Egypt Meditation Tour
| Person Price |
| price per person 870.00$ |
Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival Cairo air port then to the Hotel .
Day2: Morning Tour Mohammed Ali Citadel, afternoon Tour Pyramids of Giza, Meditation in Sacred Room of Great Pyramid for World Peace, The Sphinx, Evening Visit to the Perfume Palace to experience exotic Perfumes of Ancient Egypt.
Day3: Egyptian Museum, talk on the Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Museum Tour. In afternoon, Papyrus Factory to learn how to make Papyrus Paper the Ancient way.
Day 4: 3 hour drive to Alexandria in our air-conditioned bus. Stop at Alamein to visit the WWII Tombs. Visit the Roman Rotunda Tombs & Catacombs from the 2nd Century AD and lastly before booking into our Hotel in Alexandria we visit the 2nd Century Ro
man Theatre.
Day 6: Up early for an 8 hour drive to the Siwa Oasis – a yellow sandy desert. We enjoy sunset on top of Shaly Mountain – a 12th Century Mud Brick City. Meditation upon Shaly Mountain. (Siwa is a great place for buying hand woven rugs at cheap prices.)
Day 6: Today we visit the Mountain of the Dead – an ancient burial place filled with Roman Tombs & Caves carved in Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Also we visit the ‘Soul Temple of Alexander the Great’ dated 332BC. Cleopatra Springs (known as the Springs of Knowledge & Beauty). 4WD through the desert dunes for the afternoon. (You can swim at Cleopatra Springs or the Hot & Cold Springs in the desert.)
Day 7: Long drive back to Cairo in our air-conditioned bus, check into Hotel and have a hot shower!!!!
Day8: Fly to Aswan. Settle into Hotel, orientation walk through Market Area. In afternoon we enjoy a small tour on The Nile by motor boat to Elephantine Island and have a delicious dinner with a Nubian Family in their cultural setting.
Day 9: Early morning drive through the Sahara Desert to Abu Simbel to visit the Temple of Ramses II. In the afternoon we visit the Temple of Philae by motor boat. This Temple is dedicated to Isis and tells the story of Osiris and Isis’s love. Both the Temple of Ramses II & the Temple of Philae were both under water and have been moved & rebuilt by UNESCO during the 1960’s. An unimaginable feat…!!!!
Day 10: Relaxing day sailing on our private Felucca down the Nile River to Luxor, with overnight felucca sleeping. All meals cooked for you. Meditation on the Nile.
Day 11: After breakfast on the Nile, we dock & are picked up in our air-conditioned bus and drive into Luxor. After booking in our Hotel, we re-group and off to the famous Karnak Temple. An afternoon spent listening to stories of the vast array of Dynasty’s of Ancient Egypt. A quick look round the Karnak Markets and then back into Luxor. In the evening, we visit the Luxor Bazaar – always colourful & exciting!!!
Day 12: West Bank Tour to Colossi of Memnon. Valley of the Kings, a brief stop ‘n look see at Howard Carter’s Home – founder of King Tutankhamen’s Tomb. (Optional Tours on this day are: Hot Air Ballooning over Valley of the Kings at sunrise, King Tut’s Tomb where his Mummy lies, Queen Hatshepsut’s Temple). After Valley of the Kings, we visit the Alabaster Factory.
Day 14: Whoo Hoo!!!! Free day Luxor. Today is your day to shop, lunch or maybe take a horse ‘n carriage ride through Luxor. Overnight train back to Cairo. (Train is clean and all meals are prepared for you.)
Day 15: Arrival Cairo. Special day visiting Coptic Cairo. This extremely old area dates back to the times before Christ. In fact this is where Mary & Joseph came when running away from King Herod to save Baby Jesus from being killed. The alleyways are over 2,000 years old.
Day 16/17: Departure Day – back to Australia. Arrival Melbourne.
Inclusions
All Accommodation – Standard Hotels, with last night in 5 Star Hotel across the road from the Pyramids. All breakfasts, most Tipping, Most Entrance Fees, All Transport – 4WD, Air Conditioned Buses, Overnight Train and food on Train, Motor Boat Rides, All Transfers to & from Airport. 2 English Speaking Guides and all Facilitated Meditations.
Exclusions
Insurance, Visas, Lunches, Evening Dinners, or any Optional Tours already mentioned.
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GeneralInfo
OPTIONAL TOURS: Hot Air Ballooning, King Tutankhamen’s Tomb, Ramses VI Tomb, Queen Hatsheput’s Temple, Camel Riding through to the Pyramids, Belly Dancing Evening.
