
GoAhead Tours Egypt March 5 16, 2009 Day 1 - Giza & the Pyramids Board your overnight flight to Egypt. Day 2 - Giza & the Pyramids Touch down in Cairo. A Go Ahead representative meets you at the airport and accompanies you on the transfer to Giza. Enjoy an included welcome dinner. Day 3 - Giza & the Pyramids Your tour director, a professional Egyptologist, is an expert in the history and anthropology of the regions youll visit. Today, your tour director leads a fascinating tour of ancient Egypt. Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramids of Giza is the only one to have survived to the modern era, and your tour introduces you to the three pyramids here: the stunning Great Pyramid of Cheops, pyramid of Khafre and pyramid of Menkaure. Then visit the enigmatic Sphinx, made up of a lions body, human face and royal beard. Continue to Saqqara, site of the Step Pyramid of Zoser, and Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt that predated Cairo by more than 3500 years. Day 4 - Giza & the Pyramids Enjoy a free day in Giza or join an optional excursion to mysterious Alexandria (weather permitting), ancient site of the lost library and capital of Alexander the Great's Egypt. Visit Egypt's second-largest city where relics date back as far as the 2nd century. Visit the new Alexandria library, the Roman Amphitheater plus other Egyptian treasures. Day 5 - Nile River Cruise Fly to Luxor for the start of your Nile cruise. Spend the day touring the Nile's West Bank. Your tour <b>...</b>
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