Pyramids to Petra
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Highlights
- 5-day Nile journey aboard a luxury vessel
- Explore the Great Pyramids and Abu Simbel, see Petra by candlelight
- Enjoy the desert silence of Wadi Rum with an overnight at a delightful tented camp
- Special visits to the tombs of Tutankhamun and Queen Nefetari, considered the most exquisitely decorated tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Queens
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Nothing quite prepares one for the first sight of the pyramids—these breathtaking monuments continue to radiate the magnificence that has awed visitors for millennia. After visiting Cairo’s incredible Grand Egyptian Museum, home to the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world, we explore the treasures of Giza necropolis, including the lion-faced Great Sphinx.
Flying south to dramatic Abu Simbel, we visit the statues of Ramses II, which are hewn into the cliff faces. Boarding our elegant Nile vessel, we sail to the temples of Kom Ombo, Edfu, and Esna. We walk amid the temples, chapels, and pylons of Karnak, built 4,000 year...
We enjoy lunch with a family near Amman, then explore the ancient Roman city of Jerash, an archaeological masterpiece. On our way to Petra, we stop at Mt. Nebo, long a destination for Christian pilgrimage, and the great Crusader castle, Montréal, at Shobauk. At Petra,...
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