Chrismar Travel
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Magical Egypt + Jordan Depth

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Itinerary

Meet & Assist: upon your arrival to Cairo, you'll be met by a Chrismar Travel representative in Cairo and assisted with visa and customs formalities.

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, afterwards your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up and start your tour. 

Giza Pyramids: Drive to Giza and visit the Great Pyramid, a royal burial chamber and the Sphinx. 

Memphis: continue to Memphis, capital of the pharaohs during the Old Kingdom. Visit the recumbent statue of Ramses II and the 80-ton alabaster sphinx.  Lunch at a local restaurant 

Sakkara: Continue to Sakkara to see the prototype of the Pyramids, the Step Pyramid, built for the 3rd Dynasty pharaoh Djoser by the exalted architect Imhotep. 

Visit a Papyrus and Carpets Institute on your way back 

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo 

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo. 

Egyptian Museum: Visit the museum which houses a magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities, especially the golden treasures of Tut Ankh Amun. Lunch at a local restaurant.

Old Cairo: proceed to visit the Citadel of Salah El Din the Mohammed Ali Mosque situated high above the city, continue to visit the Church of Abu Serga, Moallaqa Church (Hanging Church) and Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish synagogue in Egypt. Visit a Perfum Institute on your way back 

Overnight at your hotel in Cairo

Breakfast at the hotel in Cairo. 

Depart Cairo by air to Luxor. Upon arrival our representative will pick up you for embarkation on your Nile Cruise.  

Lunch on board. 

Visit the great Luxor Temple and the magnificent Karnak Temple of Amun with its famous Hypostyle Hall and the 134 huge columns, the Statue of Ramses II, the Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut and the Sacred Lake. 

Dinner and overnight on board 

Breakfast on board

Sail to Luxor, visit the west Bank (Thebes) where some of the richest treasures in the world exists, including the Tomb of Tut Ankh Amun (optional) and other royal tombs including Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings, you will be able to visit some of these tombs.

Visit Hatshepsut funerary temple at Dier El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. 

Dinner and overnight on board. 

Breakfast on board.

Visit the Horus Temple of Edfu, one of the three beautiful temples of the Ptolemaic Period. Sail to Kom Ombo, where you will visit the Sobek Temple, dedicated to the two gods, which offers beautiful murals and reliefs.

Sail to Aswan, and Overnight there.

Breakfast on board. 

Visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries and the Philae Temple. 

Sail on an Egyptian felucca around Elephantine Island and the Botanical Gardens on Kitchener Island and the Agha Khan Mausoleum. 

Overnight in Aswan.

Breakfast on board and disembark afterwards to fly back to Cairo. 

Chrismar representative will meet you there to transfer you back to your hotel in Cairo. 

Breakfast in Cairo Hotel. 

Afterwards you will be met by a Chrismar Travel representative and transferred to the airport for your departure flight to Jordan

Meet and assist at Queen Alia International Airport by airport staff. Transfer to your next destination.

Jerash - “Pompeii of the East”, Gerasa one of the Decapolis “the Famous 10 Greco-Roman Cities” Located 45 KM north to Amman, Jerash is the best preserved example of Roman Civilization in Jordan. The Major highlights:  Arc de Triumph or Hadrian’s Arch, The Hippodrome, the oval square, the colonnaded street, the temple of Aphrodite, Temples of Artemis and Zeus and the Roman theater, The Nymphaeum, 14 Churches from early Christian-Byzantine era, some Umayyad and Mamluks settlements.

Overnight in Amman Hotel  

Breakfast in Amman Hotel

Madaba (St. George Church & Mosaic Map) - The mosaic-filled city of Madaba is just 30 minutes south of Amman on the Kings Highway. The major highlight is the Greek Orthodox Basilica of St. George or the Church of the Map that portrays the old Holly Land with 2 Million pieces of mosaic, a huge well -preserved work of art comprises a map of the entire region of Jordan and Palestine in the north, to Egypt in the south.

Mount Nebo - Moses Mountain, situated 10 kilometers west of Madaba, overlooking the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, West Bank and Jerusalem, where believed the alleged sites of the tomb of Moses. The major highlight is the Byzantine Church built by the 4th century to memorial Prophet Moses death, and the spot where Moses view the “Land of Canaan” the Holy Land that he would not enter

Baptism Site (Bethany Beyond The Jordan) - The Baptism Site at the Jordanian East side of Jordan River has been authenticated by all major Christian Church leaders as one of the three holiest sites of Christianity, along with Bethlehem and Jerusalem. It is the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, and where John lived for about 20 years. He resided in a cave on Elijah’s Hill. The site and the surrounding area has been a place where many Prophets have passed through. The Baptism Site was a Pilgrimage Station on the early Pilgrimage Trail. It is an historical site; persevered just as it was over 2,000 years go.

Overnight in Petra Hotel

Breakfast in Petra Hotel

Petra visit - Known as the ‘Pink-Rose City’ or the “Lost City” is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. a breathtaking walking tour today through the ruins of ancient Petra – the city that the Nabateans carved out of solid rock dating back to 300 BC! special moments to walk through a passage the Siq, which dramatically opens up to reveal the Treasury Building (Al-Khazneh). We will see also the Roman Theatre, Corinthian tomb, Palace of Pharos’s Daughter, the Carved Roman Theater and the Royal Courts, along with one of the oldest Cathedral of the Bishop high-chair.

Little Petra - also known as "Siq al-Barid" (Cold Canyon), 9km north of Petra visitors’ center, established and carved in the rock in the 01st century AD for cultic purposes and to be as a rest-place for the caravans of the traders’ road in which was not allowed to enter the "Holy City" of Petra! An open plaza, a Hostel carved in the rock, carved Temple and a cave house.

Overnight in Wadi Rum camp

Breakfast in Wadi Rum Camp

Wadi Rum Visit - A moonscape of ancient valleys and towering weathered sandstone mountains rise out of the pink and white coloured sand. It was the place where the famous British Army Officer T.E. Lawrence, and Hollywood Producers are particularly drawn to it for science fiction films set on Mars like the famous Movie Martian (movie –set in Wadi Rum in 2015). You will visit the different aspects of the desert like the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Thamudic Inscriptions, Canyon, Sand Dunes. Extra activities can be done at extra cost and not included in the prices like Camel ride, Ballooning, Star gazing Experience, ATVs (18+ years only) along with the camping under Desert Camps (Like in Mars!)

Overnight in Dead Sea Hotel

Breakfast in Dead Sea Hotel

In due time, transfer to Amman airport for departure 

Meet and assist at Queen Alia International Airport by airport staff. Transfer to your next destination.

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