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Wonders of Egypt Winter 2010-2011

10 days with Insight

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Click FastDeal # for Complete Pricing  FastDeal #   Departs US  Starting   Price * Inc Air Starting  Price * No Air #T24694 Nov 3, '10 Call $2,025 #T28925 Nov 10, '10 Call $2,025 #T15373 Nov 17, '10 Call $2,025 #T20197 Nov 24, '10 Call $2,025 #T38951 Dec 1, '10 Call $2,025 #T21066 Dec 8, '10 Call $2,025 #T15242 Dec 15, '10 Call $2,049 #T11402 Dec 22, '10 Call $2,149 #T13812 Dec 29, '10 Call $2,300 #T11191 Jan 5, '11 Call $2,025 #T20398 Jan 12, '11 Call $2,025 #T37097 Jan 19, '11 Call $2,025 #T35752 Jan 26, '11 Call $2,025 #T36066 Feb 2, '11 Call $2,025 #T16058 Feb 9, '11 Call $2,025 #T36617 Feb 16, '11 Call $2,025 #T24101 Feb 23, '11 Call $2,025 #T36020 Mar 2, '11 Call $2,025 #T13713 Mar 9, '11 Call $2,025 #T29659 Mar 16, '11 Call $2,025 #T11702 Mar 23, '11 Call $2,025 #T11993 Mar 30, '11 Call $2,025 DAY 1 – DEPART USA.  Board your overnight flight.  DAY 2 – CAIRO AT LEISURE.  Welcome to a land of wonder and mystery. You are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel.  DAY 3 – CAIRO SIGHTSEEING.  After a pre-tour briefing with your Tour Director, visit the Citadel for breath taking views over Cairo. Salah El Din started the Citadel in the 12th century, but it owes its present outline to Mohammed Ali, whose great Mosque you visit next. Now enjoy a highlight visit to the famous Egyptian Museum. Here, among the many thousands of artifacts on display, view Tutankhamun’s magnificent treasures, including his splendid burial mask. Do you believe in the curse of the ‘boy king’? Tonight, drive to the Pyramids for a magical Sound & Light Show which literally illuminates the ancient history of Giza! (BB)  DAY 4 – CAIRO – LUXOR – JOIN CRUISE.  Fly to Luxor and transfer to your cruise ship. After lunch on board, visit Luxor Temple unearthed by Mariette in the 1860’s. Continue to Karnak, the largest temple complex ever built by man. Walk through the avenue of Ram-headed sphinxes to stand among the huge columns of the Hypostyle Hall. (B,L,D)  DAYS 5 – 7 – ON BOARD SHIP. Relax now as you gently cruise along the Nile past palm fringed villages and irrigated fields to exotic Aswan. But before leaving Luxor, there is an excursion by coach to the west bank, which includes a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon and visits to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut as well as some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. As you drift up-stream stops are made at ancient sites along the way. These include the Temple of Horus at Edfu as well as the Kom Ombo Temple. On arrival in Aswan, an included sightseeing tour shows you the High Dam and unfinished obelisk in the granite quarries. It also includes a motorboat ride to the Philae Island Temple complex and sailing in a traditional Nile felucca. While cruising Breakfast, lunch and dinner (BB,L,D) are served daily and one night you get to celebrate Egyptian style at a Galabea Party and Dinner. (HD)  DAY 8 – ASWAN – CAIRO.  This morning, why not join an optional excursion to the temples of Abu Simbel? Otherwise, spend the morning in Aswan as you wish, before your transfer to the airport for your return flight to Cairo. (BB)  DAY 9 – CAIRO SIGHTSEEING.  Head for the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis today, to see the huge statue of Rameses II and alabaster sphinx. Nearby at Sakkara, the oldest steppyramid in the world awaits. Continue to the Great Pyramids of Giza and their guardian Sphinx. Your tour includes entry into one of the Pyramids. (BB)  DAY 10 – RETURN TO USA.  The tour ends after breakfast with transfers to the airport. (BB)

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Incredibly, after viewing the illustrious Pyramids, this tour just keeps getting better, because further up the Nile, your cruise ship is poised to take you to royal tombs and breathtaking temples. Egyptian dinner and Galabea Party with entertainment (HD) 8 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 lunches (L) and 3 dinners (D) plus bottled water, tea or coffee with meals while cruising Departures on tour for New Year’s Eve enjoy a celebration dinner Insight’s professional multilingual Egyptologist/Tour Director accompanies you Sightseeing by air-conditioned coach Deluxe hotel with all service charges, taxes and porterage 4 night Nile cruise on MS Medea or MS Sapphire or La Boheme (or similar) with all cruise boat gratuities included Insight Traveler document wallet, map book journal and information pack Scheduled flights Cairo/Luxor and Aswan/Cairo Services of Insight’s Representative in Egypt Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel.

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See Tutankhamun’s treasure in the famous Egyptian Museum Enjoy a Sound & Light Show at the Great Pyramids of Giza Visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings Take a motorboat to the Temple of Isis on Philae Island Enjoy a guided tour of Giza see the Sphinx and Pyramids Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque Enjoy views from the Citadel Enjoy a visit to Luxor Temple Tour the Temple of Karnak View the Colossi of Memnon Visit the temple at Kom Ombo Visit the temple at Edfu Sail by ‘felucca’ around the Botanical Gardens in Aswan Visit the unfinished obelisk and see the Aswan High Dam See the statue of Rameses & alabaster sphinx in Memphis View the Step Pyramid of King Zoser in Sakkara

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Cairo: Marriott Cruising: Cabin onboard MS Medea, MS Sapphire or MS La Boheme

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There are no triples available on the cruise. Itinerary Variations apply to this tour. Please ask your Vacations To Go travel counselor for more information.

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For terms and conditions of this Insight tour, please click here. * The prices shown are U.S. dollars per person, based on double occupancy, and subject to availability. Prices quoted for land arrangements are subject to increase without notice. Once we have received your deposit, land prices are guaranteed. Whenever air-inclusive tour prices are displayed, these prices do not include government taxes and fees, which are additional. Air prices are subject to increase and are guaranteed only from the time that full payment is received. Air-inclusive prices include air from a major U.S. gateway; air from other U.S. airports is available at an additional cost. Sorry, we are unable to offer air from countries other than the U.S. However, for those international customers who are able to arrange their own transportation to the tour origination city, we are able to offer the land portion of the package or tour, at the price quoted.