Petra, Jordan-the Treasury
	Aswan man in white
	Aswan-Painted Column
	Aswan-Temple of Philae
	Felucca on the Nile
	Nile at Sunset
	Luxor – Deir el-Medina
	Luxor – Deir el-Medina Tomb Painting
	Valley of the Kings Tomb Painting
	Edfu – Statue of Horus
	Edfu – Temple Carving
	Man with Donkey on Nile
	Nile Village
	View of Amman, Jordan
	Roman temple at Jerush, Jordan
	Petra - Entrance to city carved into cliff

Egypt and Jordan
March, 2019

Friday, March 15

• Depart from USA for Cairo

Saturday, March 16

• Arrive in Cairo in the afternoon
• Met by our English-speaking guide for transfer to the Oberoi Mena House Hotel, right next to the pyramids of Giza
• Casual dinner included around the pool

Sunday, March 17

• Day of visiting one of the Great Wonders of the World, Egypt's huge and magnificent pyramids, including Giza and Sakkara, the Stepped Pyramid, the Great Sphinx, and Memphis, Egypt's earliest capital
• Lunch included
• Return to hotel mid-afternoon for a rest
• Dinner included at the hotel
• Overnight at the Mena House

Monday, March 18

• Tour Islamic and Coptic Cairo, including Salah El Din Citadel, Mohamed Ali Mosque, the Hanging Church, Abu Sirga Church and Synagogue.
• Lunch included
• Return to hotel about in the afternoon for a rest
• Depart at dusk to see the spectacular sound and light show at the Pyramids
• Dinner on your own after the show
• Overnight at the Mena House

Tuesday, March 19

• Fly to Abu Simbel in Nubia, far southern Egypt, to see two magnificent temples originally carved out of the cliffs by Ramses II and raised to the plain above before the waters of the rising Lake Nasser covered them
• Fly to Aswan after seeing the temples to meet the Sonesta Moon Goddess, our cruise ship and home for the next 4 days
• Lunch on the Moon Goddess
• All meals included throughout cruise
• After dinner aboard the Moon Goddess, stroll through the winding alleyways and bazaars of the old city of Aswan

Wednesday, March 20

• Begin our Nile cruise with a guided tour of the wonders of Aswan, including the Aswan High Dam, the enormous Unfinished Obelisk, and the lovely Temple of Philae, moved to its current location when the original Aswan Dam (the Low Dam) was built

Thursday, March 21

• Continue our cruise dyown the Nile, stopping to see the Temple of Sobek at Komombo, the huge and magnificent Temple of Horus at Edfu, the Esna Lock, which we will traverse, before sailing on to the fabled city of Luxor.

Friday, March 22

• In Luxor, we will visit the Valley of the Kings, with its unbelievable tombs and gorgeous (and original) paintings of Egyptian gods and goddesses and their daily lives. We will continue on to Deir el Medina, the village where the artisans who painted the tombs lived, to see their own remarkably decorated tombs with scenes of the daily lives of ordinary people.
• Afternoon visit to the temples of Luxor and Karnak and the Colossi of Memnon, all colossal in their size and magnificent in their artistry.
• Time in the evening to wander around Luxor.

Saturday, March 23

• Morning check-out
• Drive across the desert to the Oberoi Sahl Hasheesh on the Red Sea
• Lunch included at the hotel
• Afternoon free to relax
• Dinner included at the hotel

Sunday, March 24

• Optional desert tour or time to relax at the hotel or walk along the Red Sea
• Lunch on your own
• Dinner on your own

Monday, March 25

• Fly from Hurghada to Cairo and on to Amman, Jordan
• Lunch on the flight
• Met by our English-speaking guide for transfer to the Four Seasons Amman
• Dinner included

Tuesday, March 26

• Depart in the morning for the drive to Jerash to see its beautiful Roman city
• Lunch included
• Afternoon city tour of Amman
• Dinner on your own
• Overnight at the Four Seasons Amman

Wednesday, March 27

• Depart for drive along the Desert Road of Jordan to Petra, via Wadi Rum, a stunning valley in the desert, with a 4-wheel drive tour of the rugged and colorful buttes and dunes of the desert
• Picnic lunch in the desert included
• Continue our drive to Petra
• Check in to the Moevenpick Hotel, just outside the entrance to Petra
• Dinner included

Thursday, March 28

• Spend the day visiting the ancient city of Petra, carved into the pink and red rock walls of the narrow valley, with time to hike to the more remote ruins
• Lunch on your own
• Afternoon free to see the bazaar and the town or just relax
• Dinner on your own

Friday, March 29

• Morning departure for the drive to Amman via the Dead Sea, stopping for lunch and time to swim in the buoyant waters of the Sea
• Lunch included at the Dead Sea
• Afternoon arrival in Amman
• Transfer to Four Seasons Hotel
• Closing dinner at a local restaurant

Saturday, March 30

• Transfer to airport for flights home to USA

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	Wadi Rum
	Wadi Rum mother camel & baby

Some notes about cost (see pricing below):

We travel with small groups, usually 6 to 10 clients. Others, even top line companies, have groups of 18 to 26 or more people. Group size has the largest impact on trip cost. We offer several price points depending on group size.

We take care of all the tipping during the trip. You don't have to worry about when, whom or how much to tip.

We personally lead each trip, so you can count on us to take care of the daily details and solve any problems that may arise.

The ground cost for this trip per person (based upon double occupancy and not including international airfare) is $11,150 per person if 10 people take the trip and $11,750 per person if there are 8 participants (not including Don and Gail). For fewer than 8 people, the price will be $12,350 per person.

We will need your deposit of $2500 per person when you register for the trip. The final payment will be due December 21, 2018.

The trip price includes 5-star, or the best available, hotels, the cruise, breakfast, most lunches and dinners, internal flights, ground transportation, guides, admissions, transfers, and tips. Not included are international air fare between the U.S. and Egypt/Jordan, alcoholic beverages, excess baggage charges, independent airport transfers, incidentals (such as internet access, laundry, phone and fax calls), passport and visa fees, and medical expenses. Internal flights will be coach class. We will have our own private guides and busses or vans exclusively for our group.

Visas

Egypt and Jordan require a visa for U.S. citizens. We encourage you to get your visas well in advance of our trip and will send you information on obtaining visas once you have registered for the trip. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after you leave Jordan.

Please note that we may change the itinerary based on changes in airline schedules, natural disaster, availability of hotels, or other circumstances requiring such changes.

Refund Policy

Deposits and any payments are fully refundable, less a $300 per person cancellation fee, until 120 days prior to departure. After that date, refunds can be made only if the program is sold out and your place(s) can be resold, in which case a $1,000 per person cancellation fee will apply. After December 15, 2018, we cannot make any refunds unless we must cancel the trip because of circumstances outside our control (i.e., war, natural disaster). In that case, your payments are fully refundable. We recommend trip-cancellation insurance and, if the trip insurance doesn't include it, medical evacuation insurance.

Trip cancellation

We reserve the right to cancel the trip if we do not have at least 6 people participating or if circumstances beyond our control (i.e., war, quarantine, etc.) require it. In the case of cancellation by us, we will refund your entire payment.

Travel Insurance

We strongly encourage you to purchase travel insurance in case you need to cancel your reservation after December 21,2018. You usually need to buy this insurance within 2 weeks of making your deposit if you have an "existing condition" you need to have covered. Please check with your travel insurance carrier and read the small print in the policy carefully. If you do not have a preferred insurance company, you can read and compare policy details and costs on insuremytrip.com. We have found these sites to be very useful, with good customer service.

	Petra-Roman Temple
	Petra Temple
	Desert sand dunes

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