Our Egypt Easter package including Cairo, Nile Cruise and Hurghada Red Sea gives you a wonderful experience of History, Culture, colour and relaxation. An offer hard to refuse which includes the World Famous Pyramids and Sphinx along with the Museum of Antiquities in Cairo. Then heading down to the colourful Nubian Aswan to sail the Nile with further Temples en route before arriving Luxor to explore ‘The world’s Largest Open Air Museum’ including the Valley of the Kings. Then end your Egypt Easter adventure on the lovely Red Sea Beaches at Hurghada famous for its relaxation and diving activities. Amazing Easter vacation in Egypt not to be missed!

Included:

 Meet and greet service upon arrival and  departures at all Airports from our Representatives 

 Assistance of our Personnel during your stay and excursions

 Domestic flight tickets from Cairo to Aswan and from Hurghada to Cairo by Egyptair.

 All transfers by private deluxe air condition vehicle with Free WIFI

 Accommodation for 2 nights in a Cairo hotel on breakfast basis

 Accommodation for 3 nights aboard 5 star Nile cruise on full board basis

 Accommodation for 2 nights at hotel in Hurghada on breakfast basis

 Tours to the Pyramids and Sphinx

 Tours to Egyptian Museum in Cairo

 Tours to Coptic Cairo and Khan Khalili Old Market

 All Nile Cruise excursions as mentioned in the itinerary.

 Tours to visit Philae Temple, Aswan High Dam and Unfinished Obelisk

 Tours to visit KomOmbo Temple and Edfu Temple

 Tours to visit Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and Colossi of Memnon

 Tours to visit Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple

 Lunch Meals during tours in Cairo

 Admission fees to the sights throughout the tours.

 Professional English-speaking Tour Guide.

 Applicable taxes for Nile cruise and hotels included in the price.

 30 minutes of local calling (5 minutes international) and a mobile phone loaned for the length of your stay or an Egyptian sim card for your unlocked mobile device.

Excluded:

 International airfare

 Optional Activities.

 Personal spending.

 Tipping for Guides and Nile Cruise Crew

 Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrive Cairo ‘Welcome to Egypt’

Welcome to Egypt. You will be met and assisted at Cairo International Airport by a Holidays at Egypt  Representative who will transfer you to your Hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Upon arrival at the Hotel, your Representative will assist you with a smooth check in and give you a detailed information concerning your pick up times. Overnight in Cairo.

Welcome Drink

Day 2: Giza Pyramids and Cairo Museum

Breakfast at your Hotel in Cairo and then you will be picked up by your personal expert English speaking Tour Guide who will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx at the Valley Temple facing the great statue.

 Lunch will be served at a good quality local restaurant, then moving on to enjoy the Egyptian Antiquities Museum which hosts the treasure room of the boy king Tutankhamun.

 Also there is the Mummification room to explore (at additional charge).Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Churchand Ben Ezra Synagogue then on to the area of Islamic Cairo to explore Khan El KhaliliBazaar, Cairo`s old bazaar where you have the opportunity to buy those lovely hand crafted souvenirs before driving back to your Hotel, overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3: Fly Cairo to Aswan - Easter Nile Cruise Tour

After breakfast at your Hotel in Cairo, you will be transferred to Cairo Airport (Domestic Terminal) to catch your flight to Aswan. On arrival in Aswan, you will be met, assisted and transferred to your Nile Cruise boat for embarkation. After lunch, your expert Tour Guide will escort you for an afternoon of tours to include Aswan High Dam, built in the 1960’s to provide the much needed electricity and irrigation for the country. Nubia, the area which was flooded, experienced the biggest and most thorough archaeological excavations that Egypthas known.

Then you will go to view the ‘Unfinished Obelisk’ which still lies in the granite quarries which provided ancient Egypt with building materials. It would have been the largest piece of stone ever handled but when a crack was discovered it was abandoned where it was being hewn.

 Cross by boat to Angilika Island, to see the Temple of Isis at Philae which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor and one of the Nubian Temples rescued before the High Dam was built. Enjoy Philae’s long colonnades, towers and reliefs which include the last surviving hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions in Egypt. Dinner and overnight on board deluxe Nile Cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: KomOmbo and Edfu Temples

Breakfast on board the Nile Cruise before Sailing to KomOmbo to visit the Temple shared by two Gods Sobek and Haeroris in KomOmbo ( the only Temple shared by two Gods in Egypt).

 Lunch and afternoon tea on board whilst sailing on to edfu. On arrival at Edfu, your Tour Guide will escort you to Edfu Temple by a Kalesh ride ( horse and carriage) for an exploration of the huge Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu, which is the most complete and best preserved of the Egyptian Temples, consisting of many columns, halls, chambers and chapels.

Two statues of Horus flank the twin towered entrance gate; and inside, one of the interesting inscriptions lists the titles of books (scrolls) held in the library Dinner on board and overnight on your Nile Cruise Ship in Edfu.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Luxor Nile Cruise Tours

Enjoy your breakfast on board your Nile cruise ship while sailing to Luxor with lunch on board the vessel, then you will be guided for a wonderful exploration of the East Bank of the Nile in Luxor to Karnak Temple the world's largest ancient religious site. The hypostyle hall with its colossal granite columns is one of Egypt’s famous landmarks.

There will be free time to explore the different parts of the huge complex built during the reigns of various Pharaohs.

 Then you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor Temple which built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the God Amun. Lunch is provided through the day tours.Following lunch, you will be taken over to the West Bank of Luxor to explore West Bank of the River Nile in Luxor to the Valley of the Kings (the original resting place of the world famous boy King Tutankhamun), and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (the only Female Pharaoh) at El Deir EL Bahari and the two towering statues ofthe Colossi of Memnon.

(The three tombs visited are determined by the Egyptian Government as to preserve them from the large flow of visitors, therefore are rotated throughout the year and cannot be confirmed as to which tombs prior to your visit).

Please Note: There is an additional Charge to enter the Tombs of King Tutankhamun and Ramses VI. After the tours you will return to your Nile Cruise for an overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

 Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise - Hurghada Red Sea

After breakfast, you will disembark your Nile cruise and be transferred by air conditioned vehicle to Hurghada (approximately 4 hours). On arrival you will be checked in to your Hotel for a relaxing overnight stay and free time to explore the area.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 7: Hurghada Red Sea Optional Excursions

Today you are free to relax either on the beach or by the pool at your Hotel. There are many exciting optional tours to choose from including diving and snorkeling, Glass Bottom Boat tour, Giftun Island sailing, or Bedouin Safari adventure by 4x4 Jeeps and quad bikes. Overnight at your Hotel in Hurghada.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 8: Fly Hurghada to Cairo Airport - Fly Back Home

Enjoy a leisurely breakfast at your Hotel before being transferred to Hurghada International Airport to Cairo International Airport for your flight back home.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation Plan (A):

 Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa

 Mövenpick MS Royal Lily Nile Cruise

 Mövenpick Resort Hurghada

 Le Meridien Cairo Airport Hotel

Accommodation Plan (B):

 Fairmont Nile City Hotel, Cairo

 Sonesta St. George I Nile Cruise

 Hilton Hurghada Plaza Hotel

Prices -

 Prices per person are quoted in Sterling but can also be paid in US$ or Euros by credit or debit card via a secure credit card payment system. Any additional bank charges on bookings will be covered by Holidays at Egypt . Above prices valid for Easter Tours to Egypt.

Payment -

 Reservations should be made as early as possible to avoid disappointment in securing your specific required tour package.Your booking will be secured upon receipt of a 25% deposit.

Please note that during the Christmas and New Year holidays, tour packages require a deposit of 50%This deposit forms part of your final payment by credit or debit cards via our secured payment system. Packages and vacations which include International flights will require the full flight cost and deposit (25% or 50%) due to the regulations of the Airlines who require full payment

Transportation -

 All transport within your tours is included such as domestic flights, trains, and air conditioned vehicles by road. Wi-Fi can be provided in road vehicles, therefore please inform us on booking if you require Wi- Fi whilst travelling by road along with complimentary bottled water. All our vehicles are new and of the latest design and technology.

Tour Guides and Representatives -

 Throughout your holiday from arrival to departure, you will have the constant assistance of our Holidays at Egypt  Representatives who are responsible for your transfers to and from Airports, Hotels and resorts and will assist at the Airports with Visa, tickets and luggage and are there to answer any questions you may have.

 Once you start your tours of the sites in Egypt, you will have the constant guidance of your highly qualified Egyptologist Tour Guide both on included and optional tours

Travelling with Children in Egypt -

 Many children delight in touring the Pyramids, Temples and Tombs in Egypt as often it is part of their school study programme. Therefore Holidays at Egypt offers packages and tours to suit all ages with excellent combined ‘twin centre’ and multi location destinations such as Cairo, Luxor, Aswan (Egypt Family Tours and Nile Cruise) and the Red Sea Resorts.

Wheelchair Travellers –

Holidays at Egypt  are particularly keen to promote and cater for disabled and wheelchair clients having Nile cruise boats, Hotels and tours especially adapted with rooms, cabins and transportation for easy accessibility. 
Tailor - Made Holidays -

A holiday is a special occasion and often means spending your savings. Therefore, you need to make sure that it is the Holiday that you want. Here at Holidays at Egypt  we are more than flexible in adapting your Holiday to what YOU require and can easily ‘Tailor’ it to your requirements .