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             EGYPT: A FAMILY ADVENTURE

EGYPT: A FAMILY ADVENTURE ITINERARY:

DAYS 1-2: USA or Canada/Cairo, Egypt
Depart by overnight flight to Cairo and transfer to your hotel. Conrad Cairo

DAY 3: Cairo
After a poolside brunch explore Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum of Antiquities and its fascinating Mummy Room. Conrad Cairo B

DAY 4: Cairo
Visit the 4,500-year-old pyramids on the Giza Plateau. The Great Pyramid is the only survivor of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World." Just east lies the legendary Sphinx, whose human face is thought to represent that of King Chefren, the guardian of the pharaoh's funerary monument. Continue to the Solar Boat Museum to view the 141-foot long re-assembled funerary boat of King Cheops. Enjoy a camel ride in the surrounding desert. After lunch, visit the crafts workshop to participate in pottery, engraving or wood working projects. Conrad Cairo B L

DAY 5: Cairo/Abu Simbel/Aswan
Fly to Abu Simbel and explore the two temples built by Egypt's longest-ruling pharaoh, King Ramses II. Continue to Aswan, where you board 'Sun Boat IV.' After lunch, visit the Aswan High Dam, the world's largest rock-fi lled dam, and then take a short boat ride to the exquisite Temple of Philae on the island of Agilika. Proceed to the granite quarries, which supplied most of the hard stone used in the temples. See the 1,500-ton Unfi nished Obelisk, an example of the outstanding stonemasonry of the ancient Egyptians. MS 'Sun Boat IV' B L D

DAY 6: Aswan/Kom Ombo/Edfu/Esna
Disembark at Kom Ombo to visit the third-century BC Greco-Roman temple dedicated to the sun god Haroeris and the crocodile god Sobek. Return to your Nile cruiser and continue to Edfu and the Temple of Horus (the falcon god). Begun in 230 BC by Ptolemy III, this extraordinary structure is the best-preserved temple in Egypt. Tonight enjoy an "Egyptian Night" costume party on board. MS 'Sun Boat IV' B L D

DAY 7: Esna/Luxor
Cross the Nile to the West Bank's Valley of the Kings, a vast city of the dead where magnifi cent tombs - including King Tut's - were carved into the desert rocks. Then explore the Valley of the Queens, the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the famed Colossi of Memnon, known in ancient Greek times for their haunting voices at dawn. Travel around the ruins on a donkey. After lunch on board visit the temples of Karnak and Luxor and gaze at the avenue of sphinxes. MS 'Sun Boat IV' B L D

DAY 8: Luxor/Cairo
Wing your way back to Cairo and explore the Citadel, a spectacular medieval fortress dating from the 12th century. Stroll to the Khan El Khalili Bazaar for a lunch of traditional Egyptian dishes. There's also time for a scavenger hunt through the narrow, twisting streets of the bazaar. Conrad Cairo B L

DAY 9: Cairo/USA or Canada
Board your international flight. B



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