10-Day Egypt and Jordan Discovery Tour

Day 1: Arrival in Cairo, Airport Transfer and Free Day

Arrive any day in Cairo. Upon your arrival in Cairo, you will be met with our company representative in the arrivals area of the airport who will be holding a signboard with your name on it. After meet and greet, you will be transferred from the airport to your hotel in Cairo. Rest of the day will be at leisure. Optional Evening Activity: Pyramids Sound & Light show $ 70.00 per person should be reserved before travel.

• Overnight in Cairo
• Included Meal(s): No meals are included on this day
• Accommodation: 5-star Cairo Pyramids Hotel OR Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx Hotel or similar (Standard quality)

Day 2: Pyramids and Sphinx Tour

After breakfast, your guide will take you to the Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world: the Great Pyramids Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus. You’ll also see the famous Sphinx and the nearby Valley Temple.

In the afternoon, your guide will take you back to your hotel, and you’ll have some free time to explore Cairo or relax.

• Overnight in Cairo
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch
• Accommodation: 5-star Cairo Pyramids Hotel OR Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx Hotel or similar (Standard quality)

Day 3: Cairo Sightseeing

Start your day with breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, where your guide will meet you to take you on a full-day private tour. You’ll visit the Egyptian Museum, where you can see many artifacts from ancient Egypt, and have the option to visit the museum’s mummies room (an extra ticket needs to be purchased at the door).

Then, stop for lunch at a local restaurant, before continuing on to visit the Saladin Citadel, including the Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque located inside.

Next, your guide will take you to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue, before driving you back to your hotel.

• Overnight in Cairo
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch
• Accommodation: 5-star Cairo Pyramids Hotel OR Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx Hotel or similar (Standard quality)

Day 4: Fly to Luxor from Cairo — Luxor East Bank Tour

After breakfast, you’ll check out from the hotel in the morning and then transfer to Cairo Airport for your flight to Luxor, and then taken to your hotel to check in. You’ll proceed to visit the Royal Cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, the Valley of the Kings, then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom during the 15th century BC. Travel on to the Colossi of Memnon. You’ll then transfer to your hotel in Luxor, where you’ll stay overnight. Optional at an additional cost could be a trip to a Sound & Light Show at the Karnak Temples which can be added upon request. (Flight Time Approx: Cairo to Luxor 06:00 – 07:00).

• Overnight in Luxor
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch
• Accommodation: 5-star Steigenberger Luxor Hotel OR Sheraton Luxor Resort or similar (Standard quality)

Day 5: Luxor West Bank Tour — Fly back to Cairo

After breakfast, at around 8:00 am, you will be picked up to visit the towering Karnak Temples and the famed Luxor Temple. After your trip to the temples, you will be driven to the Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo. When you arrive in Cairo, you will be met and assisted at the airport and then transferred to your hotel in Cairo. (Flight Time Approx: Luxor to Cairo 22:00 – 23:00).

• Overnight in Cairo
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch
• Accommodation: 5-star Cairo Pyramids Hotel OR Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx Hotel or similar (Standard quality)

Day 6: Fly from Cairo to Amman (Flight Not Included) — Free Time at Leisure

After breakfast, you will proceed to Cairo International Airport to board your international flight to Amman. Upon arrival, you will be met by our representative and will be transferred to your Amman hotel for check-in. The rest of the day will be free.

Note: You will need to purchase your own international flight ticket(s) from Cairo to Amman, as international flights are not included in the cost of this package tour and will not be provided by us.

• Overnight in Amman
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast
• Accommodation: 4-star Sulaf Luxury or similar (Standard quality)

Day 7: Amman City Tour — Jerash — Ajloun — Amman

Breakfast at the hotel, then drive to the ancient city of Amman to visit Amman Citadel Top choice ruins in Amman the area known as the Citadel sits on the highest hill in Amman, Jebel Al Qala’a (about 850m above sea level), and is the site of ancient Rabbath-Ammon. Occupied since the Bronze Age, it’s surrounded by a 1700m-long wall, which was rebuilt many times during the Bronze and Iron Ages, as well as the Roman, Byzantine, and Umayyad periods. There’s plenty to see, but the Citadel’s most striking sights are the Temple of Hercules and the Ummayad Palace. Roman Theater: This magnificently restored theatre is the most obvious and impressive remnant of Roman Philadelphia, and is the highlight of Amman for most foreign visitors. Head North to visit Jerash the Greco-Roman city, Jordan’s largest and most interesting Roman site, and a major tourist drawcard. Its imposing ceremonial gates, colonnaded avenues, temples and theatres all speak to the time when this was an important imperial centre. Proceed to visit Ajloun Castle: This historic castle was built atop Mt ‘Auf (1250m) between 1184 and 1188 by one of Saladin’s generals, ‘Izz ad-Din Usama bin Munqidh (who was also Saladin’s nephew). The castle commands views of the Jordan Valley and three wadis leading into it, making it an important strategic link in the defensive chain against the Crusaders and a counterpoint to the rusader Belvoir Fort on the Sea of Galilee in present-day Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Breakfast at the hotel, then drive to the ancient city of Amman to visit Amman Citadel Top choice ruins in Amman the area known as the Citadel sits on the highest hill in Amman, Jebel Al Qala’a (about 850m above sea level), and is the site of ancient Rabbath-Ammon. Occupied since the Bronze Age, it’s surrounded by a 1700m-long wall, which was rebuilt many times during the Bronze and Iron Ages, as well as the Roman, Byzantine, and Umayyad periods. There’s plenty to see, but the Citadel’s most striking sights are the Temple of Hercules and the Ummayad Palace. Roman Theater: This magnificently restored theatre is the most obvious and impressive remnant of Roman Philadelphia, and is the highlight of Amman for most foreign visitors. Head North to visit Jerash the Greco-Roman city, Jordan’s largest and most interesting Roman site, and a major tourist drawcard. Its imposing ceremonial gates, colonnaded avenues, temples, and theatres all speak to the time when this was an important imperial centre. Proceed to visit Ajloun Castle: This historic castle was built atop Mt ‘Auf (1250m) between 1184 and 1188 by one of Saladin’s generals, ‘Izz ad-Din Usama bin Munqidh (who was also Saladin’s nephew). The castle commands views of the Jordan Valley and three wadis leading into it, making it an important strategic link in the defensive chain against the Crusaders and a counterpoint to the rusader Belvoir Fort on the Sea of Galilee in present-day Israel and the Palestinian Territories. After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Amman.

• Overnight in Amman
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast
• Accommodation: 4-star Sulaf Luxury or similar (Standard quality)

Day 8: Amman — Madaba — Mount Nebo — Petra

Breakfast at the hotel then drive to visit Madaba; The amiable market town of Madaba is best known for a collection of Byzantine-era mosaics. The most famous of these is the map on the floor of St George’s Church, but there are many others in different parts of the town, several of them even more complete and vibrantly colorful. then drive to visit Mount Nebo; where Moses is said to have seen the Promised Land, a land he was himself forbidden to enter. It’s believed that he died aged 120 and was later buried in the area, although the exact location of the burial site is the subject of conjecture. After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel in Petra for check-in.

• Overnight in Petra
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast
• Accommodation: 4-star Sella Hotel or similar (Standard quality)

Day 9: Petra — Dead Sea

Breakfast at the hotel, and head to the site to visit Petra: Top choice archaeological site in Petra The spectacular sandstone city of Petra was built in the 3rd century BC by the Nabataeans, who carved palaces, temples, tombs, storerooms, and stables from the soft stone cliffs. Today it is a World Heritage Site that needs little introduction; suffice to say, no visit to Jordan is complete without exploring the remarkable Ancient City. The Ancient City is approached through the 1.2km-long, high-walled Siq – a crack in the rock, torn apart by tectonic forces. Just as you start to think there’s no end to the Siq, you catch breathtaking glimpses ahead of the most impressive of Petra’s sights, the Treasury, known locally as Al Khazneh. Carved out of iron-laden sandstone to serve as a tomb, the Treasury gets its name from the misguided local belief that an Egyptian pharaoh hid his treasure in the top urn. The Greek-style pillars, alcoves, and plinths are truly masterpieces of masonry work. Head to Dead Sea: At 431m below sea level – the lowest point on earth – the Dead Sea is a body of intense blue water, polished smooth like oiled skin on a windless day in winter and ruffled into whitecaps by the summer winds.

• Overnight in Dead Sea
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast
• Accommodation: 4-star Ramada Resort or similar (Standard quality)

Day 10: Dead Sea — Departure Queen Alia Airport

After breakfast at the hotel. Free time to enjoy the shores of the Dead Sea and the resort facilities and the variety of Spa treatments available till you are transferred to Queen Alia Airport for departure.

• Included Meal(s): Breakfast

INCLUDED in the Tour Price:

• Meet and greet service by our representatives at airports
• All transfers to/from airport & hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle
• Domestic flights from Cairo to Luxor and Luxor to Cairo
• 4-night accommodation at a 5-star hotel with breakfast in Cairo
• 1-night accommodation at a 5-star hotel with breakfast in Luxor
• 2-night accommodation at a 4-star hotel with breakfast in Amman
• 1-night accommodation at a 4-star hotel with breakfast in Petra
• 1-night accommodation at a 4-star hotel with breakfast in Dead Sea
• English-speaking drivers during all the trip
• Meals as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch)
• Entrance fees to the sites mentioned in the program.
• Local taxes and service charges

NOT INCLUDED:

• International flight tickets.
• Entry visas to Egypt and Jordan.
• Flight ticket from Cairo to Amman.
• Early check-in, late check-out surcharge.
• Escorting tour guide.
• Tips & Personal Items.
• Services not mentioned in the program.
• Drinks with meals.
• Travel insurance (recommended).

IMPORTANT INFO:

• Please be advised that the order /sequence in which the daily tours occur within the above day-by-day package tour itinerary can be subject to change depending on the availability of domestic flight tickets per the itinerary, opening/closing of various historical sites, etc.
• Please advise us on your arrival details at the time of booking.

WHEN TO BOOK?

• Book as soon as possible to guarantee availability, especially during public holidays and festivities.
• You can book up to 7 days before (Cairo local time) if there are still places available. If less than 6 days before the start of your requested tour date, please contact us by email or phone as it would be a last-minute booking that will need to be checked for availability before your tour reservation is confirmed.