Egypt 2024 - Tour 1

Airline: Emirates

New York to Cairo, Egypt

Date: April 19, 2024
Flight #: EK0204
Depart: New York (JFK) at  11:20 AM
Arrive: Dubai (DXB) at 7:50 AM+1

Layover in Dubai

Date: April 20, 2024
Flight #: EK0921
Depart: Dubai (DXB) at 12:00 PM
Arrive: Egypt (CAI) at 1:50 PM

After completing airport formalities transfer from Cairo Airport to hotel with driver and guide. Remainder of the day is at leisure.  Enjoy a Welcome Dinner this evening with your group.

Hotel: Intercontinental Cairo Citystars
Meals: Dinner

Breakfast at the hotel. Guided tour to visit one of the "Seven Wonders of the World", the pyramids of Giza (Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus). This construction was carried out with 2,300,000 blocks, each weighing 2.5 tons. The most interesting pyramid is Keops, which allows you to visit its interior (entry to the interior of the Pyramids not included). Not far from the pyramids is the Great Sphinx of Giza (2,620 BC), carved from natural yellowish limestone and measuring 20 meters high and 60 meters long, combining the head of a pharaoh with the body of a lion. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant on your own.

Visit to the Museum of Antiquities (Egyptian Museum), established by the Egyptian government in 1835. The current building was built in 1900, in the classic style of the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. The museum has more than 120,000 objects from prehistoric and Greco-Roman times. Finally, visit Bazaar Khan El Khalili, one of the most famous bazaars in the world. Back to the hotel.

Hotel:  Intercontinental Cairo Citystars
Meals: Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel. Check out, transfer to airport and depart to Luxor. Arrival and transfer to the cruise pier and board your Nile Cruise Ship. Lunch on board. In the afternoon, visit the temples of Luxor (dedicated to the god Amon-Ra, the Sun God) and Karnak, an impressive array of temples and sacred lakes. Accommodation and dinner on board (drinks not included).

Hotel:  Movenpick MS Royal Lotus
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

In the morning visit the Valley of the Kings, where the tombs of the main pharaohs are found, the Colossi of Memnon, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Return to the cruise and begin our navigation to Edfu via Esna Lock. Overnight on board.

Hotel:  Movenpick MS Royal Lotus
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Navigation to Kom Ombo. During navigation visit the Temple of Horus (god represented by a falcon), one of the most beautiful temples of the Ptolemaic era in an exceptional state of preservation, and in Kom Ombo the only temple dedicated to two gods, Sobek and Haroesis, where there is one “Nilometer” (ancient system for measuring the level of the River Nile) and a mummified crocodile. Navigate to Aswan. overnight on board.

Hotel:  Movenpick MS Royal Lotus
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Early in the morning, we will depart for an excursion to the Abu Simbel Temple, which was rescued from the waters and rebuilt above where it was originally located so that it would not be submerged in the waters of Lake Nasser after construction of the Great Aswan Dam. Go back to Aswan. then sail by Felucca to see the botanical garden and elephantine island. In the evening, we will have a farewell party. Overnight on board.

Hotel:  Movenpick MS Royal Lotus
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast on board and check out at 8am. Visit to the Phiale temple and the High dam on our way to the airport for our flight back to Cairo. Arrive in Cairo, remainder of the day at leisure.

Hotel:  Intercontinental Cairo Citystars
Meals: Breakfast

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. Drive to the northern part of Egypt, Alexandria, the pearl of the Mediterranean. The city that was founded and named after the famous Alexander the Great. Stop by the Qait bay fort that witnessed the Egyptian fight against the French expedition led by Napoleon back in 1798, then we will stroll through the corniche visiting the Cata Comb and the Pompey’s pillar. Enjoy lunch on your own before we continue on to visit (an outside view) Bibliotheca Alexandrina, one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. Return to Cairo and enjoy a Farewell Dinner with your group.

Hotel:  Intercontinental Cairo Citystars
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport for your departure flight back home.

Meals: Breakfast

Airline: Emirates

Cairo, Egypt to New York

Date: April 28, 2024
Flight #:  EK0924
Depart: Egypt (CAI) at 7:05 PM
Arrive: Dubai (DXB) at  12:40 AM+1

Layover in Dubai

Date: April 29, 2024
Flight #: EK0203
Depart: Dubai (DXB) at  2:50 AM
Arrive: New York (JFK) at 8:50 AM

Pricing and Payments

Full Package Price

• $4,849 per person (double occupancy)
• $5,499 per person  (single occupancy)

Land Only Package 
(international flights and transfers NOT included)

• $3,699 per person (double occupancy)
• $4,349 per person (single occupancy)

Note: In the Land Only package you will make your own flight arrangements and transportation to/from the hotel upon arrival and departure. Overton Travel can assist you with these arrangements upon request.

Payment Schedule

Book by:  June 30, 2023
Final Payment due by:  January 15, 2024

Deposit: Due at the time of booking:  $300 (Non-Refundable)

• Installment #1: July 15, 2023: $650
• Installment #2: August 15, 2023: $650
• Installment #3: September 15, 2023: $650
• Installment #4: October 15, 2023: $650
• Installment #5: November 15, 2023: $650
• Installment #6: December 15: $650
• Installment #7 - Final Payment: January 15, 2024 - Remaining Balance

Airline: Emirates Airlines

New York to Cairo, Egypt

• Date: April 19, 2024

• Flight #: EK0204

• Depart: New York (JFK) at 11:20 AM

• Arrive: Dubai (DXB) at 7:50 AM+1

Layover in Dubai

• Date: April 20, 2024

• Flight #: EK0921

• Depart: Dubai (DXB) at 12:00 PM

• Arrive: Egypt (CAI) at 1:50 PM

Cairo, Egypt to New York

• Date: April 28, 2024

• Flight #: EK0924

• Depart: Egypt (CAI) at 7:05 PM

• Arrive: Dubai (DXB) at 12:40 AM+1

Layover in Dubai

• Date: April 29, 2024

• Flight #: EK0203

• Depart: Dubai (DXB) at 2:50 AM

• Arrive: New York (JFK) at 8:50 AM

All seats included in the Full Package group booking are in Economy Class

Please contact Overton Travel at the time of booking if you would like to upgrade your seat.

Upgrades to Business Class seats can be done, based on availability at the time of booking.

Specific seats on the flight cannot be guaranteed with group bookings

Seats are assigned by the airlines. If you would like a specific seat, contact the airline directly after you receive your travel document to request a specific seat.

Also note, that some airlines do not assign seats in advance for group bookings, and seats will be assigned at the airport upon check-in.

If you need a specific seat, you should not purchase your flights as part of the group booking. You should purchase your flights separately as an individual ticket.

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