Tour Mysteries Of Arabia, Petra And Charms Of The Nile

Accommodation

Yeda : WARWICK or CENTRO SHAHEEN ROTANA JEDDAH Medina : SEASON STAR or LE MERIDIEN MEDINA Al ula : SAHARY AL ULA RESORT Tabuk : SKYLINE HOTEL or OLIVE TREE or OLIVE TREE PETRA : MOVENPICK NABATEAN CASTLE or HOTEL TETRA TREE or MOVENPICK RESORT PETRA PETRA : PETRA NIGHTS or HOTEL PANORAMA or PETRA MOON PETRA : PETRA MOON LUXURY or PETRA ELITE or OLD VILLAGE HOTEL WADI RUM : PRIVATE MAGIC CAMP or YASMINA LUXURY CAMP or LUXURY MAGIC CAMP WADI RUM : CAMPAMENTO JABAL BURDAH or ALADDIN CAMP or OASIS LUXURY CAMP WADI RUM : CAMPAMENTO STAR WARS or SUN CITY CAMP or CAMPAMENTO MAZAYEN SANTA CATALINA : HOTEL TOLIP TABA RESORT-CIUDAD DE TABA or MOSAIQUE BEACH RESORT TABA or BAYVIEW TABA SANTA CATALINA : TOBYA BOUTIQUE EL CAIRO : HOTEL HELNAN DREAMLAND or CAIRO PYRAMIDS or TRIUMPH PLAZA EL CAIRO : TOLIP EL GALAA or GRAND NILE TOWER or TOLIP GOLDEN PLAZA MENIA : GRAND ATON or HOTEL GRAND ATON ASIUT : ASSIUT CEMENT Luxor : STEIGENBERGER NILE PALACE Luxor : BARCO MS SEMIRAMIS II or BARCO PRINCESS SARAH or BARCO SOLARIS II Luxor : BARCO AMWAJ or BARCO ALYSSA or MS LA SARAH Luxor : BARCO MS A SARAH or BARCO MS CHATEAU LAFAYETTE NILO or BARCO SYMPHONY Luxor : MS SALACIA or BARCO RADAMIS II Esna : BARCO MS CHATEAU LAFAYETTE NILO or BARCO ALYSSA or MS LA SARAH Esna : BARCO SOLARIS II or BARCO RADAMIS II or BARCO SYMPHONY Esna : BARCO PRINCESS SARAH or BARCO AMWAJ Aswan : MS SALACIA or BARCO ALYSSA or BARCO SOLARIS II Aswan : MS LA SARAH or BARCO RADAMIS II or BARCO AMWAJ Aswan : BARCO MS CHATEAU LAFAYETTE NILO or BARCO SYMPHONY or BARCO PRINCESS SARAH We know how important hotels are on your trip. The hotels have been selected taking into consideration quality, price and location. They are located in the cities we visit, most of them not in the city center but all of them with easy access to public transportation nearby. Our accommodation is not based on luxury hotels. Please keep in mind that standards, bed sizes and room dimensions can vary between hotels of the same class in different locations. All rooms are equipped with private bathroom and TV. Some of them also offer a mini-bar, safe box, and hair dryer. Many hotels, mainly in North Europe, do not have air conditioning or local legislation establishes limited dates of use.

Flights

Flights included: Cairo - Luxor ***International flights before and after the tour are not included***

Meals

breakfast buffet 12 Lunch included in: Medina, Medina, Al ula, PETRA, MOSES WELL, CAIRO, FAIYUM OASIS, Beni Hassan, Abydos, Luxor, Kom Ombo, Aswan 12 dinner included in: Medina, Al ula, Tabuk, PETRA, WADI RUM, SAINT CATHERINE, MINYA, ASYUT, Luxor, Esna, Aswan, Aswan

Insurance

basic travel insurance included

Transport

Includes arrival transfer Includes departure transfer Evening transfer: Elephant Rock in Al Ula

Others

City tour in: CAIRO Excursion: 4x4 vehicles, camel rides, Valley of the Kings, Colossi of Memnon Ticket admission: Tabeyat International City and Beit Sallum House in Jeddah, Hegra, Heritage Village and the Elephant Rock in Al Ula , Castle, Mud House museum and old train station in Tabuk , Spring of Moses and Petra Museum in Petra , Arqueological Site , Visitor Centre, 4x4 vehicles and camel rides , Monastery of Santa Catalina , Well of Moses , Pyramids of Cheops, Kefren and Micerinos, Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Saladin and the Alabaster Mosque, the Hanging Church Coptic neighbourhood , Pyramid of Meidum , Tunis Village , Valley of Whales and Fossilized Whales Museum , Necropolis of Beni Hassan , Tombs of Mir , Deir Al Muharraq Monastery , White Monastery and Red Monastery , Necropolis of Abydos , Temples of Luxor and Karnak , Necropolis of Thebas, Valley of the Kings, Colossi of Memnon, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Medinet Habu; , Temple of Horus , Temple of Kom Ombo , Red Granite Quarry and Unfinished Obelisk, Philae Temple, Aswan Dam

Guide

English speaking tour in: CAIRO Please note also that your tour guide might be changed once or several times during the tour. On some tours, according to the number of passengers, the service may be provided in bilingual (usually in English and Spanish), either accompanied by two tour leaders, one for each language, or a single tour leader for smaller groups explaining in both languages.

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Others

Other activities and services are not included

Optional

ABU SIMBEL VISIT (8 HRS)(125 EUR) Departure by road through Abu Simbel (280 km approx.). Boat departure: at 03:30 am and 04:00 am to Abu Simbel.It takes 3 hours to arrive and another 3 hours to turn back. The visit lasts 2 hours.Visit the temples carved into the western rock of the desert by Ramses II in the 11th century BC, with 20-meter-high statues dedicated to the god Amun Ra, and the Temple of Nefertari, dedicated to the goddess Hathor. THE PURCHASE OF THIS OPTIONAL TOUR IT DOES IN DESTINATION -ENTRANCE -ASSISTANCE FROM THE GUID -TRANSFER. 2 number of people required.

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Day 1 Day 1: Jeddah
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Jeddah

Welcome to SAUDI ARABIA! ....a country of contrasts that will leave you with surprising memories! Transfer to your hotel. Arrival at JEDDAH, the second city in the country, with four million inhabitants, on the shore of the Red Sea. Transfer to your hotel and free time.
Day 2 Day 2: Jeddah
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Jeddah

Full day in Jeddah, with our local guide we will visit the city. We will be surprised by its contrasts, currently a large part of the city is being rebuilt to make it a great world megalopolis, highlights the construction of the Jeddah Tower that will be the tallest building in the world with over a thousand meters high. We will follow the Corniche, with its beautiful views, its mosques by the sea and its recreational areas; we will contemplate the Fountain of King Fahd, the highest of its kind in the world, its jets reach more than 300 meters high. We will stop at the active and picturesque fish market. We will include the entrance to "Tabeyat International city" very interesting museum of history and ethnography in an architectural ensemble of great beauty. Free time for lunch in a shopping center- Mall- where you can choose from the various restaurants and types of food offered there.In the afternoon, we will take a walk through its historic center, better known as Al-Balad, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, with its impressive set of medieval alleys and its houses made with coral and wooden balconies. We will visit inside the elegant house of Beit Sallum, today converted into a museum.
Day 3 Day 3: Jeddah, Medina
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Jeddah, Medina

Early transfer to the high-speed train station. Saudi Arabia has an excellent train that crosses the desert. In less than two hours we travel the 400 kilometers that separate us from MEDINA, the holy city, "the luminous city". We are in an imposing historical destination, one of the two most sacred cities of Islam, a destination to which millions of pilgrims arrive every year and a city forbidden for non-Muslims until very recently. Respect for its inhabitants and beliefs and proper dress code is required. Arrival and lunch included. In the afternoon we will visit the Al Madinah Museum that allows us to understand a little the history of the city. At the end of the afternoon, we will go to see -from outside- the Al Masjid mosque, built by the prophet himself and place where he is buried, we will not be able to avoid feeling a surge of emotions when we observe the thousands of people who enter at the time of prayer. Dinner included.
Day 4 Day 4: Medina, Al Ula
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Medina, Al Ula

Note: The Al-’Ula region is one of the most beautiful areas in the world, however its hotel infrastructure is extremely limited. On some occasions we will spend two nights in Medina (visiting in this case in the afternoon the Al Madinah Museum) leaving very early for Al-’Ula on Tuesday.We will explore Medina. We will walk around the immense Prophet´s Mosque (Al Masjid an Nabawi), an amazing and luminous mosque of ten minarets with a capacity for one million visitors.. On the hill of UHUD, an important pilgrimage site, where the prophet´s forces clashed with Meccan troops. You can walk through its vast esplanade and climb the hill but remember to do so in silence and respecting the hundreds of pilgrims surrounding us at any given time. At the Mosque of Quba, in the year 622, the prophet and his followers laid the first stone of what was to be the first mosque in history, although the present building is more recent. From here, we will walk to the nearby garden and well of Ethiq where the different tribes of the place went out to drink water and greet the Prophet and his companions recently arrived in Medina after their persecution in Mecca. Afterwards we will have some free time in the city center to stroll around the shopping areas or -if you wish- visit the Hejaz Railway Museum (in the former Ottoman railway station).In the afternoon we travel to one of the most spectacular places in the world: The region and oasis of AL-’ULA: an authentic open-air museum surrounded by nature, where you will find rock formations, canyons and ravines that compete with the majestic treasures carved by its ancient inhabitants. After arrival we will go to The Elephant Rock, "Jabal Al Fil" an impressive geomorphological phenomenon, a 52 meters high rock in the shape of an Elephant. Dinner included.
Day 5 Day 5: Al Ula, Tabuk
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Al Ula, Tabuk

In the region of Al-’Ula we will visit the enclosure of HEGRA (Madain Saleh), declared World Heritage by UNESCO, of Nabataean culture "the Other Petra" amazes us with its tombs excavated in the rock in a desert environment full of mystery. Lunch included. We will have free time to stroll and enjoy its comercial streets, and its magnificent Oasis. In the middle of the afternoon, we will leave for TABUK. Dinner included.
Day 6 Day 6: Tabuk, Petra
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Tabuk, Petra

We visit Tabuk, a city over half a million inhabitants, active provincial capital and one of the oldest cities in the country. We will visit the castle whose origin is 3500 years before Christ, and inside it, a museum tells the history of the castle and the city, from the great explorers who visited it, such as Ibn Battuta, to the pilgrims who stopped to drink from the fountains on their way to Mecca or Medina. After the visit, we will enter the Mud House Museum, a recreation of the interior of an adobe house where we will learn what traditional life was like in the past in this type of housing. Subsequently we walk through the active commercial area of the city center and we reach the old train station, today a museum that preserves the steam machines that connected Damascus with Medina. Only 100 km separate us from JORDAN. Border procedures and continuation to WADI MUSA (town created around Petra), we will visit the Spring of Moses, where allegedly Moses hit the rock with his rod and the water gushed out, and the Petra Museum, an excellent sample that allows us to understand the history of the Nabataeans and get to know magnificent pieces found in the area. Dinner included. Travelers who wish to do so can go in their free time to an old Turkish bath or get to see the lights and sounds show in Petra.
Day 7 Day 7: Petra, Wadi Rum
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Petra, Wadi Rum

Today we have the most exciting day of the trip: First, we visit the impressive archaeological site of PETRA, which is accessed through a narrow canyon, and discover the temples and tombs excavated on the cliffs in this city that was founded 300 years before Christ. After lunch (included) we leave for the impressive desert of WADI RUM. At the Visitor Centre we board 4x4 vehicles to visit some of the most impressive landscapes. We stop in the town of RUM to visit the ruins of the Nabatean temple. We include a 45-minute camel ride through the desert. We will also visit the Khazali Canyon. In this spectacular place, we will see the engravings that reveal the origins of the Arabic language. Dinner and accommodation included in a desert camp.
Day 8 Day 8: Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Eilat, Saint Catherine
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Eilat, Saint Catherine

After breakfast, we leave for AQABA, Jordan’s second city, lying on the banks of the Red Sea. We walk through the center before continuing to the border of ISRAEL, EILAT and arrive in this modern and tourist city with its excellent beaches. There’s time to relax, have lunch and stroll around. Are you tempted to have a swim? We then continue towards the EGYPT border, and into Sinai. On the way, there’s chance to take photographs of the Pharaoh’s Island with the powerful fortress of Saladin. Continue to SAINT CATHERINE. Arrival, accommodation and dinner included.FEES: At the border crossing from Jordan to Israel and from Israel to Egypt, every traveler must pay an entry/exit fee for the different countries. Jordan: $15 (exit fees), Israel: $32 (exit fee), Egypt: $45 (entry visa, which is actually $25 visa + $20.Approximate rates and subject to change without prior notice by the authorities of the country.Drones and cameras with a 5,5 mtr zoom are prohibited as well as other types of professional equipment cameras ( Europamundo is not responsiblefor objects that may be seized at borders by the authorities of the countries)IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to exceptional circumstances or due to a small number of participants, it may happen that we will cross directly from Jordan to Egypt by boat, taking the AQABA- TABA FERRY with a duration of just over two hours. During the ferry crossing, there will be no assistance from any guide.
Day 9 Day 9: Saint Catherine, Moses Well, Cairo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Saint Catherine, Moses Well, Cairo

At the foot of Mount Sinai, we visit the impressive walled monastery of SAINT CATHERINE. According to tradition, this is where Moses saw “the Burning Bush that burned without being consumed”. The monastery, which is a sacred place for Jews, Christians and Muslims, belongs to the Orthodox Church and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We then continue on through the Sinai Desert’s picturesque landscapes. Lunch included in route. Stop at the WELL OF MOSES, a biblical site that looks like a small oasis. We will leave Sinai through the tunnel under the SUEZ CANAL. Arrival in CAIRO at the end of the afternoon. Accommodation.
Day 10 Day 10: Cairo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Cairo

Full day visit where we explore the famous Pyramids of Cheops, Kefren and Micerinos (tickets to go inside the pyramids are not included), and also the impressive Sphinx, which is sculpted from rock. Visit to the Egyptian Museum with its ancient art and where the treasure of the Lost Tomb of Tutankhamen is kept. Lunch included. Citadel of Saladin and the Alabaster Mosque. We will take a walk through the Coptic neighborhood where we visit the Hanging Church built above a Roman fortress.
Day 11 Day 11: Cairo, Meidum, Faiyum Oasis, Wadi El Rayan, Wadi Al Hitan, Minya
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 11: Cairo, Meidum, Faiyum Oasis, Wadi El Rayan, Wadi Al Hitan, Minya

We will leave Cairo early, we will get to know an Egypt that you probably had never imagined: a country of great lakes in the middle of the desert! Stop (entrance included) at the PYRAMID OF MEIDUM, considered as the first pyramid that the ancient Egyptians tried to build, 2600 years before Christ, we are surprised by its stepped structure. We can climb to the door that gives access to the burial chamber (after descending 75 meters) and see the large mastabas that house the tombs of some relatives of the pharaoh.After that we visit the Oasis of Al Faiyum, we outline the great QARUM LAKE that allows the irrigation of the entire oasis making this area "the garden of Egypt". The shores of the lake have numerous leisure points for Egyptians. Al Fayoum is also known for "the Al Fayoum portraits", the oldest portraits in the world (today we can see them in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo). We will stop and have lunch at TUNIS village, a nice place with great ceramic crafts, lunch included. Afterwards we enter among magnificent desert landscapes, we stop at WADI RAYYAN, a saltwater lake where rare species of birds and gazelles live, an area declared a National Park. Time for a walk next to the small falls. We continue entering the desert, we travel to the enclosure of WADI AL HITTAN -the valley of the whales-, declared by Unesco a World Heritage Site. The number, concentration, and quality of the fossils, as well as their location in a protected landscape of great beauty, make the site an exceptional place. We get to visit the museum with fossilized whales (where we get to see their skeletons) and get to know about climate change.Continue to MENIA, a city of 300,000 inhabitants by the Nile, active and pleasant walk along the river. Dinner included.
Day 12 Day 12: Minya, Beni Hassan, Mallawi, Deir El Muharraq, Meer Graves, Asyut
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 12: Minya, Beni Hassan, Mallawi, Deir El Muharraq, Meer Graves, Asyut

We start another exciting day in the center of the Nile Valley. Leaving Menia we stop at ZAWIYYET SULTAN, place of the dead, at the foot of a small pharaonic necropolis an immense cemetery with a very peculiar architecture of vaulted adobe mausoleums leads us to feel "in another world". After that we visit BENI HASSAN, the necropolis stands on cliffs above the Nile valley, 39 tombs (four are visited) dating from 2125 to 1795 years before Christ and offer us a fascinating idea of the daily life of that time. Lunch included.Following the Nile valley we stop at the TOMBS OF MIR, with its nine tombs of the Old and Middle Kingdom open to the visit. The solitude of the place is impressive (practically without tourism). Next to the tombs we visit DEIR AL MUHARRAQ, monastery and place of Coptic pilgrimage, the monks indicate that Mary and Jesus inhabited a cave in this place for six months after fleeing from Herod; according to tradition the church was built around the year 60 "the oldest Christian church in the world".Continuation to ASSIUT, provincial capital. Dinner included.
Day 13 Day 13: Asyut, Suhaq, Abydos, Luxor
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 13: Asyut, Suhaq, Abydos, Luxor

We leave Assiut for SOHAG, we are in one of the main Coptic areas of Egypt. We visit the WHITE MONASTERY, built in the fourth century (several times destroyed) and powerfully walled, in its construction stone was used that came from pharaonic temples and some blocks still show ancient Gods and hieroglyphics, at the time housed the largest library in Egypt. After that we visit the RED MONASTERY, one of the most impressive Christian buildings in Egypt, its ancient chapel of the fourth century, have most of its surface covered with frescoes (restored) that give us an idea of what religious buildings were like at the end of antiquity. We continue our route to ABYDOS, lunch included, the most important place of worship of Osiris -God of the dead-, was a place of pilgrimage and necropolis for over 4500 years (from years 4000 BC to 600 AD), there are still many tombs unexcavated. The impressive temple of Seti stands out, one of the most complete and beautiful in Egypt.Continuation to LUXOR. Arrival at the end of the day.
Day 14 Day 14: Luxor
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 14: Luxor

During our stay in Luxor we will get to know one of the most impressive ancient cities on the planet. Early, from our hotel we will take a private boat to cross the Nile River, with its peace and breathtaking views early in the morning, we pass to the west bank. We visit the "Valley of the Artisans" Deir el-Medina, a place that is not visited often, here lived and are currently located the tombs of great builders and craftsmen who built and decorated the royal tombs of ancient Egypt; we will visit three tombs, their paintings show scenes of daily life of that time. Subsequently, transfer to the ship, boarding procedures on the cruise and accommodation. Full board on the ship. In the afternoon, visit to the impressive temple complex of Luxor and Karnark. Accommodation on board.
Day 15 Day 15: Luxor, Esna
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 15: Luxor, Esna

Today you will be able to admire the Necropolis of Thebes, visiting the famous VALLEY OF THE KINGS, where are hidden the tombs of the main pharaohs. Composed of several rooms and corridors that lead to the burial chambers, are among others, Ramses III, Seti I and Amenhotep II. You will also visit the Colossae of Memnon, two impressive statues of Amenophis II, as well as the Temple of Queen Hatsepsut (Deir el Bahari) and the Temple of Medinet Habu. During this day we can enjoy the beauty of the Nile riverbanks. You could do different activities on the boat and at evening enjoy the music at the disco. Full board. Night on board, navigating to ESNA.
Day 16 Day 16: Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 16: Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan

Arrival to EDFU and visit the Temple of Horus (God represented by a Falcon), which in the past was partially covered by lime during the periodic flooding of the river Nile. The rescue and restoration work complete, we now have one of the most beautiful temples of Ptolemaic times, in an exceptional state of preservation. Navigation to KOM OMBO. Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, the only temple dedicated to two gods, Sobek and Haroesis, where we find a Nilometer (former system for measuring the level of the Nile River) and a mummified crocodile. During the evening you will be able to enjoy the Chilaba’s party, local typical outfit (on route you could economically acquire them at local markets). Full board. Accommodation on board, navigating to ASWAN.
Day 17 Day 17: Aswan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 17: Aswan

Arrival to ASWAN. Possibility of getting the optional tour to Abu Simbel (visit NOT included in the itinerary), located two hundred and eighty kilometers from Aswam, visit the western desert and the temples carved on the cliff by Ramses II during the twelfth century BC, with 20 meters high statues, dedicated to the god Amon Ra, and the Temple of Nefertari, dedicated to the goddess Hathor. Visit the Red Granite quarry where is the famous 41 meters high Unfinished Obelisk. We will also visit the Aswan Dam, one of the largest in the world, which created Lake Nasser with a length of more than 500 km. We will visit the beautiful Temple of Philae dedicated to the goddess Isis and located on a small island that can only be accessed by boat. In the afternoon, a felucca cruise on the Nile, typical sailing boats in the area, heading to the island of Kitchener where the Botanical Garden is located. Full board. Accommodation on board.
Day 18 Day 18: Aswan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 18: Aswan

After breakfast, transfer to the airport and end of our services.

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Itinerary of your trip Mysteries Of Arabia, Petra And Charms Of The Nile

Day 1: Jeddah

Day 2: Jeddah

Day 3: Jeddah, Medina

Day 4: Medina, Al Ula

Day 5: Al Ula, Tabuk

Day 6: Tabuk, Petra

Day 7: Petra, Wadi Rum

Day 8: Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Eilat, Saint Catherine

Day 9: Saint Catherine, Moses Well, Cairo

Day 10: Cairo

Day 11: Cairo, Meidum, Faiyum Oasis, Wadi El Rayan, Wadi Al Hitan, Minya

Day 12: Minya, Beni Hassan, Mallawi, Deir El Muharraq, Meer Graves, Asyut

Day 13: Asyut, Suhaq, Abydos, Luxor

Day 14: Luxor

Day 15: Luxor, Esna

Day 16: Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan

Day 17: Aswan

Day 18: Aswan

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