Day 01 Cairo: Arrive Cairo International airport at 00:00 P.M. Meet and assistance inside the airport by your representative to assist you through immigration, Baggage Claim and Customs. Thereafter pick up from the airport by your representative and Egyptology tour Guide and private driver and transfer to your 5*star hotel, Check-in and overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Day 02 Cairo {B,L,D}: Breakfast at your hotel, after Breakfast followed by a pick up by your representative and Egyptology tour Guide and private driver and transfer for your full day sightseeing to visit the Three Pyramids of Giza plateau “Cheops, Chephren, Mycerinus”, the solar boat of the king Cheops, the Sphinx statue and the Granite Temple of the King Chephren. Thereafter Lunch overlooking the Pyramids, after Lunch visit to the Egyptian Museum which has the world’s largest and finest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities, over 40,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including the fabulous treasures of gold and jewelry for the Young Boy King Tut Ankh Amon. Then to Ben Ezra synagogue the oldest surviving synagogue in Egypt The Ben Ezra Synagogue {Hebrew: בית כנסת בן עזרא‎, Arabic: Ben Ezra Synagogue}, sometimes referred to as the El-Geniza Synagogue {Hebrew: בית כנסת אל גניזה‎}, is situated in Coptic Cairo, Egypt. According to local tradition, it is located on the site of where baby Moses was found. The land for the synagogue was purchased in 882 CE for 20,000 dinars by Abraham ibn Ezra of Jerusalem. This was the synagogue whose geniza or store room was found in the 19th century to contain a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts. The collection, known as the Cairo Geniza, was brought to Cambridge, England at the instigation of Solomon Schechter.

Evening pick up from your hotel by your representative and Egyptology tour Guide and private driver and transfer for your sightseeing to visit the Sound and Light Show at Pyramids of Giza . Thereafter driver for 2 hours Sailing Nile Cruise Dinner include belly dancer, folklore floor Show and Live music. Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.

Day 03 Cairo/Ferran Oasis/St Catherine’s {B,L,D}: Early Morning Breakfast Basket and Check-out from your hotel. Thereafter pick up by your representative and Egyptology tour Guide and private driver and transfer for an exciting tour to St Catherine’s Monastery “approximately 5 hours from Cairo within Sightseeing”. Drive from Cairo via Suez canal road, proceed to Sinai peninsula through the tunnel of Ahmed hamdi {it is 3km long under the Suez canal} which connect Africa to Asia, continue the drive to Abou Zeneima, then visit to Ferran Oasis “the pearl of Sinai” which is by far the most fertile area in the whole peninsula and there are large numbers of tamarisks, the trees which are believed to have supplied the manna of the Bible and large numbers of fruits & Palms trees, then visit to “the Monastery of the Seven Girls” and the wells of Moses.

Afternoon arrive St Catherine’s Monastery the oldest Monastery in the world, stand on the highest position on the Sinai Peninsula between the Mount of Katerin and the base heart Mount of Moses {2,285 M high}, where god is believed to have revealed the Ten Commandments to Moses. Check-in at your 4*star hotel, Lunch & Dinner and overnight at your hotel in St Catherine’s.

Day 04 St Catherine’s/Cairo {B,L}: Early Morning at {02:00 A.M} Breakfast Basket and Check-out from your hotel. Thereafter pick up by your representative and Egyptology tour Guide and private driver and transfer to Ascend the Mount of Moses by privet camel ride {2,285 M high}, where Moses received from god the tables of Law known as the Ten Commandments. The view on the summit is particularly spectacular at sunrise and overlooking the Aqaba harbour in Eilat Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabian mountains. Thereafter at {07:00 A.M} Descend the Mount to visit St Catherine’s Monastery, the Basilica Church of the transfiguration, dedicated to one of Alexander’s rulers “St Katerin” who was tortured to death for the sake of her new faith, Then to visit the Burning Bush from which god allegedly spoke to Moses, The chapel of St Helena’s Emperor Justinian’s wife, Thereafter to the second world religiously significant Library after the Vatican contains over 5000 books and 3000 manuscripts, most in Greek, Arabic, Syrian, Russian, Persian Ethiopian & including some of the earliest copies of the New Testament. Then proceed to the crypt of monks’ skeleton and the Chapel of St Tryphon.

Thereafter Lunch overlooking the St Catherine’s Monastery, after Lunch pick up by your representative and Egyptology tour Guide and private Driver and transfer to Taba border, then Driver form Israel border to Tel Aviv.

NB Climate: St Catherine’s is very cold in winter from Nov until Jan.

NB Opening Times:
St Catherine’s is open every day from 09-00 A.M to 11-45 A.M.

NB official day off:
St Catherine’s closes every Friday, Sunday and Public holidaies.

Tour includes:
• All taxes & service charge.
• Airport representative.
• A bottle of mineral water during your tours.
• Entrance fees to the mentioned historical places.
• All transfers by a private modern air-conditioned vehicle.
• Professional Egyptology Tour Guide.
• 02 nights accommodation at 5*Deluxe hotel in Cairo on B&B Basis.
• 01 night accommodation at 4*Standard hotel in St Catherine’s on Half Board Basis.
• Private One Full Day Excursion to visit the Three Pyramids of Giza plateau, the Sphinx, and the Egyptian Museum.
• Private Excursion to visit the Sound & Light Show at Pyramids of Giza.
• Private Two Full Day’s Excursion to visit the Mount of Moses and St Catherine’s Monastery, Suez Canal, Ferran Oasis, the Monastery of El Banat and the wells of Moses.
• 03 Breakfast, 03 Lunches and 02 Dinners.
• 01 Lunch at 5*Deluxe restaurant overlooking the River Nile.
• 01 Dinner at 5*Deluxe Nile Cruise Ship for two hours sailing trip on the River Nile.
• Bazaar, Papyrus Institute, Carpet School, Perfume Factory & Handcraft Glass during your Tour.

Tour does not include:
• Egyptian Entrance Visa.
• Any Insurance Coverage.
• Any Optional Excursion Tours.
• Mummy Room at the Egyptian Museum.
• The Three Pyramids of Giza Plateau from Inside.
• Tip for Egyptology, drivers and hotel staff.
• Any Extras not mentioned in the itinerary program above.
• Immediate check-in on Arrival and late check-out on Departure.
• Any Extra meals, Drinks or Alcoholic Beverages not mentioned in the Itinerary program above.

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