Egypt
and Jordan a La Indiana Jones
The Dahabiya Edition
A
Grand 14 -day tour in Egypt and Jordan, Including Petra , the Red Sea
, Sharm El-Sheikh and a Cruise the Nile onboard an air Conditioned Dahabiya

Compare
with the larger Nile Cruise Version
Indiana
Jones himself couldn't squeeze more adventure into this journey:
Cairo and the Pyramids,
and a dream cruise on the Nile on board a Dahabiya , the fabled temples
and tombs of Luxor
and Thebes, diving in the Red Sea, the mountains of Sinai, and a trek
to the mysterious
ruins of Petra in Jordan . Departures are weekly year round. Add
Syria Magic
of the Arabian Empire : Syria, Jordan & Egypt
. Compare
with the 12-Day , Add Alexandria
and Abu Simbel , compare with the 17
days version, or the
7-Day Version . Compare
with the Alexandria
version : 9 Days ?
Egypt and Jordan, A La Indiana Jones :
Itinerary - The Dahabiya Version
Many visitors come to Egypt to fulfill their
dream of sailing the Nile on board a private boat.
These dahabbiya
allow you to experience the Nile 's romance in an intimate, privileged
setting. These dahabiyas take you back in time to a gentler, more
gracious era.
DAY
1 - CAIRO - Thursday
Our Egypt-based staff greets you in bustling Cairo airport and escorts
you to your hotel . Complimentary Egyptian visa fee (valid only
for American & Japanese citizens. Passports must be valid
for at least 6 month upon arrival).
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 the name you prefer
to use for the sign .
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 the hotel
DAY
2 - CAIRO- Friday (BL)
Your exploration of the ancient world begins today! First stop is the
Egyptian Museum, with its treasures of the ancient pharaohs:
mummies, statuary, precious stones and metals. We'll also stop at the
Citadel of Saladin and the Alabaster Mosque. Then it's on to Giza and
the mysteries of the Pyramids and Sphinx. Lunch is included at a local
restaurant . Return to your hotel late afternoon.
DAY
3 - Board your Nile Cruise - Saturday (BLD)
Early breakfast at your hotel, before we head for the airport to board
your flight o Aswan and
your deluxe Dahabiya Nile cruise . Boarding Luxor or Aswan
Embarkation in Luxor for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a luxuriously
appointed Dahabbiya.
After
lunch, excursion to the West Bank for visits to the burial places of
the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered
the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Continue to the adjacent Valley of
the Queens, the temple of Medinet Habu and the Colossi of Memnon.
Overnight
moored on the Nile banks of Luxor.
Day
4 - On board your deluxe Dahabiya - Sunday - (BLD)
You will visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak,
with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing
28 th Dynasty Luxor Temple.
Overnight
moored in Luxor.
Day
5 - On board your deluxe Dahabiya - Monday - (BLD)
Today will be a leisurely day. After breakfast, commence sailing to
Esna where your dahabiyya will moor overnight.
Day
6- On board your deluxe Dahabiya - Tuesday - (BLD)
This morning you will sail to Edfu to visit the wonderfully preserved
Temple of Edfu.
Overnight
moored beside a Nile island.
Day
7- On board your deluxe Dahabiya - Wednesday- (BLD)
Today you will sail to Kom Ombo visit see the Ptolemaic temple dedicated
to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning
sun. Overnight moored beside a Nile island.
Day
8- On board your deluxe Dahabiya - Thursday - (BLD)
A leisurely day sailing to Aswan where the dahabiyya moors overnight.
Day
9 - On board your deluxe Dahabiya - Friday - (BLD)
Today you will visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old
Dam (completed in 1902) and the ' unfinished obelisk', lying in situ
since the days of the pharaohs. You will also visit the Philae Temple,
dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters
of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction.
DAY
10 - SHARM EL SHEIK - RED SEA Saturday (B)
Now that you've seen the best of the Egypt of the Pharaohs, our guides
escort you
to the airport. You'll fly over to Cairo , where we connect on ward
and fly over the Sinai Peninsula and land at historic Sharm El
Sheik on the Red Sea. You're at the beach and free to swim, or explore
under the waters. If you prefer
to skip the stay in Sharm El-Sheikh , please click here
DAY
11 - SHARM EL SHEIK Sunday (B)
Relax! Today is set aside as a strategic mid-journey break. Spend some
time in the sun, but don't miss your chance to snorkel or dive
under Red Sea waters for an array of coral and glittering tropical
fish.
DAY
12 - Sharm El -Sheikh , PETRA Tuesday (BLD)
We'll fly to Amman , non-stop or via Cairo , our Jordan-based
representative waits to greet you. Your private guide will be escorting
you from the Airport in Amman to Petra. Lunch is included enroute. You'll
drive north under a towering ridge of mountains, and arrive at
your hotel in Petra for the night. Complimentary Jordanian visa
fee (valid only for American & Japanese citizens. Passports
must be valid for at least 6 month upon arrival).
In the evening we will call on you for a unique experience :
Dine as a local : The Petra Kitchen is a delightful way to round out
your Jordan travel experiences. Like any home kitchen, The Petra Kitchen
is a relaxed, informal atmosphere where you’ll gather to prepare an
evening meal, working alongside local women under the supervision of
our chef.
Each
evening meal includes soup, cold and hot mezza ( appetizers ) and salads,
and a main course—all typical Jordanian dishes. You will have get an
inside glimpse of the secrets behind the famous regional cuisine of
the Levant.
The
Petra Kitchen offers an evening of learning, fun and a very special
dining experience, with each dish gaining the special flavor of a reward
well-earned. Great care has been taken to make The Petra Kitchen a truly
Jordanian experience—right down to the furnishings, all crafted in Jordan,
the tableware, all produced by the Iraq al Amir Women’s Co-operative,
and the aprons and table linens, all hand-embroidered by the Jordan
River Foundation.
Tour
experience tonight includes the cuisine course, meal and all non-alcoholic
beverages as well as take-home recipes for all dishes prepared that
evening.
DAY
13 - PETRA- Amman (BL)
We'll spend the entire day at Petra, the stunning desert city hewn by
the Nabateans
from solid cliffs of pink and violet sandstone. Petra was known in
the bible as Sela, and rediscovered only in 1812. You'll feel like
Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark as you penetrate into
the city through a narrow sandstone gorge, the Siq, and wander
among the Temple of the Winged Lion, tombs, Roman theater, and
the imposing Treasury. Late afternoon, drive back to Amman
, and your hotel. Lunch is included enroute.
DAY
14 - DEPARTURE FOR HOME
Thursday (B) Our staff escorts you to the airport of Amman for your
flight home.
RATES per
person in USD:
| |
First
Class Hotels
First Class Dahabiyas |
Deluxe
Hotels
Deluxe Dahabiyas |
| Triple |
US$
4176.00 |
US$
4581.00 |
| Double |
US$
4212.00 |
US$
4604.00 |
| Single |
US$
5607.00 |
US$
6111.00 |
Easter,
Christmas, New Year's : 15 % supplement will apply.
Prices
include:
- All transfers
in Egypt and Jordan, always on a private basis.
- Air fare between
Egypt and Jordan in economy class , tax included
- Air-conditioned
hotel accommodations with tax and service charges
- Sightseeing with
professional local guides and entrance fees as indicated
- Meals as indicated,
with pre-set menu (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- Jordanian and
Egyptian visa fee (valid only for American, Canadians, EU & Japanese
citizens. Passports must be valid for at least 6 month upon arrival).
- Jordanian departure
tax.
- Dahabiya Nile
Cruise with all meals and shore excursions
Not included:
-
Personal expenses
and beverages
-
Additional meals
and services
-
Trip interruption
and cancellation insurance
- Air fare from/
to your home country .
- Tips
More
choices :
Daily
Telegraph
Peter Hughes
Saturday 13 May 2006
'Going
with the flow'
...'The
riad I found was not in the city but on the Nile. It's a dahabiya, a
traditional, two-masted Nile sailing cruiser. Anywhere else it would
be called a yacht. King Farouk had several. So if a riad is a small
princely palace on land - now given over to holidaymaking - a dahabiya
is a riad on the river...'
...'Mahogany
panelled and with two faux-glass oil lamps swinging from the beams -
a perfect touch for a sailing ship - the look was of a colonial club.
Hercule Poirot could have popped up at any moment. There were button-back
leather sofa and chairs, an antique bookcase and Scrabble, and tables
where we ate when the weather was too chilly for the deck. The food
was outstandingly good...'
...'
While the big ships charged by as if permanently late, the El Bey moved
at the same courtly pace as the Nile - slow enough to enable us to smell
woodsmoke from the villages and watch the kingfishers hover. Under our
isosceles sails we were as much a curiosity as the boys laying fishing
nets and the women doing laundry, the donkey carts and buffalo. But
it was the sight of some 40 huge cruise boats, moored in ranks, cheek
by gunwale up to 10 deep, at the pretty little temple of Kom Ombo that
made the greatest sense of dahabiya travel. The dahabiyas dont take
you to sites different from the norm, but they do take you in irresistibly
different style...'
...'The
greatest compliment to the El Bey was that, for all the wonders of ancient
Egypt, shown to us by our own guide, the part of the week my fellow
passengers enjoyed most was the time on the river...'
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