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Mon 15 Apr |
Flew Valencia to Aswan, via Madrid and Cairo |
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BenBen Hotel -Aswan |
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Tues 16 Apr |
BenBen Hotel -Aswan - King Room with Temple and Nile View , breakfast included |
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Wed 17 Apr |
BenBen Hotel -Aswan |
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Thurs 18 Apr |
BenBen Hotel -Aswan |
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Fri 19 Apr |
- Board Ms Misr for 12 night cruise. Ship docked at Abercrombie & Kent Dock just outside Aswan
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Sat 20 Apr |
- Day 1
- Nubian Museum
- View Aswan High Dam and Lake Nassar,
- Boat trip to Philae Temple
- Afternoon Tea at Old Cataract Hotel
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Sun 21 Apr |
- Day 2
- day trip to Abu Simnel . 4 hours by coach each way
- Kom Ombu Temple
- Cocktail Party on board
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Mon 22 Apr |
- Day 3
- sail to Edfu, then after lunch on board, visit Edfu's Temple
- Navigate Ensa Lock, and arrive for 2 night mooring at Luxor
- Luxor Museum
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Tues 23 Apr |
- Day 4
- Luxor West Bank
- Thebian Necropolis
- Valley of Kings
- Luxor East Bank
- Temple Karnak
- Avenue of Sphinxes
- Cocktail reception at Old Winter Palace
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Wed 24 Apr |
- Day 5
- sail to Qena
- road to Denderah Temple Complex
- ship sails to Naga Hamadi, passes railway bridge
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Thur 25 Apr |
- Day 6
- downstream to El Balyana
- to Abydos & new kingdom temple of Seti I
- sail to Sohag , a centre of Coptic Christianity
- Galabeya Party on board. A "dress up as an Arab" fancy dress party
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Fri 26 Apr |
- Day 7
- all day cruising
- Asyut Lock
- moor at Tell el Amarna
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Sat 27 Apr |
- Day 8
- Tuna-el-Gabel tombs and catacombs
- Ashmunein's Temple of Thoth
- Tel el Amarna tombs
- City of Minya
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Sun 28 Apr |
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Mon 29 Apr |
- Day 10
- Step Pyramid of Meidum
- Cruise on to Cairo
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Tues 30 Apr |
- Day 11 Cairo
- Sphinx
- Great Pyranid
- Lunch Mena House Hotel
- Egyptian Museum
- Musical performance on board in evening
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Wed 1 May |
Leave ship at 00.30 to fly from Cairo via Munich to Valencia |
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