Southern Africa and Egypt
Day 01 (Sunday) ARRIVE JOHANNESBURG, OVERNIGHT
Arriving Johannesburg clear immigration and customs then staff transfers you to your hotel. Overnight Johannesburg.
Day 02 (Monday) FREE MORNING, FLY TO VICTORIA FALLS MID-DAY
Sleep in, then mid-day fly to Victoria Falls. Arriving staff transfers you to the Victoria Falls Safari Club. Enjoy a sunset cruise on the Zambezi followed by dinner and a drum show at Boma Restaurant. Overnight Victoria Falls (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 03 (Tuesday) VICTORIA FALLS
Full day of activities at Victoria Falls. In the morning a tour of the Falls and in the afternoon a Lion walking safari. In the evening a game drive with a bush dinner. Overnight Victoria Falls (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 04 (Wednesday) VICTORIA FALLS, CHOBE NATIONAL PARK (BOTSWANA)
Depart the hotel early for an exciting day of game viewing. Enjoy lunch at the Chobe Safari Lodge then a river cruise that ends at sunset. You will see many types of birds and other animals as they visit the river for a last drink of the day. You will be back at the hotel about 8PM. Overnight Victoria Falls (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 05 (Thursday) VICTORIA FALLS TO JNB, DEPART TO EGYPT
In the morning a “flight of the Angels” then return to JNB for your flight to Cairo. Overnight flight (Breakfast)
Day 06 (Friday) GIZA PLATEAU, MENA HOUSE
Arrive Cairo, staff assists with clearing immigration and customs then enjoy a tour of the Giza Plateau featuring the Great Pyramid and Sphinx including the Solar Boat museum before checking into the Mena House hotel where you will have pyramid view garden section rooms. Overnight Cairo (Breakfast on the flight)
Day 07 (Saturday) SAQQARA, DAHSHUR, MEMPHIS
Meet your guide in the hotel lobby at 8:30AM for a tour of Saqqara with the famous stepped pyramid. Enter the elaborate tombs of Mereuka and the recently discovered tomb of Maia, wet nurse to King Tut. Continue to Dahshur with the first of the stone pyramids then on to the ruins of Memphis the ancient capital. Overnight Cairo (Breakfast)
Day 08 (Sunday) EGYPTIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, FLY TO LUXOR, SONESTA LUXOR
Tour the Egyptian National Museum before staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Luxor. Arriving staff transfers you to the Sonesta Luxor where you will have Deluxe Nile view rooms with private balconies offering excellent views of the Necropolis at night. Overnight Luxor (Breakfast)
Day 09 (Monday) BOARD AMARCO I NILE CRUISE, TEMPLES OF KARNAK AND LUXOR
Staff transfers you to board the Deluxe 5* Amarco I Nile cruiser. Visit the Temples of Karnak and Luxor. Overnight Cruise/Luxor
(Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) Note: Upgrade to the Saint George Premier Nile cruise: + $275 p.p., dbl. occ.
Day 10 (Tuesday) NECROPOLIS OF THEBES, CRUISE TO EDFU
Visit the Valley of Kings, Valley of Queens, Queen Hatshepsut’s temple, cruise to Edfu. (Optional sunrise Hot Air Balloon + $100 p.p.). Overnight Cruise/Edfu (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 11 (Wednesday) TEMPLE OF HORUS, TEMPLE OF TWO GODS, CRUISE TO ASWAN
Visit the Temple of Horus, cruise to Kom Ombo, tour the Temple of Two Gods. The temple is unique because its double design means that there are courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two gods, Sobek and Haroeris. This was why the temple was called both “House of the Crocodile” and “Castle of the Falcon”. Cruise to Aswan. Overnight Cruise/Aswan (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 12 (Thursday) TEMPLE OF PHILAE, UNFINISHED, BELISK, FELUCCA
Visit the Temple of Philae, the Pharaoh’s granite quarries with the Unfinished Obelisk. Sunset sail on the Nile by Felucca (native sailboat).(Optional camel trek to St. Simeons monastery ruins +$60 per person) Overnight Cruise/ Aswan (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 13 (Friday) DISEMBARK, ABU SIMBEL, FLY TO CAIRO
Disembark cruise, fly to Abu Simbel to visit the famous temples of Ramses (about 45 minutes) then fly to Cairo. Arriving staff transfers you to the Le Meridien Airport where you will have Deluxe rooms. Overnight Cairo (Breakfast)
Day 14 (Saturday) INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE
Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with exit formalities and checking in for your flight home. (meals on the flight)