2 Weeks Adventure of Egypt Encompassed
Using two and three star hotels and a variety of transport from trains, coaches, mini- buses to feluccas, this adventure tour will show you the main attractions of Egypt as well as places off the beaten track.
We can send you our trip dossier which gives full details of what is included in the price and what costs extra.
Low season trip price = £445
High season trip price = £475
Please contact us for dates
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Price Includes |
(OE-19653-P) |
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Airport transfer to and from Hotel |
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Egyptian History Museum |
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Pyramids and Sphinx Tour including Egyptologist Guide & Pyramids entry |
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Camel Ride at Pyramids |
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Entrance to most sites including Egyptologist guides |
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First Class Overnight Train |
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Fast Hydrofoil Ferry across the Red Sea |
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1 or 2 meals per day |
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Transport during the trip |
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Oasis Tour Leader |
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Price Excludes |
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Travel Insurance.
Airport Taxes
£20 Tipping Kitty
Visas
Flights
Drinks
Optional Excursions as listed in the trip dossier |
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Countries / Places Visited |
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Cairo - Aswan - Abu Simbel - River Nile - Luxor - Valley of the Kings - Dahab - Red Sea - Cairo |
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Activities Included |
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Ancient Egyptian monuments, camel ride, 2 days felucca sailing on the Nile |
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Suitability / Level |
Moderate |
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Itinerary
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Day 1 Cairo - Free Day. Your Egypt travel adventure begins with you being met at Cairo airport and transferred to your hotel. Your Oasis Tour leader will meet those of you who have arrived at our Hotel for an informal get together. (No meals provided today)
Day 2 Cairo - Famous for the pyramids and all things concerning Egyptology; trips to Cairo are educational and awe inspiring. The tour starts in the bustling metropolis that is Cairo, with our own Egyptologist guide for the day. We spend the morning at the Egyptian History Museum and after lunch we explore the world-famous Pyramids - inside and out - and the Sphinx at Giza. Trips to Cairo aren't complete without a camel ride which is also included and is guaranteed to be a good laugh. In the evening we catch an overnight train to Aswan. (Two meals)
Days 3-4 Aswan - Our train arrives in the morning and we are transferred to our Hotel. Tours to Egypt are not complete without a visit to Aswan and its beautiful setting on the Nile - feluccas, desert sand, sparkling water, palm trees, tropical plants, granite rock outcrops, islands and the Nile's first cataracts. The culture of Aswan's darker Nubian inhabitants is palpably African and more laid back than the rest of Egypt. Here you can walk along the Corniche with its riverside restaurants and attractive boulevards, or mix with locals in the narrow market alleys and stop in small cafes. We also include a visit to the great stone monuments of the Sun Temple built by Ramses II deep in the southern desert at Abu Simbel. (included in the cost of the tour). We also organise a trip to the Temple at Philae and you can also go by felucca to visit Elephantine Island. Your Tour Leader will advise and inform you of the various things you can do and places to visit in and around Aswan, including an evening visit to a Nubian village. (Three Meals)
Days 5-6 River Nile, Felucca - In the morning we transfer to our feluccas, the perfect relaxing antidote to a busy Egypt adventure trip. We spend the next two days and nights aboard watching Egypt glide by and sleeping under the stars. Originally introduced by the Romans, these traditional sailing boats use only wind power and occasionally oars. We will sleep on board over night as well as stop off at villages and sandy beaches. A canopy can be erected as protection from the sun during the day, and wind or dew at night. (Three meals each day)
Day 7 Luxor - Our Felucca trip will end this morning, but our Egypt adventure continues. After the felucca trip you will have the opportunity to visit Kom Ombo temple and the Temple of Horus at Edfu. We transfer by mini bus to our Luxor hotel from where you have the afternoon to explore Luxor's sights. The vast Karnak Temple complex beats every other monument in Egypt except perhaps the Pyramids of Giza and is a must on any Egypt tour. Built on an awesome scale (it does house the gods after all!) its Levithian size will astound you! We include a visit to Karnak Temple reached by our own horse-drawn carriages. There is also the option of the Sound and Light Show in the evening. Luxor Temple is in the centre of town within easy walking distance of our hotel. (Two Meals)
Day 8 Luxor - Today we have a sturdy donkey each to visit the Valley of the Kings & Workers, where our guide shows us around a number of tombs. (In the summer months we may use an air-conditioned mini-bus instead of donkeys.) Intended by the Pharaohs who built them to be the ultimate insurance policy on eternal life, the tombs are very well hidden and we have to scramble down long dark underground shafts to discover their dramatic and quite amazing funerary glory. We will also visit the Colossi of Memnon, there is also the option to visit the Valley of the Queens & Hatshaputs as well. (Two meals)
Day 9 Luxor to Hurghada. We have a free morning in Luxor, where it is possible to visit a local orphanage which Oasis sponsors. In the afternoon we travel for four hours by road to the Red Sea resort of Hurghada where we overnight in a local hotel. (Two meals)
Those on the 10 day Egypt trip will board the overnight train from Luxor back to Cairo on the evening of Day 9 to be met at Cairo Station and transferred to our Cairo hotel on the morning of Day 10 where the trip ends. If you are planning to fly from Cairo today please only do so after midday due to possible delays.
Day 10 Hurghada to Dahab - We catch the morning hydrofoil ferry for the short hop across the Red Sea to the Sinai Peninsula. We now transfer you to the most relaxed and, for many, the most enjoyable place in Egypt. We arrive in Dahab in time for a seafood lunch and a cold beer on the beach! (One Meal)
(please note: we are one of the very few companies operating tours in Egypt that uses the hydrofoil across the Red Sea, thus doing away with the very long and tedious 18hr bus journey and allowing an extra day in Dahab).
Days 11 & 12 Dahab - With year-round sunshine, warm sea temperatures and a laid-back atmosphere, it is no wonder Dahab has become so popular with travellers - especially those on our Egypt Encompassed trips.
Here almost 'anything goes' and our stay in Dahab can become quite hedonistic! Here also there are no big tourist hotels nearby and we stay in a small air-conditioned hotel 5 minutes walk from the beach.
This part of the Red Sea is also known as one of the world's top diving locations, with spectacular coral gardens and marine life you can snorkel to within metres of the beach. There is the opportunity to scuba dive, desert trek by camel or quad bike, visit St Catherine's Monastery and climb Mt Sinai (where Moses received the Ten Commandments) or simply relax on the beach. (No meals provided)
Day 13 Dahab - After our final day relaxing in Dahab, we begin overnight trips back to Cairo where our tour of Egypt draws to a close. (No meal provided)
Day 14 Cairo - Our trip ends in the morning on arrival in Cairo at our hotel in the city centre. Additional accommodation can be arranged if you wish. If you are planning to fly from Cairo today please only do so after midday due to possible delays. (No meals provided)
At the end of trips to Egypt there is the option to extend your stay in Dahab. Oasis will still arrange trips to Cairo, once complete, and include your return airport transfer. Ask the Oasis office or your Tour Leader for details.
Please also note that as part of the tour cost, an Egyptologist guide is included to the following sites and temples: Egyptian History Museum in Cairo and Mummy Room, Pyramids & Sphinx at Giza, Philae, Luxor and Abu Simbel Temples as well as The Valley of Kings & Workers.
Also unlike some of our competitors we do not charge a Single Supplement rate for our Egypt adventure tours - we do not inflate the costs of ANY optional excursions - you decide what YOU want to do and pay for it direct to the local operator at the time of doing the activity. |
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Accommodation
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2 and 3 star en suite hotels, many with swimming pools; overnight train; 2 nights on felucca |
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Holidays
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We have provided a little
section of extra travel needs that you may need
and to make life easier for our customers. We aim
to provide all the extras you would need; flights,
hotels, insurance, car hire and airport parking.
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| Trip: |
2 Weeks Adventure of Egypt Encompassed |
| Duration: |
14 Days |
| Company: |
Oasis Overland
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| Location: |
Cairo |
| Region: |
Egypt,
Africa |
| Price: |
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GBP445
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| Flights: |
Not Included 
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| Availability: |
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, |
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