arabic Bazaar/WMD Productions and artist/entrepreneur, Zein Al-Jundi who is a native of Syria, has travelled to Egypt for over 25 years and had a life long love affair with this magnificent country and its people so to be able to let all EXPERIENCE THE COUNTRY FROM AN INSIDER’S POINT OF VIEW…..
For this trip (as it was the case with previous tours) Zein has teamed with the best travel professionals in in Egypt who will be on hand for the duration of the tour with the group!
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~$150-275 per person EARLY REGISTRATIONS DISCOUNTS~
if signed before on or before 11/20/23
**PAYMENT PLAN AVAILABLE**
details below…..

**FOR FULL INFORMATION, SIGN UP or REQUEST A BROCHURE**
512-533-9227 . The Arabic Bazaar (3201 Feathergrass Court, Suite 108, Austin TX)
or mailto: WMDProductions@sbcglobal.net

click for Registration Form
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Pricing…….

MAIN TOUR:  $4995 p.p. double occupancy ($1450 additional for single occupancy)
price includes:
*Airfare from JFK to Cairo and back & Cairo to Aswan and back to Cairo.  
(other city departures available…..please inquire @ (512) 533-9227)
*5 star hotel accommodation & Black Diamond rated Nile cruise.
*Land transportation.
*Breakfast daily in Cairo.
*Full board while on the Nile cruise.
*All itinerary sightseeing (optional excursion extra).
*Dinner & Show on Nile Boat in Cairo.
*Assistance of an official English Speaking Tour Guide throughout the tour.
*All hotels taxes and services.
*Tips except for guide.   

Optional excursions for the Main Tour are available for an extra charge.  

LAND PACKAGE:  $4095 p.p. double occupancy ($1450 additional for single occupancy)
price includes: same as above package minus the international flights!

SHARM EL SHEIKH (Red Sea & Sinai Desert) optional / additional PACKAGE:
$1450 p.p. double occupancy ($495 additional for single occupancy)
6 Days/5 Nights (4 nights in Sharm, 1 night in Cairo)
price includes:
*5 Star Beach Resort.
*Breakfast daily.
*Flights from and back to Cairo.
*Private Air Conditioned Busses.
*Welcome Bedouin Dinner in the Sinai Desert.  

Optional excursions for the Sharm Additional Package (Snorkeling & Diving . Dessert Excursions & Other Sightseeing) are available for an extra charge.

price for packages does NOT include:
*Egypt entry visa
*Photography ticket in the Egyptian museum
*WiFi during trip
*Tips for guides.
*All beverages during meals
*Costs of a personal nature including drinks, laundry, phone calls/texting, souvenirs and similar.
*Any other service that is not mentioned as included.  

up to $275 Discounts per person offered……
Discount details in Registration Form…..Click here!

Refunds, Credits & other notes……

*MAIN & LAND PACKAGES INCLUDE A NONE REFUNDABLE $750 REGISTRATION FEE.

*TRIP IS NON-REFUNDABLE AFTER 1/1/2024…..**If in the unlikely event of this tour being cancelled for any unforeseen reason, all payments made will be refunded to those registered if cancelation occurs before 1/1/2024. If such cancelation occurs after 1/1/2024, refunds for the land package portion only will be refunded to all registered…..the flight portion will not be refunded after which date. Please check with airline for policies on issuing and using credit!

*Domestic flights (in Egypt, to and out of Cairo FOR ALL PACKAGES) are NON REFUNDABLE.   

*3% SURCHARGE IS ADDED TO CC & PAYPAL PAYMENTS (make a payment by check or cash in person to avoid paying surcharge) 

*ONLY ONE DISCOUNT IS APPLICABLE TO EACH PERSON REGISTERED.

Payment Plan……

*$995 Deposit for MAIN & LAND PACKAGE at signing up.
(early registration and other discounts when applicable are applied to deposit paid).
*$450 Deposit for SHARM EL SHEIKH additional, optional PACKAGE. 
*4 Equal payments of $1000 each FOR MAIN PACKAGE due on or before November & December 20th of 2023, January & February 20th of 2024.
*4 Equal payments of $775 each FOR LAND PACKAGE due on or before November & December 20th of 2023, January & February 20th of 2024.
*4 Equal payments of $250 each FOR SHARM EL SHEIK PACKAGE due on or before November & December 20th of 2023, January & February 20th of 2024.

Hotels & Accommodations (5* or better)……

Cairo (5*)
Samiramis InterContinental Cairo

Nile Cruise (5* diamond)
Farah Nile Cruise

Sharm El Sheikh (5*)
The Savoy

Day by Day Itinerary……

DAY 01 – 4/18

Departure from JFK (or your departure city) to Cairo…..

Let the fun begin 🙂 

DAY 02 – Cairo 4/19

Arrival to Cairo, meet and assist. Our English speaking representative will be waiting for our tracellers. Transfer to the hotel and accommodation.

DAY 03 – Cairo 4/20

Breakfast at the hotel. Three great and legendary Pyramids of Cheops, Kefren and Menkaure. Located 10 kms outside of Cairo in the Necropolis of Giza. Considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. We will also visit the Sphinx of Giza, with human head and body of lion prostrate next to the valley as guardian of the Pyramids and visit Valley temple, Later, a quick visit to papyrus institute is arranged after the visit to learn about the process of making Papyrus in Ancient Egypt. Also visit Memphis was the first capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, established by King Menes, place of residence of the rulers and center of cultural and commercial activities, around 3100 a.d.C, Sakkara was the necropolis of the pharaohs. Return to hotel and Accommodation.

DAY 04 – Cairo 4/21

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Egyptian Museum en El Tahrir; it was established by the Egyptian government in 1835.  The present museum building was built in 1900, in the new classical style by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon.  The museum exhibited collections now exceed 120,000 objects ranges from pre-historic era to the Greco Roman period. Then visit Citadel of Saladin which is a medieval Islamic fortification in Cairo Egypt and located on Mokkatam hill near the center of Cairo, Alabaster Mosque is a mosque situated in the Citadel of Cairo in Egypt and commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848. Visit Khan Khalili.

Return to hotel and Accommodation.

DAY 05 – Cairo – Luxor 4/22

Breakfast at the hotel. At the indicated time, transfer to the airport to leave by flight to Luxor. Arrival and transfer to the ship, boarding procedures. Lunch then:

Visit East bank of the Nile including:

The Temple of Luxor: A continuing testimony to the history of Egypt, beginning with the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt until the 14th century AD, when a mosque was built in the complex to commemorate Abu Al-Haggag, responsible for Islamization. The temple of Luxor is rich in chronicles of the past, such as descriptions of the Battle of Kadesh, accounts of the Opet festival and other stories of the exploits of the pharaohs on the pillars, obelisks and walls of the temples.

The Karnark Temple: The Karnak temple complex houses three main temples, some smaller temples within the compound, and a number of outer temples, combining the achievements of several generations of ancient builders over a period of 1500 years. Around thirty different pharaohs contributed to the building process of this place, giving it a complexity and diversity never seen anywhere else.

Transfer to the Cruise, Dinner and overnight on board.

DAY 06 – Luxor – Edfu 4/23

Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board.

Visit West bank of the Nile including:

Valley of Kings: the ancient burial ground of many of Egypt’s New Kingdom rulers. A truly impressive sight! A ticket will allow you to visit 3 of the 63 tombs on-site, except Tutankhamen and some other tombs, which requires an additional ticket.

Hatshepsut Temple: The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, also known as Deir el Bahri, is dedicated to Amon-Ra, the sun god. Designed by an architect named Senemut, the temple is unique because it was designed like classical architecture.

Memnon Colossi: two gigantic statues known as the Colossi of Memnon. These two gigantic figures of Amenhotep III were originally situated in front of his Mortuary temple, which seems to have been destroyed for unknown reasons. Each colossus is about 21 meters tall and represents King Amenhotep III seated on his throne.

Return to the cruise. Sailing to Edfu and night on board.

DAY 07 – Edfu – Kom Ombo – Aswan 4/24

Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board.

Visit the Temple of Horus, built between 237 BC and 57 BC, into the reign of Cleopatra VII. Of all the temple remains in Egypt, the Temple of Horus at Edfu is the most completely preserved. Built from sandstone blocks, the huge Ptolemaic temple was constructed over the site of a smaller New Kingdom temple, oriented east to west, facing towards the river. The later structure faces north to south and leaves the ruined remains of the older temple pylon to be seen on the east side of the first court.

Sail to Kom Ombo.

Visit the temple dedicated to Sobek and Horus the Elder, the Temple of Kom Ombo has two identical entrances, hypostyle halls and sanctuaries. The symmetry of the temple layout is a tribute to the mythical link the two gods shared. Built on an outcrop at a bend in the Nile where crocodiles used to gather in ancient times, the temple is a testament to the importance Ancient Egyptian priests placed in the natural cycles and crocodiles of the Nile. Visit the temple to see mummified crocodiles, clay coffins and spectacular reliefs on the walls.

Navigation to Aswan and overnight on board.

DAY 08 – Aswan 4/25

Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board.

Visit the Aswan High Dam, the world’s largest embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Construction of the High Dam became a key objective of the government following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952; with its ability to better control flooding, provide increased water storage for irrigation and generate hydroelectricity the dam was seen as pivotal to Egypt’s planned industrialization.

Philae Temple: Dedicated to the goddess Isis, the Temple of Philae is located in a beautiful setting, landscaped to match the original site of the temple when it was relocated by UNESCO after the building of the Aswan Dam threatened the site. The temple has several shrines and sanctuaries.

Navigation and overnight on board.

DAY 09 – Aswan – Cairo 4/26

Breakfast. Disembarkation.

Transfer to the airport to take a flight to Cairo. Arrival and at the evening go out for Dinner at Nile cruise then return to the hotel and Accommodation.

DAY 10- Cairo 4/27

Breakfast at the hotel. Full day visit to the National Museum of Civilization, in which the most important part is the room of the mummies. A place specially designed to exhibit the mummies of the kings and queens of Pharaonic Egypt, so that the visitor is transported to the atmosphere of the Valley of the Kings, where these kings and queens of Egypt come from. In addition, it is a good place to learn about the science of mummification that the Egyptians practiced to perfection. Afterwards, visit the Coptic Cairo which is a Christian neighborhood located in the old part of the city.

Then back to the hotel and accommodation.

DAY 11 (Main Tour) – Cairo – JFK 4/28

Breakfast and check-out. At the indicated time transfer to the airport to take a flight to the city of origin.

All great things come to an end but not before having acquired amazing memories and a trip of a lifetime 🙂

DAY 11 – Cairo -Sharm El Sheikh 4/28

Breakfast at the hotel. Free time until the time of transfer to Cairo airport, to board their flight to Sharm el Sheik. Transfer to Hotel and accommodation.

DAY 12-14 Sharm El Sheikh 4/29-5/1

Breakfast, free day to enjoy the beach (optional excursions available). Accommodation

DAY 15 Sharm El Sheikh – Cairo 5/2

Breakfast and check-out. Transfer to Sharm airport, to board their flight to Cairo. Transfer to Hotel and accommodation.

DAY 16 Cairo – JFK 5/3

Breakfast and check-out. At the indicated time transfer to the airport to take a flight to the city of origin.

All great things come to an end but not before having acquired amazing memories and a trip of a lifetime!

~End of services~

Note: Order of visits is subject to change, always maintaining the same included services.

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~up to $275 per person EARLY REGISTRATIONS DISCOUNTS~
if signed up before 11/20/23
**PAYMENT PLAN AVAILABLE**
Details for Discounts & Payment Plan in
Registration Form

**TO INQUIRE, SIGN UP or REQUEST A BROCHURE**
512-533-9227 . The Arabic Bazaar (3201 Feathergrass Court, Suite 108, Austin TX)
or mailto: WMDProductions@sbcglobal.net