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Note: In summer temperatures are higher, so visits to archaeological sites are made earlier in the day to avoid the hottest hours of the day. It is recommended to wear sports shoes, sunglasses, sunscreen and a hat or cap for these visits.
Breakfast.
07:00 hrs.-: We will visit the esplanade of the Pyramids , the most famous of which are those of the pharaohs Cheops, Kephren and Mykerinos (entrance to the interior of the pyramids not included), as well as the enigmatic Sphinx. Afterwards we will visit the Papyrus Institute for about 30 minutes, where we will see how the papyrus is handmade.
11:30 hrs.-: Visit the Coptic Quarter , which is nowadays one of the meeting places of the Egyptians and one of the oldest areas of the city. Visit the Hanging Church.
12:30 hrs.-: Visit the Citadel, built by order of Saladin in 1176 and completed in 1182. From 1218 until the 19th century it was the official seat of the Egyptian government. The history of this area is full of palace intrigues, assassinations, overthrows and massacres such as that of the Mamluks in 1811. Representative buildings include the Muhammad Ali Mosque, also known as the Alabaster Mosque , built on the model of Istanbul´s Hagia Sophia.
13.45 hrs.-: Lunch included in a local restaurant.
15:00 hrs.-: Visit the Egyptian Museum , which is about 10 km from the Pyramids and contains one of the most important and impressive archaeological exhibits in the world. The jewel of this exhibition is the treasure of Tutankhamun which occupies the entire upper floor. Remember that it takes at least a week to visit it in its entirety.
17:00 hrs-: Departure from the Egyptian Museum and return to the hotel.
18:00 hrs.-: Arrival at the hotel and accommodation.

Distance: 510 km
Landscapes: Spectacular landscapes, lakes and deserts of multiple colors.
Note: We suggest comfortable shoes and bring water on visits. Sometimes, police checkpoints can delay the route. We suggest always carrying your passport at hand.
07.00 hrs.-: Cairo. Leaving Cairo early in the morning, we will see an Egypt that you probably never imagined: a country of large lakes in the middle of the desert! We head towards the Oasis of Al Fayum and we will drive around the great Lake Qarum which allows the irrigation of the whole oasis making this area ‘the garden of Egypt’. The shores of the lake have numerous leisure spots for the Egyptians. Al Fayum is also known for the ‘Portraits of Al Fayum’, the oldest portraits in the world which today are housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
09.00 hrs.-: Tunis Village. Stop at this pleasant place with great ceramic craftsmanship.
artesanatos em cerâmica.
10.30 hrs.-: Pyramid of Meidum. Entrance included in this pyramid, considered as the first pyramid that the ancient Egyptians tried to build, 2600 years before Christ, with its amazing, stepped structure. We can climb to the door that gives access to the burial chamber (after descending 75 meters) and see the large mastabas that house the tombs of some relatives of the pharaoh.
11.30 hrs.-: End of the visit to the Pyramid of Meidum. Departure.
13.00 hrs.-: Wadi Rayyan. A few kilometers away, we stop at the saltwater lake declared a National Park, where rare species of birds and gazelles live. Time for a walk next to the small falls.
13.30 hrs.-: Wadi Rayyan. We continue our journey into the desert.
14.00 hrs.-: Wadi al Hittan. Arrival and entrance included to the so-called "Valley of the whales", declared by Unesco a World Heritage Site . The number, concentration, and quality of the fossils, as well as their location in a protected landscape of great beauty, make the site an exceptional place in all aspects. We get to visit the museum about fossilized whales and climate change and we will walk to see the skeletons of fossilized whales.
14.30 hrs.-: Lunch at a local restaurant in Wadi Hittan.
15.30 hrs.-: Departure from Wadi Htitan.
18.00 hrs- Menia , arrival in this city of 300 000 inhabitants where we can have an active and pleasant walk along the Nile River. Dinner included.

Distance: 210 km
Landscapes: Great landscapes on the Nile Valley.
Notes: We suggest comfortable shoes. Sometimes police controls can delay the route, we suggest always carrying the passport at hand. The program may be modified by security regulations given by the police during the trip. In the Coptic temples visited we suggest wearing appropriate clothing. According to the schedule, we can visit Deir al Muharraq before the tombs of Mir.
08.00 hrs- Menia. Exit. We start another exciting day in the center of the Nile Valley.
08.30 hrs- Zawiyyet Sultan. Stop and entrance included in this immense cemetery, called place of the dead, at the foot of a small pharaonic necropolis, whose peculiar architecture of vaulted adobe mausoleums leads us to feel "in another world".
09.15 hrs- Zawiyyet Sultan, we continue our route.
10.00 hrs- Beni Hassan. A new stop to visit the necropolis that stands on cliffs above the Nile Valley, 39 tombs (four are visited) dating from 2125 to 1795 years b.C. and offer us a fascinating idea of the daily life of that time. Entrance included.
11.30 hrs- Beni Hassan, departure. We continue touring the Nile Valley. Lunch included en route.
14.15 hrs- Tombs of Mir. Entrance included to visit this new necropolis, open to the visit, of nine tombs of the Old and Middle Kingdom. The solitude of the place is impressive (practically without tourism).
15.15 hrs- Very close to the tombs we make a new stop.
15.30 hrs- Deir el-Muharraq. Arrival at the monastery and entrance included to this place of Coptic pilgrimage. Monks indicate that here, in a cave, Mary and Jesus lived for six months after fleeing from Herod. According to tradition the church was built around the year 60, being "the oldest Christian church in the world".
16.30 hrs- Deir el-Muharraq - departure.
18.00 hrs- Assiut, arrival in the provincial capital. Dinner included.

Distance: 420 km
Landscapes : Interesting landscapes following the Nile Valley and stretches of arid deserts with different colors.
Notes: We suggest comfortable shoes. Sometimes police controls can delay the route, we suggest always carrying the passport at hand. The program may be modified by security regulations given by the police during the trip. In the Coptic temples visited we suggest wearing appropriate clothing.
08.00 hrs- We will leave Assiut for the region of Sohag, in Upper Egypt. We are located in one of the main Coptic areas of Egypt.
10.30 hrs- White Monastery (entrance included). Stop to visit this Coptic monastery, built in the fourth century (destroyed several times) and powerfully walled. For the construction of this monastery the stones that came from pharaonic temples were used and we can find, in some of its ancient blocks, pharaonic gods and hieroglyphics of that time. At the time, this monastery housed the largest library in Egypt.
11.15 hrs- After that we visit the Red Monastery (entrance included) , one of the most impressive Christian buildings in Egypt. Its old chapel of the fourth century, has most of its surface covered with frescoes (restored) that give us an idea of what religious buildings were like at the time.
12.15 hrs- Red Monastery, departure.
13.45 hrs. Abydos. Entrance included to the most important place of worship of Osiris -God of the dead. Lunch included . The necropolis of Abydos was a place of pilgrimage for more than 4500 years (from 4000 years BC to 600) and there are still many unexcavated tombs. It highlights the impressive temple of Seti , one of the most complete and beautiful in Egypt.16.00 hrs- Abydos, departure. We continue to Luxor . Accommodation.

During our stay in Luxor we will get to know one of the most impressive ancient cities on the planet. Early, from our hotel we will take a private boat to cross the Nile River, with its peace and breathtaking views early in the morning, we pass to the west bank. We visit the "Valley of the Artisans" Deir el-Medina, a place that is not visited often, here lived and are currently located the tombs of great builders and craftsmen who built and decorated the royal tombs of ancient Egypt; we will visit three tombs, their paintings show scenes of daily life of that time. Subsequently, transfer to the ship, boarding procedures on the cruise and accommodation. Full board on the ship. In the afternoon, visit to the impressive temple complex of Luxor and Karnark . Accommodation on board.

Full board on board. Breakfast at 05:00 hrs. We leave the ship at 06:00 hrs. Visit of the Necropolis of Thebes, comprising the famous Valley of the Kings , which is 18 km from the boat. Arrival at the Valley of the Kings around 06:45 hrs and we finish the visit around 08:30 hrs. Then, at about 4 km, we will have the panoramic visit of the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Deir Al Bahari , by bus 10 minutes away is Deir Bahari. The visit lasts an hour and then it takes another 10 minutes by bus to reach the temple of Medinet Habu located about 4 km from the temple of Hatshepsut and another hour to visit the temple and on the way back to the boat, a stop to see the Colossi of Memnon. After the visit, return to the boat. Navigation to Edfu crossing the Esna lock. Luxor is 120 km from Edfu It takes 4 hours to reach the Esna lock; we need to wait for the turn to pass and sail for another 4 hours to reach Edfu. Accommodation on board.

Breakfast is from 06:00h rs. to 07:00 hrs. Full board on the ship. At 07.00 AM visit of Temple of Edfu . The temple is 1km from the boat. The transfer of the boat to the temple of Edfu is done in carriages . It is almost 15 minutes each way, and an hour and a half in the temple. The Temple is dedicated to the Falcon God Horus and is the best preserved in Egypt as well as being the second largest in the country. At 09:00 hrs. return to the boat. Navigation to Kom Ombo. It takes almost 6 hours to get to Kom Ombo. Arrival around 17:00 hrs.. Departure to visit the Temple of Kom Ombo ; we walk there because it is very close to the boat, about 200 meters. The visit lasts a total of an hour and a half. It is the only temple dedicated to two Gods: Haroeris, who had a falcon´s head and Sobek, with a crocodile head and God of fertility. At Kom Ombo, we will also visit the Nilometer, used by the ancient Egyptians to measure the water level of the Nile. After the visit return to the ship at 18:30 hrs.. Navigation to Aswan (almost 4 hours).

Arrival to ASWAN, the ancient city of Swenet, was an important commercial port, is located in the southernmost Egypt, located on the banks of the Nile River, is a charming city with a personality and a special charm influenced by the Nubian culture that makes it so special.
Optional visit to Abu Simbel (visit NOT included in your programme), located two hundred and eighty kilometres from Aswam and visit the temples carved into the western cliff of the desert by Ramses II in the twelfth century BC, with statues of 20 meters high, If you book the excursion to Abu Simbel, the departure of the boat will be in the early morning and the journey takes 3 and a half hours one way and three and a half hours return, the visit lasts approximately 2 hours and the return to Aswan is approximately at 12:00 hrs. Afterwards you will visit the Aswan Dam (duration of the visit is half an hour). At about 13.00 hrs. you will visit the temple of Philae dedicated to the goddess Isis and located on a small island which can only be reached by boat and at about 14.00 hrs. you will visit the Unfinished Obelisk.
In case you do not hire Abu Simbel, departure at 08:00 hrs. to visit the Aswan Dam ; it is a huge engineering work that retains the waters of the Nile River, creating Lake Nasser. Around 09:00 hrs. visit the Philae temple dedicated to the goddess Isis and located on a small island that can only be reached by boat. At about 11:00 hrs. visit the Red Granite Quarry, where the famous Unfinished Obelisk , forty-one metres high, is located and where you can observe the ingenious procedure used by the ancient Egyptians for the extraction of the granite blocks. The visit lasts about 30 minutes. Return to the boat for lunch.

At about 16:00 hrs. you will take a trip on the river in the typical fishing boats, called ‘falucas’. The ride lasts between 45 and 60 minutes. The faluca always comes very close to the boat.
Full board on board . Accommodation on board.

After breakfast, transfer to the airport and end of our services.