EGYPT
4 NIGHTS RIVER NILE CRUISE – (Luxor/Aswan)
CRUISE DAY 1 – Temple of Karnak (Alley of the Sphinx), Luxor Temple (2 most dramatic sites)
CRUISE DAY 2 – Hatshepsut, Tombs Valley of Kings, Valley of Queens (Hatshepsut), Deir el‐Bahari, Esna locks
CRUISE DAY 3 – Temple of Edfu (by horse carriage), lunch, Temple of Kom Ombo, Galabeya party
CRUISE DAY 4 – Aswan High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk, Philae Temple, Elephantine Island
CRUISE DAY 5 – Breakfast, departure from Aswan back to Cairo
Nubian village– Faluca boat to Elephantine Island
5 DAY CAIRO TOUR –
DAY 1 – WADI EL NATRUN (SCETES) DESERT MONASTERIES
1) Anba Pishoy – 4th C, St. Bishoy’s incorrupt body, burial of HH Pope Shenouda (tour given by monk)
2) Syrians Monastery – 6th C, Door of Prophecies 10th C (7 epochs: Christianity, persecutions, 6 major churches, Islam,
Christianity spread to Europe, heresies, end of time)
3) Our Lady Baramus – 4th C, founded by St. Macarius, Maximus & Domadius buried here, St. Moses the Strong, Pope
Kyrillos’ monastery (his cave nearby)
4) St. Macarius – 4th C, founded by St. Macarius, St. John Baptist & Elisha relics, restored by Fr Matta El Meskeen
(Tour given by Fr. Mankarious)
DAY 2 – STEP PYRAMID, DAHSHOUR PYRAMIDS (Bent & Red ones), GIZA PYRAMID COMPLEX & Solar Boat Museum
Step pyramid & funerary structures of other kings
Inside Red Pyramid to amazing burial chamber (free)
Great Pyramids, Sphinx, Solar Boat Museum Akhnaton Carpet School – Hand weaved carpets
Abusimbel Papyrus – making of papyrus, paintings
DAY 3 – EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, OLD CAIRO, CITADEL
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES MUSEUM – Tutankhamen collection, famous gold death mask, Royal Mummies …
THE HANGING CHURCH “EL‐MOALLAA” & BABYLONIAN FORTRESS
Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, 4th C., suspended on 2 Roman gate towers
CAVERN CHURCH ST. SERGIUS & BACCHUS (ABU SERGA) & 7 OLD CHURCHES
Crypt where holy family stayed
CITADEL (SALADIN CITADEL), MOSQUE OF MUHAMMAD ALI, EBN TOLON MOSQUE
• Medieval Islamic fortification (Saladin 1176–1183, An‐Nasir Muhammad 1318–1335, Muhammad Ali of Egypt)
• Best view of Cairo from rooftop
DAY 4 – ALEXANDRIA
Tiger’s Village Zoo
LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA
Roman Theatre & Bath, Pompey's Pillar, Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Fort Qaitbe
Lunch at famous Seafood restaurant “Fish Market”, overlooking Alexandria harbour
DAY 5 – ST. SIMON MONASTERY, KHAN EL‐KHALILI BAZAAR
ST. SIMON (SAMAAN) THE TANNER MONASTERY (CAVE CHURCH) Graffiti “PERCEPTION” by El Seed – Manshiyat Nasser, Zaraeeb
MOKATTAM MOUNTAIN TOP – Beautiful view of Cairo
KHAN EL‐KHALILI BAZAAR