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SPLENDORS OF THE NILE: AN AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL TOUR
Special interest tour to Egypt
ESCORTED BY DR. RUNOKO RASHIDI
RUNOKO RASHIDI & CASABLANCA TRAVEL TOURS
PRESENT
SPLENDORS
OF THE NILE:
AN AFRICAN HERITAGE EDUCATIONAL TOUR
ESCORTED BY DR. RUNOKO RASHIDI
July 5-19, 2008
$3295.00 double occupancy Including
Airfare from New York City To Cairo
Single supplement: $465.00
A
$300.00 non-refundable deposit
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TOUR ITINERARY
Saturday July 5
- Evening
departure on Egypt Air to Cairo,
Egypt.
Sunday July 6 -- Afternoon arrival at Cairo
International
Airport
and transfer to our five star hotel. Group orientation,
then the balance of the day devoted to shopping and
relaxation.
Monday, July 7
-- Dr. Rashidi's first lecture and then all day
on the Giza Plateau visiting the exciting Giza Pyramids
and Great Sphinx, the Solar Boat, optional camel ride.
Dinner at restaurant. Overnight in hotel.
Tuesday July 8
-- Second lecture by Dr. Rashidi. After breakfast
transfer to the pyramid fields and temples of Sakkara,
Egypt. Visit
the Step Pyramid designed by multi-genius Imhotep,
Zoser's Pyramid Enclosure, King Teti's pyramid chamber,
the Tomb of Ptah Hotep and the Imhotep
Museum.
Transfer to the ancient city of
Memphis and see the
enormous statues of Ramses the Great. Enjoy lunch in
Sakkara and then
visit a carpet school.
Wednesday July 9
-- Morning lecture by Dr. Rashidi then transfer
to the fabulous Egyptian
Museum.
After the
Egyptian Museum
visit the perfume bazaar and then lunch. Afternoon
visit to Old Cairo. Take the night train to
Luxor,
Egypt. Dinner
aboard the train.
Thursday July 10
-- Early morning arrival in Luxor, in Upper
Egypt, then transfer to our five star hotel.
Morning orientation and
lecture by Dr. Rashidi then transfer to the Valley the
Queens, Tombs of the Nobles, the Medinet Habu mortuary
temple complex, and the Ramesseum mortuary temple.
Lunch and then an afternoon visit to the Luxor
Museum. Dinner
and overnight at hotel in
Luxor.
Luxor is Dr. Rashidi's favorite place in Egypt and
contains an estimated eighty percent of the all of the
monuments of Ancient Egypt!
Friday July 11
-- Full day drive through the Egyptian
countryside to visit the exquisite temples of Hathor at
Dendera and Seti I and Ramses II at
Abydos.
Dinner and overnight in hotel in Luxor.
Saturday
July 12
-- Morning lecture by Dr. Rashidi then check into
our cruise ship for four exciting days and nights on the
Nile! All meals served on board ship. Proceed to the
east bank of the Nile for a never to be forgotten tour
of the Luxor and Karnak temples. Overnight aboard
cruise ship.
Sunday July 13
-- After breakfast proceed to the west bank of
the Nile. Visit the Valley of the Kings and
Hatshepsut's splendid mortuary temple. Visit an
alabaster factory. Visit the Colossi of Memnon. Sail to
Edfu. Lunch and dinner aboard the ship.
Monday July 14
-- Breakfast aboard cruise ship then visit the temple of
Horus
at Edfu and sail to Kom Ombo. Lunch during cruise and
then visit the Kom Ombo temple before sailing to Aswan.
Overnight and dinner aboard cruise ship.
Tuesday July 15
-- Breakfast, lecture by Dr. Rashidi and then
visit the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk. Balance
the day at leisure.
Wednesday July 16
-- After breakfast check out of our cruise ship
and check into our five star hotel in Aswan. Visit the
magnificent temples on
Philae
Island and take a boat ride on the Nile.
Thursday July 17
-- Early morning bus ride south to the stupendous
temples at Abu
Simbel and then
visit the Nubian
Museum
in Aswan. Take
the night train from Aswan to Cairo.
Friday July 18
-- Early morning arrival at Cairo rail station
and transfer for a full day of sight seeing in
Alexandria. Return to Giza to our five star hotel.
Evening farewell dinner.
Saturday
July 19
-- Early morning transfer to airport and
departure to JFK. End of a joyous trip!
Hotel
accommodation
MOVENPICK PYRAMIDS HOTEL IN CAIRO
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SONESTA HOTEL IN LUXOR
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ELEPHANTINE ISALND MOVENPICK ASW HOTEL .
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BOARD CROWN EMPEROR CRUISE .
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Contact and make
checks payable to:
Casablanca Travel and Tours
Address in Virginia,
USA:
Casablanca Travel and Tours
2113 Maleady Dr
Herndon, Virginia, 20170
Phone: 202-337 0800
Fax: 202 318 1088
1-800 - MAGHREB
1-800 - 624 - 4732
using
our online account:
Email:
info@casablancatravelandtours.travel
Runoko
Rashidi:(210)
337-4405
email:
Runoko@yahoo.com
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THE ABOVE PRICE INCLUDES
ALSO:
* ENTRANCE FEES FOR MENTIONED SIGHT SEEING TOURS .
* MEALS: - All LUNCHES AND DINNER AT RESTAURANTS
WELL FARE DINNER AT THE HOTEL
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