2021 EO Catholic Holy Land Collection

SPLENDORS OF EGYPT ITINERARY

Oct. 5 – Depart USA Depart the USA on an overnight flight.

Oct. 6 – Arrive in Cairo You will be welcomed at the Cairo airport by our representative and transferred to your hotel to enjoy dinner before retiring for the night. Oct. 7 – Cairo After breakfast visit the Pyramids of Giza, one of the only existing Wonders of the Ancient World. Nearby, view the Great Sphinx of Giza, the largest and most well-known Sphinx. Oct. 8 – Fly to Aswan – Cruise Embarkation Following breakfast, board your flight destined for Aswan. Embark on your Nile Cruise prior to lunch. This afternoon tour the Aswan High Dam, the pride of modern Egypt. Visit the Aga Khan Mausoleum, the Granite Quarries to see the unfinished obelisk, and finally to the Temples of Philae where you will visit the Great Temples of Isis and Hathor. Oct. 9 – Kom Ombo Today sail to Kom Ombo to visit the only temple dedicated to two contrasting gods: Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the underworld, and Haroeris, the winged god of the sky. Return to the ship and cruise to Edfu. Oct. 10 – Temple of Horus and Luxor This morning you will visit one of the best preserved temples of Egypt located at Edfu. This temple was dedicated to the god Horus, the principal of resurrection. He is depicted in his role as avenger of his father, Osiris, who was murdered by his brother, Seth. Continue sailing to Esna and cross the Nile Locks on your way to Luxor. Visit the magnificent Temple of Luxor with its avenue of sphinx statues and mighty monumental columns. Continue to the Karnak Temple which was built over 2000 years and is the largest religious building ever constructed. See the famed Hypostyle Hall, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis III, the temple of Amon, the Granite Scarabeus and the Sacred Lake. Oct. 11 – Disembarkation – Valley of the Kings and Queens In Luxor, visit the vast burial city called the Necropolis of Thebes, located on the West Bank of the Nile. Your visit will take you to the Colossi of Memnon, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari, the Valley of the Kings, and the nearby Valley of the Queens. This afternoon board your flight en route to Cairo. Dinner and overnight in your Cairo Hotel. Oct. 12 – Cairo Visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities to view the unique collection of Pharaonic art and the renowned treasures of King Tutankhamen. Tour the Citadel of Saladin, built in 1183 A.D., and view the Alabaster Mosque of Muhammad Ali. Lastly, in Old Cairo, visit the Abu Serga Church built over the traditional site of the house where the Holy Family lived during their stay in Egypt. Dinner and overnight in your Cairo Hotel.

Oct. 13 – Return to USA

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