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EGYPT
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Cape
To Cairo provides private tours in Egypt in keeping
with our philosophy of high quality personalized travel.
CUSTOMIZABLE TOUR
ITINERARIES:
Our Index of Egypt Tours tours
provides some suggested tour options
ranging from 4 days in Cairo and Luxor, to 9 days with a Nile Cruise and
17 days
including the Western Deserts. These tours include accommodation and
personal guiding. ALL OF OUR ITINERARIES ARE CUSTOM, and you can vary
tours to suit your individual options at similar daily costs.
As an airline consolidator for Africa
and the middle east, we can offer you the most competitive
airfares
available.
Nile
Cruises run between Luxor and Aswan and there are a large number of
choices for 4 or 5 day cruises.
At the top are the MS Triton
and MS Zahra, fitted out
at the highest level of luxury with a small number of cabins. Abu
Simbel is most easily visited as a day trip returning from Aswan to Cairo.
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Kom Ombo
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HMS Triton
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Nefertari's Tomb
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Karnak - Luxor
Philae
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Nefertari's
Temple of Hathor
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Queen
Hatshepsut's Temple
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Sea and Sinai Desert
The
ancient ports of the Egyptian Red Sea are among the world's best diving
and
fishing resorts, and expansive white sand beaches provide for relation
in the sun. Egypt Air operates regular flights from Cairo and
Luxor to Sharm El Sheikh or Hurghada.
Sofitel
Sharm el-Sheikh
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World
famous Red Sea dive sites |
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Sharm el Sheikh it is a day trip to visit St.
Catherine's Monastery travelling across a magnificent part of
the Sinai desert. Located at the foot of the Mt. Sinai of biblical
fame, St. Catherine's Monastery, was constructed by order of
the Emperor Justinian between 527 and 565. It is a spectacular natural
setting for priceless works of art, including Arab mosaics.
Mount
Sinai is both the name of a collection of peaks, sometimes referred to
as the Holy Mountains, and the biblical name of the peek on which Moses
received the Ten Commandments. This is also where Mohammed's horse, Boraq,
ascended to heaven. The 7,497 foot mountain has 3,750 steps hewn out of
stone by monks of St. Catherine's Monastery which leads to an amphitheater
known as the "Seven Elders of Israel". The Chapel of the Holy Trinity was
built at the summit in 1934 (on the location of the original chapel
built in 363 and rebuilt by Justinian in 530) and affords a truly breathtaking
view. It is recommended that you take the steps down, as they will lead
you past the fountain of Moses, a small chapel of the Virgin, and two arches,
the Gate of St. Stephen and the Gate of the Law. |
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Mt
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Simeon Monastery is a worthwhile day trip, involving a camel ride.
This abandoned monastery near the Aga Khan Mausoleum on the west bank at
Aswan is considered to be notably typical of early Christian monasteries,
and was one of the largest Coptic Monasteries in Egypt, |
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Queen Nefertari's tomb - discovered
in 1904 has been described as Egypt's most beautiful tomb.
In February of 1988 a restoration program was initiated by eminent
international scientists to preserve the art work, as climatic changes in the
immediate surrounding area have threatened to destroy this magnificent site.
This was a huge project which was finally completed in April 1992. It reopened
to the public in 1995, but visitors are restricted.
Peter Schmidt essay and Pictures (Excellent). |
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