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Nile Delta 5 days/ 4 nights (pre or post tour) Nile Delta Extension Fully Escorted 5 days/ 4 nights including Alexandria, Rosetta, Tanis and Tal Basta GUARANTEED TO OPERATE PRICES STARTING AT $750 (From Cairo) May be taken as a pre tour or post tour extension.Extend your tour to visit sites seldom seen in Nile Valley classic tours. The Nile Delta is rich with history and presents a totally different perspective than the areas south of Cairo. Here you find lush surroundings presenting history in a unique fashion. Educational and entertaining, this program brings together history and culture. Day 01: Travel to Alexandria, the city Alexander the great built and Cleopatra made famous. Stop enroute to visit Wadi Natrun and it's monastery. The salt found here was used in the mummification process to dry out the body. Arriving Alexandria, visit Greco-Roman sites including the Catacombs, the amphitheater, Pompey's Pillar. Transfer to your 5 star hotel, the Sheraton Montazah. Overnight Alexandria (B) Day 02: Continue your tour of Alexandria including time to enjoy the new Library and the brand new Alexandria National Museum. Overnight Alexandria (B) Day 03: Drive to Rosetta (where the famous stone was found that gave archeologists the clues needed to understand hieroglyphics). With its strategic location between the Mediterranean and the western arm of the Nile, Rosetta has been an extremely important military site since early times. The town was witness to many important events in ancient as well as modern times. It is typically tranquil and highly green town with vast gardens, orchards and date-palm plantations, in addition to a multitude of beautiful historical houses, inns and mosques adorned with exquisite decorative inscriptions and woodworks. Visit sites in the area, enjoy lunch at Abu Kir bay, return to Cairo in the evening and the comfort of the Sonesta Hotel. Overnight Cairo (B,L). Day 04: Depart Cairo in the morning traveling northeast to Tanis. Though no longer, Tanis was an important City in the pharaonic period. Many believe that this was the Biblical city from which the Exodus began, but most will also remember it as the location where Indiana Jones discovered the "Lost Ark" in the movie. Tanis is considered to be probably the most important archaeological site in Egypt's northern Delta, probably because it is one of the largest and certainly the most impressive of the sites. From Tanis travel to Tal Basta, home to the cult of Bastet (the cat goddess) where an open air museum is sure to be of interest. There is also a Biblical connection. "Here, Jesus caused a water spring to well up from the ground, and His presence caused the idols to crumble, as foretold by the prophets of old. Behold the Lord rides on a swift cloud, and will come into Egypt and the idols of Egypt will totter at His Presence and the heart of Egypt will melt in the midst of it." (Isaiah 19:1). Overnight Cairo (B) Day 05: Join the rest of the people starting your base tour or if this is a post tour program staff transfers you to the airport, assists with exit formalities and checking in for your international departure. TOUR INCLUDES:GUARANTEED TO OPERATE. All transfers by air-conditioned vehicle relating to the tour program starting with arrival to Cairo. Baggage handling of no more than 2 pieces of luggage per person however baggage and personal effects are at the owner's risk at all time during the tour. Hotels (based on double occupancy). Meals as outlined by B for breakfast, L for lunch and D for dinner. Fees for visiting antiquity sites and museums. Services of an English speaking licensed Egyptologist. Service charges and taxes. NOT INCLUDED Items of a personal nature such as tips, entry visa (available at the airport on entry for USA citizens. Other nationalities should check with the nearest Egyptian consulate), phone calls, laundry, drinks with meals, any items not specifically covered in the included items. Nile Delta Extension Price Prices and itinerary subject to change without notice. Single Price is for Single occupancy hotel rooms and cruise cabins based on a minimum of two travelers. Single travelers (one person on the tour) would have additional cost. Holiday Note: Most hotels in Egypt have mandatory Christmas and New Years dinners. These can range from $70 per person to $150. These dinners are NOT included in the price as the cost will be published by the hotels until the late fall. We contract with every major hotel chain including: Egypt: Prices are based on using the hotels shown. If you change hotels the tour price may change. |
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