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Spiritual Journey to the Land of the Pyramids

11 - Day Adventure. Weekly departures , locally escorted

Join us for a spiritual encounter in Egypt, where tradition, history, powerful sites, and mystic energy unite as nowhere else. All meals are included .

On this eleven-day experience, we will follow the Nile, from Cairo to Aswan. We will transcend the ordinary, to become active participants in sacraments at the ancient places. We will draw upon the energy of the pyramids in the balancing ritual at Sakkara; experience the Opening of the Third Eye before the Sphinx itself at Giza; and journey in pilgrimage to Isis at the Temple of the Root Chakra . We will gaze in awe at the site of the celebrated Zodiac, at Denderah, and undergo a healing ritual at the temple of Horus. And we will be among the privileged to enter the tomb of Queen Nefertari.

Throughout, we will rediscover the journeys of the soul and the transcendence of received limits of the ancients, and in so doing, enhance and enrich our personal journeys.

DAY 1 - USA - Friday
We take off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, bound for our encounter with ancient Egypt. For West Coast passengers ( add on is $ 350 , British Airways, Lufthansa , Swiss or KLM. For guests who prefer the non-stop flight from NYC / JFK on Egyptair, you may wish to consider the special of $ 2500 for the upgrade to business class roundtrip of course with tax included.

DAY 2 - CAIRO- Saturday ( D)
Our representative greets you at the airport and whisks you to your hotel. Transfers in Egypt are always on a private basis with no additional charge.
Complimentary visa is issued upon arrival only for American, Australian, NZ, EU , Canadian & Japanese citizens, passports must be valid for at least 6 month beyond the date of your arrival. Complimentary welcome dinner will be served at your ROOM or at the main dinning room . Please advise your preference, no additional charge when served in your room.

Visa will be issued upon arrival.
As you exit the gate, you will pass through a door or two , down some stairs , then walk for 2-5 minutes , until you pass the duty free shops, at the end of a wide corridor , you will see the security officers. There you will be met by a local representative, who will be holding a sign with your name
Our local representative will then take your passport to obtain a stamp from the cashier / bank window and escort you to speak with the passport officer. He will escort you through another last check on your passport as you exit the passport control, into customs area, he will assist you in collecting your luggage and clearing customs . After exiting the terminal , our local representative will escort you ( private vehicle) to your hotel.

We leave Cairo in the morning, and journey into the desert to Sakkara, known for the unique Step Pyramid of Zoser. We will learn how the ancients sited their structures to project power. We will then actually experience for ourselves the rite of the balancing of energy, followed by the Reunion with the Sun. Lunch will be taken at a delightful rest house. Afterwards, a fortune teller will delve into our destinies by reading our palms and our coffee grounds. Later, we'll return to bustling Cairo to view the wonders of the Egyptian Museum, with its mummies of illustrious pharaohs--including Rameses the Great--along with statuary, and a treasury of gems and precious metals.

Later, you'll have the option to accept our invitation to a complimentary oriental dance workshop, where you'll discover that "belly dancing" is not just a spectacle, but an art form with a long tradition. Women will have an opportunity to practice the sinuous and graceful movements, while men will learn, perhaps unexpectedly, that they have a leading role. The evening will be yours to explore Cairo on your own, or to delve into the labyrinthine bazaar of Khan el-Khalili . Evening dinner cruise on the Nile with folklore and belly dance

This morning, we'll motor to the edge of the desert, to the Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza. We will delve into altered perceptions and realities, as we come to understand how the ancients aligned these great structures to maximize not only visual impressions, but projection of energy. While most visitors only imagine the ceremonies of the ancients at Giza, we will become active participants. In Rebirthing, we focus our energies on renewal. In the Opening of the Third Eye--before the Sphinx itself--we will discover the path to purer sight. Our lunch will be taken at a charming local restaurant, after which we'll return to Cairo.

For our evening meal, Nubian Nile Cruises has arranged an extraordinary opportunity to enter where ordinary tourists never tread . . . into the home of Egyptians! You'll be invited to dinner by a Cairo family, and while you enjoy wholesome home-cooked specialties, you'll learn about and appreciate the outlook, aspirations, and way of life of your hosts. Be assured, as curious as you may be about your new friends, they're sure to have questions about your own background. Once the ice is broken, you'll enjoy a lively evening, and find that you have more in common than you ever suspected. The encounter is sure to be among your most treasured memories of Egypt.

We'll get an early start after breakfast for an ambitious day. We'll fly south to Aswan, in Upper Egypt, to be met by our motor coach. Immediately, we'll proceed to one of the wonders of the Ancient World: Abu Simbel. Our visit is planned to provide maximum enrichment of your experience. We will motor along the shore of Lake Nasser as the sky lightens, and reach the great temples just when the sun casts a golden cast perfect for photographs. The world watched in awe as the temples were saved from the rising waters of the Nile when the High Dam at Aswan was inaugurated; we will gaze in awe as well at their majesty, and experience their lasting power.

A marvel of both civil and sacred engineering, the imposing temple of Rameses the Great marked the south most reaches of the dominion of the Pharaohs. We will learn how in ancient times--and still today--the sun penetrated to the Holy of Holies on precisely two occasions each year, to illuminate the stone figures of Rameses and Queen Nefertari.To the yoga chakra ...Abu Simbel Temples represent the balancing of male and female energies and is associated with the sexual organs.
We'll explore the temples both within and without, to fully appreciate their aura, artistry, and power. After a break for lunch at one of the modest local hotels we'll resume our journey, driving back along Lake Nasser to reach Aswan in the afternoon. There, we'll experience of the Nile and its rocky isles in a timeless manner, aboard a felucca, the graceful sailing craft that appears today much as it does on the walls of ancient tombs.
Dinner is included at your hotel.

This morning, we set out upon the waters of Lake Nasser to the Temple of Philae, known to many as the Temple of the Root Chakra, the balance of male and female energy. This island shrine, built in the 30th Dynasty, honors the goddess Isis, the embodiment of fertility and motherhood. Wed to her brother Osiris, she bore the god of daylight, falcon-headed Horus. Here we will celebrate a Pilgrimage to Isis, guided by our Egyptian spiritual leader. The Mystery of Isis : Two millennia ago the Mediterranean world was enthralled by the mystery of Isis: "I, Isis, am all that has been, that is or shall be; no mortal man hath ever seen me unveiled."

Called Aset by the ancient Egyptians, the goddess was a Madonna in the Mediterranean tradition that stretches far, far back to the primitive Mother Goddess from Anatolia, home to some of the oldest human communities on earth.

Isis was the powerful and quick-witted protector of her son Horus, the Sun God. Ancient peoples throughout the Mediterranean regarded Isis and Horus as the perfect Madonna and Child. Another legend says she was also the mother of the fertility god Min who, judging from the depiction of him on temple walls, needed no help from Viagra!

Because of her wisdom and skill at protection, she was admired as a good magician capable of healing the sick and protecting the dead in their journey to the Underworld.

Isis is portrayed regally, as a queen seated on a throne (which may be the meaning of her name), often holding her son Horus as a baby. Other images show her with broad, magnificent gilded wings able to protect the world.

Later, we'll continue to the High Dam, a modern wonder in this ancient land, and at an ancient granite quarry, we'll view the Unfinished Obelisk. Lunch and dinner are included at the hotel

DAY 7 - KOM OMBO: ANCIENT PRIESTS AND PHYSICIANS, EDFU, LUXOR (BLD) Thursday

We'll depart Aswan after breakfast, heading overland to the north, following the course of the Nile. Our first goal is Kom Ombo, the twin temple famed as the Shrine of Ancient Priests and Physicians. Kom Ombo honors Sobek, the ancient deity with the head of a crocodile, as well as Horus, god of daylight. Here, we will sustain a healing ritual. Later, we'll break for our box lunch, and then continue our route. At Edfu, we'll enter the Temple of Horus, with its massive and finely decorated bastion. Known as the Temple of the Sexual Chakra, it was the site of an annual encounter between Horus and his consort, Hathor, always on the new moon.

As some of you may already know that among one of the most famous ancient Egyptian papyrus scrolls there is one called : the Imydwat, which meant the " Book of the Underworld " , describes the initiatory journey of twelve hours that the deceased souls takes as the deceased passes from the earthly environments to the world of the afterlife or "underworld" .

Each hour of the twelve is associated with a specific stop , or "rest station" along the Nile.
These series of " soul stations" starts in Aswan in Nubia in the south of Egypt and ending way north on the edge of Cairo at Heliopolis ( city of the sun ) . Each hour / soul station awakens a specific intuitive part or area of the soul as it progresses on its path through the "Underworld " journey . The Temple of Horus, known as the Temple of the Sexual Chakra , was simply one of these stops' Soul stations along the Nile.

For Ancient Egyptian sex was key key to a successful resurrection and surviving the afterlife journey.
You will see in Luxor Karnak , Abu Simbel Temples and throughout a lot of the Egyptian temples , Horus standing with an erection with one king or another depending on the temple and the era/date, all trying to ensure healthy sexual energy to be able to resurrect and rebirth.

We set out early today to the massive Temple of Karnak, arriving in time to see the first rays of sunlight shine on Sekhmet, the lion-headed goddess of war. We then proceed to the Temple of Ptah, known also as the Temple of Dreams. Husband of Sekhmet, Ptah is the ruler of the underworld, often represented as a mummy. We'll follow with a visit to the Temple of Luxor, also denominated the Temple of Man, where we will experience the opening of all seven chakras.

We travel overland this morning to Denderah, to visit the Temple of Hathor, the consort of the god of daylight, ruler of the west, and protector of the underworld. Denderah is one of the best-preserved sites in Egypt, with unusually deep tombs. We will pass under the celebrated Zodiac, in a chapel dedicated to Osiris. Denderah is the traditional site of the rebirth of Osiris, and here, with the Nile valley spread before us, we will experience a ceremony of healing. Afterward, we'll enjoy our box lunch, and return later in the day to Luxor. The rest of the day is yours to explore Luxor on your own, to look in on artisans at work, and to acquire mementos of your journey.

Once again, we'll get an early start, as we set out to visit the tomb of Queen Nefertari, who held sway over the heart and soul of Rameses the Great, and through him, over Egypt itself. At her death, the grieving pharaoh erected this grandest of tombs, a rare shrine to a female goddess-ruler.

Now restored with great care to its original appearance, its fragility, delicacy and detail require strict control of visitation. We are the only company that can include this monument in its regular program. We are required to arrive early, strictly in keeping with the very name given by Rameses to his queen: She For Whom the Sun Shines.

We'll follow with a visit to the tomb chambers of the Valley of the Kings and the imposing tomb-temple in the Valley of the Queens. Our day culminates at the walled precincts of Habu, with their temple dedicated to Rameses III, last of the great pharaohs. Here, in preparation for our departure, we will take part in the Ceremony of Purification. In the evening, we'll fly back to Cairo, for our final night in Egypt.

Our Cairo staff will call for you after breakfast, and escort you to the airport for your flight home.

1930's shot of Giza Pyramids. Before the High Dam, the Nile water used to reach the Giza Plateau

This tour leaves weekly from USA . For Easter , Christmas/New Year's week, add 15 % to the rates.

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