Arrival at Cairo airport, assistance by our representative of Nile Dream Tours, transfer to the hotel and accommodation.
Nefertari - 3 Nights Cairo / 1 Night Abu simbel /1 Night Aswan
If you plan for unforgettable Honeymoon or Wedding anniversary holidays and make a great surprise for your beloved partner, Egypt absolutely is the best choice, it will be a fantastic experience to be together watching the Pyramids, visiting the greatest monuments in the world, and enjoying together a sunset cup of tea or coffee sitting on the top deck of a Nile cruise, it will be great moments stick to your memories forever, if you are passionate to do it, here we are Nile dream team plan it for you fast but accurate. This is one of our several offers.
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Arrival at Cairo airport, assistance by our representative of Nile Dream Tours, transfer to the hotel and accommodation.
In the morning you will meet by our tour guide and visit the Giza plateau where the 4th dynasty pyramids were constructed
Khufu (Cheops) pyramid, it is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one that stands until now, it is the most attractive monument on the plateau 146.59 meters high and its sides at the base reached 230.37 meters in length. The tilt of their faces was 52 degrees. It is the greatest monument in Egypt and has almost 2,300,000 stone blocks. As an Arab proverb says: "man fears time, but time fears pyramids."
Khafra (Khefern) pyramid is 136.4 meters high, each side measures 215.25 meters and the inclination of its faces is just over 53 degrees. Its estimated volume is more than 1.6 million cubic meters. On its vertex remains of the old original shiny limestone covering can still be seen.
The pyramid of Menkaura (Mykerinos) whose base measures 103.4 meters on each side and its original height was 65.5 meters, with a slope on all four sides of 51 degrees. It conserves at the base 16 courses of red granite that corresponded to the lower cladding of the monument. We will continue to visit the Valley Temple and the Great Sphinx built by Pharaoh Khafra (Khefern) it is 73 meters long, and almost 20 meters high. there our professional photographer will make for you a photo session after the tour you go back to your hotel
Lunch in a local restaurant
In the evening our representative will accompany you to watch one of the most spectacular sound and light shows in all over the world the Great Pyramids and the sphinx at Giza, enjoy the laser visual effects on the three Pyramids and sound effects with famous actors and actresses voices narrating the story of the three great pyramids and the huge guardian Sphinx crouching for more than five thousand years protecting the city, get more knowledge about the other great figures of the ancient Egyptian history, after enjoying that impressive show you will be picked up back to your hotel
Breakfast and check-out the hotel and then you visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities which was built in 1902, and it exhibits a large number of items and treasures (exceeding 170,000 masterpieces) dating from the Prehistoric Period to the end of the Roman era, arranged in chronological order, exhibited in 42 rooms on the ground floor contains the largest of the exhibits, such as a massive statue pair of Amenhotep III and his wife Tiye, the colossal statues of Rameses II, the super famous pieces like the Narmer Palette, diorite statue of Khafre, bedroom furniture of Queen Hetepheres and the exhibits of the Amarna collection which include a colossal statue of the ‘heretic’ king Akhenaton. The upper floor there are 47 rooms housing about 3000 pieces of the treasure of Tutankhamun the boy-king’s tomb, discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, including the shrines and tomb furniture the famous gold mask and sarcophagi. Also.
Lunch in a local restaurant
after that, you go to the famous souq and Bazar of khan el Khalili one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike. It is also home to many Egyptian artisans and workshops involved in the production of traditional crafts and souvenirs. The Khan el-Khalili today is occupied by local merchants and traders and is significantly geared towards tourists where it is considered as one of the most popular souqs in the region. Shops typically sell souvenirs, and jewelry, many craftsmen' workshops manufacturing some products sold here In addition to shops, there are several coffeehouses, restaurants, and street food vendors distributed throughout the market. The coffee shops are generally small and quite traditional, serving Arabic coffee. One of the oldest and most famous coffeehouses is El Fishawi, established in 1773.
After finish, the tour will be transferred to your hotel
Checking out the hotel, and you will be transferred to Cairo airport to catch your flight to Abu Simbel transit Aswan, after check-in your hotel you will visit the two temples of Abu Simbel
The great temple of Ramses II which is extends48 meters into the mountain was dedicated to the gods Ra-horakhty, Amun and Ptah, as well as the divine Rameses himself. The impressive façade of the temple is fronted by 4 colossal seated statues of Ramses II each 20 m high and depicting the king, in different stages of his life, his mother queen Tuya, his chief wife queen Nefertari and some of his many children can be seen in a smaller scale at his feet on the walls of the first hypostyle hall are scenes showing the king’s victories over the Hittites, during the battle of Kadesh. The temple was aligned so that twice a year, on February 22 and October 22, the sun’s rays penetrate the length of the temple and flood the sanctuary with light. About 100 meters north of the great temple is the smaller temple dedicated to the queen Nefertari and the goddess Hathor. Goddess of love beauty and motherhood the imposing façade consists of six colossal statues of the king and the queen each 10 meters high again with smaller images of royal children at their feet. Scenes on the walls of the pillared hall depict Nefertari taking part in divine rituals with her husband before Hathor and Mut in the sanctuary at the rear of the temple a statue in high relief seems to grow out of the rock wall, showing Hathor as the sacred cow.
After the visit of the temple day time, you have free time,you can stroll near the temple in the local market (souq) and the coffeeshop until the start of the most fabulous spectacle sound and light show. The magnificent temples in Abu Simbel become even more enchanting at night when the sound and light show lights up the façade with wonderful lighting, music and narration. Artists inspired by its history take you back thousands of years ago to show you how Ramses the Great ruled Egypt.
After the show, you return to your hotel
After breakfast, you check out the hotel and travel to Aswan by a modern air-conditioned coach taking the highway about 280 km nearly 03 hours and a half to visit the romantic Philae Temples located now on The island of Aguilca between Aswan dam and the high dam constructed during the reign of Ptolemy II and completed by the Roman emperors. And it was dedicated to Goddess Isis, goddess of maternity and magic in the Egyptian mythology and was considered the mother of god Horus and the consort of God Osiris. Then you will be transferred to your hotel in Aswan
afternoon tour to the Nubian village by a motorboat sailing on a picturesque part of the Nile watching the fauna and the flora of the Nile such as camels, kingfisher birds and mimosa trees, once we arrive to the village we visit one of the Nubian family houses, Nubians look more Africans, their houses designed and built to suite the hot weather and decorated by hand made objects, they have their own dialect also they speak Arabic, after you enjoy the Nubian hospitality eating and drinking their traditional food and drinks you will have a great experience watching the crocodiles, a part of the Nubian culture to look after baby crocodiles until they grow up then they bring them back to Lake Naser, the Nubian ladies are talented in making Henna tattoos, while you are there you will take part in extraordinary action which is a traditional Nubian wedding procession in Arabic(Zafa) listening to the traditional wedding songs and the loud sound (trills) if it is possible dress up the local traditional dresses, there will be a professional photographer take the best photoshoot for you.
After the visit you go back to the hotel
After breakfast, our representative will pick you up to Aswan airport to take your flight to Cairo and then your international flight back home
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Category | 1 Coupl | 2 Couples | 3 Couples | More than 4 |
4 * | 990 | 865 | 785 | Check |
5* standard | 1045 | 920 | 840 | Check |
Luxury | 1160 | 1035 | 955 | Check |
Category | Hotels |
4 * | Barcelo/ Oasis / Mmercure / Basma hotel/ Nerfertary Abu Simbel or Samilar |
5* standard | Meridian / Ramses Hilton / Grand Nile Tower/ Isis Aswan/ Seti Abu Simbel or Similar |
Luxury | Conrad Cairo / Tolip Aswan / Seti Abu Simbel or similar |
* Price per person in a double room.
Nile dream offers flexible down payment just 50% to start preceding your booking, such as hotel room, cruise cabin, domestic flight ticket etc. As for the rest either money transfer 2 days before your arrival date, or in cash to be handed to Nile dream rep. upon arrival
Children Policy
• 1 - 03.99 Free of Charge
• 4 - 5.99 pay 25% of tour price
• 6 - 11.99 pay 50% of tour price
• 12+ pay full tour price as per adult
Children, less than 12 years will pay the cost of domestic flights if the tour includes it.
Cancellation policy
It will be a Cancellation fee charged according to the following scale.
• 2 months 60 days before your arrival date you will be charged 10%of the total price.
• 1 month 30 days before your arrival date you will be charged 20% of the total price.
• 2 weeks 14 days before your arrival date you will be charged 50% of the total price
• Less than 14 days before your arrival date you will be charged 100% of the total price. Any Cancellation to a domestic flight Ticket for any case and any time during your stay, you will be charged a cancellation fee according to the Airline's company Cancellation policy
Nile dream tour is very concerned about the safety of our customers, so for some reasons such as government travel warning and Airline issues and any other safety issues you will be informed about the full refund Cancellation policy
Tipping system
Tipping is a common way of showing appreciation and satisfaction to good service in Egypt. So, it is a way of life and expected. Nile dream tour set a Kitty system. Instead of giving it individually which is exhausting to your budget, kindly requested hand the set amount kitty to Nile dream rep. upon arrival, it includes drivers, porters, Nile cruise staff etc. It does not include tour guide; you can hand your appreciation directly to him.
Precautions against Covid-19
Regarding avoid the spread of Covid-19. We will apply the following precautions
1- Guests are obliged to wear masks from the start to the end of the tour, including the members of the service (guide, drivers etc...) it will be provided to whom they need it during the tour
2- The temperature of the guests will be measured daily, excluding those maintaining in quarantine and display fever or symptoms, those with a temperature of more than 37 degrees Celsius (99 Fahrenheit) will be full refunded.
3- we should respect one-meter safe distance as possible as we can and the tour consists of not more than 6 persons
4- Disinfection gel and Alcohol will be available before, during and after the service moreover the transportation will be cleaned very well by disinfection solutions before and after each service.
• Meet and greet service by our representatives upon your airport arrival.
• Transfers in private vehicle with air conditioning.
• 5 Airport transfers. ( 3 in Cairo, 1 in Abu Simbel 1 in Aswan )
• Domestic Flight Tickets (Cairo- Abu Simbel and Aswan-Cairo) Economy Class
• English-speaking tour guide during your excursions
• 1Bottled mineral water every day
• Main Entrance Fees
• Excursions according to the itinerary.
• This itinerary could be changed in order according to the circumstances of service not to be canceled
• 2 meals during visits at a local restaurant in Cairo
• Accommodation in Cairo for 3 nights, including daily breakfast.
• Accommodation in Abu Simbel for 1 night, including breakfast.
• Accommodation in Aswan for 1 night, including breakfast.
• Egyptian SIM card, per family, for your unlocked mobile device for your stay in Egypt
• Tourism Police Permission
• Tax
• International airfare to Egypt
• Entry Visa to Egypt
• Personal spending.
• Extra Entry Ticket to inside the Pyramids.
• Extra Entry Ticket to the Solar Boat Museum
• Extra Entry Ticket to inside the Royal Mummies Room
• Optional Activities.
• Drinks
• Tipping.
• Anything not mentioned above.
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