FACTFILE
Tour type Discovery Comfort Active
Minimum Age: 5 years.
Accommodation and Meals: 5 nights hotels, 3 nights Nile cruise. 7 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 2 dinners included.
Swimming: Most hotels have pools and the cruiseboat has a pool.
Transport: Bus, camel and Nile cruiseboat.
Tour Staff: Explore Tour Leader, driver, local guides, captain and crew on Nile cruiseboat.
Group Size: Generally 14 to 24. TOUR DATES
Sat 11 Feb - Sun 19 Feb Sat 31 Mar - Sun 08 Apr Sat 07 Apr - Sun 15 Apr Sat 02 Jun - Sun 10 Jun Sat 21 Jul - Sun 29 Jul
TOUR DATES
Sat 16 Feb - Sun 24 Feb Sat 23 Mar - Sun 31 Mar Sat 30 Mar - Sun 07 Apr Sat 25 May - Sun 02 Jun
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Learn to count in hieroglyphics
Sundeck and splashpool on the Nile riverboat
Get spooked inside a pyramid!
Crazy camel rides across the dunes
2012
Sat 28 Jul - Sun 05 Aug Sat 11 Aug - Sun 19 Aug Sat 18 Aug - Sun 26 Aug Sat 20 Oct - Sun 28 Oct Sat 22 Dec - Sun 30 Dec
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Land Of The Pharoahs + Red Sea Extension Ref FEGR
Sphynx & Pyramids of Giza
CAIRO
LOWER EGYPT
Sleeper train 2013
Sat 20 Jul - Sun 28 Jul Sat 27 Jul - Sun 04 Aug Sat 10 Aug - Sun 18 Aug Sat 17 Aug - Sun 25 Aug
TOUR ONLY – 9 DAYS Tour price without flights from £495
Please go online for our tour only child price. * Aged 5-11 years on date of departure. Teenage departures; age 11 and over. These are guide prices, see p92 for details.
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Valley of the Kings & Queen Hatshepsut’s Temple
UPPER EGYPT
ESNA Lock
Edfu KOM OMBO
St Simeon’s Monastery Camel trek
Lake
Abu Simbel Optional visit
or call our experts on 0844 499 0603 Nasser km 0200 Find the Pharaoh/A Toft 37 Hurghada
RED SEA
Boat trip to coral reefs
SAFAGA LUXOR
Nile riverboat journey
ASWAN 3-day XXXX
Ref: FEG £1074 adult from
*child from £992
LAND OF THE PHARAOHS 9 DAYS – A JOURNEY THROUGH ANCIENT EGYPT
Travel with us through Egypt’s impressive collection of ancient sites, from the colossal Pyramids of Giza to the mysterious Valley of the Kings. Camel trek through the desert to St. Simeon’s Monastery and cruise the Nile between Luxor and Aswan. Explore the colourful, vibrant markets and take an adventurous donkey trek through farmland and mud brick villages.
ITINERARY
Day 1 Fly to Cairo. Day 2 Cairo Pyramids Visit the Pyramids and the Sphinx, some of the world’s greatest ancient monuments. Visit the Egyptian Museum, home to numerous antiquities, including Tutankhamen’s famous mask. Overnight train to Aswan. Day 3 Aswan Sightseeing and relaxing by the hotel pool, enjoy a traditional dinner with a local Nubian
family. Day 4 Abu Simbel Opportunity to visit this enormous and magnificent temple. Day 5 Camel Trek Travel by camel to St Simeon’s Monastery before boarding the Nile riverboat for a three-day voyage downriver to Luxor. Stop at the Kom Ombo temple, which is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Horus. Day 6 Edfu Temple Sail to Esna Lock and visit the Edfu Temple. Day 7 Luxor Arrive in Luxor in the afternoon. Relax by the hotel pool or haggle in the market. There is an option to visit Karnak temple by horse-drawn calesh. Day 8 Optional balloon flight There is an optional early morning balloon ride before visiting the Valley of the Kings. Then we have the chance to enjoy an adventurous donkey trek past farmland and mud brick villages. Day 9 Fly to the UK.
For detailed information visit
www.explore.co.uk/tours/feg
RED SEA EXTENSION FEGR
This tour can be extended to include a visit to the Red Sea. Ref, FEGR – see website for details.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
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