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Egypt
Air Fares
From
Cairo To: “
opposite (same rates) “
Daily Flights / price per
person in Euro
/ One Way / Economy Class
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Hurghada |
Sharm Elsheikh |
Luxor |
Aswan |
Abu
Simble |
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55 |
55 |
63 |
70 |
88 |
NB:
Round Trip: double above rate.
From
Aswan To Abu Simble
Daily Flights / price per
person
/ One Way / Economy Class
=
48 Euro “
Opposite ( same rates ) “
NB:
Round Trip: double above rate.
From
Luxor to Sharm Elsheikh:
Flights
on :
Saturdays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
Fridays
price per person
/ One Way / Economy Class
=
57 Euro
“
Opposite (same rates) “
NB:
Round Trip: double above rate.
From
Cairo to Marsa Alam :
Flights
on :
Sundays,
Wednesdays
price per person
/ One Way / Economy Class
=
80 Euro
“
Opposite (same rates) “
NB:
Round Trip: double above rate.
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Trains : We,ll reserve The Tickets on behalf of you
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First Class Air-conditioned Sleeper Train Cabin : ( Daily departure Cairo railway station at 8.00 P.M.,
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Arrive Luxor next day at 5.30 A.M. , Arrive Aswan at 9.00 A.M. )
Cabin Equipment:
- Every Cabin has a connecting door with the next cabin, to be used when needed.
- Cabins are equipped with basins, razor plugs, tap water, soap & towels.
- A luggage compartment is available on the top of the door.
Each cabin has the following control buttons:
- A music audio volume control.
- Cabin temperature control.
- A private reading lamp control.
- Cabin light.
- Call of steward.
price list : Contact Us
per person in double cabin OR Sharing cabin ( include Dinner + Breakfast each way )
Cairo - Luxor = 48 Euro , Cairo - Luxor - Cairo = 94 Euro
Cairo - Aswan = 48 Euro , Cairo - Aswan - Cairo = 94 Euro
Cairo - Aswan / Luxor - Cairo = 94 Euro
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We,ll reserve The Tickets on behalf of you
First
Class Air-conditioned Train: Seats
Only ( Daily departure
Cairo railway
station at 10.00 P.M., Arrive Luxor next day at 7.30 A.M. , Arrive Aswan at 11.00 A.M. )
Price List : per person per seat Contact Us
- Cairo - Luxor = 20 Euro One Way , R.T. = 40
- Cairo -Aswan = 25 Euro One Way , R.T. = 50
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Penguin tours own :
Air-conditioned mini buses / 12 seats Hyundai H1 Model 2007
and Air-conditioned buses / 51 seats Hyundai Model 2007
Land Transportation price / Per car
mini buses price list :
The
Cost per vehicle (not per person)
All prices are in Euro inclusive of VAT. Payment is made in Euro or equale of US$ and GBP Contact Us
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Destination |
Hyundai H1 12 seats |
| One way Airport-Hotel | 18 |
| Round trip: Airport-Hotel-Airport | 35 |
| Full day Pyramids sightseeing " Memphis-Sakkara-Pyramids " from 8.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. | 35 |
| Full day Cairo sightseeing " Egyptian Museum -Citadel-Old Cairo " from 8.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. | 35 |
| Overday Cairo-Alexandria-Cairo sightseeing from 8.00 A.M. to 8.00 P.M. | 90 |
| Overday Cairo-Fayoum Oases-Cairo from 8.00 A.M. to 6.00 P.M. | 64 |
| One way Cairo-Sharm El-Sheikh / Cairo-Hurghada / Cairo-Dahab | 140 |
| Round Trip Cairo-Sharm El-Sheikh / Cairo-Hurghada / Cairo-Dahab | 240 |
| Cairo: Hotel-Sound&light Show-Hotel | 24 |
| Cairo: Hotel - Nile Cruise dinner onboard -Hotel | 24 |
study of ancient Egypt
Archaeology is the scientific study of human life by looking at things people have left behind. OUR goal is to help you to find out about the everyday life of Ancient Egyptian People in the past.
Sample of programs:
The
Oases of The Western Desert
explore the fabled oases of the Western
Desert, beginning in the romantic
city of Alexandria, a bustling metropolis
in which the remains of the Great
Lighthouse and sister Library can
still be seen. We continue, tracing
the epoch-making footsteps of Alexander
the Great as he made his way to Siwa
Oasis, the archaeological remains
of which are set within a landscape
of indescribable beauty. Traveling
through drifting sand dunes and chalk
formations, we cross Farafra Oasis,
renowned for its “inselbergs,”
and visit the new archaeological sites
in Bahariya Oasis. Several days are
spent in the oases of Kharga and Dakhla,
visiting tombs dating to the Old Kingdom
as well as others, vividly painted,
from the Roman and Early Christian
periods. We visit the temples at Deir
el-Hagar, Hibis, and Doush, picturesquely
erected at the end of the desert caravan
route to the Sudan. This visually
spectacular tour ends at Thebes, touring
Malqata, the harbor and palace of
Amenhotep III, and the tomb of Nefertari.
Day 1 to Day 3:
Arrival Cairo Airport, Meet and assist, transfer to your hotel, overnight.spend 3 days to visit most important sights, The Great 3 Pyramids and Sphinx, the Solar Ships , The restored ship, which consisted of 1,224 pieces of wood in 651 major groups which had been partly dismantled and stacked in thirteen successive layers in the pit, measured 142 feet in length, more than sixteen feet in width, with a capacity of about forty tons. The ship was built without any nails; the pieces of wood held together solely by the use of tenon and mortise joint. It was identified as the world's oldest intact ship and has been described as "a masterpiece of woodcraft" that could sail today if put into water. Visit The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser (also spelled Zozer) was built during the Third Dynasty (ca. 2800 B.C.) Intended to hold his mummified body, Pharaoh Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara began as a traditional, flat-roofed mastaba. But by the end of his 19-year reign, in 2611 B.C., it had risen to six stepped layers and stood 204 feet (62 meters) high. It was the largest building of its time.
Day 4 to day 5 :
spend the next two days in Alexandria, the city founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC. Touring includes Qait Bey Citadel, the site of the Great Lighthouse, lavishly painted tombs dating from about 200 BC, the Ptolemaic necropolis at Shatby, the lovely Hellenistic painted tombs at Mustapha Pasha, the catacombs of Kom el-Shuqafa, Tigranes’s Tomb, Pompey’s Pillar, the Serapeum, and Kom el-Dikka with its wonderful Roman odeon made of fine white marble and large bath complex. We will also visit the newly excavated mosaics on the site of the Great Library of Alexandria and the Graeco-Roman Museum. Renaissance Hotel.
Day 6: MERSA MATROUH:
Driving through the newly reclaimed desert and along the Mediterranean coast, we stop at Abu Menas, a pilgrimage site known for its exceptional basilica, which flourished in the 5th to 7th centuries. Touring continues at Abusir (Taposiris), with its temple dedicated to Osiris and Roman lighthouse, and the war memorials at El-Alamein. Mersa Matrouh Hotel.
Day 7 to day 8: SIWA OASIS:
continue along the
route Alexander took, in order to
consult the oracle of Zeus-Ammon,
from Memphis to Siwa Oasis. We enter
a flat, stony expanse of desert and
finally see the reddish hills and
date-palm groves of Siwa Oasis and
the new Safari Siwa Hotel, located
on the edge of the village. During
our stay we will visit many sites
within the oasis as well as the surrounding
desert. We will begin our touring
at the ancient town of Aghurmi, site
of the Temple of the Oracle, the 30th
Dynasty temple at Umm Ubayda and the
spring known locally as Cleopatra’s
Bath. On Friday we will concentrate
on sites in eastern and western Siwa,
including the painted tombs at Gebel
el-Mawta, the Ptolemaic stone-built
tomb chapels of Abu Awwafand the last
inhabited hatiyat on the eastern side
of Siwa, El-Zaytun, constructed around
a stone temple. In Hatiyat Khamisaone
of the most fertile parts of Siwa,
we find a small stone temple and a
ridge of over 100 rock-cut tombs.
Nearby is the famous Doric-style temple
and tomb at Bilad el-Rum. Our last
stops of this full day will be at
the new Siwa House Ethnographic Museum
and the medieval fortress of Shali,
the deserted central village of the
oasis founded in 1203 AD.
Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner
daily
Day 9 to day 10: BAHARIYA OASIS:
reenter the Western
Desert, also known as the Libyan Desert,
crossing the rough desert track to
Bahariya Oasis. Only 225 miles from
Cairo, it has been the least touched
by the modern world and survives today
on its date palms and hot springs.
We will visit the newly opened archaeological
sites in Bahariya Oasis, including
the temple dedicated to Alexander
the Great, the 26th Dynasty temple
of Ain el-Muftilla, the tomb of the
19th Dynasty Governor Amenhotep, and
the 26th Dynasty tombs of the merchants
Bannentiu and his father Djed-Amun-lufankhA
tour highlight will be the recently
discovered “Valley of the Golden
Mummies” (pending the required
permission). Bahariya Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
daily
Day 11 to day 12 :
From Bahariya we
traverse a rugged landscape until,
finally, the famous white chalk “inselbergs”
of the Farafra Depression come into
view. Skirting vast stretches of drifting
dunes that often overrun the road,
we continue on to Dakhla Oasis, known
for its fruit orchards and traditional
village architecture. Mut Hotel. We
will spend Tuesday in Dakhla Oasis
touring a Roman temple at Deir el-Hagar
and the wonderfully painted Roman
tombs of Pelusis and Petosiris at
el-Mazauwaka, the Old Kingdom necropolis
of Qila el-Dabba at Balat, the relief-decorated
Roman tomb of Kitnes at Bashendi and,
if possible, the new Canadian excavations.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 13 to day 15:
continue to the
most populated and developed of the
oases, Kharga, and the Rowad OasesHotel,
with its relaxing garden setting.
Touring here includes visits to the
Roman Temple of Nadura, the fascinating
Bagawat Christian Cemetery, which
has mud-brick tombs painted with Biblical
scenes, the newly reconstructed Hibis
Temple, built by Darius I in honor
of Amun and the new Museum of the
Oases. In the 1920s, it took a day
and a half to reach Doush (ancient
Kysis). Our trip will be a bit shorter!
Here we will visit a large Roman fortress
and the stone temple built during
the reigns of Domitian and Trajan
and decorated during the reign of
Hadrian. We will stop at two Ptolemaic
and Roman temples: the fortress-like
Qasr el-Ghueita, built of red sandstone,
and Qasr el-Zaiyan, a small Roman
temple with splendid pylons bearing
a Greek inscription commemorating
its restoration during the reign of
Antoninus. We will also have time
to explore the oases on our own.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
daily
Day 16 to day 17:
Leaving our wonderful
oases behind, we travel through the
Western Desert for the last time and
reenter the Nile Valley just south
of Luxor. We will spend a full afternoon
visiting Karnak Temple and a day on
the West Bank of the Nile in order
to visit a few of the many sites not
usually seen, including Malqata, the
royal residence of Amenhotep III,
and the recently conserved tomb of
Nefertari, as well as some of the
newly opened tombs in the Valley of
the Kings. There will be time for
independent visits to the Luxor Museum
and to explore the local suq for last-minute
shopping. Mercure Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
daily
Day 18 to day 19:
After a morning
at leisure we fly to Cairo and transfer
to the Meridien Heliopolis Hotel,
where we will have our farewell dinner.
Monday we depart early on Lufthansa
connecting in Frankfurt to our flight
to New York.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner.
An Archaeological Study Tour
The Splendors of Ancient Egypt
Popular interest in Ancient Egypt is often limited to pyramids and mummies, but Egypt played a significant part in the development of Western thought and culture. The great temples of Egypt, such as those at Karnak, the striding male figures in the Cairo Museum, and the reliefs and inscriptions on the temples of Esna, Kom Ombo, and Philae had their impact on the civilizations of the ancient Greeks and Romans. By visiting these outstanding archaeological sites with our lecturer, we will gain significant insights into the culture of Ancient Egypt and appreciate its profound influence on the West. |
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The
Splendors of Ancient Egypt tour
is exceptional in many ways.
There is time in Cairo to explore
this fascinating city in depth.
A day will be spent in the Delta,
visiting the site of Tanis,
first excavated by Flinders
Petrie in 1884. We will travel
into the Faiyum Oasis and to
the rarely visited site of Meydum,
known for its collapsed pyramid,
to the Hawara Pyramid, and to
the important Greek and Roman
town of Karanis. Five full days
will be spent in Luxor, time
for a thorough exploration of
Thebes on both the West and
East Banks, including a visit
to the lavishly painted Tomb
of Nefertari in the Valley of
the Queens, as well as the temples
of Hathor at Dendera, decorated
in the name of Cleopatra the
Great, and of Seti I at Abydos.
During a five-day Nile cruise
on the deluxe Oberoi “Philae,”
one of the most luxurious vessels
plying the Nile, we will visit
the Temple of Horus at Edfu,
the most perfectly preserved
ancient Egyptian temple in existence
today, as well as the recently
moved Kalabsha Temple in Aswan.
A visit to the newly opened
Nubian Museum in Aswan and a
flying visit to Abu Simbel will
complete this tour. |
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Day 1 & 2:
CAIRO: arrival Cairo, meet and assist, transfer to the Hotel,
Day 3, 4 & 5:
CAIRO: Touring highlights include Memphis, the first capital of a united Egypt, and Sakkara, the necropolis of Memphis, the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the, visit Solar Boat of Cheops The Pyramid of Meydum, the tomb of Snefru, Hawara Pyramid and “Labyrinth,” the Faiyum Oasis and the important Greek and Roman site of Karanis.
Day 6, 7 & 8:
CAIRO: transfer to visit The Egyptian
Museum’s huge collection, drive
into the Delta to Tanis, Zoan of the
Bible, and to Ismailia on the Suez
Canal and spend our last day in Cairo
visiting the Coptic Church of Abu
Sarga, Ben Ezra Synagogue, the Coptic
Museum, the Citadel, famed as the
stronghold of Salah al-Din, Rifai
Mosque and the Madrasa of Sultan Hasan,
a masterpiece of Mamluk architecture.
Meals: Breakfast daily & 2 lunches
Day 9, 10 & 11:
LUXOR: fly to Luxor ,meet and assist , transfer to the hotel , Touring includes the magnificent sanctuary of Amun-Re at Karnak, with its maze of monumental gateways, obelisks and pillared halls, the tombs of the Valleys of the Kings and Queens, the newly conserved tomb of Nefertari, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri, one of the most spectacular monuments in Egypt, and a day trip north along the Nile to Dendera, visiting the Temple of Hathor and to Abydos, to visit the Temple of Seti I, with its famous List of Kings and some of the most beautifully painted reliefs surviving from Pharaonic times. One evening we return to Karnak for a Sound and Light performance.
Day 12:
CRUISE SHIP/LUXOR: transfer to the Nile Cruise for the next four nights, Touring continues at Medinet Habu, the tombs of the Nobles, of special interest for their artistic and naturalistic murals, and the Temple of Luxor.
Day 13: SAIL/EDFU:
Before sailing to Edfu , transfer to visit Deir el-Medina, a well-preserved town site, the Ramesseum, the Colossi of Memnon and the rarely visited tombs of Kheruef and Ankh-Hor.
Day 14: SAIL/KOM OMBO:
Sail, visit Temple of Edfu, the completely preserved Ptolemaic temple of the falcon god Horus, dedicated to the ram-headed creator god Khnum-Re, sail , visit Kom Ombo, with several hours to enjoy the ever-changing panorama of life along the Nile before arriving at Kom Ombo, spectacularly set overlooking the Nile.
Day 15:
ASWAN: Sail, arrival Aswan, where touring includes the Quarry, where an unfinished obelisk remains embedded in its native stone, the High Dam and the Ptolemaic temple dedicated to Isis, known as Philae.
Day 16 & 17:
ASWAN: disembark ation after breakfast,
transfer to the Hotel for two nights.
Touring includes the Kalabsha Temple,
the Graeco-Roman kiosk of Qertassi,
the shrine of Ramesses II and the
new Museum of Nubian Civilization.
We sail by felucca to Elephantine
Island, visiting its excavations and
small museum, and fly to Abu Simbel,
where the rock-cut temples of Ramesses
II and his favorite queen, Nefertari,
have been saved from the rising waters
of the Nile resulting from the Aswan
High Dam. Our stay ends with an afternoon
at leisure to explore the fascinating
spice bazaar, charter a felucca or
relax at the pool.
Meals: Breakfast daily, 2 lunch &
1 dinner
Day 18 & 19:
CAIRO: Breakfast, transfer to Aswan
airport,return flight, Arrival Cairo
Airport, meet and assist, transfer
to the hotel, relax and free day
Day 20:
Breakfast, transfer to Cairo Airport, flight to home.
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