December: Depart New York
Leave out JFK Airport where a travel representative assists in boarding Egypt Air to Cairo.

Dec.: CAIRO
Arrive in Cairo Airport where you will be met by your
Tour Manager and transferred to your luxury 5 Star hotel.
OVERNIGHT: MENA HOUSE

Dec. : CAIRO
Today is the tour of Islamic & Coptic Cairo includes: Citadel of Saladin, Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali, and the Hanging Church. The afternoon is an introduction to 3000 years of Egypt's earliest history at the Egyptian Antiquities Museum.
OVERNIGHT: MENA HOUSE
MEALS : BREAKFAST & LUNCH

Dec.:   World Music Festival 
A very special culminating event for the group. Drumming, dancing and prayer to honour the traditions of the drum and its power to unify.
OVERNIGHT : MENA HOUSE HOTEL / MEALS : BREAKFAST -
Festival Banquet and Reception on the 7th.
Rubiyat Banquet Room (MENA HOUSE)

Dec.: CAIRO / ASWAN
The excitement is high this morning as we fly to one of the world's most beautiful resorts, noted for peaceful natural surroundings.  Here we begin our Nile cruise. Board your floating hotel for the next four nights. Enjoy riding around Kitchener Island and Agha Khan Mausoleum.
OVERNIGHT : ASWAN / MEALS BREAKFAST, LUNCH , DINNER

Dec.: ASWAN / KOM OMBO
Visit Aswan High Dam & Granite Quarries ,(Unfinished Obelisk) before sailing to Kom Ombo to visit the Temple dedicated to the hawk headed god Horus and the crocodile god Sobek. Also visit the Phielie Temple on the island of Isis. Continue cruising to Edfu.
OVERNIGHT : EDFU / MEALS : BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER

Dec. : EDFU / LUXOR
View the Temple of falcon-headed Haroeris of Edfu. One of the finest examples of Ptolemaic art in Egypt Enjoy the sailing to Luxor, it lies on the site of Thebes, the capital of Egypt at its height. Visit  the Temples of Karnak and Luxor which were once decorated with gold, silver, alabaster and marble.
OVERNIGHT : LUXOR / MEALS: BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER

Dec. :  LUXOR
The Necropolis of Thebes Is along the west bank of the Nile. You tour the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut’s at EI-Deir, El-Bahari,  and Colossi of Memnon, facing the Nile. Afternoon is yours Free for shopping or just to relax!
OVERNIGHT LUXOR / MEALS: BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER

Dec. : LUXOR / CAIRO
Disembark Sonesta Cruise Ship and fly to Cairo. Arrive Cairo and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day is yours to relax!
OVERNIGHT: EL GEZIRAH (SHERATON HOTEL)
 MEALS : BREAKFAST

Dec.: CAIRO
Begin your adventure by exploring the Red, Black & White Pyramids put up by King Snefru, at Dahshur, other forerunners of the true pyramid of Giza. Ben Ezra synagogue, and Khan EI-Khalili Bazaars.
OVERNIGHT: EL GEZIRAH (SHERATON HOTEL)
MEALS : BREAKFAST
3 Hour Meditation in the Great Pyramids.

Dec. : CAIRO
Bid good-bye to the Land of Civilisations and depart aboard Egypt Air's  flight to John F Kennedy Airport.
 

Note: Other activities will be included.