Cairo Specials
Dinner cruise on the Nile (Duration 3 hours). Enjoy the magnificent Nile river while having your deluxe dinner in one of the best dinner cruises on the Nile with a traditional folkloric show and a belly dancer.
Visit the beautiful Pharaonic Village. It is a complete island that was built as a replica of Ancient Egypt. It takes you back 5000 years into history where you will see about 100 actors and actresses depicting the ancient Egyptians' way of life, their art, their craft, paper and perfume making etc., and demonstrating how they used to live, work, dress and perform all their daily chores. It also contains a complete replica of King Tut's Tomb. It is indeed a wonderful experience.
Sound & Light Show @ Pyramids - Cairo
Evening transfer to attend the spectacular production of Sound & Light. For 40 minutes you will listen to the Sphinx relate his tales of centuries gone by. In an enchanting atmosphere, with sound, light, and music, the show captivates audiences and makes re-live ancient times, the history of the Pyramids and the glory of the Pharaohs. After sunset, the Great Pyramids come to life with the play of floodlights on their symmetrical planes and angles. Amplified voices that seem to come from the Sphinx narrate their history. The drama of lights and shadows give the Great Pyramids a different and awesome dimension.
Luxor Specials
Hot air ballooning (Duration: 3 hrs) As you drift peacefully high in the skies, you will have a bird's eye view of the magnificent wonders of the West Bank and the surrounding countryside. Sometimes you will fly so low you will be able to exchange greetings with the people below. Your flight includes transfers from your hotel to balloon site. Certificate to commemorate this special event. An unforgettable experience.
Drive north through villages of bakedmud houses and lush cultivated lands bordering the Nile to Dendera to visit the Temple of Hathor, goddess of love, music and wine. Although this was built largely in the first century BC, it occupies the site of a much older building. On the roof of the temple is a plaster cast of the famous Zodiac of Dendera (original in Paris), the only circular representation of the heavens found in Egypt. There is a wonderful underground chamber that was used to intiate the priests & priestesses. We continue to Abydos where we will tour the Temple of Seti I (1291 - 1279 B.C.), viewing the famous List of Kings and some of the most beatifully painted reliefs surviving from Pharaonic times.
Sound & Light Show @ Karnak Temple - Luxor
Leave the hotel and drive to Karnak where you will attend the spectacular Sound & Light production. This 75-minute spectacle first takes you around the temple grounds, and finally the last act is played while you are seated along the Great Sacred Lake. The performance relates the history of Luxor as the capital of the ancient world.
Aswan Specials
Again the popular felucca ride is one of the activities in Aswan. These canvas-sailed boats are an option anywhere in Egypt. You could possibly take a felucca tour around the Elephantine Island, Kitchener's Island, and the west bank. Feluccas in Aswan are even more popular than in Luxor because of the many islands.
Sound & Light Show @ Philae Temple - Aswan
Evening transfer from hotel to attend the fascinating Sound & Light Show at Philae Temple. The temple is situated on an island, and we have to take a boat to get to the site. Since early this century, the site of Philae was flooded for six months each year. An incredible restoration programme was undertaken in the 1960s, and the temple was moved stone by stone to a higher elevation. Our show this evening is an extraordinary voice-and-light walk through the site's temples and gardens, with full narration explaining the legend of Isis, to whom the temple is dedicated.
